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A box set of all 21 of the MY WEIRD SCHOOL titles.
J.K.Rowling has woken up a whole generation to reading' TheTimes 'The Harry Potter books are that rare thing, a series ofstories adored by parents and children alike' Daily Telegraph 'Themost remarkable publishing sensation for a generation ... the storyis told with such momentum, imagination and irrepressible humourthat it can captivate both adults and children' Sunday Express'Hooray for Harry Potter ... [Harry's] adventures are as funny asRoald Dahl's stories and as vivid as Narnia books - and adults seemto enjoy them as much as their children
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
Around the World in Eighty Days (环游地球80天) In a race against time, the unflappable Phileas Fogg can't affordto lose his cool ... One evening, while relaxing after dinner at his gentlemen's club,Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions that he can travel aroundthe entire globe in eighty days - and he is determined not tolose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, thecool-headed Englishman and his hot-blooded French manservantPassepartout immediately set off for Dover. Whether travelling bytrain, steamship, sailing boat, sledge or even elephant, they mustovercome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks andInspector Fix of Scotland Yard - who believes Fogg has robbed theBank of England - to win this extraordinary wager. Tarzan of the Apes (人猿泰山) Can a wild man resist the call of the jungle? Abandoned to his fate when his English parents die in the Africanjungle, a baby boy is rescued and reared by a loving ape fostermothe
《老鼠记者系列》以老鼠为主人公讲述了一系列惊险刺激、扣人心弦而又妙趣横生的旅行历险故事。 《老鼠记者》系列曾获出版创意奖、安徒生奖、儿童电子书奖等多项殊荣,是全球狂销8600万册的优秀儿童文学桥梁书。 杰罗尼摩-斯蒂顿的妹妹菲-斯蒂顿总是充满着激情,她和她的姐妹们同样热爱冒险! 本套装包含十个菲和姐妹团的冒险故事,其惊险和趣味程度一点都不比杰罗尼摩的冒险故事差,深受小读者的喜爱,这十个故事包括: Thea Stilton AND THE SECRET CITY(菲杰罗尼摩系列之神秘的城市) Thea Stilton AND THE MOUNTAIN OF FIRE(火焰山) Thea Stilton AND THE DRAGON S CODE(龙之密码) Thea Stilton AND THE GHOST OF THE SHIPWRECK(幽灵船) Thea Stilton AND THE SECRET OF THE OLD CASTLE(旧城堡的秘密) Thea Stilton AND THE MYSTERY IN PARIS(神秘巴黎) Thea Stilton AND THE
《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。
When the Magic School Bus turns into a beehive, Ms. Frizzle'sclass learns firsthand about how workers, drones, and the queenbees live together. Readers will be abuzz with knowledge as theydiscover how honeybees find food; make a comb, honey, and beeswax;and care for their young, all from the bee's perspective.
Originally publishedfrom 1932 to 1943, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House booksare classics of children's literature, beloved by millions. Butreaders who last enjoyed them as children may be astonished at thequiet poetry of Wilder's prose and the force and poignancy of herportrait of the lives of American pioneers. Now The Library ofAmerica and editor Caroline Fraser present a definitive boxed setthat affirms Wilder's place in the American canon, reintroducingthese enduring works to readers young and old. Here, for the firsttime in two collectible hardcover volumes, are all eight LittleHouse novels—brilliant narratives of the early life of LauraIngalls and her family as they grow up with the country in thewoods, on the plains, and finally in the small towns of theadvancing American frontier—plus the posthumous novella TheFirst Four Years , which recounts the early years of theauthor's marriage to Almanzo Wilder. As a special feature, fourrare autobiographical pieces address the need for histo