A young man, brave in battle and a leader in the buffalo hunt,is too shy to speak to the woman he loves. Sad and lonely, hewanders far into the woods. There, he meets two Elk men. They givehim a a flute that the birds and animals have made for him. When heplays it, the harmony of nature is in his melodies and he speaksstraight to the heart of the girl he loves.
Smoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the openrange, he is free to go where he wants and to do what he wants. Andhe knows what he has to do to survive. He can beat any enemy,whether it be a rattlesnake or a hungry wolf. He is as much a partof the Wild West as it is of him, and Smoky can't imagine anythingelse. But then he comes across a new enemy, one that walks on twolegs and makes funny sounds. Smoky can't beat this enemy the way hehas all the others. But does he really want to? Or could giving upsome of his freedom mean getting something in return that's evenmore valuable?
This bestselling book features a collection of favorite I Spyriddles that send readers searching 12 photographs for hiddenobjects.
这是一本足以让人永葆童心的不朽经典，被全球亿万读者誉为值得收藏的书。 遥远星球上的小王子，与美丽而骄傲的玫瑰吵架负气出走，在各星球漫游中，小王子遇到了傲慢的国王、酒鬼、惟利是图的商人，死守教条的地理学家，后来到地球上，试图找到治愈孤独和痛苦的良方。 这时，他遇到一只奇怪的狐狸，于是奇妙而令人惊叹的事情发生了…… 《小王子》犹如透亮的镜子，照出了荒唐的成人世界。她在提醒我们，只有爱，才是的哲学，才是我们活下去的理由。
A lonely little girl whispers into the ear of a marblestatue and breathes life into his soul - and so the magicbegins.
The woodland animals were all getting ready for the winter.Geese flew south, rabbits and deer grew thick warm coats, and theraccoons and chipmunks lay down for a long winter nap. ComeChristmastime, the wise owls were the first to see the rainbowaround the moon. It was a sure sign that the big snow was on itsway.
A fantastic collection of much-loved, classic stories for allthe family! Mrs Pepperpot can't choose when she will shrink to thesize of a pepperpot - it just happens! But whatever she encounters,whether it be a monstrous mousetrap, a crafty fox or a giganticmountain of ice cream, little Mrs Pepperpot will always come out ontop.
Step into the exquisite miniature world of the mice of BramblyHedge in this beautiful new edition of the classic picture book.Itwas the middle of winter and very, very cold. The mice of BramblyHedge forecasted snow.And they were right. In the morning theyawoke to find their doors and windows hidden behind deep drifts.There hadn't been snow like this for years. "There's enough for aSnow Ball!" cried the mice with glee, and set to work in thetime-honoured way to make an Ice Hall for the festivities. Thelittle mice watched wide-eyed as all the preparations weremade.Then at last everything was ready, and the Ball couldbegin…
Following the success of his stage adaptation of "The BFG",David Wood has now written a series of scenes, or "playlets" forperformance by children in schools and other amateur groups. Withnotes on simple staging, props and costumes, these plays can beperformed with the minimum of experience or resources. Evidently not even Roald Dahl could resist the acronym craze ofthe early eighties. BFG? Bellowing ferret-faced golfer?Backstabbing fairy godmother? Oh, oh... Big Friendly Giant! ThisBFG doesn't seem all that F at first as he creeps down a Londonstreet, snatches little Sophie out of her bed, and bounds away withher to giant land. And he's not really all that B when comparedwith his evil, carnivorous brethren, who bully him for being suchan oddball runt. After all, he eats only disgusting snozzcumbers,and while the other Gs are snacking on little boys and girls, he'sblowing happy dreams in through their windows. What kind of way isthat for a G to behave? The BFG is one of Dahl's most lovable
