‘Marvellous.’ A.S. Byatt‘Astonishing.’ John Gray‘Luminous.’ Rose TremainI could take whichever I would of these paths.Sammy Mountjoy is an artist who has risen from poverty to see his pictures hung in the Tate Gallery. Swept into World War II, he is captured as a German prisoner of war, threatened with torture and locked in a cell of total darkness. He emerges transfigured by his ordeal, realising how his choices have made him the author of his life, interrogating religion and rationality, early loves and formative beliefs – and questioning freedom itself.
There were so many things that Tortoise wanted to do. So many games to play and rocks to climb. Oops.Tortoise was stuck. Tortoise was not happy. Tortoise is not having a good day and now he's stuck in a hole and is far too upset for hugs.Hedgehog sits and waits and then makes Tortoise laugh - taking the time to let the moment pass, and acknowledge how Tortoise feels.
‘Visionary.’ Bettany Hughes‘Tremendous.’ Ben Okri‘Luminous.’ Rose TremainEven when he leapt from the parapet he talked.Ancient Egypt. The Prince is set to marry Pretty Flower, his sister, in the Great House’s incestuous society. But the Liar speaks a truth that transforms everything …A primitive matriarchal society. While mothers raise children in the bucolic Place of Women, Chimp is tormented by the Leopard Men in their brutal hunts, until he gains new wisdom …Imperial Rome. In an era of invention and exploration, the emperor realises he loves his illegitimate grandson more than his own loutish heir …Browse William Golding novels reissued with new designs.
On an extraordinary journey to the sea, a tiger boards the train, along with a jungle of other animals - all without dad even looking up from his phone! From debut author, Mariesa Dulak, and award-winner Rebecca Cobb, illustrator of The Everywhere Bear."You'll never guess what happenedOn our trip down to the sea . . .A Tiger in a top hatCame and sat right next to me."Off to the seaside we go on a rather extraordinary train journey. A boy and his dad board the train and so does...a tiger? And a family of hippos, and a band of crocs, and a mum with her piglets, and a pug in a boa - or two! But will Dad ever look up from his phone?英國繪本中的老虎，經常都會讓人聯想到《來喝下午茶的老虎》這本經典的繪本，而這些老虎也都很紳士，不是動物園中兇猛的老虎。There's a Tiger on the Train 是在 Never Tickle a Tiger (別搔老虎的癢)後另一本令人眼睛一亮的老虎繪本。小男孩一家搭乘火車要前往海邊，戴著大禮帽的老虎也是乘客之一，他坐在小男孩旁邊，以老虎的方式跟小男孩說「早安」，然後專注地讀著他從帽子裡拿出來的漫畫。小男孩的爸爸一直在滑手機，沒有發現漫畫後面的是一隻老虎。然後鱷魚跟和河馬也上車了，大家都要去海邊玩。小男孩的爸爸還是專心的看著他的手機.....這是一本圖畫比文字更有趣的繪本，非常適合親子共讀，大人自己讀也很有意思。插畫家Rebecca Cobb是很受歡迎的插畫家，作品向來溫暖又有童心。本書作者Maries
