Tippy The Raindrop

Tippy the Raindrop must outwit the North Wind so he can fall to earth and make a flower blossom.

This story is about Tippys quest to find Puffy Cloud. The corn plants are drooping, and they need Puffy Cloud to water them. Join Tippy and Misty, his loyal cloud pony, to help find Puffy Cloud.

Tippy Lemmey, the neighborhood dog, is a nuisance and sworn enemy to the local children, but when Tippy gets in trouble, only Leanne, Paul, and Jeannie can help him.

With three kids underfoot, a fourth on the way, and an oppressive heat wave bearing down, homemaker Lucy Stone is hardly enjoying an idyllic summer. But her preoccupation with swelling ankles, Bavarian creme doughnut cravings, and sewing endless sequins on ballet recital tutus gives way to dread when Lucy learns that her waistline isn't the only thing that's recently vanished from Tinker's Cove... The strange disappearance of a retired dance instructor has the tiny coastal town in a tizzy that turns to terror when a notoriously cantankerous shopkeeper is slain right on Main Street. Now Lucy's up to her bulging belly in local suspects and red herrings. Eluded by a cold-blooded killer, with her due-date looming and the thermometer soaring, Lucy figures something has to break soon. With any luck, it won't be her water... "A solid mystery."--San Francisco Chronicle "A surprising and intelligently constructed plot."--Cape Cod Times "Lucy Stone is an endearing sleuth." --Dorothy Cannell

Reluctant siblings Sunny and Gil are persuaded to spend their summer holiday renovating their uncle's shabby country cottage only to discover an invasion of mad campers in his back garden.Sunny McIntosh is a redheaded, offbeat 23-year-old who dabbles in laziness. She has spent her life overshadowed by Gil - her perfect nerd of a brother. But this is her story - how she is thrown into hosting "e;the worst campsite in Scotland"e;, battles to restrain a fanatical sci-fi brigade and is desperate to finish the DIY so she can return home to Edinburgh and her precious Mathew.Four townies, two weeks, one field.

This book explores the impact an increase in the carbon content in soil would have on greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, and offers ways to accomplish this.