Billys Tenth Birthday

Although written for entertainment about a boy becoming ten - a milestone birthday, the story also deals with the issue of bullying, keeping secrets and not being able to talk to adults. These are common concerns for children of this age. Parents can use this book as an icebreaker to stimulate discussion on subjects many children find hard to talk openly about. Billy is entering young adulthood. He has to make sense of his environment. Like all children, he is confronted with a complex, diverse, fast changing, exciting world full of opportunities, contradictions and dangers through which he must navigate on his way to becoming a responsible adult. This is a confusing time with a plethora of conflicting information coming from a variety of sources including family, friends, peers, teachers, television and the internet. What underlies Billy's journey, as with all children, is the values he will adopt. Values provide us with the basis on which we assess the usefulness of what we are told, and how to react to situations we experience; in short, how to forge a path through life. Young children have leanings mostly gained from their parents; becoming a young adult is the time they form values for themselves. The Life Lessons Series are written to have children form positive values which will serve them at this stage in their life. Each book uses the power of traditional storytelling to illustrate, guide and shape their understanding in a safe environment. Bullying is a big problem for children today but it is also part of learning to stand up for oneself. In this story Billy, like any other child, is looking forward to a big birthday. However, the local bullies hear he's been given a twenty pound note and challenge him to hand it over. Billy realises he can't fight the gang so has had to agree to their demands. At first Billy doesn't dare tell a grownup as he feels guilty about losing it. Billy and his friend Ant try to hatch a plan to get it back. But it's not until Maxine, Ant's sister, hears about the problem that she realises an adult needs to be involved. Grandad who does party magic, is the ideal person to get it back. Max and Grandad hatch a plot. The bullies don't realise what is happening until it's too late. Grandad recovers the twenty pound note leaving the bullies bemused. Disarming a bully is the better way of dealing with them. You can't rid the world of bullies but you can do something about how you deal with them.

Billy is a child entering young adulthood who is trying to make sense of his environment. What underlies Billy's journey, as with all children, are the values he will adopt. Values provide us with the basis upon which we assess the usefulness of what we are told, and how to react to situations we experience. In short, they give us tools we need to forge a path through life. The Life Lessons Series was written to help children form positive values that will serve them at this stage in their lives. By using the power of traditional storytelling to illustrate, guide and shape their understanding in a safe environment, this book will aid your child's understanding of bullying. Unfortunately, bullying is a major problem for children today, but it is also part of learning to stand up for oneself. In this story, Billy is looking forward to a big birthday. However, the local bullies hear he has been given a twenty-pound note as a present and challenge him to hand it over. Billy realises he cannot fight the gang, so he has to agree to their demands. At first, Billy does not dare tell a grown-up, as he feels guilty about losing it. Billy and his friend Ant try to hatch a plan to get it back. But it's not until Maxine, Ant's sister, hears about the problem that she realises an adult needs to be involved. Grandad, who does party magic, is the ideal person to retrieve it. Disarming a bully is the best way to deal with them. You cannot rid the world of bullies, but you can do something about the way you deal with them. In the home this book can act as an ice breaker allowing parents /guardians /grandparents to raise the subject of bullying with their child. For teachers it is suitable for KS 2, PSHE classes. The book is aimed at independent readers from 8 years onwards. For those with less developed reading skills each chapter is illustrated to help with visualisation.

Suitable for boys and girls aged 7 to 11. First in the Billy Books series: Billy Field is uber excited at his approaching tenth birthday. Not only is it his first double digit birthday, but he’ll be ten on the tenth day of the tenth month—a once in a life-time birthday. Billy invites his best friend Ant to his party. They’re having a magician who’s being assisted by Max, Ant’s sister. Billy receives money from his granddad, but soon after the party Billy has his money stolen by the local bully. Bullying is unacceptable, and has to be dealt with… Billy Has A Birthday is a wonderful example of a story that young children can enjoy reading together with their parents. Using traditional storytelling, it is entertaining while dealing with a serious issue that affect many children as they grow up. Bullying can be a difficult subject for children to talk about, and many feel frightened or embarrassed if they fall victim to bullying. This book acts as the perfect icebreaker for adults and children to begin discussing these issues. Find out how the negative experience turned out. A perfect read for children who enjoy school fiction, but with a positive learning to help other bullied children. If you enjoy reading David Walliams, you love the Billy Books series.

