The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the boy foundling adopted by a family of wolves, Shere Khan the tiger, Bagheera the black panther and Baloo the sleepy brown bear. How did the Leopard get his spots? How did the Elephant get his trunk? In Just So Stories Kipling wittily supplies the answers to these and other questions. Puck of Pook's Hill relates how Dan and Una's magical meeting with Puck, the last of the People of the Hills, leads to their adventures with Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings... And later, in Rewards and Fairies, the three meet an array of characters ranging from Iron Age warriors to 'Good Queen Bess' and Sir Francis Drake. In Kipling's rattling school yarn Stalky & Co, Stalky, M'Turk and the Beetle are a trio of scallywags with a keen desire to break the rules, their unruly activities give the stories an enduring appeal to all children - especially those who have ever wilted beneath the stern glance of a peevish schoolmaster. Kipling's wry, sometimes tongue-in-cheek st
Mrs. Snavin looked right past all thosewaving hands. She looked right at me and she smiled and said, "Ithink I'll have Jake take it." Then Mrs. Snavin said, "but be sureto hurry right back, Jake, because we're going to work on ournumber-line project, and you have to be my special computer helper,okay?" And I could feel every kid in the class looking at me. Theyweren't saying anything. They weren't even whispering. But rightthen, I heard what they were thinking anyway. They were thinking,teacher's pet.
When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper DayCare Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But helearned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not atattletale, and he had no big brother to protect him. He was aperfect bully magnet. But everything changed the year Jake was in second grade. That'swhen SuperBully Link Baxter moved to town. Jake had his hands fulljust trying to survive, until class project time. Who did theteacher assign to be Link's partner? You guessed it. Jake has to use all his smarts -- and his heart as well -- toturn himself from Jake Drake, Bully Magnet, to Jake Drake, BullyBuster.
Knock, knock. Who's there? Jake. Jake who? Jake Drake,Class Clown. Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in second grade, and shenever smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up the class during aspelling bee, he sees the tiniest hint of a smile at the corner ofher mouth. Suddenly, Jake has a new mission in life: to be so funnythat even Miss Bruce will laugh! But then things get out of hand, and Jake finds himself in bigtrouble. Has Jake discovered -- too late -- that not everybodyloves a clown?
Tom,a poor orphan,is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep,Grimes,to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot.While engaged in this dreadful task,he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie,the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief.He runs away,and,hot and bothered,he slips into a cooling stream,falls asleep,and becomes a Water Baby. In his new life,he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures,including an engaging old lobster,other water babies,and at last reaches St Branden's lsle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonbyasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby.After a long and arduous quest to the Othe-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart's desire.
A boy finds a salamander in the woods and imagines the many things he can do to turn his room into a perfect salamander home. Together, Anne Mazer and Steve Johnson have created a woodland paradise that any salamander would love to share with a child.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guidepublisher* This is not a guidebook. And it is definitely 'not-for-parents'.It is the real, inside story about one of the world's most famouscities - Paris . In this book you'll hear fascinating talesabout creepy stone gargoyles, ghostly railway stations, hugecastles and amazingly pampered pets. Check out cool stories about stuffed animals, caves filled withbones and the deadly guillotine. You'll find cyclists, junkcollectors and musicians, and snails on the menu for dinner. Where can you pretend you're at the beach in the middle of thecity? Who smiles at 6 million people a year? Who had her own life-size village built just to play in? Which famous building was built inside out? This book shows you a Paris your parents probably don't evenknow about. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, KlayLamprell About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet hasbecome the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooksto every destin
The gripping story of young Karana, who survives by herselffor eighteen years on a deserted island off the Californiacoast.
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