Elizabeth Dale

Liam Darcy

Delightfully Different Dilly

Robert Nixon and Police Torture in Chicago, 1871-1971

There's no better friend than a teddy bear! Come and meet the cute and cuddly teddies in this classic treasury. From action-packed adventure stories to gentle bedtime tales, there's plenty of teddy fun to be had. With 15 beautifully illustrated stories to share, this delightful collection is sure to charm and be treasured by young children forever. 15 entertaining, engaging stories and rhymes. Perfect for young children who love fun and adventure. Beautifully presented with foiled cover. Teddy Tales is full of fun and enchanting stories about everyone's favourite toy, the teddy bear.

My Treasury of Teddy Tales

Dan gets a scary text one day and he doesn't knowwho sent it. Who is banging on the door? And why are they coming for Dan?

I'm Coming to Get You

With one of the most powerful kicks in soccer, young Lily Parr is becoming a soccer star. That is until in 1921, when the Football Association in England bans women's soccer—a decision that will affect future generations! Will Lily and her team be able to overcome this hurdle, or will they have to give up doing what they love? Trailblazer is based on the life of Lily Parr, one of the most famous female soccer players of all time. Parr eventually came to the US and even played against men's teams. Parr together with her teammates battled adversity to keep women's soccer alive.

Lily Parr, the Unstoppable Star of Women's Soccer

Trailblazer

The Spooky Sleepover

Princess Stories

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Little Red Hen knows something is wrong when she sees the bulldozers arrive on the farm! How can she find out what the farmer is up to when the other animals are all too lazy to help!

Read Along or Enhanced eBook

Little Red Hen's Great Escape

Get to know Izzy and her silly magic spells! With easy-to-read text and a comprehension activity, this fun story helps young readers develop reading skills.

Izzy! Wizzy!

When Dilly is born, her parents think she is perfect—from the top of her head to the bottom of her foot. The other babies notice that Dilly is different but soon accept her and love her different ways of doing things. The adults aren't sure though, they love how all the penguins are the same. Can the younger generation convince their parents that there's space for Dilly? And maybe that positive change can be a good thing? A charming and touching story—Dilly is a delightful character with a strong voice and a great tale of acceptance and change.

The Rule of Justice explores a sensational homicide case that took place in Chicago in 1888. Zephyr Davis, a young African American man accused of murdering an Irish American girl who was his coworker, was pursued, captured, tried, and convicted amid public demands for swift justice and the return of social order. Through a close study of the case, Dale explores the tension between popular ideas about justice and the rule of law in industrial America. As Dale observes, mob justice -- despite the presence of a professional police force -- was quite common in late nineteenth-century Chicago, and it was the mob that ultimately captured Davis. Once Davis was apprehended, the public continued to make its will known through newspaper articles and public meetings, called by various civic organizations to discuss or protest the case. Dale demonstrates that public opinion mattered and did, in fact, exert an influence on criminal law and criminal justice. She shows, in this particular instance the public was able to limit the authority of the legal system and the state, with the result that criminal law conformed to popular will. The Rule of Justice is sure to appeal to historians of criminal justice, legal historians, those interested in Chicago history, and those interested in the history of race relations in America.

The People of Chicago Versus Zephyr Davis

The Rule of Justice

Ten-year-old Cara, the best--and only--cowgirl in Creektown, wants to go to the cattle market with the cowboys but is, instead, left to protect the town from Wild Jake, the bandit.

Cara the Cowgirl

Giusi Capizzi

The kids are sitting in the den. But Mick wants to come in! Mick and Mum go to lots of places. Will Mick stay dry?

(Red Early Reader)

In the Den and Mick and Mum

Louise Comfort

The Little Readers series provides a complete range of illustrated story books for 4-7 year olds. It's difficult keeping clean, particularly if you are a polar bear] Gerty is going to a party - but will she arrive clean or dirty?

Don't Get Dirty, Gerty

Tessa is a much loved pet dog, but she is getting old. One day, Tessa does not wake up. Jack is devastated, but maybe one of Tessa's puppies will help him get over the loss of his beloved pet. Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure. Perfect for children aged 6-8 or reading book band 10.

Goodbye Tessa

On November 14, 1885, a cold autumn day in the City of Broad Shoulders, an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred watched as three Sicilians Giovanni Azari, Agostino Gelardi, and Ignazio Silvestri were hanged in the courtyard of the Cook County Jail. The three had only recently come to the city, but not long after they were arrested, tried, and convicted for murdering Filippo Caruso, stuffing his body into a trunk, and shipping it to Pittsburgh. Historian and legal expert Elizabeth Dale brings the Trunk Murder case vividly back to life, painting an indelible portrait of nineteenth-century Chicago, ethnic life there, and a murder trial gone seriously awry. Along the way she reveals a Windy City teeming with street peddlers, crooked cops, earnest reformers, and legal activists--all of whom play a part in this gripping tale. Chicago's Trunk Murder shows how the defendants in the case were arrested on du bious evidence and held, some for weeks, without access to lawyers or friends. The accused finally confessed after being interrogated repeatedly by men who did not speak their lan guage. They were then tried before a judge who had his own view and ruled accordingly. Chicago's Trunk Murder revisits these abject breaches of justice and uses them to consider much larger problems in late nineteenth century criminal law. Written with a storyteller's flair for narrative and brim ming with historical detail, this book will be must reading for true crime buffs and aficionados of Chicago lore alike.

Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century

The Chicago Trunk Murder

Sam the dog wants to join the sheep show and Max has fun with clowns.

Sam the Star & Clown Fun!

Farmer Fred is more than a little sleepy this morning -- and his animals know it! Everyone wants to join in on the Monday mayhem but what will happen when he starts mixing up all the animals?

Mix Up Monday

Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.

Elizabeth Dale

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