0in 0in LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">A shipwreck. A sole survivor,stranded on a deserted island. What could be more appealing tochildren than Robinson Crusoe’s amazing adventure? Set in the 17thcentury, and unfolding over a 30-year period, it offers plenty ofsuspense and everyday detail about how Crusoe manages to stayalive. Additionally, it paints a fascinating portrait of theage—including references to slavery and Europe’s view of the “NewWorld.”
WhilepicnickingonSquawIsland,Dink,Josh,andRuthRosefindahundreddollarbill,andwhentheyreturntoexplorefurthertheyfindanentirecavefullofmoney.
Rendered in brilliant candy-shop colors, Joanna Isles's folk-art designs, whimsical characters and striking typestyles put a beguiling face on a beloved work: Abrams's edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses glows with charm and vitality ($14.95, all ages ISBN 0-8109-3196-6, Dec.).Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, everyone's favorite reluctantViking hero, has three months, five days and six hours to discoverAmerica, get back to Berk, save his father, battle Polarserpents,and win the annual Inter-Tribal Friendly Swimming Race. Can he doit?
Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community。 Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever. Good Wives takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness.
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint.He hates everyone,especially children．But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him，scare him into mending his ways，and hefinds，as he celebrates with Bod Cratchit，TinvTim and their family,that geniality brings itsown reward. This finest of all Christmas Stories is beautifully illustrated with Arthur Rackham’s superb line drawings．
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! The driver zips upher jumpsuit and squeezes through her racecar window. Engines rev.Tires SCREECH and SQUEAL...and they’re off! Around and around thecars go VVVRRRROMMMMM! Pit stops! CRASHES! POPPED tires! Race tothe finish line...and the checkered flag SNAPS down. Race day roarsinto life in this breathless book.
Book De*ion The highest standards inediting and production have been applied to the WordsworthChildren's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable foreveryone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-lovedstories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairytales to stories that will appeal to older children and adultsalike. Many of these volumes have contemporary illustrations, andwhile they are ideal for shared family reading, their attractiveformat will also encourage children to read for themselves. Likeall Wordsworth Editions, these children's books representunbeatable value. When Jerry, Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to acastle, they pretend that it is enchanted. But when they discoverthe Sleeping Princess at the centre of the maze, astonishing thingsbegin to happen. Amazon.com A plot summary makes this story sound ordinary by children'sliterature standards: the summer adventures of four children whodiscover an enchanted castle and a magic ring. But Edit
书目信息 ISBN: 9780394853338 作者: Judith Conaway 著 Gino D Achille 出版时间: March 12, 1983 页数: 96 出版社名称: Random House 语言: 英文 以上信息均为网络信息，仅供参考，具体以实物为准
The tales are translated by A. E. Johnson. Eight of the twelve tales in this book are from the master hand of Charles Perrault (1628-1703). Although Perrault enjoyed much distinction in the French literary circle of the late seventeenth century, his fame today rests upon his authorship of the traditional "Tales of Mother Goose", or "Stories of Olden Times". And it is true to say that as long as there are children to listen spellbound to the adventures of "Cinderella", "Red Riding Hood", and that arch rogue "Puss in Boots", his memory will endure. Three of the tales, "The Ridiculous Wishes", "Donkey-Skin" and "Patient Griselda", are seldom included in Perrault collections as they were written in a very florid verse form. Not only Perrault, but Boccaccio, Chaucer and others have used the story of "Patient Griselda".The last story, "Beauty and the Beast", again not by Perrault (it was penned by Mme. Leprince de Beaumont 1711-1781), has a similarity of style and celebrity which justifiably merits its inclusion.
The story opens with the shipwreck on a Pacific Island of the young friends Ralph Rover and Jack Martin and Peterkin Gray. Despite the pleasurable presence of delicious breadfruit, coconuts, and succulent oysters, the intrepid trio are not alone and they soon witness a battle between rival bands of cannibals led by 'Bloody Bill'. Their lives are placed in serious peril from which only courage and determined pluck can save them.
