This bestselling book features a collection of favorite I Spyriddles that send readers searching for hidden objects in 13photographs with a mystery theme.
If laughter is what you're after, you'll love this masterpieceof mirth. Garfield's tenth collection of hilarious Sunday comics showcasesthe feisty fat cat in all his glory--and gluttony!
Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materialstrilogy – The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The AmberSpyglass – has graced the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, SanFrancisco Chronicle, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestsellerlists. The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in threevolumes. The first volume is set in a world like ours, butdifferent in many ways. The second volume is set partly in theworld we know. The third moves between many worlds. In The Golden Compass, readers meet 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua, aprecocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Jordan Collegein Oxford, England. It quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford isnot precisely like our own—nor is her world. In Lyra's world,everyone has a personal d?mon, a lifelong animal familiar. This isa world in which science, theology and magic are closelyintertwined. The Subtle Knife is the second part of the trilogy that beganwith The Golden Compass. That first book was set in a world likeou
Joanna Cole的大作,风靡全球的一套科学桥梁阅读读物――神奇校车再次出版。在书中,小读者可以跟着主人公一起进行探险,故事情节新鲜刺激,却富有科学性,对话俏皮幽默,在不经意间散落出各种知识,展现出一种严谨、新奇、而又充满乐趣的教学方式,孩子跟随着书中的小伙伴们一起体验原理、学会操作、懂得思考、爱上科学,满足他们与生俱来的求知欲。在不断的求知和探索中,孩子们能够领略到人类的渺小以及科学的强大,对自然抱有敬畏之心,从而慢慢培养他们的人文和科技素养。 这套神奇校车是手绘版,线条细腻,色彩柔和,全套书共六本,并包含时长接近3小时的CD,读者可以选择按书页有断续地朗读或者不间断朗读。 CD时长:2小时47分 《神奇校车》荣获了美国一系列奖项,包括: 全美受欢迎的儿童自然科学图书系列。
You're crouched in the African brush, camera at the ready.You're waiting on one of nature's loners. It's dark. It's scary.Then silently, he appears; the ever-elusive leopard. You haveseconds to capture on film this wonder of the wild, with its exoticspotted fur, so prized by hunters. National GeographicExplorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert take you closerto the mystery of the magnificent leopard and make a passionateplea to young readers to help secure a future for these felinetreasures.
Four new stories: Horrid Henry's Invasion - Horrid Henry andPerfect Peter keep invading each other's rooms. Moody Margaret'sSleepover - Moody Margaret invites all the members of the SecretClub for a sleepover, with catastrophic results. Horrid Henry'sAutobiography - Miss Battle-Axe's class all have to write theirautobiographies, the best to be published in the local paper.Horrid Henry Rocks - Horrid Henry wants to go to the Killerboy Ratsconcert while his family want to go to the Daffy and her DancingDaisies concert.
“神奇树屋”系列是由全球*的出版企业美国兰登书屋历经十五年倾力打造的一部儿童经典。 在“神奇树屋”的祖国:美国,这是一套设计给从学龄前开始一直贯穿整个小学阶段这个年龄段的孩子做阅读教育的,以阅读带动阅读。 这套书首先是一套儿童文学作品,其不长的篇幅、简明的语言以及清浅的情节设计,非常适合低龄孩子进行起步的阅读训练,并且为各个年级的小学生提供了语文学习和训练的优秀文本。它被广泛的用作课外语文阅读和教学的辅助读物,并广受欢迎地成为校园舞台剧改编的文学蓝本。 这套书同时也是知识读物。故事里有意识地穿插各种各样的知识。虽然这些涉及各个领域的知识在每本故事里都不多,而且都是点到为止,但是因为知识与故事的有机结合,大大地启迪了孩子的求知欲。引起孩子主动进行相关知识的扩
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.
Delve deeper into the world of Oz in this collectionof books four through six in L. Frank Baum’s classic American fairytale series. The fourth, fifth, and sixth titles of the iconic Oz series,now in one collection!
IS THIS ARMAGEDDON FOR ARTEMIS FOWL? Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminatemankind and become fairy queen. If she succeeds, the spirits of long-dead fairy warriors willrise from the earth, inhabit the nearest available bodies and wreakmass destruction. But what happens if those nearest bodies includecrows, or deer, or badgers - or two curious little boys by thenames of Myles and Beckett Fowl? Yes, it's true. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's four-year-oldbrothers could be involved in destroying the human race. CanArtemis and Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police stopOpal and prevent the end of the world?
《小屁孩日记》以图文并茂的形式给我们展现了美国乃至世界儿童的真实生活以及情感世界。幽默诙谐的漫画和妙趣横生的文字天然浑成,相映生辉。主人公格雷是一个念初中的半大小子。他善良、诚实、聪明、爱玩,满脑子的鬼点子。他的妈妈让他记日记,他除了松散地记述了有趣的或难忘的事情外,还画了许多漫画。在日记里,格雷记叙了他如何驾驭充满冒险的中学生活,如何巧妙逃脱学校歌唱比赛,重要的是如何不让任何人发现他的秘密。我们在富有喜剧性色彩的文字和图画中,真切地感受到了那种鲜活的现代气息以及蓬勃向上的热情。这是一套很有趣的、能让我们感觉到童年很美妙的书。
Reverend Lee doesn't realise that his dyslexia is affectinghis sermons. His parishioners are at first amused and then shockedby the garbled messages coming from the pulpit. Finally a cure isfound. The Vicar must walk backwards for the rest of his life. Bythe author of "The Witches".
You approach with caution, drawn to their equine beauty. Thesleek stallion, the magnificent mare, and the gentle foal look likeany happy family. But don't get too close. These are wild horses,untamed by humans. Now photographers Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcotttake you inside the world of the wild horse. This husband-and-wifeteam of committed experts makes a case for the conservation of oneof America's favorite wild species.
Over 500,000 audios in various formats have now been sold ofFrancesca Simon's fantastically popular Horrid Henry stories readby Miranda Richardson. '...four more stories about Britain's vilestchild, brilliantly read by Miranda Richardson' Sunday Express Theaudio is unabridged so you can read along with the tape.
Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to winhis favourite board game, comes up with another spectacularmoney-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the schoolgossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks hisbirthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party - and gets it bytaking over as Head Teacher when Peter plays school with hisgoody-goody friends.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1 Boys don't keep diaries—or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion. Author/illustrator Jeff Kinney recalls the growing pains of school life and introduces a new kind of hero who epitomizes the challenges of being a kid. As Greg says in his diary, "Just don't
A fourth audio book in the hugely successful Horrid Henryseries. 'The devilish child, most wonderfully brought to life byMiranda Richardson, sees off any and all opposition to get what hewants!' Daily Express Unabridged.
The hilarious, award-winning and global bestseller Diary of aWimpy Kid: Cabin Fever is now in book and CD - perfect for longjourneys and holidays! The sixth instalment in the Diary of a WimpyKid series - fantastic for readers of 8+ and also reluctantreaders. You can also discover Greg on the big screen in any one ofthe three Wimpy Kid Movie box office smashes. Greg Heffley is inbig trouble. School property has been damaged and Greg is the primesuspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent! Or at least sortof. The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzardhits and the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows thatwhen the snow melts he is going to have to face the music but couldany punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family?Praise for Jeff Kinney: "The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney'sDiary of a Wimpy Kid". (Sun). "Kinney is right up there with J KRowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on theplanet". (Independent). "The most hotly anticipated chil
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