人人皆知的主人公杰罗尼摩-斯帝顿，经营着鼠城畅销报纸《鼠民公报》，他博学而睿智，却因过分的原则性而显得古板憨厚。他有一个爱玩的表弟赖皮、一个精力旺盛的妹妹菲、一个聪明的侄儿本杰明，每一次，在家人的“煽动”下杰罗尼摩一次又一次陷入或神秘或恐怖或疯狂的旅行探险中，而且每一次的旅行都将给小读者带来许多有趣的科学文化知识呢。 天啊，这是怎样的一次冒险啊！ 杰罗尼摩和家人们前往出发鬼岛找寻遗失的宝藏。 但是，杰罗尼摩真的不喜欢旅行，呆在海中央的船上，对他而言，可不是一件有意思的事情…… 随着各种突发事件的发生，杰罗尼摩开始怀疑自己是不是只是出来找宝藏的…… 故事惊险刺激、扣人心弦又妙趣横生，配上全彩图片，独特的“老鼠语言”，牢牢抓住孩子的眼球！
Moody Margaret and the Secret Club strike back! With theirmost ingenious dares and hilarious jokes, it's time for the girlsto get their own back on Henry and his friends. But Henry isn'tabout to let anyone get the better of him, resulting in ahilariously horrid showdown! Filled with witty comments and acerbicasides from Henry and Margaret's friends, enemies, families andteachers, along with brand new Tony Ross illustrations, this bookshould keep Henry's (and Margaret's!) fans mischievously quiet.
Before he was a world-renowned children's book writer, RoaldDahl was a master of short stories for adults. The thirteen talescollected here were specially selected for their appeal to teens,and they represent his finest work. By turns shocking, ironic,humorous, and touching, these stories are filled with bizarretwists and unexpected delights. This collection proves Roald Dahl'sstanding as one of the world's foremost storytellers. "A baker's dozen of barbed, witty, obliquely macabre shortstories... This sampler of Dahl's writing conveys a sense of hisversatility." --Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to an alternatePaperback edition.
I have never been a brave mouse...but lately, my fears were taking over my life! So Thea and Trap decided to cure me by dragging me all the way to the jungle, where I was forced to eat bug soup, swim in raging rivers, and even wrangle snakes! How would a 'frady mouse like me ever survive?
Studious by nature, fortunate to have been present at the most glorious moments in the tree's recent history, and above all honored to count as friends its most ardent champions, I, Otulissa, have decided to write a compendium, a catchall -a guide, in short- to the history, life, and spirit of the tree. Pause a moment before the next adventure begins to read of its natural history, its origin, and yearly changes. Read of its lesser-known heroes: of Joss, brave messenger of legends; of the brothers Ifghar and Ezylryb and the treachery that bound them; of Theo, the peaceful warrior. Learn of Gylfie, Digger, and Twilight's lives before they came to the tree. Read tales of Strix Struma, Uglamore, Trader Mags, and others. Many are the adventures still unsung! And many the brave deeds unheralded! Read of ages lost and dark; of strange ailments infecting the tree itself. Learn the feasts and holidays celebrated under moon and sun. Scan the maps, study the drawings, sample the recipes! Dear reader, though you b
In the first book in the Guardians... series, the reader is introduced to Soren, a barn owl and the centerpiece of the series. When Soren is pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, he is rescued from certain death on the forest floor by agents from a mysterious school for orphaned owls, St. Aggie's. When Soren arrives at St. Aggie's, he suspects there is more to the school than meets the eye. He and his new friend, the clever and scrappy Gylfie, find out that St. Aggie's is actually a training camp where the school's leader can groom young owls to help achieve her goal.
The solutions to 10 mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia"Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader tomatch wits with the 10-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war oncrime. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable editionof this title.
Leroy Brown is back in the next six books in the EncyclopediaBrown series. As Idaville’s ten-year-old star detective,Encyclopedia has an uncanny knack for trivia. With hisunconventional knowledge, he solves mysteries for the neighborhoodkids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens tobe the chief of the Idaville police department, and every nightaround the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve some of themost baffling crimes. With ten confounding mysteries in each book,not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but readersare given all the clues as well and can chime in with their ownsolutions. Interactive and fun—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!
“First of all, let me get something straight: This is aJOURNAL, not a diary.” Now you can write your own bestseller! With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you're the author,illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactivepages and plenty of space to write your own life's story, this bookis all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, makesure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because whenyou're rich and famous, this thing is going to be worth afortune. Includes color comics!
Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of hisfifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school inthe little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there aregoing to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains inwestern Nebraska, everyone understands that if you lose the school,you lose the town. But the mystery that has Ted's full attention at the moment isabout that face, the face he sees in the upper window of theAndersons' house as he rides past on his paper route. The Andersonsmoved away two years ago, and their old farmhouse is empty, boardedup tight. At least it's supposed to be. A shrinking school in a dying town. A face in the window of anempty house. At first these facts don't seem to be related. But TedHammond learns that in a very small town, there's no such thing asan isolated event. And the
人人皆知的主人公杰罗尼摩-斯帝顿，经营着鼠城畅销报纸《鼠民公报》，他博学而睿智，却因过分的原则性而显得古板憨厚。他有一个爱玩的表弟赖皮、一个精力旺盛的妹妹菲、一个聪明的侄儿本杰明，每一次，在家人的“煽动”下杰罗尼摩一次又一次陷入或神秘或恐怖或疯狂的旅行探险中，而且每一次的旅行都将给小读者带来许多有趣的科学文化知识呢。 杰罗尼摩对恐怖事件可不着迷，但是怪事件似乎总是找上他…… 在杰罗尼摩去英国旅行的途中，一种叫杰罗尼摩的奶酪开始莫名消失，因着和自己同名，杰罗尼摩决定一定要找出躲在暗处的奶酪小偷。 但是，杰罗尼摩是否真的能揪出这个神秘的小偷呢？还是会再次被卷入一次恐怖事件中呢？ 这可真是一次意想不到的大冒险啊！ 故事惊险刺激、扣人心弦又妙趣横生，配上全
Grade 4-6–The sequel to How to Train Your Dragon (Little, Brown,2004) continues the adventures of the son of Stoick the Vast andfuture leader of the Hairy Hooligan Viking tribe. Although theskinny, freckled Hiccup has more brains than the rest of the HairyHooligans put together, he has a hard time garnering respect fromanyone, least of all his arch-rival, Snotlout. It doesn't help thatHiccup's dragon, Toothless, is predisposed to hypochondria andcowardice. During a pirate-training session, them meet up withcharming "Alvin the Poor-But-Honest-Farmer," who is keen to helpthem discover the legendary treasure of Grimbeard the Ghastly.After a series of hair-raising, humorous escapades on the highseas, a deadly island, and an undersea cavern, Hiccup learns somesurprising things about his previously undervalued abilities. Theusual motifs of deceptive appearances, last-minute escapes, and themerits of inner worth are addressed with humor that is accessibleto both reluctant and avid readers. Cheeky drawings in the
Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be anyfun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears oncampus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move frombad to diabolical. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time isrunning out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lordKronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood growsmore vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invadeits once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigodfriends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth-a sprawlingunderground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full ofhumor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book promises to betheir most thrilling adventure yet.
