BOY,Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography,is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days.With fabulous new line drawings by Quentin Blake. An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.This is not an autobiography' - Roald Dahl.This reissue includes 30 delightful new line drawings by the inimitable Quentin Blake. Throughout his young days at school and just afterwards,a number of things happened to Roald Dahl,which made such a tremendous impression he never forgot them.Boy is the remarkable story of Roald Dahl's childhood; tales of exciting and strange things - some funny,some frightening,all true. Roald Dahl,the best-loved of children's writers,was born in Wales of Norwegian parents.His books continue to be bestsellers,despite his death in 1990,and worldwide sales are over 100 million! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to

The story of a young German girl who steals books, of her family and the Jewish boxer hidden in their basement as they struggle to survive in Nazi Germany when the bombs begin to fall. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 9 岁小女孩莉赛尔和弟弟在战乱中被迫送到寄养家庭，但弟弟不幸死在旅途中，莉赛尔在弟弟冷清的丧礼后偷了一本掘墓工人的手册，为的是要纪念自己永远失去的家庭。 寄养家庭位在慕尼黑凋蔽贫困的区域，大人彼此仇恨咒骂，老师狠毒无情，战火时时威胁人命。莉赛尔每晚抱着掘墓工人手册入睡，恶梦不断。养父为了让她安眠，于是为她朗诵手册内容，并开始教她识字。 学会认字进而开始读书的莉赛尔，尽管生活艰苦，吃不饱穿不暖，却发现了一项比食物更让她难以抗拒的东西——书，她忍不住开始偷书，用偷来的书继续学习认字。从此莉赛尔进入了文字

In this Newbery Honor—winning story from 1984, a new familybuilds a relationship as a stepfather and stepson celebrate theirdifferences and take heart in their similarities.

One day, Barney, a solitary little boy, falls into a chalk pitand lands in a sort of cave, where he meets 'somebody with a lot ofshaggy hair and two bright black eyes' - whom he names him Stig.And together they enjoy some extraordinary adventures. This is amuch-loved classic story.

“Some pig.” These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high in thebarn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig namedWilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern...wholoves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared by millions ofreade

Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through hishalf-moon glasses. 'It is time,' he said, 'for me to tell you whatI should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I amgoing to tell you everything.' Harry Potter is due to start hisfifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He isdesperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ronand Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harryis about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn hiswhole world upside down...But before he even gets to school, Harryhas an unexpected and frightening encounter with two Dementors, hasto face a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic and has beenescorted on a night-time broomstick ride to the secret headquartersof a mysterious group called 'The Order of the Phoenix'. And thatis just the start. This is a gripping and electrifying novel, fullof suspense, secrets, and - of course - magic.

This bestselling book features a collection of favorite I Spyriddles that send readers searching 12 photographs for hiddenobjects.

HOW DO PENGUINS survive in frigid conditions? What happens at a research station in Antarctica? How long can an emperor penguin go without food? What other creatures live in the Antarctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the Magic Tree House Research Guide: Penguins and Antarctica.

留级生巴斯蒂安到书店偷了一本《永远讲不完的故事》，他逃课到体育和储藏室里读这本书。不知不觉，他进入了这本书，并与书中一个绿皮肤的勇敢的小男孩阿特莱尤成为了朋友。阿特莱尤被幻想王国的天真女皇选为拯救王国的英雄，并授予幻想王国的标志“奥林”。为了拯救幻想王国，不被虚无所吞噬，阿特莱尤进行了一次远征。而此时，进入书中的巴斯蒂安意外获得荣誉。他因此而忘乎所以，在魔女萨义德的引诱挑拨下，他和朋友们分裂了，并且当上了幻想王国的皇帝，后来终于在老友阿特莱尤的帮助下找回了迷失的自己，找到了生命之水，回到了现实世界。

Jack and Annie travel back in time to a South American rain forest in search of the elusive magician Morgan le Fay. Will they find a new clue to her whereabouts before they are trampled by stampeding killer ants?

What was it like to wear armor? What was the food like in castles? This book explores what life was really like in medieval times.

Great herds of zebra thundering across the Africanplain…fragile butterflies traveling unbelievable distances…familygroups of whales coursing through the waves. Many kinds of animalsmake annual migrations, and their stories reveal incrediblestrength and will to survive. These treks are magnificentlydocumented in Great Migrations, the children’s illustratedcompanion to the upcoming 7-hour National Geographic televisionspecial of the same name. Created for the huge audience of young animal lovers—and for thenation’s schools, where migration is taught as part of the corecurriculum—this book spotlights wild creatures of highest interestto children. Action-filled photo spreads deliver immense "wow"appeal as animals vault over obstacles and escape the clutches ofpredators. Info-graphic spreads pack in the fascinating facts, withat-a-glance information on where, why, and how animalsmigrate. Throughout the coverage, this timely book addresses the effect ofclimate change on animal migrati

Merlin sends Jack and Annie on a mysterious mission to Paris, France, over a hundred years ago. There they must find four magicians and give them an urgent message from Merlin himself. When Jack and Annie land in Paris, they make their way to the 1889 World's Fair. Below the Eiffel Tower, built especially for the fair, there are thousands of exhibits from all over the world. But how will Jack and Annie find the magicians in the crowds of people? And who are the magicians anyway? Jack and Annie are about to find out in another adventure filled with history, magic, and amazing surprises! In Night of the New Magicians, Mary Pope Osborne brings to life an amazing time in history that gave birth to many startling inventions and scientific discoveries that would change the world forever. The paperback edition boasts all-new backmatter full of activities!