Greg Heffley is not willing to be the odd man out. A dance at Greg's middle school has everyone scrambling to finda partner, and Greg is determined not to be left by the wayside. Sohe concocts a desperate plan to find someone—anyone!—to go with onthe big night. But Greg's schemes go hilariously awry, and his only option isto attend the dance with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, and afemale classmate as a "group of friends." But the night is long,and anything can happen along the way. Who will arrive at the dancetriumphantly, and who will end up being the third wheel?
《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。
A special treat for Nancy Drew fans! Out just in time forNancy's 80th anniversary, we're releasing a limited number ofcopies of The Secret of the Old Clock, the first book in theseries. It's the exciting mystery that readers have fallen in lovewith for 80 years, with a terrific new look and bonus material!Collectors won't want to miss this.
This set of eight best-loved and highly collectable PuffinClassics comes packaged in a beautiful slipcase, designedexclusively for Guardian readers in the UK. Each hardback book hasits own unique and gorgeous cover design, making the collection areally special gift that is sure to be treasured forever. Order now- very limited stock available. You can't buy this anywhereelse!
《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。
Charlie Bucket loves chocolate - and Mr Willy Wonka, the mostwondrous inventor in the world, is opening the gates of his amazingchocolate factory to five lucky children. It's the prize of alifetime and all you have to do is find one of the five GoldenTickets. Charlie is the last lucky winner to join Willy Wonka in atour of his factory - where some amazing surprises, both good andbad, await the children. This title is an award-winning Roald Dahlfavorite.
Roald Dahl,英国知名儿童文学创作者,这一套有声书挑选了他*知名的一些重要作品,包括已经搬上大银幕的《Matilda》、《Charlie and the chocolate factory》、《James and the Giant Peach》,其他还包括了《The Twits》、《The BFG》、《The Witches》、《George's Marvellous Medicine》与《Danny the champion of the world》、《Fantastic Mr. Fox and other animal stories》,十部重要小说的有声书,总共二十七片CD。
This is a new edition of this hugely popular story of Jamesand his journey to New York with the strangest group of insectfriends. It features a great new Quentin Blake cover and new authorbiography.
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.
《The Trumpet of theSwan(吹小号的天鹅)》:路易斯是一只生来哑巴的雄天鹅。为了说出自己的想法,路易斯学会了石板上写字。可是其他天鹅是不认字的,路易斯还是没办法向它心爱的雌天鹅倾诉衷肠。为了帮助路易斯,天鹅爸爸从乐器店里偷来了小号。路易斯练了一遍又一遍,终于从小号里吹出了心底深处的歌。乐声不仅打动了塞蕾娜,也赢得了人们的尊敬与赞赏。生活的道路,在路易斯眼前,越来越宽广。 Unlike other cygnets, Louis, the trumpeter swan, cannotutter a sound. But with the encouragement of his father, Louis setsout to overcome his problem. One way of doing this Louis decides,is to learn to read and write and so he sets off to Montana to findhis friend Sam Beaver. Louis goes to school with him and learns toread and write, but when he returns to the lakes and falls in lovewith the beautiful Serena, he is upset that Serena can't read hissign, which says 'I love you'.
This is the classic story of an otter living in the Devonshire countryside, which captures the feel of life in the wild as seen through the otter's own eyes. 《*塔卡》出版于1927年,讲的是一只年轻的雄性*每天如何在恶犬和恶人的世界里挣扎着寻找食物、伙伴和安全的故事。
"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.
Greasers, Rockers, different place, different name - butwherever they are, they're outsiders; the rough, tough, long-hairedboys from the other side of town, with little hope of Mustangs,madras shirts and the good things of American life in the Sixties.Their story is told by Ponyboy, a greaser with good reason to rearthe lucky boys in Mustangs, and a witness to the savage baitingthat leads his best friend to manslaughter. More than a story ofhatred and violence, also a story of loyalty and friendship asteenagers of the urban slums search for personal dignity and aplace in the world.
Artemis Fowl's criminal ways have finally got the better ofhim...Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic tomastermind the most devious criminal activity of the new century.Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the fairiesto present his latest idea to save the world from global warming.But Artemis is behaving strangely - he seems different. Somethingterrible has happened to him ...Artemis Fowl has become nice. Thefairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (that's obsessive compulsivedisorder to you and I) - it seems dabbling in magic has damagedArtemis' main weapon: his mind. Fairy ally Captain Holly Shortdoesn't know what to do. The subterranean volcanoes are underattack from vicious robots and Artemis cannot fight them. Can Hollyget the real Artemis back - before the robot probes destroy everyhuman and life form? This eagerly-awaited adventure is now out inpaberback with a fabulous new cover-look to celebrate ten years ofArtemis action.
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
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
This is the wonderful warm-hearted story of Mr Hoppy, MrsSilver and the tortoise who brings them together. This edition hasa great new Quentin Blake cover as well as some new biographicalfacts about Roald Dahl.
The charming tale of a witch's cat who would rather be a kitchen cat. Gobbolino has one white paw and blue eyes and isn't wicked at all, so his mother doesn't like him. He escapes to look for a kitchen home but is distrusted everywhere he goes and blamed for mysterious happenings, such as the farmer's milk turning sour and the orphanage children's gruel turning into chocolate. 这是一个有关巫婆的猫的奇妙故事。Gobbolino是一只有着白色爪子和蓝眼睛的猫,它的样子一点也不奇怪,但是他的妈妈不喜欢它。它从家中逃跑后,寻找一个新家。但是,它所到之处经常会有神奇的事情发生,比如农夫的牛奶变质,孤儿院孩子们的粥变成了巧克力。 A perfect story for A Puffin Book with charming black and white illustrations by the author, Ursula Moray Williams. 本书中的插画均为作者Moray Williams亲自完成。