The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the boy foundling adopted by a family of wolves, Shere Khan the tiger, Bagheera the black panther and Baloo the sleepy brown bear. How did the Leopard get his spots? How did the Elephant get his trunk? In Just So Stories Kipling wittily supplies the answers to these and other questions. Puck of Pook's Hill relates how Dan and Una's magical meeting with Puck, the last of the People of the Hills, leads to their adventures with Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings... And later, in Rewards and Fairies, the three meet an array of characters ranging from Iron Age warriors to 'Good Queen Bess' and Sir Francis Drake. In Kipling's rattling school yarn Stalky & Co, Stalky, M'Turk and the Beetle are a trio of scallywags with a keen desire to break the rules, their unruly activities give the stories an enduring appeal to all children - especially those who have ever wilted beneath the stern glance of a peevish schoolmaster. Kipling's wry, sometimes tongue-in-cheek st
George is heartbroken when he learns that his friend Annie andher father are moving to the US. Eric has a new job working for thespace program, looking for signs of life in the Universe. Ericleaves George with a gift—a book called The User’s Guide to theUniverse . But Annie and Eric haven’t been gone for very longwhen Annie believes that she is being contacted by aliens, who havea terrible warning for her. George joins her in the US to help herwith her quest—and before he knows it, he, Annie, Cosmos, andAnnie’s annoying cousin Emmett have been swept up in a cosmictreasure hunt, spanning the whole galaxy and beyond.
This new format, crafted specifically for younger readers,features the original Tintin graphic novel plus brand-new content.Go "behind the scenes" with the true story about people, places andantiquities that Hergé drew from, filled with fun facts, lots ofpictures, and easy-to-read text! In this adventure: Tintin andCaptain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the sunkenremains of the Unicorn ship and notorious pirate Red Rackham'streasure.
The stories of West Africa are aboutmen and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tellabout clever people and stupid people, about good ones and badones, about how things and animals got to be how they are.Sometimes they are just tall tales. There are stories about Frog,Rabbit, Turtle, Guinea Fowl, and all the other animals that WestAfricans know. Some of the storiesmake you think. Some makeyou laugh. Here are some of the stories of the peopleof the forests, the seacoast, the hills, and the plains. The people of West Africa give them toyou.?
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle thathas bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything butterminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when agorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears atCancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completelyrewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Faultin Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitiousand heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny,thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love. 16岁的女孩海蓁在癌症互助小组遇到了因患骨癌而截肢的男孩奥古斯塔斯，他们一见钟情，却不得不残酷地一同面对全人类共同的问题：人生的意义是否在于在宇宙间留下自己的痕迹？人生的宽度和深度究竟哪个更重要？生命不仅是一次相遇、一个呼吸或一次远离死亡的心跳，更是一种无比美妙的痛苦。 《无比美妙的痛苦》2012年问世，出版后两周便登上《纽
二、《巨型丘比特》 情人节到了，弗兰妮却皱起了眉头。狗狗助理阿呆无意间闯了祸，将放大器对准了舍莉老师借给弗兰妮的情人节贺卡，搞出一个15米高的巨型丘比特，制造了一系列事端。眼看着一校车孩子的生命危在旦夕，弗兰妮能解除险情吗？
一、《会走路的午餐》 小女孩儿弗兰妮来到新学校，为了让同学们喜欢自己，她喝下奇妙药水，让自己变得甜美又可爱。不料，此时一个突然诞生的南瓜螃蟹怪劫走了老师，吓傻了同学。面对危难，弗兰妮撕下小甜妞的伪装，恢复科学小超人的本来面目，制造出一个午餐肉巨人。于是，午餐 肉巨人大战南瓜螃蟹怪开始了？ Franny K. Stein is not your average girl -- she's a madscientist. She prefers poison ivy to daisies, and when Franny jumpsrope, she uses her pet snake. The kids in Franny's class thinkshe's weird, wacky, and just plain creepy. Tired of being stared at, Franny decides to attempt her mostdangerous experiment yet -- she's going to fit in. but when a giantMonstrous Fiend attacks the class, everyone knows it's up to a madscientist to save the day. But has Franny lost her creepy, crawlyways?
