How do you like to hear “I love you”? This cozy picture book shows all the ways dads can say it best.Dads know how to do everything. They can help with homework and carry you on their shoulders. They
Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and Nikki's BRAND NEW ADVENTURE in the mega-selling Dork Diaries series - now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! Oh la la! Nikki and her band are invited to Paris for a super cool photoshoot - it's a dream come true! Nikki can't wait to learn new art styles, practice her French and explore the most romantic city in the world with her crush Brandon. But when MacKenzie starts to stir trouble and invites old friend Andre to be their tour guide, the drama starts. Can Nikki still enjoy her dream vacay, or will it become a dorky disaster? With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Have you read all the DORK DIARIES series? Dork Diaries Dork Diaries 2: Party Time Dork Diaries 3: Pop Star Dork Diaries 4: Skating Sensation Dork Diaries 5: Dear Dork Dork Diaries 6: Holiday Heartbreak Dork Diaries 7: TV Star Dork Diaries 8: Once Upon a Dork Dork Diaries 9: Dra
The Official Spider Test. What do you do when you see a spider? a. Lay on a BIG spidey smoocheroo. b. Smile, but back away slowly. c. Grab the closest object, wind up, and let it fly. d. Run away sc
Gentle themes of resiliency, mindfulness, and self-care are brought home in this sweet and soulful picture book with charmingly graphic illustrations and a poetic text.I love listening to music, especially samba!It feels like my heart follows the beat.Meet a young girl who loves her cozy home. It smells like cinnamon tea and feels like warm pajamas. But even when she’s away from home, and everything is different, she finds a way to become her own home, where she feels calm. At night, when it’s too dark and her feet are cold, her room can be a little scary. But she creates her own light when she closes her eyes and thinks of the sun. With friendliness and charm, Juliana Perdomo, in her debut as author-illustrator, shows young readers how to find comfort and confidence within. Her heartwarming picture book reassures children that sometimes, everything we need―courage, joy, peace, and love―is already inside us.
Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak.To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human―that was miraculous.After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast―elderly people, children, babies―now live in prison camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, it seems, and Tama doesn’t know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the camp’s tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with color and light, love and fairness. And she isn’t the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? I
Sam意外離世後,Julie完美的未來藍圖失去了意義。當她撥打Sam的電話想聽他留在語音信箱的聲音時,另一端竟響起接起電話的聲音…。這是重新開始的機會還是再一次的告別呢?If I Stay meets Your Name in this heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye.How do you move forward when everything you love in on the line?Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend asummer in Japan.But then Sam dies. And everything changes.Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces back memories. Desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls Sam’s cellphone just to listen to his voicemail.And Sam picks up the phone.In a miraculous turn of events, Julie’s been given a second chance at goodbye. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam’s voice makes her fall for him all over again, and with each call it becomes harder to let him go. How
OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDESOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Painfully beautiful’ New York Times‘Unforgettable . . . as engrossing as it is moving’ Daily Mail‘A rare achievement’ The Times‘I can’t even express how much I love this book!’ Reese Witherspoon————————————————-For years, rumours of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life – until the unthinkable happens.————————————————-‘[It] will reach a huge audience though the writer’s old-f
This innovative, heartfelt debut novel tells the story of a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she’s ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more.My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disast
When I think of my life, I imagine you at the centre.Frances is a university student in Dublin. Cool-headed and observant, she spends most of her time with her best friend – and ex-girlfriend – Bobbi. On meeting Melissa, a well-known writer, and her actor husband Nick, the pair enter a world of sophisticated parties and holidays abroad. But when Frances and Nick grow unexpectedly close, she is forced to confront the reality that her actions have always had consequences.With an introduction by director Lenny Abrahamson and featuring iconic images from the show, Conversations with Friends: The Scripts contains the complete screenplays of the acclaimed television drama based on Sally Rooney’s bestselling debut novel.‘An utter joy to watch, as well as an audacious conversation-starter.’ Telegraph‘If you’re looking for a love story to leave you warm and fuzzy, as well as broken-hearted all at once, then you’ve got it in spades right here.’ Metro‘One of the best new shows of the year.’ Time‘
My name's Archie Albright, and I know two things for certain: 1. My mum and dad kind of hate each other, and they're not doing a great job of pretending that they don't anymore. 2.They're both keeping a secret from me, but I can't figure out what. Things aren't going great for Archie Albright. His dad's acting weird, his mum too, and he all he wants is for everything to go back to normal, to three months before when his parents were happy and still lived together.When Archie sees a colourful, crumpled flyer fall out of Dad's pocket, he thinks he may have found the answer. Only problem? The answer might just lie at the end of the rainbow, an adventure away. Together with his best friends, Bell and Seb, Archie sets off on a heartwarming and unforgettable journey to try and fix his family, even if he has to break a few rules to do it...A rainbow-coloured, joy-filled celebration of love, family and being true to yourself, from a hugely exciting new talent. Perfect for fans of Lisa Thompson
