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
日本漫畫大師手塚治虫名作重現!古代擁有高度文明的三眼族,在不名原因下滅絕了,中學生寫樂保介是其中一個遺族。當他的第三隻眼用膠帶遮蔽時,他像個低能的小學生。但當他的第三隻眼睜開時,他是個高智商的惡魔王子!在寫樂的帶領下,您將進入古文明高科技的世界……本故事全16冊。
In "Monday with a Mad Genius," travel with Jack and Annie to Italy in the Renaissance, a time when every new morning brought with it the promise of artistic and scientific wonder. There, they meet none other than Leonardo da Vinci Now available in paperback with all-new backmatter full of activities.
DOES EVERYONE DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE?Marty's parents thinkso -- even Judd Travers, whose history of drinking and violencekeeps Marty from completely trusting that his beloved dog, Shiloh,will always be safe from Judd."Some people just seem to attracttrouble," Marty's Ma says, and Judd attracts the sort of troublethat makes it hard to believe he's really changed. First, thepolice find the body of a man who'd fought with Judd. Then, avicious attack forces Judd to kill one of his dogs. But just whenit seems Judd will never be able to escape the shadow of his past,a dangerous accident gives him the chance to prove himself. CanJudd Travers actually become a hero?
出版社: Applesauce Press; abridged edition (2015年5月19日) 精装: 104页 读者对象: 5 岁 及 以上 语种: 英语 商品尺寸: 24.2 x 1.5 x 31.8 cm
The stories of West Africa are aboutmen and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tellabout clever people and stupid people, about good ones and badones, about how things and animals got to be how they are.Sometimes they are just tall tales. There are stories about Frog,Rabbit, Turtle, Guinea Fowl, and all the other animals that WestAfricans know. Some of the storiesmake you think. Some makeyou laugh. Here are some of the stories of the peopleof the forests, the seacoast, the hills, and the plains. The people of West Africa give them toyou.?
This wonderful collection is divided into four themed sections - Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and, Matters of Importance. Illustrated in full colour by Dahl's favourite illustrator, Quentin Blake, as well as other leading artists (Raymond Briggs, Babette Cole and Ralph Steadman), this treasure trove of extracts, poems, letters and memoirs introduces some of Dahl's best-loved characters from Willy Wonka to the BFG, from the Witches to the Twits. 'Those who don't believe in magic will never find it', Roald Dahl told his readers. Every page of this stunning gift book contains a touch of magic and will delight existing fans as well as those who have yet to discover Dahl's genius.
Carved by Old Gepetto, Pinocchio has an enormous nose which grows even longer whenever he tells a lie. And Pinocchio is such a scamp that he gets into all sorts of mischief. He runs away and joins a circus but eventually the conscience of a talking cricket and Pinocchio's guardian fairy restore him to good behaviour, obedience and care for others.
"Park is truly a funny writer. Although Junie B. is a kindergartner, she's sure to make middle graders laugh out loud." -- School Library Journal -- Review
In this gently satiric fable, Ungerer pokes fun atself-important adults who are afraid of anything or anyoneunfamiliar, and reminds us that there is indeed no place like home.On its first publication in the US in 1967, at the height of theSpace Race, Moon Man won the Book Week prize for books for childrenaged 4-8, and Maurice Sendak described it in "Book Week" as 'Easilyone of the bet picture books in recent years'. Since then, it hasbeen translated into 12 languages. "Moon Man" will be the nextclassic Ungerer tale to be turned into a full-length feature film,following on from the success of the award-winning "The ThreeRobbers", which was shown in French and German cinemas in 2007 andis due to be launched on DVD in the English-speaking world in Fall2008. Bored and lonely in his shimmering home in space, the MoonMan watches the people on Earth dancing and having a good time.Justonce, he thinks, he would like to join in the fun. So one night, heholds on to a passing comet and crash lands on Earth. But th