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故事從Paddington找不到帽子開始，小讀者可以掀開柔軟的毛氈翻頁，一起幫他尋找，還會發現他一時戴錯帽子的可愛模樣。閱讀過程中，孩子在觀察與猜測間培養專注力，也在翻動之間練習手部精細動作。本書節奏輕快，重複性高，適合反覆共讀，在笑聲中建立自信與探索的樂趣。The brilliantly playful new for 2026 felt flaps Paddington board book perfect for young children and babiesJoin Paddington on a delightful new felt-flap adventure to find his lost hat!This charming board book invites little ones to lift the soft felt flaps to look for his lost hat, and spot when he puts on the wrong one! It's very funny and perfect for developing young children's fine motor skills, problem-solving ability and imagination.Featuring images from the hugely successful Paddington TV series, and with soft felt flaps perfect for little hands, young children will love turning the pages to find out where Paddington's hat has gone!Key Features:Soft felt flaps easy for little hands to lift and play withEngaging story that promotes problem-solving and curiosityBright, colorful images from the award-winning TV showDurable pages designed for repeated read

The engaging story of a child who finds it difficult to read.World Illustration Awards - Children's Publishing Winner 2024From the creator of the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted Wolf and Bear, an inspiring story about a child lost in a forest of letters. The perfect book to share with children with dyslexia and other neurodivergence to encourage problem-solving and build confidence.Verbs, also known as action words, can be pesky things to master and nobody understands the struggle better than the young child in Wiggling Words. Skip, trip, fumble and fall with them as they discover that even though words can be tricky, they can be fun too!Written and illustrated by Kate Rolfe, winner of the prestigious V&A Student Illustrator of the Year and Macmillan Prize for Illustration runner-up.

An innovative board book design that lets toddlers place three chunky shapes into matching slots. This bold, bright board book makes learning about shapes and first words endlessly fun. Three chunky circles, featuring 6 bright colours, attach to the book with colourful ribbons to create an engaging colour-sorting game, perfect for children from one to three years.The shapes slot into a die-cut on the page, with satisfying ease, completing a variety of images, from an ice cream cone to a branch full of bugs. Matching the colours aids children in their fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination and problem-solving skills. Each spread also introduces popular first words, making this the ideal book to learn from while having fun.Illustrated in vivid colour and effortless style by Polish artist Susie Hammer. Also available: Match the Shape

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＼全新「杯麵超人」強勢登場／泡麵只要三分鐘――英雄降臨也只要三分鐘！魔法實現的願望很遜，靠自己力量達成的才酷！── 特別收錄 ──圖解泡麵製作過程、互動遊戲頁、融入式猜謎題■各界專家推薦王淑芬（國立台北教育大學社會與區域發展學系 教授）、蔡孟耘（小壁虎老師、宜蘭縣竹林國小教師）、魏瑋志（澤爸、親職教育講師）內含成分 笑料、感動、淚水（鹹的）食用方法 一旦入手，請盡快享用 保存期限 永久■故事簡介一碗泡麵，不小心召喚出任性又愛耍帥的超人，提供「美夢成真服務」。但，好像沒有使用說明書？小學四年級的裕太，人生第一次泡麵，竟泡出了個「杯麵超人」？一位能實現願望、個性又超級中二的「杯麵超人」突然用奇怪姿勢降臨，還說會幫他實現願望……裕太希望零用錢增加，你以為會「變！變！變！」就達成願望的魔法沒有發生，因為他家經營的定食店生意下滑，願望根本沒辦法實現。於是杯麵超人邀他一起展開「拯救營業額」大作戰！過程中，意外發現竟然還有另外一個「黑色杯麵人」？要確定……不是玩偶裝派對吔……兩位杯麵人搞笑又熱血的「三分鐘決戰」，要如何分出勝負？這個用創意、勇氣，以及滿滿的麵香味的競賽最終如何收場？///最真實的泡麵英雄，只要三分鐘就能召喚出來，陪你實現願望！用3大學習法，實現自己的願望問題導向學習（Problem-Based Learning, PBL）、社會情緒學習（SEL）、目標設定方法（SMART原則）」■本書亮點1-角色設定創新，超強記憶點【日本全新兒童IP】：把泡麵擬人化成超級英雄，獨特又搞笑的設定，讓孩子一看就記住。2-爆笑場面不間斷，閱讀節奏快【孩子自主閱讀】：從三分鐘大對決、極激辣反派，到胡椒大魔王，情節像動畫，笑點密度高。3-發揮創意解難，拯救經營危機【解決問題能力(PBL)，分析思考】：利用偵察敵情獲取資訊，與杯麵超人一同合作，想辦法扭轉定食店的困境。4-故事兼具暖心與成長【社交情緒學習 (SEL)、心理韌性】：主角從依賴英雄實現願望，到展現智慧與勇氣並解決危機，讓孩子自然內化自我成長的力量。5-顛覆刻板印象，體會食物多樣性【多元文化素養】：杯麵超人主張「美味本來就有各種形式」，鼓勵孩子開闊心胸、擁抱「多樣性」。■閱讀關鍵字#心理韌性 #跨域協作 #創新思維 #目標設定 #解決問題 #自我肯定 #財商概念 #多元文化 #行動力 #勇氣 #友情 #家庭 #溝通 #創意◎試讀年齡

