Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of "Big Nate," thedaily and Sunday comic strip distributed by Newspaper EnterpriseAssociation since 1991. Nate is eleven years old, four-and-a-halffeet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in schoolhistory. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade RenaissanceMan. Equipped with only a #2 pencil and the unshakable belief thathe is #1, Nate fights a daily battle against overzealous teachers,undercooked cafeteria food and all-around conventionality. He's theoriginal rebel without a clue, alternately abrasive and endearingto classmates and teachers alike. Nate blazes an unforgettabletrail through the sixth grade at P.S. 38, earning straight A's inlaughs along the way.

Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That s the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn t cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going old school just too hard for a kid like Greg?"

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新的一年要到了，你是不是要写出一长串的“新年决心”，在今年做一个更好的自己呢？好吧，问题是，我没有什么可以改善自己的方法，因为，我可以说我是所有我认识的人里面，*棒的那个。 可是Greg的爸爸并不这么认为。他想Greg改改懦弱的性格，变得强硬一点，然后给儿子加了一条，“变man”的新年愿望。当爸爸唬弄Greg说要把他送去军校的时候，Greg才意识到，是时候要改进一下了，要不然真的会被送走呢。

“对动物的热爱、绘画的乐趣、讲故事的能力，都是来源于我的父亲。” 《植物和老虎》是《好饿的毛毛虫》作者艾瑞克·卡尔献给父亲的短篇故事合集，灵感源于作者的个人经历，从战争阴影下的德国童年，到现如今在美国的工作生活。 卡尔在本书里写到了他的奶奶和一只他也分不清公母的鸡；他的表弟和一只喜欢猫的乌龟；他的朋友和一只被绑架的黑猫；他的叔叔和被驯服的乌鸦等等。 “所有这些故事都有三个共同点：动物和昆虫、家人和朋友还有我自己。” 整本书充满了诗情、创意以及作者对身边人的爱。 For more than 25years Eric Carle's crickets, spiders, and caterpillars havedelighted young readers across the world. Now for the first timethe creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar gives readers a peekinto his own, real-life universe of animals and insects, andfamily, as he tells the stories of his life

"These figs are very special," the woman whispered. "They canmake your dreams come true." -- Thus Monsieur Bibot, thecold-hearted dentist, was given two ordinary-looking figs aspayment for extracting a tooth from an old woman's mouth. MonsieurBibot refused to believe such nonsense and proceeded to eat one ofthe figs for a bedtime snack. Although it was possibly the finest,sweetest fig he had ever tasted, it wasn't until the next morningthat Monsieur Bibot realized it indeed had the power to make hisdreams come true. While dragging his poor dog, Marcel, out for hiswalk, he discovered that his strange dream from the night beforewas becoming all too real. Determined to make good use of thesecond fig, Monsieur Bibot learns to control is dreams. But can hecontrol Marcel? Once again Chris Van Allsburg explores themysterious territory between fantasy and reality in an uncanny talethat will intrigue readers of all ages.

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Book De*ion One of the most important works of twentieth-century Americanliterature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their EyesWere Watching God is an enduring Southern love story sparkling withwit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice ofa woman who refuses to live in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or foolishromantic dreams, it is the story of fair-skinned, fiercelyindependent Janie Crawford, and her evolving selfhood through threemarriages and a life marked by poverty, trials, and purpose. A trueliterary wonder, Hurston's masterwork remains as relevant andaffecting today as when it was first published — perhaps the mostwidely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon ofAfrican American literature. Hurston's beloved classic--one of the most important Americannovels of the 20th century--follows the fortunes of Janie Crawford,a woman who was married three times and had been tried for themurder of one of her husbands in the black town of Eaton,Flo

《小屁孩日记》以图文并茂的形式给我们展现了美国乃至世界儿童的真实生活以及情感世界。幽默诙谐的漫画和妙趣横生的文字天然浑成，相映生辉。主人公格雷是一个念初中的半大小子。他善良、诚实、聪明、爱玩，满脑子的鬼点子。他的妈妈让他记日记，他除了松散地记述了有趣的或难忘的事情外，还画了许多漫画。在日记里，格雷记叙了他如何驾驭充满冒险的中学生活，如何巧妙逃脱学校歌唱比赛，重要的是如何不让任何人发现他的秘密。我们在富有喜剧性色彩的文字和图画中，真切地感受到了那种鲜活的现代气息以及蓬勃向上的热情。这是一套很有趣的、能让我们感觉到童年很美妙的书。