纽约男孩山姆在五月的一天离开了家，他要到克斯奇山寻找曾祖父遗留下来的葛博礼农场。一把小刀、一捆绳索、一把斧头、一些打火石和钢片是他为这次出走准备的所有东西。对山姆而言，这不是一次短暂的旅行或露营，他是要像树一样在森林中长久地、独立地生存。 跟随着山姆深入森林的脚步，“野外生存”这四个字渐渐地不再是一种抽象的符号和虚幻的想象，它的真实、艰辛和迷人如同磁石一般吸引着所有没有勇气和机会进入的我们。 山姆是否能适应野人般的探险生活呢？在这段山居岁月里，他有了哪些危险经历，又积累了哪些野外求生经验呢？让读者感到意外的，还是本书的精彩结局！ Terribly unhappy in his family’s crowded New York Cityapartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude—and danger—of themountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.
Sandy and Dennys have always been the normal, run-of-the-millones in the extraodinary Murry family. They garden, make anoccasional A in school, and play baseball. Nothing especiallyinteresting has happened to the twins until they accidentallyinterrupt their father's experiment. Then the two boys are thrown across time and space. They findthemselves alone in the desert, where, if they believe in unicorns,they can find unicorns, and whether they believe or not, mammothsand manticores will find them. The twins are rescued by Japheth, a man from the nearby oasis,but before he can bring them to safety, Dennys gets lost. Each boyis quickly embroiled in the conflicts of this time and place, whosepopulations includes winged seraphim, a few stray mythic beasts,perilous and beautiful nephilim, and small, long lived humans whoconsider Sandy and Dennys giants. The boys find they have more todo in the oasis than simply getting themselves home--they have toreunite an estranged father and son, but it wo
Jeff Greene was only seven when Melody, his mother, left him with his reserved, undemonstrative father, the Professor. So when she reenters his life years later with an invitation to spend the summer with her in Charleston, Jeff is captivated by her free spirit and warmth, and he eagerly looks forward to returning for another visit the following year. But Jeff's second summer in Charleston ends with a devastating betrayal, and he returns to his father wounded almost beyond bearing. But out of Jeff's pain grows a deepening awareness of the unexpected and complicated ways of love and loss and of family and friendship -- and the strength to understand his father, his mother, and especially himself. Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal.
A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.
伊万是一只随和的大猩猩。他在人类视线下，在有玻璃窗的世界中生活了太久，所以已经忘记了丛林的样子。同时，伊万又是一名出色的艺术家，每天沉浸在色彩和线条的国度里，直到他遇见小象露比。露比的到来唤醒了伊万沉睡已久的情感，彻底地改变了伊万的世界。 作者Katherine Applegate用她幽默而辛辣的语言，搭建起了这个关于友谊、艺术和希望的故事。 Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Malland Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching himthrough the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life inthe jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friendsStella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivanthinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or thesound of leaves with color and a well-placed line. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant tak
Even after Davie had had the little black rabbit, Shadrach,for several weeks, it was still almost unbelievable. Every morningwhen Davie woke up it was a miracle all over again -- there in hisgrandfather's barn sat a wriggle black rabbit, and it was his.David had never been happier...until the day Shadrach slippedthrough the stats of his hutch and disappeared.
The story of one African American family fighting to staytogether and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness,poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.
For the first time in the history of the Little House books,this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant,full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as theymove from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to thewilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on thenew railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect fortheir new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she,her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on theshores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors'house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be abrand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. TheIngallses' covered-wagon travels are finally over.
"Librarians often say that every book is not for every child, but "The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp "is" ("The New York Times"). Meet Bingo and J'miah, raccoon brothers on a mission to save Sugar Man Swamp in this rollicking tale and National Book Award Finalist from Newbery Honoree Kathi Appelt. Raccoon brothers Bingo and J'miah are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to serve the Sugar Man--the massive creature who delights in delicious sugar cane and magnanimously rules over the swamp--is an honor, and also a big responsibility, since the rest of the swamp critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts. Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn is not a member of any such organization. But he loves the swamp something fierce, and he'll do anything to help protect it. And help is surely needed, because world-class alligator wrestler Jaeger Stitch wants to turn Sugar Man swamp into an Alligator World Wrestling Arena and Theme Park,