Help Pete the Cat find his groovy white sneakers in this humorous and cool storybook by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Kimberly and James Dean. Includes over thirty stickers!It's time to play outside, but there's just one problem. Pete the Cat's groovy white shoes are missing! Pete can't find them anywhere and everyone is waiting for him. So he tries on every pair of shoes he comes across with hilarious results. Will Pete find his shoes in time to play with his friends?Find out in this rockin' story full of problem-solving, amazing kicks, and friendship!

Welcome to the most magical bakery -- Witchycakes! Little Blue, a witch-in-training, uses magic to make everything perfect. . . well, sort of. Cozy up with this sweet chapter book with irresisitible full-color art on every page!In a magical bakery called Witchycakes there's a young witch-to-be named Blue. Blue's Mama bakes with magic and Blue makes the deliveries! Blue is good at problem-solving but they want everything to be perfect. So they "borrow" a magic potion from Mama Moon. Does everything go perfectly? Not so much. But magic makes perfect. . . right?Cook up some love with Blue as they use magic and problem-solving to be the best helper they can be in their whimsical little town. And there's a special magical recipe at the end of each book!Don't miss a single book in the most magical chapter book series! Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic Witchycakes #2: Changing MagicStory Locale:A magical seaside town called ShelvilleSeries Overview: We have 4 books signed up in the Witchycakes seri

Humans think they invent everything, but the fact is, us animals have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of getting around and working out how to survive on our own for millions of years. In this book you will meet the animal inventors who have shared their super inventing powers to make amazing things for humans.WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2022An international best-seller, translated into over 25 languagesIn this book you will meet the animal inventors who have shared their super inventing powers to make amazing things for humans. We have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of getting around and working out how to survive on our own for millions of years. Often human scientists try and solve a problem or invent a new tool and they realise that animals have already invented it for them.Sometimes when a human inventor gets stuck, they come to the animal kingdom to see if we can help them out. In this book yo

It's a mystery, my dear Watson! Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and her trusty sidekick Mole Watson are on the hunt for a missing pet rock in this first book of the hilarious early graphic chapter book series.THE CASE OF THE MISSING PET ROCKVictim: Reggie the Rabbit's Pet Rock, Dwayne (aka, "the Rock")Scene of the Crime: Pet Rock Obedience SchoolSuspects: Reggie's classmates -- and even his teacher! Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and her partner in crime-solving -- Mole Watson -- are experts in finding lost things. But can they find Reggie's pet rock? Or will they hit rock bottom? Early chapter book readers will laugh along at the problem-solving skills of the silliest sleuths in the forest in this full-color graphic novel.Keep your eyes peeled for the next Squirrel Lock Holmes Mystery: A Corny Maze Mystery -- coming Fall 2026!Series Overview: This is the first book in a humorous detective mystery for early chapter book graphic novel readers. We have 3 books signed up so far with a slig

