This is the story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in the small town of Otwell. Father is a dustman and Mother a washerwoman. Then there's all the children - practical Lily Rose, clever Kate, mischievous twins James and John, followed by Jo, who loves films, little Peg and finally baby William. This is a truly classic book awarded the Carnegie Medal as the best children's book of 1937. 《小拉格尔斯奇遇记》(原名《小街上的一大家子》)描写了社会底层的一家人,他们虽然生活困顿,却积极向上,坚强乐观,真诚而勇敢,用自己的方式寻找生活的乐趣。小说完成后,出版前曾遭遇多家出版社的退稿,有人甚至说它根本不适合小读者阅读!可是,当小说在1937年终于面世后,却取得了空前的成功,并在当年一举击败J.R.R.托尔金的名作《霍比特人》,赢得了著名的儿童文学奖——卡内基奖。 之后,许多小读者,甚至成人读者,都纷
《我是彩虹鱼》(点击购买) 彩虹鱼是海洋中美丽的一条鱼,他有着彩虹般闪闪发光的鳞片,有着别人都想拥有的漂亮的外表,但却总是孤零零一个人,没有朋友,也不快乐。彩虹鱼怎么也想不明白,大家为什么都不喜欢接近他呢?他把自己的烦恼告诉了章鱼奶奶,章鱼奶奶对彩虹鱼说了什么?彩虹鱼会从中得到什么启示呢? 《条纹鱼得救了》(点击购买) 彩虹鱼和小伙伴们做游戏的时候,一条小条纹鱼闯了进来。因为没有闪闪发光的鳞片,条纹鱼只能远远地在一边看着,不能加入彩虹鱼和伙伴们的闪光捉迷藏游戏中。突然,一条鲨鱼出现了!彩虹鱼和小伙伴们都飞快地躲进了岩石的缝隙中,只有条纹鱼还在外面……接下来会发生什么事情呢? 《深海大冒险》(点击购买) 彩虹鱼因为好奇,想看看悬崖边下的情景,结果身上的闪光鳞片掉了下去。彩虹鱼
华夫先生忽视一切人类给他买来的玩具,但他并不是懒,而是太过挑剔。但是现在,傲娇的华夫先生有了一个他认为完美的玩具,虽然这个装载了外星人的飞船并不是一个真正的玩具。这些倒霉的外星人在华夫先生好奇心的驱使和可怕的猫爪下度过了可怕的一天,他们一定不知道令他们胆颤的地球震动只是因为他们被华夫玩弄于股掌之上而已。
Twelve-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingeniouscriminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to holda leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargainedfor when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (LowerElements Police Reconnaissance Unit). This is a truly modernclassic, first published in 2002.
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。
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
Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance,different in character and in love with the same woman. In themidst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London toescape the cruelty of the French nobility, must return to Paris torescue his servant from death. But he endangers his own life and iscaptured. Carton may be able to help, but will his resemblance beenough to save Darnay's life? This title provides an enticingintroduction by bestselling author, Roddy Doyle.
"A true genius...Roald Dahl is my hero" - David WalliamsPhizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, RoaldDahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with QuentinBlake's inimitable artwork. Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, sothe Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingeniousplan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve! RoaldDahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales ofNorwegian parents. After school in England he went to work forShell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on thehead", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl diedin 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-lovedchildren's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of RoaldDahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake'sillustrations.
Rediscover the Puffin Classics! An entirely new package,including Introductions from some of today's most popular authors,bringing the best-loved classics to a new generation.
Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of itschildren's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes adazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; thequality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's belovedtales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at anincomparable price. Pirates, buried treasure, and action aplenty--that's what'sserved up in this fine story, mates, and kids will eat it up. AfterJim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail insearch of the fortune. Little does he realize he's boarded a pirateship, and that surprises and danger await him...including a meetingwith the inforgettable Long John Silver.
Cicely Mary Barker's original Flower Fairies books, firstpublished in the 1920s, have been known and loved by generations.Like the pre-Raphaelite painters whom she so admired, Barkerbelieved in re-creating the beauty of nature in art and drawingfrom life. Her Flower Fairies watercolors have a unique combinationof naturalism and fantasy that no imitators have matched. Each of Barker's four seasonal books features poems andfull-color illustrations of at least 19 flowers that bloom during aparticular season.