Billy celebrates his tenth birthday with his school friends, but Eddy is upset at not being invited to the party. Eddy finds out Billy received a special present from his granddad, and wants it for himself. Using bullying tactics Eddy takes the present. Billy is devastated and feels he has to keep his loss a secret from his parents and granddad.

The William E. Boeing Story - A Gift of Flight is the first-ever full-length biography of William E. Boeing; the father of commercial aviation. Boeing’s story is an exciting one complete with bootleggers, kidnappers and a disastrous run-in with President Franklin Roosevelt and future Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. Boeing’s story covers every aspect of early aviation starting with his first ride in a balloon in 1896 to the christening of the revolutionary jet-powered Dash-80 / 707 in 1955. Along the way, Boeing developed some of the world’s most iconic airplanes including the P-26 Peashooter, the Boeing 247, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the mighty B-29 Superfortress. The Boeing Family gave author David D. Williams unprecedented access to the Boeing Family Archives which contained thousands of never before seen photos, diaries, and personal letters. This treasure trove of primary sources allowed Williams to create an extraordinarily vivid and accurate portrait of this influential yet private man.

This is just what we need in our congregations and classrooms -- a truly inclusive collection of resources for children. . . . This creative collection offers some hope that the next generation will grow up convinced that God is a God for girls as well as boys and will act accordingly. -- Miriam Therese Winter, Professor of Liturgy, Worship, Spirituality, and Feminist Studies, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT [A] terrific collection of inclusive language resources [and] a powerful tool that needs to be in every minister's toolbox! Jann Aldredge-Clanton has made an excellent contribution to Christian worship and education. -- Cheryl Collins Patterson, Director of Early Childhood Ministries, Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC What an exciting collection! I can't wait to order copies for all of our children's workers. We have waited far too long for the kind of balanced recognition of the feminine face of God reflected in this book. -- Paul Smith, Senior Pastor, Broadway Baptist Church, Kansas City, MO These stories empower girls and boys to say, 'Yes! I'm created in the image of the living God!' . . . Parents, pastors, teachers, and anyone who loves God and children need this imaginative and faithful resource. -- Rev. Trish Holland, Associate Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church, Waco, TX Jann Aldredge-Clanton, PhD, is a Chaplain Coordinator at the Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Her previous works include 'In Whose Image? God and Gender'. She is married and the mother of two children.

The author explores the limits of coincidence as he takes his readers on a fast-paced historical romp through the first half of the twentieth century with one of the most improbable characters ever encountered. Is it circumstance or happenstance, whimsical or real? It is left up to the reader to judge.

Suitable for boys and girls aged 7 to 9. In this first book of the Billy Growing Up series, Billy Field is uber excited at his approaching tenth birthday. Not only is it his first double-digit birthday, but he’ll be ten on the tenth day of the tenth month—a once in a lifetime event. Billy’s invited his best friend Ant to his party. They’re having a magician who’s being assisted by Max, Ant’s sister. Granddad magics Billy’s present – a twenty-pound note, but soon after the party, Billy has his money stolen by the local bully. Bullying is unacceptable, and has to be dealt with... Billy Has A Birthday is a wonderful example of a story that young children can enjoy reading alone or together with their parents. Using traditional storytelling, it is entertaining while dealing with a serious issue that affects many children as they grow up. Bullying can be a difficult subject for children to talk about, and many feel frightened or embarrassed if they fall victim to bullying. This book acts as the perfect icebreaker for adults and children to begin discussing these issues. Find out how this negative experience turns out. A perfect read for children who enjoy school fiction, but with a positive learning to help other bullied children. If you enjoy reading David Walliams or Jeff Kinney you will love the Billy Growing Up series.