Following the re-release of the first three books in this beloved series, here are the final three classic wordless tales in attractive, low-priced hardcover editions.燗 Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, the first book in this series, launched Mercer Mayer's distinguished career over twenty-five years ago, and also helped to create the wordless picture book genre. Full of warmhearted mischief and play, the books express the humorous trials and tribulations of friendship and the joy of summertime discovery. Readers will want to collect the entire set.
All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes' peace from herenergetic children, so she heads to the bathtub for somewell-deserved quiet time. But the kids want Mom to join in theirfun, so they follow her wherever she goes With a relatable dilemma and hilarious art, Five Minutes' Peaceis a favorite among moms, and this new format will make it theperfect baby gift.
While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.
The last born of nine puppies worries that he will be the last chosen for a pet of a new owner.
Puff, Puff, Puff Chug, Chug, Chug Two little trains areheading West. One is a shiny, streamlined train, moving fast. Theother is a little old train, moving not so fast. Both will travelthrough long dark tunnels, through snow and dust. What else canthey have in common? Much more than you think!
The clouds drift across the bright blue sky-all except one. Little Cloud trails behind. He is busy changing shapes to become a fluffy sheep, a zooming airplane, and even a clown with a funny hat. Eric Carle's trademark collages will make every reader want to run outside and discover their very own little cloud.
A mouse istaking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes ahungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enoughto eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . thegruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature withterrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, andknobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the endof its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s nosuch thing as a gruffalo. . . .
Elmer woke up one sunny morning and decided to go for a walk. Onthe way he meets all his many animal friends. As the story is being read to them, small children will enjoyfinding the right animal stickers to put on each page to createtheir very own storybook.
Matthew the mouse lives in a dreary corner of a dusty attic. But a trip to the museum helps him to see his surroundings in a new light. With brush in paw, Matthew sets out to paint “the shapes and colours of joy”.
Can you tell how many cherries there are? How many apples? In the brilliantly colorful My Very First Book of Numbers, children can find the number of fruits in the bottom half of a page that matches the number of boxes and numerals in the top half. In My Very First Book of Words, children can match the picture in the bottom half with the word in the top half. Which one is the car? Which one is the fish? Only you can match them. Children will love solving the puzzles of these clever, vibrant books.
Now one of Eric Carle’s most popular books is a lift-the-flapbook! The horse wants to go for a ride, the cow wants to eat somegrass, and the sheep wants to run in the meadow—but where is thevery busy spider? You’ll have to lift the flap to find out!
世界上到底有没有圣诞老人?我相信有。许多年前的一个平安夜, 极地特快 停在了我家的门口,把我带上了去往北极的旅途。在那儿,我见到了圣诞老人,还收到了他送出的头一份圣诞礼物 雪橇上的银铃 《极地特快》是日本著名作家村上春树推崇的绘本大师 克里斯 范 奥尔斯伯格的经典代表作,曾荣获凯迪克金奖,并荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。《极地特快》是美国很受欢迎的圣诞礼物书,销量超过700万册,还曾被改编为同名电影,受到广大儿童的喜爱。在本书中,作者用充满温情的语调叙述了一个关于 相信 的故事:相信美好,相信奇迹 相信会产生力量,让孩子的心灵饱满充实。全书采用笔触细腻的粉彩画,营造出朦胧、神秘的梦幻感。细细阅读,无论是大人还是孩子,都会沉醉于那一份纯真美好的童心。现在,就让我们一起踏上极地特快,去追寻
Here are two new split-page board books in the popular seriesfrom Eric Carle. In the brilliantly colorful My Very First Bookof Animal Homes, children can match each animal with the homeit lives in. Where do the bees live? Where does the bird live? In My Very First Book of Animal Sounds, children can match eachanimal with the sound it makes. Which animal barks? Which animalroars? Only you can match them. Full of vibrant animals, thesebooks are loads of fun for young children.
Obadiah, a young Quaker boy living in colonial Nantucket, is constantly followed by a sea gull that he wishes would leave him alone. When it does leave, he wants it back.
The pond is home to a tadpole and a minnow, two underwater friends. But when the tadpole grows into a frog and hops onto the land, a new world unfolds before his eyes. When he returns to the pond, he tells his friend fantastic tales of the things he's seen: birds and cows and mysterious things called people! Fish longs to be a frog so that he can see this wonderful world too, and decides that he will follow in his friend's footsteps, come what may...
What will happen when the sheep go trick-or-treating? Could there be wolves lurking in the woods, hoping to waylay them as they return home with their bags full of goodies? In crisp verse and whimsically eerie pictures, Nancy Shaw and Margot Apple tell the lively story of a remarkable Halloween adventure. Simple sentences, rhyming text, and a humorous tone make this the perfect treat for beginning readers. Fans of this adventuresome flock of sheep will not want to miss this Halloween treat.
In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets alion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life byremoving a thorn from his paw. 安迪喜欢狮子,他看关于狮子的书,废寝忘食;他听爷爷讲狮子的故事,如痴如醉;就连晚上做梦都是自己在非洲追捕狮子。有一天,安迪竟然在上学路上遇见了真的狮子,可是那会儿,他能想到的只有拔腿就跑……《安迪和狮子》是一本有着典型美国特色的绘本,流畅的情节、跃动的文字、动感的画面,让全书充盈着活力和自信。作者尤其擅长刻画进行中的场景,他捕捉动作发生的瞬间,使得一幅幅画面如同定格后的镜头,串在一起便是连贯的动作。刚劲有力的线条、黑与土黄两种颜色的强烈对比、省略了背景而着重描摹人物和狮子的特写,作者用极具动感和立体感的画面讲述了一个紧张刺激却打动人心的冒险与感恩的故事。
When the hall clock reads twenty minutes past four, the atticclock reads twenty-three minutes past four, the kitchen clock readstwenty-five minutes past four, and the bedroom clock readstwenty-six minutes past four, what should Mr. Higgins do? He can'ttell which of his clocks tells the right time. He is in for a realsurprise when the Clockmaker shows him that they are allcorrect!