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?
A visit to the Natural History Museum turns into anadventure for Katie when she steps back in time to the world of thedinosaurs! Katie helps a baby dinosaur find his family, rides onthe back of a Brontosaurus, and has a picnic with a Triceratops!But just what will she feed a very hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex?
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…
Research shows that some of the most effective words studentscan learn are academic vocabulary. Knowing these words boostsstudents' ability to understand and complete classroom work,homework assignments, standardized tests, and more. Each of these18 ready-to-reproduce, 4-page lessons gives students multipleencounters with the new words to help kids really remember them.Also includes writing prompts and engaging activities.
What is soil? Who lives in dirt? How does earth help things grow? The answers are within this fun- and fact-filled picture book. Just follow the gardening star-nosed mole in the colorful outfits...and dig in
Spring has come to the muntains, and the bears have emergedfrom their winter's sleep -- all but the Great Bear, who sleeps onin his den.In the Ute village, a boy called Short Tail worries thatthe Geat Bear will starve if he doesn't waken. So Short Tail headsoff into the mountains to rouse the Great Bear. But on the way tothe Great Bear's den, Short Tail too falls asleep, and slips into amagical dream in which the Great Bear teaches him a wornderfulsecret to share with his people.Will Hobbs's lyrical text and JillKastner's rich, evoctive oil paintings bring the story of a NativeAmerican tradition ot vivid life.
A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure insideand names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text andpictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides anexcellent geographic and historical picture of the region.
This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved alittlepig named Wilbur and of Wilbur's dear friend, CharlotteA.Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. With the unlikely helpofTempleton the rat, and a wonderfully clever plan of herown,Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who by this time has grownupto be quite a pig. This is a time-honored classic favorite. 《夏洛的网》，一首关于生命，友情，爱与忠诚的赞歌！一部傲居 “ 美国伟大的十部儿童文学名著 ” 首位的童话！风行世界五十年，发行。 夏洛是一只蜘蛛，威尔伯则是一只小猪，当小猪不可避免地要走向它一生的终点时，夏洛英勇地站了出来，它在自己的网上织出了一些赞美这只小猪的字样，从而使小猪在展览会上赢得风光，也侥幸地活了下来。这种奇特而温馨的友谊感染了无数的人。夏洛在剩下后一口气时，为威尔伯编织了后一个奇迹 ……
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 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.
