Cats. Jessica's never liked them. Especially not a skinny, ugly kitten that looks like a worm. Worm. Jessica wishes she'd never brought Worm home with her, because now he's making her do terrible things. She's sure she isn't imagining the evil voice coming from the cat, telling her to play mean tricks on people. But how can she explain what's happening? Witches. Jessica has read enough books to know that Worm must be a witch's cat. He's cast a spell on her, but whom can she turn to? After all, no one will believe that Worm has bewitched her...or worse!
Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother,Gebu, so he can become master goldsmith like their father in thisexciting tale of ancient Egyptian mystery and intrigue. Newbery Honor Book
Carol Kendall's witty, epic tales about the race of peoplecalled the Minnipins are now available as Odyssey/Harcourt YoungClassics. Now a new generation of readers can thrill to theadventures of the tiny folk who become mighty heroes. The originalinterior illustrations by Erik Blegvad and Imero Gobbato have beenretained, but vibrant new cover art by beloved illustrators Tim andGreg Hildebrandt gives the books a new look for a new audience.
Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the mostamazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal. Told bynine-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and futurenaturalist, the voyages of Doctor Dolittle and his company leadthem to Spidermonkey Island. Along with his faithful friends,Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey, Doctor Dolittlesurvives a perilous shipwreck and lands on the mysterious floatingisland. There he meets the wondrous Great Glass See Snail who holdsthe key to the greatest mystery of all.
迈克尔很爱他的曾姨奶奶,尽管她有时候甚至记不起他的名字。祖孙俩在一起的时光总是格外有趣,曾姨奶奶会抱着一个装满了便士的盒子,给迈克尔讲她百年人生里的点点滴滴。妈妈总是想扔掉这个又脏又破的盒子,但是迈克尔明白,比便士更珍贵的,是盒子承载的记忆。 故事简单而古朴,祖孙之间那种隔代的温暖却震撼人心。无论中外,敬爱与善待老人,是所有孩子必上的一课。 Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't alwaysremember his name. He especially loves to spend time with her andher beloved hundred penny box, listening to stories about each ofthe hundred years of her life. Michael's mother wants to throw outthe battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michaelunderstands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as thememories it contains. Winner of a Newbery Honor, this beautifulstory will be available in a collector's edition featuring hea
Nhamo's mother is dead, and her father is gone. She is avirtual slave in her small African village. Before her twelfthbirthday, Nhamo learns that she must marry a cruel man with threeother wives--and decides desperately to run away. Alone on theriver, in a stolen boat, she is swept into the uncharted heart of agreat lake. There, she battles drowning, starvation, and wildanimals, and comes to know Africa's mystical, luminous spirits.Nancy Farmer's masterful storytelling makes this a trulyspellbinding novel--and readers will be cheering for Nhamo frombeginning to end. A gripping adventure, equally a survival storyand a spiritual voyage.Nhamo is a stunning creation--while sheserves as a fictional ambassador from a foreign culture, she issupremely human. An unforgettable work. --Publishers Weekly,starred review
On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift -- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the Dark and the Light. And for the twelve days of Christmas, while the Dark is rising, life for Will is full of wonder, terror, and delight.
拉蒙在“恶魔魟鱼”洞里采到一颗硕大无比的黑珍珠,轰动了整个拉巴兹城。他父亲勃拉勒卖珠不成,把黑珍珠献给了圣母。采珠队在海上遇到风暴,由于他父亲自恃有圣母保佑,没有及时躲避,整个船队全部覆没,仅采珠工塞维利亚人生还。拉蒙遭此厄运,以为“恶魔魟鱼”作怪,索要珍珠,所以偷出珍珠准备物归原主。不料塞维利亚人在海上劫持他,逼他同去圭麦斯出售珍珠。后来塞维利亚人杀死“恶魔魟鱼”,自己也在搏斗中丧生。拉蒙在不平凡的经历中破除了种种迷信,成长为大人。他侥幸生还,把珍珠还给教堂,供大家欣赏。
Enter the hilarious world of 10-year-old Kenny and his family,the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, littlesister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's 13 and an "officialjuvenile delinquent." When Momma and Dad decide it's time for avisit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, andthe Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They're heading South.They're going to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkestmoments in America's history
Mona has the most unusual family in town-and the mostnotorious. While she hates all the attention her eccentricrelatives bring to her, there is one Figg family member she likes:her uncle Florence, the book dealer. But Uncle Florence keepshinting that he's going to find his way to Capri, the Figg familyheaven. And that means leaving Mona behind. Can Mona find Capribefore it's too late, or will she learn that things are seldom whatthey seem when books are involved?
Nobody knows what to make of the new boy in Frannie's class.Not only does he look different, but he's kind to everyone, herefuses to fight, and he doesn't even seem to mind when the otherkids nickname him Jesus Boy. But as winter progresses, Frannierealizes that she's starting to see a whole lot of things in a newlight: her brother's deafness, her mother's fear, her friendSamantha's faith, their classmate Trevor's anger, and her owndesire for hope - "the thing with feathers." And it's all becauseof Jesus Boy's differences . . . and his friendship.
