For the first time in the history of the Little House books,this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant,full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as theymove from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to thewilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on thenew railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect fortheir new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she,her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on theshores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors'house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be abrand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. TheIngallses' covered-wagon travels are finally over.
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
It is November. When Meg comes home from school, CharlesWallace tells her he saw dragons in the twin’s vegetablegarden. That night Meg, Calvin and C.W. go to the vegetablegarden to meet the Teacher (Blajeny) who explains that what theyare seeing isn’t a dragon at all, but a cherubim namedProginoskes. It turns out that C.W. is ill and that Blajeny and Proginoskes are there to make him well – by making himwell, they will keep the balance of the universe in check and saveit from the evil Echthros. Meg, Calvin and Mr. Jenkins (grade school principal) musttravel inside C.W. to have this battle and save Charles’ life aswell as the balance of the universe.
The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat tothe Navaho way of life. One lovely spring day,fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird tooktheir sheep to pasture. The sky was clear blue against thered buttes of the Canyon de Chelly, and the fields and orchards ofthe Navahos promised a rich harvest. Bright Morning was happyas she gazed across the beautiful valley that was the home of hertribe. She turned when Black Dog barked, and it was then thatshe saw the Spanish slavers riding straight toward her.
Manolo was only three when his father, the great bullfighterJuan Olivar, died. But Juan is never far from Manolo'sconsciousness -- how could he be, with the entire town of Arcangelwaiting for the day Manolo will fulfill his father's legacy? But Manolo has a secret he dares to share with no one -- he is acoward, without afición, the love of the sport that enables abullfighter to rise above his fear and face a raging bull. As theday when he must enter the ring approaches, Manolo finds himselfquestioning which requires more courage: to follow in his father'slegendary footsteps or to pursue his own destiny?
在线阅读本书 Annika is happy living in the servants' quarters of a house ownedby three eccentric professors. She adores Ellie and Sigrid, thecook and housemaid who found her as a baby, abandoned on a churchdoorstep. In the eleven years since, they have taught her how tobake and clean to perfection. Then one day a glamorous strangerarrives, claiming to be Annika's mother. Annika is no servant, shelearns, but an aristocrat whose true home is an ancient castle. Butat crumbling Spittal, Annika discovers that all is not as it seemsin the lives of her newfound family. . . --This text refers tothe Hardcover edition.
Lucky, age ten, can’t wait another day. The meanness gland inher heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain makerunning away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), therock-bottom only choice she has. It’s all Brigitte’s fault–for wanting to go back to France.Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in theircare! Instead Lucky is sure that she’ll be abandoned to someorphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won’tbe allowed. She’ll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives oncookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member ofthe International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she’ll have togive up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where theinteresting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs herown–and quick. But she hadn’t planned on a dust storm. Or needing to lug the world’s heaviest survival-kit backpack intothe desert.
Around 5:00 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning on October 1953, my Aunt Belle left her bed and vanished from the face of the earth. Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle's son moves next door, she has her chance. Woodrow isn't as forthcoming as Gypsy hopes, yet he becomes more than just a curiosity to her-- during their sixth-grade year she finds that they have enough in common to be best friends. Even so, Gypsy is puzzled by Woodrow's calm acceptance of his mother's disappearance, especially since she herself has never gotten over her father's death. When Woodrow finally reveals that he's been keeping a secret about his mother, Gypsy begins to understand that there are different ways of finding the strength to face the truth, no matter how painful it is. Belle Prater's Boy is a 1996 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Fiction and a 1997 Newbery Honor Book
For the first time in the history of the Little House books,this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant,full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the firsttime, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. Sheis very homesick, but keeps at it so that she can help pay for hersister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. During schoolvacations Laura has fun with her singing lessons, going on sleighrides, and best of all, helping Almanzo Wilder drive his new buggy.Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo in the romanticconclusion of this Little House book.