A gorgeous summer read about new beginnings from the Sunday Times bestseller. Home is where the heart is...but what if your heart is broken? When Judith loses her partner, she loses her life in Malta too - including the beautiful view from her sun-warmed balcony of the sparkling blue waters of Sliema Creek. Back in England, Judith finds a spare room in her sister's house where she grew up - but with it comes a whole host of family dramas.Nursing a broken heart, Judith knows she must find happiness again - and rebuild her life on her own terms. Could an island in the sun be the answer she is looking for? A wonderfully escapist summer read, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Carole Matthews. **Previously published as Uphill All the Way** 'I love all of Sue Moorcroft's books!' Katie Fforde 'Effortlessly engaging!' Heat 'Must read!' Daily Express
爺爺兒時與家人跨洋來到此地落地深根,只帶著簡單的行囊與一顆小小的核桃,如今小孫女也得到一顆。爺爺分享過去的旅程,也教她如何栽種核桃。隨著種子慢慢發芽茁壯,爺爺卻逐漸凋零…《花園街10號》Felicita Sala溫柔水彩畫描繪周而復始的生命循環。A moving, multigenerational story about love, family roots, and the cycle of lifeWhen Emilia finds a walnut one morning, Grandpa tells her the story behind it: of his journey across the ocean to a new home, with only one small bag and a nut in his pocket. “I planted my little tree in good brown soil, so it would grow strong here forever.”“In this house? In this yard?”“Shall we go see?” Step by step, Grandpa teaches Emilia how to cultivate her own seed. But as her little nut grows, Grandpa begins to slow down—until one sad day, Emilia has to say goodbye. Emilia’s sapling looks as droopy as she feels . . . but she knows just what to do.From acclaimed author and illustrator Ammi-Joan Paquette and Felicita Sala, this tender story is a poignant reminder that the best things grow with time—and that even when they are no longer here, the ones we lo
Now in a gorgeous special-edition hardback: with an extra never-before-in-print mini-comic, beautiful endpapers and an exquisite foiled cover, this is an unmissable edition. Heartstopper is the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. *Also an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!*'Absolutely delightful.Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry OnBoy meets boy.Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ...until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised.By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories o
#1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 International BestsellerSoon to be a Peacock Original SeriesThis beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov--an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity."The Tattooist of Auschwitz is an extraordinary document, a story about the extremes of human behavior existing side by side: calculated brutality alongside impulsive and selfless acts of love. I find it hard to imagine anyone who would not be drawn in, confronted and moved. I would recommend it unreservedly to anyone, whether they'd read a hundred Holocaust stories or none."--Graeme Simsion, internationally-bestselling author of The Rosie ProjectIn April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a T酹owierer (the Germa
Sam意外離世後,Julie完美的未來藍圖失去了意義。當她撥打Sam的電話想聽他留在語音信箱的聲音時,另一端竟響起接起電話的聲音…。這是重新開始的機會還是再一次的告別呢?If I Stay meets Your Name in this heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye.How do you move forward when everything you love in on the line?Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend asummer in Japan.But then Sam dies. And everything changes.Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces back memories. Desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls Sam’s cellphone just to listen to his voicemail.And Sam picks up the phone.In a miraculous turn of events, Julie’s been given a second chance at goodbye. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam’s voice makes her fall for him all over again and, with each call, it becomes harder to let him go. Ho
Hotel Didadoum is a very old hotel - built in the 30s, I would say. But anyway, our story takes place in the present day...Arthus is an exemplary bellboy. He is pleasant, attentive and professional. Nothing could phase Arthus.Or could it?When his Aunt Clothilde leaves her beloved cat Mika in his care, things at Hotel Didadoum become a lot more complicated.How can Arthus restore peace at the hotel?Will he find a way to love the incorrigible Mika?
*試聽檔為 I Don't Want To Go To Bed*情緒管理-小公主系列有聲書本套書為10本平裝本+1CD 01. I Don't Want To Wash My Hands (我不想洗手) The Little Princess loves getting her hands dirty. The trouble is, she hates washing them. Until she learns all about the nasties, the dirties and all the other horrible things that lurk and make you ill .02. I Want My Tooth (我想要我的牙齒) The Little Princess has a royal set of sparkling white teeth--she brushes them religiously and she eats the right food. So when one of them falls out, the hunt is on to find it. The Little Princess wants her tooth back, and she wants it NOW!03. I Want My Potty (我想要我的小馬桶) "Nappies are YUUECH!" said the Little Princess. "There must be something better!" At first, the Little Princess thinks the royal potty is even worse, but she soon learns to love it... even if it isn't always there when she needs it! Tony Ross's hilarious account of royal potty training will amuse young children and help their parents.04. I Want My Dummy (我想要我的奶嘴) "Where is my dummy? I WAN
附音檔QRcode藍思分級500L,搭配幽默的漫畫式插圖。快加入安迪與泰瑞這對樹屋搭檔,準備迎接下一場爆笑瘋狂的冒險任務!THE TREEHOUSE BOOKSAndy and Terry live in a tree. And when we say “tree,” we mean “treehouse” and when we say “treehouse,” we don’t mean just any old treehouse, we mean the most amazing treehouse in the world! It’s filled with things like shark-invested see-through swimming pools, secret underground labs, and marshmallow machines that follow you around and automatically shoot marshmallows into your mouth whenever you’re hungry.The treehouse is also where they make books together. Andy writes the words and Terry draws the pictures...or they would if it weren’t for all the invading pirates, giant gorillas, out of control inventions and evil vegetable attacks that keep distracting them!The kind of book I would have loved as a kid -Tom Fletcher, on 39-Storey TreehouseBrilliant series and if you haven't read them yet why not? Start at the beginning and work through them all. Laugh out loud funny and I love reading about all the th
Valentine?s Day sticker fun for girly girls! Love is in the air and little girls can express their love with our new super-sweet, super-girly Sticker Stories. It features a heartwarming, rhyming story