Tuck Everlasting 内容简介 Doomed to or blessed with eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune." 作者简介 A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt is the award-winning author of the modern classic "Tuck Everlasting," "The Eyes of the Amaryllis," "Kneeknock Rise" and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of "The Forty-ninth Magician," a collaboration with her husband. When her husband became a college president and no longer had time to collaborate, Babbitt tried her hand at writing. Her first novel, "The Search for Delicious," establish
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That behatted and bow-tied cat from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in theHat is back, and, not surprisingly, is up to all sorts of mischief.This time, Sally and her brother are stuck shoveling snow: "Thiswas no time for play./ This was no time for fun./ This was no timefor games./ There was work to be done." But--you guessed it--thelaughing Hat Cat has other ideas, as he lets himself in to eat cakein their tub. He leaves behind "a big long pink cat ring," which hethen handily cleans with "MOTHER'S WHITE DRESS!" The dress thenloses its pink stain to the wall, then Dad's shoes, then the rug inthe hall, until finally the Cat must call in some assistance: frominside his hat comes Little Cat A, then Littler Cats B, C, D, E,and so on, nested like dolls in ever tinier hats. With this pack offelines, Sally and her brother may get rid of those stains, butthey'll likely never be rid of that rascally cat. As should beexpected from the good doctor, The Cat in the Hat Comes Backprovides an excellent reader (and alphabet prime
Bright, simple illustrations give almost-readers the confidence to step into the world of reading in this book that "combines phonics and word recognition, making sounds and letters recognizable. Highly recommended." --School Library Journal (starred) The accompanying cassette has a listening side for nonreaders and a read-aloud side with page-turn signals for youngsters just learning to read. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
