Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepyIllinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double billof any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole longyear with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up herneighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain isthis: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out .. . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery HonorBook A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its placeamong the classics of children's literature.
Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he canremember. Though his father is the Great Chief of Hikueru - anisland whose seafaring people worship courage - Mafatu feels likean outsider. All his life he has been teased, taunted, and evenblamed for storms on the sea. Then at age fifteen, no longer willing to put up with theridicule and jibes, Mafatu decides to take his fate into his ownhands. With his dog, Uri, as his companion, Mafatu paddles out tosea, ready to face his fears. What he learns on his lonesomeadventure will change him forever and make him a hero in the eyesof his people.
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steelpole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched beforehim are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie thewounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may oneday fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, oneday, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it -- two strangers aremaking their way toward Sarah's Mountain. One has the ability tomake M.C.'s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedomthat M.C. has never even considered.
Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step withtwist to the left, stutter into jumper, blind pass. These are me.The moves make the man.The moves make me.Jerome foxworthy -- theJayfox to his friends -- likes to think he can handle anything. Hehandled growing up without a father. He handled being the firstblack kid in school. And he sure can handle a basketball. Then Jerome meets bix Rivers -- mysterious and moody, but a greatathlete. So Jerome decides to teach bix his game. He can tell thatbix has the talent. All he's got to do is learn the rightmoves....
Now in a digest-sized paperback, DiCamillo's beloved NewberyHonor book is the story of 10-year-old India Opal Buloni, whodescribes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and allthe good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog,Winn-Dixie.
1899年的德州夏天，白天气温高得吓人，一般人即使安安静静躺下来睡午觉，依然汗流浃背。11岁的卡莉喜欢在这时候一个人偷偷跑去游泳。她对报社刊登太阳下的气温不满意，写信去反应，报社从善如流，改报阴影下的气温，果然让人觉得凉爽了一点。大哥送她一本笔记，她用来观察纪录每天看到的生物，也聪明的想出号令蚯蚓的方法，销售给哥哥当鱼饵。她对达尔文的进化论感兴趣，偷偷设法去图书馆借书，却被禁止，让她很沮丧。后来她发现庭院里的绿色蝗虫体型比较小，动作迅速；黄色蝗虫虽然动作慢，个头却大，她跑去问爷爷，以为自己发现了新品种，但爷爷要她自己找答案。她从观察中发现黄色蝗虫因为有体色保护，所以即使动作迟缓，仍然可以活到比较老。她把这个发现告诉爷爷，老人家大为惊讶，将她视为志同道合的朋友。爷爷引领她进入科学世
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt thansew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares everychance she gets. Caddie is friends with Indians, who scare most ofthe neighbors -- neighbors who, like her mother and sisters, don'tunderstand her at all. Caddie is brave, and her story is special because it's based onthe life and memories of Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, the realCaddie Woodlawn. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book aclassic that readers have taken to their hearts for more thanseventy years.
When the great Velázquez was painting his masterpieces at theSpanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertlymixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan dePareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and thecruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Trevi?o tellsthe story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplishedand respected artist. Upon the death of his indulgent mistressin Seville, Juan de Pareja was uprooted from the only home he hadknown and placed in the charge of a vicious gypsy muleteer to besent north to his mistress’s nephew and heir, Diego Velázquez, whorecognized at once the intelligence and gentle breeding which wereto make Juan his indispensable assistant and companion—and hislifelong friend. Through Juan’s eyes the reader seesVelázquez’s delightful family, his working habits and the characterof the man, his relations with the shy yet devoted King Philip IVand with his fellow painters, Rubens and Murillo, t
It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. It s only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a little bit surprised when they do.
In 17th century England, a terrible accident forces orphanedPhilip Marsham to flee London in fear of his life. He signs on witha frigate bound for Newfoundland. But when the ship is seizedmidocean by pirates, Philip is forced to join them on theirmurderous expeditions. This is a classic Newbery Award-winningpirate adventure.
10th Anniversary Edition Louis Sachar received great recognition for his groundbreakingstory of Stanley Yelnats – a boy with a history of bad luck. AsSchool Library Journal predicted in their starred review of thebook when it was first published, “Kids will love Holes.” A decadelater, the book is still quenching young readers’ thirst for agripping story about a far-reaching family curse, friendship,adventure, endurance, and, finally, a generous helping of goodkarma. Celebrate with this special 10th Anniversary Edition, whichincludes portraits of the author as a little brother (by his bigbrother), as a husband (by his wife), and as a father (by hisdaughter), along with photos and Louis Sachar’s 1999 Newberyacceptance speech. Vladimir Radunsky, who created the originaliconoclastic cover illustration, has made new art from the familiarimages. Wrapped in an acetate jacket, this edition is an appealingpackage that will be equally welcome in public, school, or homelibraries. Holes
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashionedkind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere,but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and heryounger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into a mystery that madeheadlines!
Here's a book that's as warm and melty as a grilled Swiss onseven-grain bread, and just as wholesome and substantial. Eversince the boss promoted her from bus girl two and a half years agowhen she was 14, Hope has been a waitress--and a darn good one,too. She takes pride in making people happy with good food, as doesher aunt Addie, a diner cook extraordinaire. The two of them havebeen a pair ever since Hope's waitress mother abandoned her as ababy, and now they have come to rural Wisconsin to run the WelcomeStairways café for G.T. Stoop, who is dying of leukemia. But he'snot dead yet, as the kindly and greathearted restaurant ownerdemonstrates when he decides to run for mayor against the wickedand corrupt Eli Millstone. As old-fashioned goodness lines up against the bad guys, thecampaign leads Hope in exciting new directions: a boyfriend who isa great grill man, a new sense of herself and her mission as awaitress, and--when Addie and G.T. finally realize that they aremeant for each other--the f
Breaking Stalin's Nose is one of Horn Book 's Best Fiction Books of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. Eugene Yelchin's moving story of a ten-year-old boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility.
13世纪在克拉科夫有一位吹号手，他尽忠职守，为他所爱的国家牺牲生命，被敌人射死在《海那圣歌》结束前。到了15世纪，有一家忠贞爱国的人，冒着生命危险，千里迢迢地为国王送来了稀世珍宝——塔尔努夫水晶球。 这家人躲过了坏人钮扣脸彼得的追赶，化名寄居在一位炼金学者的楼下，继承了吹号手的职位，然而却未能逃过钮扣脸彼得三番五次的骚扰。在一次因塔尔努夫水晶球引起的城市大火后，这家人终于如愿地将它送到国王手中。出乎意料，炼金学者却将它夺过来丢进了河里，结束了因它惹来的长久灾难。 透过作者精心的描述，读者更能知道当时一个吹号手的职责，不仅是每个小时尽忠报时而已，还包括利用居高临下的位置，注意城外敌人的偷袭以及城内不幸发生的天窭人祸。透过这种巨细靡遗的笔触，读者才能够清易地融入五百年前的道
In ancient Japan, a struggling artist is angered when hishousekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford tofeed. But when the village's head priest commissions a painting ofthe Buddha for a healthy sum, the artist softens toward the animalhe believes has brought him luck. According to legend, the proud andhaughty cat was denied the Buddha's blessing for refusing to accepthis teachings and pay him homage. So when the artist, moved bycompassion for his pet, includes the cat in his painting, thepriest rejects the work and decrees that it must be destroyed. Itseems the artist's life is ruined as well -- until he is rewardedfor his act of love by a Buddhist miracle. This timeless fable has been a classic sinceits first publication in 1930, and this beautifully reillustratededition brings the magic and wonder of the tale to a new generationof readers.
