Jingle Bell Bride

The first title in a two-colour fiction series, ideal for children growing in confidence as readers and beginning to read alone. Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam don't just make amazing cakes. These two brave bakers solve wacky mysteries too!Halloween at St Spectre's school brings out the cheekiest of ghosts! And who is to blame when the weather goes CRAZY? A power-grabbing red panda, maybe? Certainly not the raccoon gang fixing the museum's toilets - they've got dastardly plans of their OWN!Look out for Shifty and Sam's other chapter book adventures:Up, Up and Away! The Aliens are Coming!Jingle Bells!

Lainey's day is turned upside down when she's captured by the Lost Boys while visiting Never Land! Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies star in a magical early chapter book series for girls ages 6 to 9—

Brrr ... ing! There's the school bell! It's the first day back at school for Arthur and Violet and all of their friends. Time for riding the school bus, going to class, and best of all, eating snacks

Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century!Ernest Hemingway wasn’t just a novelist. He was a hunter and a fisherman; he became an ambulance officer in Paris, France, during World War I; and he worked as a reporter during the civil war in Spain in the 1930s. All of these experiences had such an important impact on Ernest’s life that he used them as inspiration for some of his most notable works of fiction, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.He wrote short stories, novels, and articles in an understated, direct style, that is still beloved by readers today. Hemingway is remembered as much for his fiction as he is for his adventurous lifestyle.

彼得潘的生活一點也不無聊！永遠長不大的男孩-彼得潘，帶著溫蒂和她的兄弟們進行了一次狂野的冒險。他們帶著仙女小叮噹，飛到遙遠的夢幻島。在那裡，他們和迷失男孩們一起住在一棵樹下，躲避海盜。跟著彼得和朋友們的幻想，直到嗜血的虎克船長出現......他們能逃脫嗎？滴答滴答滴答...*本書互動功能需依書中說明下載APP(Snap Learn)後使用。Life with Peter Pan is hardly dull! The boy who never grows up takes Wendy and her brothers on a wild adventure. With fairy Tinker Bell, they fly far, far away to Neverland. There, they live under a tree with the Lost Boys and hide from the pirates. Follow Peter and friends in their fantasies until bloodthirsty Hook creeps up. Can they escape? Tick tick tick ...

彼得潘的生活一點也不無聊！永遠長不大的男孩-彼得潘，帶著溫蒂和她的兄弟們進行了一次狂野的冒險。他們帶著仙女小叮噹，飛到遙遠的夢幻島。在那裡，他們和迷失男孩們一起住在一棵樹下，躲避海盜。跟著彼得和朋友們的幻想，直到嗜血的虎克船長出現......他們能逃脫嗎？滴答滴答滴答...*本書互動功能需依書中說明下載APP(Snap Learn)後使用。Life with Peter Pan is hardly dull! The boy who never grows up takes Wendy and her brothers on a wild adventure. With fairy Tinker Bell, they fly far, far away to Neverland. There, they live under a tree with the Lost Boys and hide from the pirates. Follow Peter and friends in their fantasies until bloodthirsty Hook creeps up. Can they escape? Tick tick tick ...

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

Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a tel

★本書榮獲1992年西班牙加泰隆尼亞國際插畫雙年展大獎★朗朗上口的生動民間故事×處處埋藏玄機的精緻細膩圖繪，讓歷久彌新的經典繪本，啟動孩子的觀察力與想像力，增進中英雙語閱讀素養！ 一月一，年初一。一月二，年初二。年初三，早上床，今夜老鼠娶新娘。 大小老鼠來幫忙，抬花轎，搬嫁妝，新郎新娘早拜堂。一拜堂，二拜堂， 三拜堂來入洞房。 這是一則流傳在臺灣的民間故事。老鼠村長的女兒要拋繡球選新郎，不料，一隻黑貓衝進來攪亂了局面。為了女兒的幸福，老鼠村長決定找一個比貓還強、全世界最強的女婿。左思右想，他覺得太陽是全世界最強的，於是跑去找太陽。可是，烏雲遮住了太陽，風吹散了烏雲，牆擋住了風……，到底誰才是老鼠村長最理想的女婿呢？ 故事中的老鼠村就位在人類家園的牆角下，繪者劉宗慧在一開始的三幅畫，就巧妙運用微觀與巨觀的對比，透過鏡頭的連續推近，從人類的視野慢慢壓低到老鼠的視野，讓老鼠的國度與人類的世界構成了有趣的畫面。全書充滿豐富細節的圖像，不僅有許多地方讓人莞爾一笑，也發展出文本之外的另一種敘事角度。 The wise old head of a small mouse village has a big problem. It is time for his beautiful young daughter to get married. But the old mouse wants to find her the most powerful husband in the world, to protect her from the vicious cat that is terrorizing his village. Setting off on a long journey, the old mouse leader intends to ask the Sun to marry his daughter. But he soon finds the Cloud is stronger. He then asks the Cloud, but to his surprise sees that the Wind is even greater. The Wind

It’s holiday time, and Room One is doing lots of fun things to celebrate.Like making elf costumes! And singing joyful songs! Only, how can Junie B. enjoy the festivities when Tattletale May keeps ruin

A joyful middle grade novel based on the Netflix holiday film Jingle Jangle: A Chistmas Journey, starring Phylicia Rashad, Forrest Whitaker, Anika Noni Rose, Keegan Michael Key, and newcomer Madalen M

