巴德很小就失去了母亲,也从来没有见过父亲。妈妈从来没有告诉过他父亲是谁,但他认为妈妈留下的传单中有线索,一定可以让他找到自己的亲生父亲。什么也阻止不了他,不管是困难、饥饿、恐惧还是“吸血鬼”……小小的巴德历经挫折,后终于找到了关爱他、呵护他的亲人,找到了他一直渴望的幸福生活 It's 1936 Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and 10-year-oldBud may be a motherless boy, but Bud's got a few things going forhim: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things; 2. He's theauthor of "Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Lifeand Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself"; 3. His momma never toldhim who his father was, but she left a clue: posters of Herman E.Calloway and his band of renown, the Dusky Devastators of theDepression. Bud is sure those posters will lead him to his father.Once he decides to hit the road, nothing can stop him, not hunger,not fear, not would-be v
迈克尔很爱他的曾姨奶奶,尽管她有时候甚至记不起他的名字。祖孙俩在一起的时光总是格外有趣,曾姨奶奶会抱着一个装满了便士的盒子,给迈克尔讲她百年人生里的点点滴滴。妈妈总是想扔掉这个又脏又破的盒子,但是迈克尔明白,比便士更珍贵的,是盒子承载的记忆。 故事简单而古朴,祖孙之间那种隔代的温暖却震撼人心。无论中外,敬爱与善待老人,是所有孩子必上的一课。 Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't alwaysremember his name. He especially loves to spend time with her andher beloved hundred penny box, listening to stories about each ofthe hundred years of her life. Michael's mother wants to throw outthe battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michaelunderstands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as thememories it contains. Winner of a Newbery Honor, this beautifulstory will be available in a collector's edition featuring hea
For the first time in the history of the Little House books,this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant,full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as theymove from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to thewilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on thenew railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect fortheir new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she,her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on theshores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors'house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be abrand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. TheIngallses' covered-wagon travels are finally over.
这是是一本关于爱、宽容与坚持的书,读后能给人以力量。 这本五彩斑斓的小书里,有一个感人至深的故事。15岁的女孩麦格为了寻找失踪的科学家爸爸,踏上了一条非同寻常的道路。这是一个关于坚持信念的故事。尽管旅途中布满了艰辛和危险,但三个伙伴从没有动摇过他们要找到并救出爸爸的决心。这也是—个有关爱的故事。爸爸对麦格的亲子之爱,弟弟与麦格的手足之情,加尔文与麦格的朋友之谊……麦格肩负着这些爱,战胜了邪恶,重返家园。
Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room—sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook. So when her father’s best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife and baby, from the dog he left behind and from the ghosts of his past—slowly piecing together the story everyone else has missed. But just when she’s closest to solving the mystery, a shocking betrayal calls into question her trust in the one person she thought she could read best. * “Teeming with complex adult problems—infidelity, marital collapse, the death of a child—this thought-provoking coming-of-age story requires that readers be at least as mature as Mila as she confronts unpleasant truths. … Mila’s sharp observations of the people she meets and the winter landscape add a fresh, poetic aura to her discoveries and the novel as a w