Be a puzzle master! Forty-five challenging games designed for kids aged 6 and up are included in this interactive plant-themed book. Fold and unfold flaps to arrange the houseplants, move play pieces around to plant vegetables, slide tabs to find the earthworms that have been digging underground--and more! - Features 45 challenging puzzles - Includes QR code for puzzle solutions - Interactive elements add an extra layer of fun - Helps develop problem-solving and creative-thinking skills Plant Pandemonium! is perfect for puzzle fans aged 6 and up. - Fun game and activity books - Books for children aged 6 and up - Books for elementary school children

Solve the mazes to help the baby animals! Baby Duck has to catch up with its family, Baby Bear wants to get some honey, the sleepy baby foxes want to get home to their cozy den--and more adventures fill the pages of this interactive board book. Designed for kids aged 2 and up, this sturdy book includes maze pieces to complete the paths so the little critters can go on their merry way. - An age-appropriate introduction to mazes- Adorable illustrations engage young children- Helps develop problem-solving and fine motor skillsBaby Animal Mazes offers young children a satisfying first experience with mazes. - Fun game and activity books-Books for children aged 2-4- Books for toddlers and preschool children

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

OverviewLife is a six-level, best-selling integrated-skills series with grammar and vocabulary for young adult and adult English language learners. Known for teaching students something new about the world through inspiring National Geographic content, the third edition showcases global perspectives and contexts relevant to students’ own lives that guide them to naturally personalize the language. Life continues to help learners connect with the world through its deeply integrated critical thinking strand, which now extends to developing the visual literacy, collaboration, and problem-solving skills they need for academic and career success.Critical thinking skills development now extends into updated video lessons by developing visual literacy skills and encouraging a positive global mindset through ‘Sustainable Life’ project-based lessons.Targeted skills development and exam-style task types prepare students for success in international exams like the Cambridge suite and IELTs.The al

This study analyzes how 20th- and 21st-century U.S. playwrights, belonging to various ethnic or religious groups, have used food in their dramatic works. The 16 chapters, each devoted to an individual play, show how Glaspell, O'Neill, Wilder, Odets, Kaufman, Miller, Williams, Shepard, Mamet, Wilson, Margulies, LaBute, Ruhl, Letts, Still, and Cho have used food in their plays and how food resonates with each one's artistic projects. The dramatic works covered are associated with passages extracted from 140 U.S. plays that depict comparable food-related scenes, and culinary investigations help characterize the authors' aesthetics.

From the brains behind Brain Quest comes Puzzletopia, an interactive new series chock-full of mind-bending logic puzzles! Grab a pencil and get ready to solve fun, adventurous brain teasers for kids ages 8 & up. Embark on a perfectly puzzling journey full of over 100 brain twisters that strengthen problem-solving skills, increase concentration and attention span, and enhance memory and processing--all while having fun with puzzles! Puzzletopia: 100 Perfectly Puzzling Adventures! is packed with a huge variety of kid-friendly, highly visual logic puzzles, critical thinking activities, picture puzzles, and more. Every activity is introduced with a unique, engaging narrative based on a quest, adventure, or mission--featuring aliens, magical creatures, scalawag pirates, and other colorful characters! Full of helpful hints and annotations, and featuring an illustrated answer key in the back, Puzzletopia provides both a challenge and ample support to the reader. And as kids' skills get be