A heartwarming Clydesdale story for the holiday season!For all lovers of horses, history, and the holidays, here’s a very special Horse Diaries book. Wisconsin, 1915. Jingle Bells is a strong Clydesda

Jingle bells, Jingle bells, smelly pooh and bum!You can wait for Christmas but it's never going to come!When a miniature reindeer named Percy falls down the chimney of the Trubshaws' holiday cottage,

Say hello to the inventor of the telephone—and so much more! Through leveled text and engaging photos, kids meet Alexander Graham Bell and learn about his important invention as well as his role in th

Prince Pete isn't ready for marriage - he's only eleven! And this peculiar business with the pea is the daftest thing he's ever heard. Mother reckons she can find him the perfect royal bride and think

The third book in this fast-paced and hilarious fantasy quest in the grand tradition of Shrek and The Princess Bride, starring four very unlikely, but likeable, heroes.The four princes that have the w

Yikes! This collection of easy-to-read, silly, spooky tales features a pirate bride, a ghost that grows and grows, and a big slobbery monster.

In the fourth DATA Set adventure, the DATA Set race to deprogram an army of robots before they take over Newtonberg Elementary School.One morning, Mrs. Bell, the science teacher, challenges the studen

From the bus stop to the last bell, this photographic Step 2 early reader—consisting of school-themed poems—is sure to delight dog lovers and those anxious about going back to school. Most of the poem

There’s double the fun this Christmas when two of Battersea’s cutest residents arrive to live on Bell Lane. Best friends Jo and Sophie live next door to each other, and Santa has d

Paris, at the dawn of the modern age:Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride—or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia—the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!Sebastian’s secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances—one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone’s secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend? Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love, art, and family. A fairy tale for any age, The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.

Discover the first gripping, award-winning murder mystery in the million-copy bestsellingMurder Most Unladylikeseries, starring schoolgirl detectives, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong.'Ripping good fun'The Times'Plotting is what sets this book apart'TelegraphAt Deepdean School for Girls,Daisy Wells and Hazel Wonghave set up their own detective agency.But they are struggling to find anyrealcrimes to investigate.(Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't.)Then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. To add to the mystery, when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared.Now Hazel and Daisy not only have a murder to solve: they have to prove one happened in the first place.'Enormous fun'Irish Times'A skilful blend of golden era crime novel and boarding school romp . . . Top class'Financial Times'I absolutely loved it'Susie Day

身為凜冽冬風之神Stribog的血脈，Mara卻無法使用魔法。為了救回摯愛親人， Mara帶著能化身為熊的新朋友，展開沿途充滿凶暴神祇與駭人怪物的險惡旅程。Gabriela Houston繼《The Second Bell》後，又一斯拉夫傳說色彩新作。Packed with a colourful Slavic cast of tempestuous gods and frightening monsters, The Wind Child is above all a story about friendship, and how far you would go and what you would sacrifice to avoid saying goodbye to someone you love. No human has ever returned from Navia, the Slavic afterlife. But twelve-year-old Mara is not entirely human.She is the granddaughter of Stribog, the god of winter winds and she's determined to bring her beloved father back from the dead. Though powerless, Mara and her best friend Torniv, the bear-shifter, set out on an epic journey to defy the gods and rescue her father. On their epic journey they will bargain with forest lords, free goddesses from enchantments, sail the stormy seas in a ship made of gold and dodge the cooking pot of the villainous Baba Latingorka.Little do the intrepid duo know of the terrible forces they have set

Lori是海灣高中新來的學生，在這裡所有人崇尚完美的身材，使得她覺得自己格格不入而打算默默度過高三，但在偶然之下她認識了校園風雲人物Jake，也闖進的他充滿驚奇的生活。Jo Watson is the bestselling author of Burning Moon, Always a Bride and Finding You. Big Boned is her first YA romance, tackling the themes of body positivity, family, acceptance and self-love, the book will delight her fans of all ages.Can she be herself in a one-size-fits-all world?Lori Palmer is the new girl at Bay Water High, where students prize glossy hair, beach bodies, and school spirit above all else. She misses her old school—where her talent as an artist carried more weight than she does—and longs for her old family life, before her parents got divorced and her mom reinvented herself.So Lori decides that the only way to survive the rest of the year is to blend into the background, but her plans go awry when she discovers that the most popular (and hottest) guy at Bay Water High, Jake, is a volunteer at her brother’s school. When her brother befriends Jake’s sister, Lori is suddenly thrust int

Nancy becomes involved in a maze of mystery when she accepts an invitation from Mrs. Chantrey, a client of Mr. Drew, to vacation at her cottage in a picturesque seaside town. Carson Drew has promised

IT'S A MATCH MADE IN HORROR!When Slappy, the world's most evil ventriloquist dummy, shows up after being abandoned by his previous owner, things start to go wrong around the house. But this time Slapp

It’s holiday time, and Room One is doing lots of fun things to celebrate.Like making elf costumes! And singing joyful songs! Only, how can Junie B. enjoy the festivities when Tattletale May keeps ruin

When their grandfather's friend, Carrie Bell, invites the Alden youngsters to help her restore an old castle, the children become involved in searching for a missing Stradivarius violin, investigating

"In a near-perfect miniature novel, two children experience the apprehensions and joys of the possibility of a new mother when their father invites a mail-order bride to their prairie home."—Booklist

The magical world of fairies comes to life in this delightful Read-Along Storybook and CD. The magical world of fairies comes to life in this delightful Read-Along Storybook and CD based on the 5th