Set in Galilee in the time of Jesus, this is the story of ayoung Jewish rebel who is won over to the gentle teachings ofJesus.
故事讲述了一位名叫塔兰(Taran)的少年,为了维护家乡和平,而与魔王The Horned King对抗,阻止其利用黑神锅的魔力危害世人。 The Newbery-Winning Fantasy Series Now Available In Gorgeous New Paperback Editions! Since "The Book Of Three" Was First Published In 1964, Young Readers Have Been Enthralled By The Adventures Of Taran The Assistant Pig-Keeper And His Quest To Become A Hero. Taran Is Joined By An Engaging Cast Of Characters That Includes Eilonwy, The Strong-Willed And Sharp-Tongued Princess; Fflewddur Fflam, The Hyperbole-Prone Bard; The Ever-Faithful Gurgi; And The Curmudgeonly Doli--All Of Whom Have Become Involved In An Epic Struggle Between Good And Evil That Shapes The Fate Of The Legendary Land Of Prydain. Released Over A Period Of Five Years, Lloyd Alexander'S Beautifully Written Tales Not Only Captured Children'S Imaginations But Also Garnered The Highest Critical Praise. "The Black Cauldron" Was A Newbery Honor Book, And The Final Volume In The Chronic
Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals--herfamily owns the local funeral home, after all. And even thoughGreat-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack andGreat-great-aunt Florentine dropped dead--just like that--sixmonths later, Comfort knows how to deal with loss, or so shethinks. She's more concerned with avoiding her crazy cousin Peachand trying to figure out why her best friend, Declaration, suddenlywon't talk to her. But life is full of surprises. And the biggestone of all is learning what it takes to handle them. In thisheartfelt and quintessentially Southern coming-of-age novel,Comfort will charm young readers with her wit, her warmth, and herstruggles as she learns about life, loss, and ultimately, triumph."I""ncludes reader's guide and a biography of the author."
Even after Davie had had the little black rabbit, Shadrach,for several weeks, it was still almost unbelievable. Every morningwhen Davie woke up it was a miracle all over again -- there in hisgrandfather's barn sat a wriggle black rabbit, and it was his.David had never been happier...until the day Shadrach slippedthrough the stats of his hutch and disappeared.
《鬼妈妈》是英国著名作家尼尔-盖曼的畅销小说。 如果有一天,你在家里的某个角落找到一扇紧锁的神秘之门。请千万别打开它,也许这就是一扇通往另一个世界的鬼魅之门。女孩考罗琳和爸妈一起搬进了一间旧屋,在一道门后,她发现了一个与现实完全相同的另一个世界,那里有她的另一个“妈妈”,这个“妈妈”有一双黑色纽扣眼睛,她要考罗琳永远留在这个世界里……
The story of one African American family fighting to staytogether and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness,poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which isnear impossible when you have a brother with autism and a familythat revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying toteach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple"to "keep your pants on in public"---in order to head off David'sembarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, newsort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's alwayswished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everythingupside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
"Librarians often say that every book is not for every child, but "The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp "is" ("The New York Times"). Meet Bingo and J'miah, raccoon brothers on a mission to save Sugar Man Swamp in this rollicking tale and National Book Award Finalist from Newbery Honoree Kathi Appelt. Raccoon brothers Bingo and J'miah are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to serve the Sugar Man--the massive creature who delights in delicious sugar cane and magnanimously rules over the swamp--is an honor, and also a big responsibility, since the rest of the swamp critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts. Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn is not a member of any such organization. But he loves the swamp something fierce, and he'll do anything to help protect it. And help is surely needed, because world-class alligator wrestler Jaeger Stitch wants to turn Sugar Man swamp into an Alligator World Wrestling Arena and Theme Park,
A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brotherCharles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for amidnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a mostdisturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "Ijust got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sitdown for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, bythe way, there is such a thing as a tesseract." A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle intime. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of MissL'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the NewberyMedal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time ofMeg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and oneof the most popular boys in high school). They are in search ofMeg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secretwork for the government on the tesseract problem.
1944年美国纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖 你从未遇过像鲁夫 摩法多这样的男孩。别以为他什么都不会,他总有一套自己的方式,任何事都难不倒他。 当他次从图书馆借书回家时,他让自己学会了写字,管它看不看得懂;在粮食短缺的年代里,鲁夫种植了独一无二的“鲁夫的豆子”,尽管他每天都把它们挖出来检查一番,豆子竟还是长出来了。鲁夫也有一些不为人知的神秘朋友!他不但发现了镇上的隐形钢琴师,而且还带着亦敌亦友的纸板男孩在小镇上到处兜风,甚至还骑上了他专属的飞马…… You've never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He getsthings done, but he gets them done his way. When he wants to checkout library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though hedoesn't yet know how to read. When food is scarce, he plants somespecial "Rufus beans" that actually grow...despite his digging themup every day to check on them.