A National Bestseller - Recommended by Financial Times as "What to Read in 2025" "The central argument of Our Dollar, Your Problem--that the greenback's pre-eminence was never guaranteed and might plausibly be overturned--could hardly be more timely."--The Economist A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America's currency might not have reached today's lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck. Drawing in part on his own experiences, including with policymakers and world leaders, Kenneth Rogoff animates the remarkable postwar run of the dollar--how it beat out the Japanese yen, the Soviet ruble, and the euro--and the challenges it faces today from crypto and the Chinese yuan, the end of reliably low inflation and interest rates, political instability, and the fracturing of the dollar bloc. Americans cannot take for granted that the Pax Dollar era will last in

A fun and immersive crime-solving adventure for young super sleuths!Put your detective skills to the ultimate test in this crime-solving adventure.A thrilling mystery story with mini chapters containing an innovative mix of narrative text and a puzzle (called a 'Detectogram®') for the reader to solve and keep the mystery unravelling.Police Inspector Cross and her officers have been called out on a mysterious case. They've traced the notorious Dempsey Gang to a warehouse, but they've arrived too late! The gang have sped off into the distance with stolen bars of gold. All they've left behind are a few stray scraps of paper and a very noisy parrot, who seems to be squawking cryptic clues about where the gang went next. Now, it's up to the reader to crack the case, solving one Detectogram® at a time.Packed with a mix of 46 logic, visual and text-based puzzles. From clues to unravel, maps to navigate, suspects to examine and codes to crack, there’s plenty of fun and perplexing puzzles to be

Jake has fallen head over heels for Dandelion. The only problem? Dandelion is dead.

Hope Crumble and her chaotic family serve up cakes, coffee and calamity in this hilarious new series from much-loved author Catherine Wilkins. Illustrated throughout by the brilliant Katie Abey.The second heartwarming and hilarious story in the Café Chaos series.Hope's mum has mistakenly over-ordered the beans and they only have two months to get through them all! Several hilarious family meetings take place to discuss ideas. Aunt Rita comes over all 'flavours of Mexico' while Connor wants a bean-eating competition to catch the post-gym crowd.Hope is trying to distance herself from it all in a bid to have 'time to be a child' and let her family sort out their own crises. But she can't deprive her family of her problem-solving abilities for long. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of Skyla... Hope's arch enemy and school bully - who needs a place to hold her charity fashion show.Praise for Café Chaos:"A beautifully funny story - effortlessly brilliant." - Romesh Ranganathan"This funny an

Welcome to the most magical bakery -- Witchycakes! Little Blue, a witch-in-training, uses magic to help their mama set up for the most magical time of year. Cozy up with this sweet chapter book with irresisitible full-color art on every page!In a magical bakery called Witchycakes there's a young witch-to-be named Blue. Blue's Mama bakes with magic and Blue makes the deliveries! It's a full moon at the most magical time of year -- Remembering Time. The celebration is a moment for looking back and sharing with friends and family. Who will show up to the party? What surprises will there be? Blue is about to find out!Cook up some love with Blue as they use magic and problem-solving to be the best helper they can be in their whimsical little town. And there's a special magical recipe at the end of each book!Don't miss a single book in the most magical chapter book series! Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic Witchycakes #2: Changing Magic Witchycakes #3: Puddles & Potions

A young seer tries to save a classmate from death and her entire grade from a looming doomsday in this contemporary fantasy duology from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Scott Reintgen. Both books available together in one paperback bind-up! In The Problem with Prophecies, Celia Cleary inherits the gift of prophecy that has been passed down in her family for generations. But nothing could have prepared her for her first vision--that the quiet boy down the street, Jeffrey Johnson, is about to die. Celia is determined to save him despite her grandmother's warnings against it, but for each danger she avoids, another one takes its place. It doesn't help that she's getting to know Jeffrey more and more with each new rescue attempt. It really doesn't help when she realizes she kind of likes him. Will Celia's gifts be enough to thwart fate? Or are some things in life inevitable? In The Drama with Doomsdays, Celia is finally starting to get a handle on her powers when she learns