Twice a Bride

Kick-start a Stink collection with a way-cool bind-up of his first two adventures.Get two times the Stink in one book! Featuring:Stink: The Incredible Shrinking KidShrink, shrank, shrunk! Every mornin

Jump-start a Judy Moody collection with this uber-cool compilation of books 1 and 2.As more and more kids are feeling the Moody mania--fanned by Judy's star turn on the silver screen--it's time to off

Kick-start a Stink collection with a way-cool bind-up of his first two adventures.Get two times the Stink in one book! In Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid every morning Judy measures Stink, and it'

Jump-start a Judy Moody collection with this uber-cool compilation of the first two adventures in the series.As more and more kids are feeling the Moody mania, it’s time to offer a head start on the a

Kick-start a Stink collection with a way-cool bind-up of his first two adventures.Get two times the Stink in one book! Featuring:Stink: The Incredible Shrinking KidShrink, shrank, shrunk! Every morning Judy measures Stink, and it’s always the same: three feet eight inches tall. Until, that is, the day the ruler reads a quarter-inch less. Can it be? Is Stink shrinking?Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic JawbreakerSpurred by a newfound awareness of false advertising, Stink Moody becomes the proverbial kid in a candy store as his letter-writing campaign yields him heaps of rewards.

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

★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

Soon to be an animated series from Nickelodeon!A new paperback bind-up of the fifth and sixth novels in the New York Times bestselling Big Nate series: Big Nate Flips Out and Big Nate: In the Zone.In

The bestselling novel about love, loss and the power of story-telling from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness, soon to be a major motion picture. Conor has the same dream every night, ever

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.

Once upon a time (or maybe twice), some 80,000 leagues beneath the sea, there lies a colourful land of music and laughter called Pepperland - a place where Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is

Because of a prank he played over the summer, twelve-year-old Mitchell must chat online with a nursing home resident twice a week for a month as his "sentence", and although at first he thinks they wo

I, Bella Fisher, am absolutely WINNING at FAILING at life. 1. I once got my tongue stuck to a box of Calippos in a supermarket 2. I accidentally called my geography teacher Mum. Twice. He wasn't impre

Taka's desperate to prove that he has what it takes to become a ninja. He has failed the Grandmaster's test twice already. But when the clan's scrolls are stolen by an enemy samurai he has a chance to

Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow. It hasn’t snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years, however, so what are the

Twice Carnegie-medal winning Geraldine McCaughrean's new novel is set in a word paralysed by natural disaster and dangerous politics. Fifteen-year-old Gloria is maid to Afalia's tyrannical Head of Sta

From the former Children's Laureate and twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal comes a stunning and perceptive story about worry and anxiety, featuring his much loved chimp, Willy. One day Willy goe

One of the world's most popular authors makes his Penguin Classics debut with deluxe editions, featuring graphic covers, of his best-loved novels TWICE TURNED into a feature film, Charlie and t

Another classic in the making by Kate DiCamillo, New York Times bestselling author and twice winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal. What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortune-teller's tent appear

It's Christmas Eve, but Santa Claus has lost his cheer. All is going wrong, and he cancels Christmas this year! From the North Pole to a tropical paradise, will sun-kissed Santa end up thinking twice?

The Holly Joliday (Judy Moody & Stink #1)(9780763641139)Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow. It hasn’t snowed on Christmas in Vir

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.

A favourite bedtime classic, beautifully retold by bestselling and award-winning author, Geraldine MccaughreanThis beloved childhood classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett is now available in a sumptuous gift book edition with dazzling new art. When Mary Lennox is sent from India to live with her uncle at gloomy Misselthwaite Manor, she is the most spoiled and contrary child you could ever meet. But she is also extremely lonely.Until one day, she discovers a walled garden that has been kept secret for years. With the help of a little robin, Mary unearths the key and unlocks the wonder that lies beyond the garden walls - and finds that making friends can be every bit life-changing as a magical garden. A captivating picture book retelling for young children by acclaimed author Geraldine McCaughrean, who has won, among many others, the Carnegie Medal twice, the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the Smarties Bronze Award.Discover more beautiful gift books in the Nosy Crow Classic range inclu

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

"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

Because of a prank he played over the summer, twelve-year-old Mitchell must chat online with a nursing home resident twice a week for a month as his "sentence", and although at first he thinks they wo

In her seventh novel, international bestselling author and twice winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal Kate DiCamillo tells a masterful story that blends pathos and humour. Raymie Clarke has come to