Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits -is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as hestruggles to escape from the clutches of Angela Nicely, attempts toprove that anything Know-All Nick can do, he can do better, andfinds himself surrounded by priceless and wobbly relics at arecording of Antiques Today.
What’s going on at the art museum in Pleasant Valley? Did the Egyptian mummy really come to life after 3,000 years? The terrified night watchman claims that he saw the mummy walking around the museum. The very same night, the most valuable painting in the museum was cut out of its frame. Once again, young detectives Jerry and Maya are called in by the chief of police to get to the bottom of the strange and spooky events.
Like an off-key violin concert, the Roman Empire, or foodpoisoning, all things must come to an end. Thankfully, thisincludes A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Thethirteenth and final installment in the groundbreaking series willanswer readers' most burning questions: Will Count Olaf prevail?Will the Baudelaires survive? Will the series end happily? Ifthere's nothing out there, what was that noise? Then again, why trouble yourself with unfortunate resolutions?Avoid the thirteenth and final book of Lemony Snicket'sinternational bestselling series and you'll never have to know whathappens.
Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But isgetting older really all it’s cracked up to be? Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures ofboy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkwardchanges that come with getting older—all without his best friend,Rowley, at his side. Can Greg make it through on his own? Or willhe have to face the “ugly truth”?
"MY SCHOOL STARTS in one week so—I have SEVEN DAYS to go. Mom says be patient, do not worry. But I can't wait! I'm in a hurry!"In this delightful book a little girl counts off the days by naming what she'll do in kindergarten. "I'll be ready, I'll be smart. I will get a running start. I'll say thank you, I'll say please. I will say my ABCs!" And deciding what to wear and what to take are all part of her preparation for that exciting first day. With bouncy read-aloud rhyme, bright, fun illustrations, and hidden objects to find on each page, Kindergarten Countdown gets children off on the right foot.
Garfield classic stripcollection from Davis,now repackaged in full color and in a new,larger format, contains vignettes from the life of the most lovablecat around.
在巴黎生活着一个上了年纪的流浪汉，他的名字叫阿曼德。横跨塞纳河的大桥底下便是他的栖身之所。一天傍晚，当他返回住处时，发同自己的地盘儿居然被三个陌生的小孩子和一只小狗给占了。他既吃惊又生气，要把他们赶走。后来，在与孩子们的接触中，他逐渐改变了自己的态度，甚至替他们白天在洗衣房工作的妈妈照顾他们，而这三个孩子也早已把他当作自己亲爱的爷爷了。阿曼德重新找到家的感觉，与此同时，他也深知孩子们渴望、需要的就是一个真正的家。为了实现孩子们的愿望，阿曼德决心搸起来，不再以乞讨为生。他以崭新的精神面貌谋到了一份适合自己的工作，他将与孩子们的妈妈一起共同支撑起一个真正属于他们自己的家。
近年来，“全语言”教学和文学阅读在全美小学风行，企鹅出版社的“Easy-to-Read”系列为老师们提供了这样的阅读素材。刚刚开始独立阅读的孩子会觉得这些书读起来难度正合适，而书上的分级阅读标志，也能让家长和老师们更轻松地为每个孩子都找到适合他们阅读能力的读物。《小狐外传》则是这套分阶读物中的经典作品，以小狐为主角，讲述了一个小男生在学校、家庭里的各种角色转换以及生活中的趣事。在书中，论及友谊，小狐有两个死党，青蛙卡门和小猪戴斯特；论家庭，他经常在妈妈的强烈要求下不得不照顾妹妹露易丝；论生活社区，小狐经常无意间给老兔子欧哈拉大妈惹麻烦；论学校生活，牛老师、甜校长以及名叫烂笔头的鳄鱼小姐都和小狐有过正面交锋。故事很有趣，将一个8岁男孩的小世界全面展现出来，他的虚荣心、小聪明、以及弄巧成拙，都让
It has been revealed that Dovepaw, a young ThunderClanapprentice, is one of three cats prophesied to hold the power ofthe stars in her paws. Now, Dovepaw, Jayfeather, and Lionblaze mustwork together to unravel the mystery behind the ancient words. Butthe shadows from the Dark Forest that have preyed on ThunderClanfor many moons still lurk just out of sight, and soon a mysteriousvisitor will walk in one apprentice’s dreams whispering promises ofgreatness, which may doom the warrior Clans to a future no catcould have foreseen. Omen of the Stars #2: Fading Echoes will alsocontain the second adventure in the Warriors Adventure Game, whichwill be called out with a burst on the front cover.
The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled withadventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow , toa deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playingsailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds moreexcitement in store. Two fierce Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy,challenge them to war and a summer of battles and alliancesensues. 'My childhood simply would not have been the same without thisbook. It created a whole world to explore, one that lasted long inthe imagination after the final page had been read' - MarcusSedgwick
In the third book of the American history cluster, Jack and Annie are whisked to a midwestern prairie in the 1870s. They visit a one-room schoolhouse and learn about the hard life of the pioneers. When they return to the magic tree house, Jack and Annie spot a twister on the horizon. Is there time to warn the teacher and the children back at the schoolhouse? Or should Jack and Annie just save themselves?
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits- is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as hebuilds his very own haunted house, bites off more than he can chewduring a class outing to a chocolate factory and tries his hardestto stay quiet during a sponsored silence!
In 1838, settlers moving west forced the great Cherokee Nation, and their chief John Ross, to leave their home land and travel 1,200 miles to Oklahoma. An epic story of friendship, war, hope, and betrayal.
Black Beauty is a beautiful black horse with a white mark on hisforehead. He works hard, but keeps getting sold to new owners. WillBlack Beauty ever find a good home?
0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%" “We said there was no homelike a raft. other places do seem so cramped up and smothery…butyou feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.” Saildown the Mississippi with Huck Finn and the runaway slave, Jim.Twain’s beloved tale, with its folksy language, creates anindelible image of antebellum America with its sleepy river towns,con men, family feuds, and a variety of colorful characters.
Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of the Reverend Charles LutwidgeDodgson. Born in 1832, he was educated at Rugby School and ChristChurch, Oxford, where he was appointed lecturer in mathematics in1855, and where he spent the rest of his life. In 1861 he tookdeacon's orders, but shyness and a constitutional stammer preventedhim from seeking the priesthood. He never married, but was veryfond of children and spent much time with them. His most famousworks, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through theLooking-Glass (1872), were originally written for Alice Liddell,the daughter of the dean of his college. Charles Dodgson died ofbronchitis in 1898.
Collecting Alice's complete adventures, a source of delight tochildren and adults alike for generations, the Penguin Classicsedition of Lewis Carroll's Alice'sAdventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is edited with anintroduction and notes by Hugh Haughton. Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain AliceLiddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, the dreamworlds of nonsensical Wonderland and back-to-front Looking-Glasskingdom depict order turned upside-down. Following the white rabbitinto his warren, Alice falls into a world where croquet is playedwith hedgehogs and flamingos, a baby turns into a pig, time runsamok at a the Mad Hatter's tea-party, a chaotic game of chess makesAlice a Queen and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the LobsterQuadrille. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling wordplay,unforgettable characters, puzzles and riddles, are poignant momentsof nostalgia for a lost childhood. Original and experimental,adapted into countless film a
This is a book about 'real witches' - the ones that absolutelyloathe children and are always plotting to get rid of them. Itfeatures a great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole newexciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
Pa Ingalls decides to sell the little log house, and thefamily sets out for Indian country! They travel from Wisconsin toKansas, and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on theprairie. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, butLaura and her family are kept busy and happy with the promise oftheir new life on the prairie.
