Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy-tale characters they grew up reading about.
The Quentin Blake Treasury contains: All Join In * Quentin Blake’s Nursery Rhyme Book * Patrick * Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets * Mister Magnolia * Quentin Blake’s ABC * Cockatoos * Angel Pavement * Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road Meet Mister Magnolia, with only one boot! Peer into Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets! Set off with Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road, be whisked away by the music of the extraordinary Patrick and soar into the air on the wings of Angel Pavement. Discover the crazy counting of the mischievous Cockatoos and the most enjoyable alphabet ever in Quentin Blake’s ABC. And finally, join in at the top of your voice with the verse and songs of Quentin Blake’s Nursery Rhyme Book and All Join In! From Quentin’s very first picture book to his most recent adventures, this collection spans and celebrates his astonishing career. There’s inspiration and exuberance, wit and wonder, joy and jollity to be found within these pages; we can’t wait for you to explore them…
When Little Bear's shadow gets in the way of his catching afish, he decides to get rid of it. No matter what he does though,it won't go away! Bear tries everything he can think of to get ridof his shadow.
这是一个关于友谊和分享的经典故事:乔治和玛莎在分享一只梨子的时候相遇了,本来他们是在瓜分食物,不小心纠缠到了一起,不过既然分不开,就只好一起行动了。 梨子、西瓜……随着一页一页异形纸张的翻开,不同的图形打破了读者原有想想跳脱出来。后,乔治和玛莎从一对冤家变成了一对好朋友,谁也离不开谁。正在这时候,空中出现了一只凶恶的大鸟,向他们扑来。 这下,乔治和玛莎为了逃命,被大鸟啄掉了尾巴,他们分开了。接下来该怎么办呢?各走各的,或者他们还是在一起……? Jonathan and Martha are two lonely works that live on oppositesides of a tree. One day, a big juicy pear lands on the groundbetween them. Jonathan nibbles from the left, and Martha from theright - and soon they are caught in a tangle. Using his signaturestyle of eye-catching illustration and collage and simplenarrative, Horacek weave togethe
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
This rollicking story-in-verse is about a determined young pigwho absolutely refuses to leave her mud puddle--much to the dismayof her family! Charlotte Pomerantz's tongue-twisting nonsenseverse--made even more exuberantly hilarious by James Marshall'sillustrations--is sure to delight both children and adults.