星期二晚上8点左右，池塘里昏昏欲睡的青蛙被惊醒了！接下来，没有文字的描述，只有在荷叶上尽情飞翔的青蛙带你穿越城镇的每个角落，感受一个不平静的夜晚，初升的太阳照耀着恢复平静的城镇。然而，下一个星期二的晚上，房子的外墙上借由灯光的照射，半空中出现了猪的影子…… 这本书对于孩子*的吸引力，应该是书中梦境般的故事展现。在夜晚飞翔的青蛙，乘坐的荷叶好像阿拉伯神话故事中的飞毯。精美独到的画面是图画书的一大特 点。而像大卫·威斯纳这样的创作者，在精美图画的基础上，更融入令人瞠目结舌的大胆幻境。对于成人来说，他所描绘的这些画面可能有些匪夷所思，再加上没有 文字的描述，令很多成年人在遍阅读的时候会感到不明所以。然而对于孩子来说，却让他们一眼就能明白图画所描述的故事情节，并且发自内心地感到这

Rediscover Puffin Classics. An entirely new package bringingthe best-loved classics to a new generation.

Give children a head start in school! Summer Express includes100 fun-filled activity pages that reinforce skills and alsoprepare kids for the school year ahead. Topics covered includereading, math, writing, vocabulary, handwriting, grammar, and lotsmore! A full page of colorful incentive stickers will help kidskeep track of their progress and stay motivated. A summer's worthof great learning! 144 pages + 1 page of 4/c stickers.

The classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune onthe streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble formore food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London.Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and hisgang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Olivernarrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind MrBrownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of theyoung orphan, determined to drag him back . . . With aninspirational and light-hearted introduction by Garth Nix, OliverTwist by Charles Dickens is one of the twelve wonderful classicstories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008.

The Cuthberts are in for a shock. They are expecting an orphanboy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a skinny red-hairedgirl turns up instead. Highly spirited Anne Shirley charms her wayinto the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination andconstant chatter, and soon it's impossible to imagine life withouther.

PW's starred review of the 1999 Newbery Medal winner described it as a "dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism." Ages 10-up. (May) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This is the story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in the small town of Otwell. Father is a dustman and Mother a washerwoman. Then there's all the children - practical Lily Rose, clever Kate, mischievous twins James and John, followed by Jo, who loves films, little Peg and finally baby William. This is a truly classic book awarded the Carnegie Medal as the best children's book of 1937. 《小拉格尔斯奇遇记》（原名《小街上的一大家子》）描写了社会底层的一家人，他们虽然生活困顿，却积极向上，坚强乐观，真诚而勇敢，用自己的方式寻找生活的乐趣。小说完成后，出版前曾遭遇多家出版社的退稿，有人甚至说它根本不适合小读者阅读！可是，当小说在1937年终于面世后，却取得了空前的成功，并在当年一举击败J.R.R.托尔金的名作《霍比特人》，赢得了著名的儿童文学奖——卡内基奖。 之后，许多小读者，甚至成人读者，都纷

华夫先生忽视一切人类给他买来的玩具，但他并不是懒，而是太过挑剔。但是现在，傲娇的华夫先生有了一个他认为完美的玩具，虽然这个装载了外星人的飞船并不是一个真正的玩具。这些倒霉的外星人在华夫先生好奇心的驱使和可怕的猫爪下度过了可怕的一天，他们一定不知道令他们胆颤的地球震动只是因为他们被华夫玩弄于股掌之上而已。

You may be able to count to all the way to 100, but have you ever counted to a googol? It's impossible In this fun book of numbers, Robert E. Wells explores the wonderful world of zeros and tells how the googol came to be named.While you learn about place values and the names of big numbers, try to imagine what those numbers can do. How long would it take to toast 100,000 marshmallows? What does a million dollars really look like? How many trillion miles away is the star nearest our own sun, and how do we know this?

You're crouched in the African brush, camera at the ready.You're waiting on one of nature's loners. It's dark. It's scary.Then silently, he appears; the ever-elusive leopard. You haveseconds to capture on film this wonder of the wild, with its exoticspotted fur, so prized by hunters. National GeographicExplorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert take you closerto the mystery of the magnificent leopard and make a passionateplea to young readers to help secure a future for these felinetreasures.

“Some pig.” These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high in thebarn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig namedWilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern...wholoves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared by millions ofreade

This is the third heartwarming book about red-haired AnneShirley. As her childhood friends get married and move away, Annetoo leaves Prince Edward Island for college in Kingsport. AlthoughPriscilla Grant and Gilbert Blythe are there, too, she feels lonelyand out of place. But Anne soon makes new friends, one of whom isrich, handsome Roy Gardner, whose attentions to Anne make Gilbertvery jealous.

Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepestcountryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction ineight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of "TheSpeckled Band" and "The Reigate Puzzle". It comes with acaptivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.

Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the nastiest and meanest farmers youcould meet - and they hate Mr Fox! They're determined to catch himand lie outside his hole, ready to shoot, starve or dig him out.Clever Mr Fox has other plans and manages to outwit the nastyfarmers.

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。

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!

What was it like to be a passenger on the Mayflower? How many people survived the first harsh winter in the New World? How did Pilgrim children spend their days? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide: Pilgrims. Includes fun facts from Jack and Annie, fantastic photos and illustrations, and a guide to doing further research.

When Alice steps through the looking-glass, she enters a verystrange world of chess pieces and nursery rhyme characters such asHumpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the angry Red Queen.Nothing is what it seems and, in fact, through the looking-glass,everything is distorted.