《萤火谷的梦想家》讲述了 生活在萤火谷的萤火虫 萤萤,从小在长辈们的培育下,学会了飞行、捕食,还有躲避危险,尤其是躲避 巨人 人类。萤火虫实在太渺小了,大自然的一切都有可能危及他们的生命,因此萤火谷落里也有着许许多多的规矩和禁令,以保障萤火虫落所有人的生命安全。然而,萤萤对萤火谷外面的世界仍然充满了好奇,她甚至渴望有一天像人类一样飞上美丽的月亮。但萤萤,也正因为这样的想法和举动日益遭到了长辈的指责和其他萤火虫的排斥。 某个深夜,萤萤遇见了一只喜欢唱棒球歌的蟋蟀。蟀蟀和萤萤一样对世界充满了好奇,渴望突破旧有的制度和禁令,去实现自己的棒球梦想。于是,两个小伙伴下定决心,勇敢地追逐自己的梦想。在这个过程中,他们不仅有惊无险地结识了人类小男孩彼得,还遇到了萤火谷的*后一只传奇河鼠 作
弗朗兹的故事(注音版)系列共有十八册。每本书都有一个鲜明的主题,从不同的侧面勾勒出四到八岁儿童的成长断面。读完这套书,能对儿童从身体、生理和心理成长的全过程有一个生动的了解。本册内容介绍为:因为长着金黄色的鬈发、红樱桃似的小嘴,还长着粉嘟嘟的红脸蛋,好多人都把弗朗兹看成了漂亮的小姑娘。这让弗朗兹很是郁闷。这些人很难相信,事情根本与他们想的两样。特别是伯格太太的外甥,打死也不肯相信,弗朗兹就是个跟他一样的男孩——直到弗朗兹使出了非同寻常但效果绝对立竿见影的杀手锏。
从玛丽 波平斯到达樱桃树胡同十七号的那一刻起,班克斯家的生活就永远地被改变了。这一切都始于玛丽波平斯被东风吹到班克斯家的门口,她成了简、迈克尔和双胞胎的*不同寻常的保姆。除了玛丽 波平斯,还有谁可以滑上栏杆,从一个空的手提包里拿出整张扶手椅,又有谁能做出如此美味的酸橙汁呢? 孩子们与玛丽 波平斯共度的每一天都是魔幻而虚幻的日子。
本书是米沃什仅有的两本小说之一。以小男孩托马什的口吻,叙述了他童年的乡村生活经历,时间大概从二十世纪初到“一战”结束,故事的地点在波兰几乎与世隔 的伊萨谷里。但因为此地之前属于立陶宛国,所以人们分成两派,一方坚持重建立陶宛国,一方心属波兰。文化和政治上的矛盾和分歧在这片土地根深已久,其影响也在托马什生活中随处可见,书中的人物——外祖父母、祖母、姨妈、守林人、教师等,虽然都是无名之辈,但每个人都纠缠在历史的难题中并深受其苦。
《苏菲的假期》是塞居尔伯爵夫人“苏菲系列”的收官之作,讲述了苏菲、玛格丽特、卡米耶等“小淑女”和保罗、让、雅克、莱昂等“小绅士”在暑假里发生的趣事。在这个悠长假期里,男孩和女孩们一起学习、玩耍、冒险,共同体验了重逢的喜悦和死亡的悲伤,上演了一幕幕属于他们的“人间悲喜剧”。
《读书并不难》 在《开心男孩》里,调皮捣蛋的“我”和表弟小沙一起成长,快乐的大家庭里还有不错胖的姑妈和不错瘦的姑父。调皮的日子里,当然还少不了小伙伴和小狗宝贝蛋的陪伴。秦文君用幽默风趣的笔触勾勒出了男孩成长的快乐时光,一篇篇短小精悍的故事,不仅令人捧腹,阅读过后,更能在儿童的心里种下阳光的种子。 《外婆的巫术》 在《开心女该》里,我们可以通过秦文君细腻的笔触感受到属于“我”和小燕以及身边小伙伴们的开心童年。一个个短小精悍、令人捧腹的故事,勾勒出了生动活泼的童年世界。浸润文字之中,能够感受到作者的妙笔巧心。这是一本发着光的小书,迎着阳光,能闻到高兴的味道。 《天才点心师》 在《开心女该》里,我们可以通过秦文君细腻的笔触感受到属于“我”和小燕以及身边小伙伴们的开心童年。一个个短小精悍
Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in ruralKentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. Butwhen she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car,she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrivesin Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child,a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and mustsomehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity forputting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship,abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprisingresources in apparently empty places. Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition ofBarbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, "The Bean Trees, " will bein stores everywhere in September. With two different but equallyhandsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolverlibrary.
Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family curse, but when hebegins to experience alarming symptoms at the onset of the fullmoon, he is scared that the jaws of fate are opening and about toswallow him whole. He has cheated death, defeated demons,moved on with his life. But Grubbs is torn between the world ofmagic and his wolfen genes. Can he fight the beast inside or willhe fall victim to his tainted blood?
The story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on aScottish beach, the morning after a great storm. Kirstie and herbrother Angus find the egg and take it home. The next day it hashatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horse's head, wartyskin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail. The baby sea monstersoon becomes the family pet - but the trouble is, it just doesn'tstop growing!
'WE SEE YOU. NOW WE ARE YOU . . .' No real witch would casuallystep out of their body, leaving it empty. Tiffany Aching does. Andthere's something just waiting for a handy body to take over.Something ancient and horrible, which can't die. To deal with it,Tiffany has to go to the heart of what makes her a witch. Get pastthe 'I can't'. But even with the help of the Nac Mac Feegle - therowdiest pictsies on the Disc, who like facing enormous odds - shestill might not be able to win herself back . . . FROM MASTERSTORYTELLER TERRY PRATCHETT 十一岁的小女巫蒂弗妮·阿奇终于走出了她的家乡一一白垩地上的农场,前往一个擅长分身术的老女巫勒韦尔小姐那里学习正统的魔法。然而,一个叫做蜂怪的疯狂而邪恶的古老幽灵一直徘徊在蒂弗妮的身边,试图寄居在她的头脑中,控制她的思想…… 为了报答蒂弗妮曾经给予他们的帮助,一伙小人一一那些生活在白垩地古墓中的喜欢偷窃和打架的蓝色小精灵
For the first time in the history of the Little House books,this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant,full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes toher first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a collegefor the blind. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walkhome from church with Laura. And Laura, now fifteen years old,receives her certificate to teach school.
An orphaned boy and a kidnapped horse gallop for Narnia…andfreedom.
Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for theseriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the DarkDance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no onehas ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldeststory there ever is. And draws the attention of the wintersmithhimself. As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffanydeal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help ofGranny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle — the fightin’, thievin’pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their “bigwee hag.” Wintersmith is the third title in an exuberant series cracklingwith energy and humour. It follows The Wee Free Men.--From theHardcover edition.
This is a new edition, with fresh Quentin Blake cover, of thesuperb sequel to the ever-popular "Charlie and the ChocolateFactory" as well as a whole new exciting end section about RoaldDahl and his world.
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。
Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and vampaneze killer, is obliged toattend school! But homework is the least of Darren's problems.Bodies are piling up. Time is running out. And the past is catchingup with the hunters fast! "吸血侠达伦·山传奇"系列小说是英国青年作家达伦·山(原名达伦·奥肖内西)目前正在全心投入创作的一套大型儿童读物系列,计划共创作二十余部,读者对象为10岁以上青少年。小说以人称的手法,讲述了我--达伦·山如何由人变成吸血鬼,如何在人与鬼,在生与死,在正义与邪恶的抉择中所经历的传奇而恐怖的成长历程。
A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Watership Down by Richard Adams has become one of the most famous animals adventures ever written. In this epic story, a young rabbit called Fiver senses that something terrible is about to happen to the warren - he is sure of it. Fiver's sixth sense is never wrong according to his brother, Hazel. They had to leave immediately, and they had to persuade the other rabbits to join them. And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all . . . Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Servic
The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy fromMaggie Stievater. then. When Sam met Grace, he was a wolf and she was a girl. Eventuallyhe found a way to become a boy, and their love transformed fromcurious distance to the intense closeness of shared lives. now. That should have been the end of their story. But Grace was notmeant to stay human. Now she is the wolf. And the wolves of MercyFalls are about to be hunted in one final, spectacular kill. forever. Sam would do anything for Grace. But can one boy and one lovereally change a hostile, predatory world? The past, the present,and the future will all collide in one pure moment - a moment ofdeath or life, farewell or forever.
本书以一个更为生动与黑暗的故事重新诠释了格林童话经典篇章《雪白与玫瑰红》(Snow-White andRed-Rose)。 故事围绕着两个世界的边界展开,一个是犯罪频发的村庄,一个是属于女孩林嘉的避风港。林嘉有两个女儿,安静的布伦泽和热情的乌达儿,小小避风港保护着她们免受林嘉曾经遭受的暴力与苦难。但是现实世界是你无法永远躲避的,巫师和野熊先后闯过了边界。林嘉和两个女儿能够守住原有的平静,适应这个美丽与残酷共生的世界么? "Tender Morsels "is a dark and vivid story, set in two worldsand worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in herown personal heaven, a world given to her in exchange for herearthly life. Her two daughters grow up in this soft place,protected from the violence that once harmed their mother. But thereal world cannot be denied forever--magicked men and wild bearsbreak down the borders of Liga's refuge. Now, having know