After being chased from the home of an upper-class young girl called Ellie, chimney-sweep Tom falls asleep and tumbles into a river. There he is transformed into a 'water-baby' and his adventures trul
′In fact, the fairies had turned him into a water-baby. A water-baby? You never heard of a water-baby. Perhaps not. That is the very reason why this story was written.′Poor Tom is an orphan, employed
Looking for his lost fish trap, Ben thinks he sees something dark moving under the water. Is it a creature or only his imagination? Diving into the sea with his friend Sophie, he is amazed to discover
A poignant and non-didactic exploration of difference, self-acceptance, the power of friendship, and inner strength. Milo is a penguin who, unlike the other penguins, does not like the cold. When he takes a chance and goes on a trip to a faraway place where it’s warm, he finds friends who accept him, and with their support he learns to accept himself. When he returns home, he is even able to befriend others who are different.The Penguin Who Was Cold is an endearing tale of a young penguin named Milo who does not want to dive into the icy water of the pack ice to catch fish. Unlike his comrades, he stays put, standing alone at the edge of the ice and contemplating the cold sea. When a whale appears and offers to take him on a trip, Milo readily accepts. It is the beginning of a fabulous journey. In the faraway South Seas, Milo is amazed by the colors, the warmth of the water and the air, and most of all the friendly welcome he receives from the tropical animals who accept him for who he
From the award-winning Gemma Merino, author of the iconic The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water (over half a million copies sold worldwide), The Dragon Who Didn't Like Fire is a deeply funny story about acceptance, difference and unconditional love. Everybody knows that dragons can breathe fire, but unlike her brothers and sisters, this little dragon is different. She doesn't like fire but she desperately wants to fly and make her Dad proud.In an attempt at flying, she finds herself plunging into the lake. Being underwater should be wet, cold and horrid, but it feels AMAZING. Could it be that this little dragon isn't a dragon at all?
Read and find out about the ups and downpours of the water cycle! With colorful illustrations and engaging text, Down Comes the Rain is a fascinating look into the stages of the water cycle. After rai
Book four in the hilarious and action-packed Total Mayhem series from New York Times bestselling author Ralph Lazar, starring Dash Candoo, an ingenious problem-solver, with fantastic friends and a bottomless backpack of brilliant gadgets.For Dash Candoo, every day is... WILD!Dash and his friends Rob and Greta are used to unusual things happening at their school, Swedhump Elementary. But even they pay attention when their invisible principal, Mrs. Rosebank, announces that they have a special guest: Ms. Aqualine, the owner of the new Aqualina Water Park.Most elementary students don't get to spend time on waterslides during the school day. But soon Dash, Rob, and Greta are slipping and sliding... right into a mystery!It turns out there's more to this water park than splishing and splashing. There's something very evil going on, and instead of soaking it up, Dash and his friends are going to catch a wave... and ride it to victory in the war of the waterslides.
Illus. in full color. "The accurate and lively version of the Bible story is written with a limited vocabulary suited to beginning readers. The short, simple sentences are nicely varied and read aloud well. The water-color illustrations are well-designed, amusing, and expressive. A good choice for beginning readers."--School Library Journal.??
Can you make an ice cube disappear? Put it on a hot sidewalk. It melts into water and then vanishes! The ice cube changes from solid to liquid to gas. This Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book
The little wooden couple are happy in their building-block house-until it catches fire. The solution? They transform the house into a fire engine! But then there's so much water that they have to buil
Follow the adventures of Little Bunny through the sunny meadow in this quirky board book that's full of flaps to lift and sliders to slide! This quirky board book follows the adventures of Little Bunny on a journey through the meadow on a sunny day. Little Bunny stops to smell some flowers and sees Butterfly and Ladybug. Then Little Bunny continues into the forest and finds Squirrel and Bird. Next, Little Bunny heads to the pond and watches Frog, Duck, and the ducklings in the water. And at the end of the day, Little Bunny sees bees and Bear hiding behind the beehive, and then hops home to bed. Features flaps to lift and sliders to slide throughout.
"Where the willow meets the water, a tadpole met a caterpillar. They gazed into each other's tiny eyes and fell in love. 'Promise me that you will never change', the caterpillar says."And foolishly, t
The wildly entertaining new novel from the bestselling author of Water for Elephants. Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn't understand people, but apes she gets—especially the bonobos Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena, who are capable of reason and communication through American Sign Language. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than she's ever felt among humans—until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter writing a human interest feature. But when an explosion rocks the lab, John's piece turns into the story of a lifetime—and Isabel must connect with her own kind to save her family of apes from a new form of human exploitation.
′The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.′At t
連大人都想排隊報名的「葳姐親子英語共學」版主葳姐領軍！ 橫跨金融、電子科技、英語教學界最強專業師資群！ ★隨書附贈！發音示範！QR Code線上音檔，現學現說！ ◎please代表請，但如果說：「Give me some water, please.」你就會被當成奧客。 ◎別再跟部屬說：Do you understand?（你懂我意思嗎？）， 更好的說法是：Do you get it? ◎點餐要用哪個動詞？別用order，你得說：I’d like to have… ◎say、tell、talk，都是「說」，用法差在哪？see、look、watch，又該怎麼分？ 本書作者周昱葳（葳姐），成立「葳姐親子英語共學」線上平臺近5年， 因為簡單說故事，且具有MBA商學院背景， 她設計的英語線上課程，實用到連大人都搶報名。 本書從心智圖、片語動詞、時態變化、助動詞、基本句型， 搭配超過200組的生活例句、實戰練習題， 告訴你，英文要學好，這6個動詞就夠了！ ◎ 六大動詞，10天英語表達能力速成 介紹六大動詞：be、have、do、say、get、make， 教你用你早就會的簡單動詞，食衣住行玩，完整表達自己的想法、經驗。 問同事午餐哪裡吃？have lunch比eat lunch更道地！ like只代表喜歡？美國明星泰勒絲曾在致詞典禮上，提到了20次的like。 本書特別收錄like六大用法 ╳ 大明星金句 ╳ 獨創心情溫度計（第4天）。 ◎ 職場、考試、生活，一定會用到的動詞 用圖像式記憶，教你從核心字義掌握，一學就懂！例如： ‧打開（關掉）電視，用open（close）？正確是：turn on（turn off）。 ‧交報告怎麼說？你可以用turn in the report，或是submit the report。 ‧take（拿） ＋ off（離開）＝請假： I want to take two days off.（我想要請假兩天。） ‧搭公車用get on、搭乘計程車則是用get into。 ‧倒垃圾、外帶食物，都是用take out。 ◎ 職場英文好好聊！疑問詞＆附加問句 只要用5W1H，就能輕鬆打開話匣子，跟別人聊不停！例如： Who’s calling?（電話中，請問你是誰？） Who will join us?（誰會跟我們一起去？） When will the
Once again my brother and I are in hot water.… We weren't planning to mess up the fairy tales. The first two times we did it by accident. But when our magic mirror pulls us into the story of the Littl
16 famous paintings get the magic painting treatment. Simply brush water over the black-and-whiteoutlines and watch them burst into colour. Even the paintbrush is included - all you need to create you
