Milo和Jazz是两个小侦探，他们喜欢推理分析，酷爱解决日常生活中遇到的谜团。在闻名世界的私人侦探DashMarlowe的指导下，两个人追踪线索，排查嫌疑人，解决了一个又一个身边的案件，慢慢成长为经验丰富的侦探。 TheMilo JazzMysteries（《MJ小侦探》）每册都通过一个案件引入相关的推理技巧，包括观察、逻辑思考、找规律、比较信息等。故事紧凑，情节曲折，推理严谨，既有神秘感又有幽默感，能够吸引孩子沉浸其中，在享受有趣故事的同时锻炼逻辑思维，以及分析问题、解决问题的能力。 每个案件后都有精心设计的脑筋急转弯、逻辑谜题、迷你案件等，让孩子运用学到的侦探技巧举一反三，在解题中获得乐趣和成就感。 本册The?CaseoftheBuriedBones（《神秘的遗骸》）的推理技巧是 找联系 ，讲的是：Milo和Jazz住的小城要挖出75年前掩埋的 时间胶囊 ，可工人们找到的

Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London... 汤姆是一位性情古怪、暴躁的独居老人，自我放逐似地住在一个小镇，没有人知道他的过去。而十一岁的小男生威廉，为逃避二次大战的战火，避难到小镇来，伦敦饱受空袭轰炸的恐怖经验，让威廉沉默而哀伤

Grade 2-4–Tuffy the cat stars in this lighthearted beginningchapter book. His narrative describes accusations against himduring the course of a week, such as stalking a bird and leavingbloodstains on the carpet, ruining the flower beds, and (allegedly)killing the neighbors pet rabbit. From the first page, it isevident that he does not understand why his behavior upsets hisfamily. After all, he is a cat. The family consists of anindifferent mother, a hostile father, and a loving little girl.Most of the action involves Tuffy and the father, who is determinedto oust the feline from the household. The book is funny throughoutbecause of the cats confusion about reactions to his naturalbehavior and his defensive narrative. In the end, the man learns avaluable lesson on judgment. The black-and-white sketches, somefull page, bring movement and personality to thecharacters. –Diane Eddington, Los Angeles PublicLibrary Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of ReedElsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -

Collecting Alice's complete adventures, a source of delight tochildren and adults alike for generations, the Penguin Classicsedition of Lewis Carroll's Alice'sAdventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is edited with anintroduction and notes by Hugh Haughton. Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain AliceLiddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, the dreamworlds of nonsensical Wonderland and back-to-front Looking-Glasskingdom depict order turned upside-down. Following the white rabbitinto his warren, Alice falls into a world where croquet is playedwith hedgehogs and flamingos, a baby turns into a pig, time runsamok at a the Mad Hatter's tea-party, a chaotic game of chess makesAlice a Queen and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the LobsterQuadrille. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling wordplay,unforgettable characters, puzzles and riddles, are poignant momentsof nostalgia for a lost childhood. Original and experimental,adapted into countless film a

A new B-format paperback edition commemorating 75 years sincethe original publication of The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins enjoys aquiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from thecomforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band ofdwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services -- as a burglar-- on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaugthe dragon. Bilbo's life is never to be the same again. The Hobbitbecame an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and75 years later Tolkien's epic tale of elves, dwarves, trolls,goblins, myth, magic and adventure, with its reluctant hero BilboBaggins, has lost none of its appeal.

Several years have passed since the apprentice and his master,Will and Halt, first met, and Will is finally a full-fledged Rangerwith his own fief to look after. The fief seems sleepyaboring,evenauntil Lord Syron, master of a castle far in the north, isstruck down by a mysterious illness. Joined by his friend Alyss,Will is suddenly thrown headfirst into an extraordinary adventure,investigating fears of sorcery and trying to determine who is loyalto Lord Syron. As Will battles growing hysteria, traitors, and mostof all, time, Alyss is taken hostage, and Will is forced to make adesperate choice between his mission and his friend.

It's the last Friday before the winter holidays but PercyJackson isn't at school: he's battling the fearsome Manticore (halfhuman, half lion), which in itself isn't ideal . . . but withAnnabeth missing and the goddess of the hunt held captive, thingsget a whole lot more serious . . . Greek mythology relocated tomodern-day America. Action-packed, funny, accessible writing forboth boys and girls aged 10+. Perfect for fans of Harry Potter andArtemis Fowl.

一个患病的英国小男孩被送往乡间姑婆的老宅中休养。寂静中他发现了在古宅里的一个秘密：借东西的小人。借东西的小人只有铅笔一般高，他们把家安在房子的地板下，靠从楼上的“巨人”那里“借”东西为生。他们害怕的就是被“看见”。 借东西的小女孩阿瑞埃蒂在门外草丛里被小男孩看见。好心的小男孩弄好帮助这一家小人借东西，还充当信使，为他们和住在别处的亲戚送信。但好景不长，妇管家也发现了小人一家，她关住小男孩，找来警察、猫和捕鼠专家对付小人。万分危急之际，小人一家是如何成功逃脱人类的追捕的呢？他们在后来的颠沛流离的野外生活中又发生了哪些惊险和奇遇呢？

《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。

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1 Boys don't keep diaries—or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion. Author/illustrator Jeff Kinney recalls the growing pains of school life and introduces a new kind of hero who epitomizes the challenges of being a kid. As Greg says in his diary, "Just don't

费里斯比夫人是一只田鼠，为使小儿子平安度过冬春之交的日子而四处求助，在猫头鹰的指点下，她结识了一群神奇的老鼠，他们将自己的洞穴装置得如同宫殿一般，地毯、电灯、自来水、冰箱等设施应有尽有。原来他们是从一个叫做尼姆的科学实验机构中逃出来的。老鼠们讲述了自己的经历，帮助田鼠一家安置了新居，然而，他们却毅然决然地舍弃了舒适的生活，去另辟新的天地，因为，那是一种自食其力的艰苦而又有意义的生活。 There's something very strange about the rats living under the rosebush at the Fitzgibbon farm. But Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with a sick child, is in dire straits and must turn to these exceptional creatures for assistance. Soon she finds herself flying on the back of a crow, slipping sleeping powder into a ferocious cat's dinner dish, and helping 108 brilliant, laboratory-enhanced rats escape to a utopian civilization of th

"A true genius...Roald Dahl is my hero" - David WalliamsPhizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, RoaldDahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with QuentinBlake's inimitable artwork. Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, sothe Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingeniousplan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve! RoaldDahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales ofNorwegian parents. After school in England he went to work forShell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on thehead", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl diedin 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-lovedchildren's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of RoaldDahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake'sillustrations.

Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice littlehome, but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from thePark, with its beautiful lily pond, and more importantly its juicyslugs, worms and snails! The busy road is a dangerous barrier butMax notices that humans seem to cross it quite easily. If they can,why can't hedgehogs? So Max sets out on a quest to find a safe wayto reach the Park. His first attempt ends in a nasty bump on thehead, and Max finds when he tries to speak his words are all mixedup. He is now a Hodgeheg, not a hedgehog, but he is stilldetermined to fulfil his mission. After some careful detectivework, Max eventually discovers the best way to cross the road -with the help of the lollipop lady, of course!

It's the summer term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches anddisaster-prone Mildred Hubble is in deep trouble yet again - andall because of the new girl, Enid Nightshade, who isn't nearly asangelic as she looks.