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本書描寫十二歲的 Sonnet，在失去奶奶後，與家人搬回祖父身邊生活。曾經繁盛的蘋果園，如今只剩下一棵老樹，靜靜見證家族的變遷。Sonnet 不願面對衰老與失去，只希望一切能維持原樣。偏偏在學校的口述歷史作業中，她被迫與鄰居 Zeke 分組，還要讓祖父成為訪談對象。Zeke 的提問一再觸碰她刻意避開的過往，也讓家族深藏的傷痛逐漸浮現。當一場意外迫使兩人再次合作，Sonnet 開始明白，真正的修復並非遺忘，而是願意回頭凝視。作者以雙視角鋪陳故事，讓衝突、理解與和解自然發生，呈現一段溫柔而深刻的成長歷程。When feuding neighbors Sonnet and Zeke are paired up for a class project, they unearth a secret that could uproot Sonnet's family--or allow it to finally heal and grow. Twelve-year-old Sonnet's family has just moved across the country to live with her grandfather after her nana dies. Gramps's once-impressive apple orchard has been razed for a housing development, with only one heirloom tree left. Sonnet doesn't want to think about how Gramps and his tree are both growing old--she just wants everything to be okay. Sonnet is not okay with her neighbor, Zeke, a boy her age who gets on her bad side and stays there when he tries to choose her grandpa to interview for an oral history assignment. Zeke irks Sonnet with his prying questions, brin

A bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turned upside down.William Wyatt Orser, a socially awkward middle schooler, is a wordsmith who, much to his annoyance, acquired the ironically ungrammatical nickname of "Worser so long ago that few people at school know to call him anything else.Worser grew up with his mom, a professor of rhetoric and an introvert just like him, in a comfortable routine that involved reading aloud in the evenings, criticizing the grammar of others, ignoring the shabby mess of their house, and suffering the bare minimum of social interactions with others. But recently all that has changed. His mom had a stroke that left her nonverbal, and his Aunt Iris has moved in with her cats, art projects, loud music, and even louder clothes. Home for Worser is no longer a refuge from the unsympathetic world at school that it has been all his life.Feeling lost, lonely, and overwhelmed, Worser searches for a new sanctuary a

剛搬到新鎮上的 Agnes 很想交朋友，於是精心準備了一場下午茶，邀請班上的女孩來家裡作客。門鈴響起時，她滿心期待，站在門外的卻是隔壁的 Dave。Agnes 告訴他，邀請函上寫著可以帶一位朋友，既然他沒帶朋友，就不能參加。沒想到 Dave 一點也不氣餒，接連帶來一位又一位意想不到的朋友：吵鬧的鵝、刺刺的仙人掌，還有被 Agnes 誤認為蛇的無腳蜥蜴。當原本邀請的客人遲遲沒有出現，Agnes 看著 Dave 和朋友們開心玩耍，終於鼓起勇氣問自己能不能加入。John Hare 以輕快幽默的故事與活潑插畫，描寫一場完全偏離計畫的茶會，也讓孩子發現，新朋友有時會以最意外的方式出現。When Agnes decides to host a tea party, she finds it hard to shake a most unlikely guest . . . and his even more unlikely friends. Agnes is new to town and wants to make friends, so she invites some girls in her class to a fancy tea party. When there is a knock at the door, she expects to see them--not Dave from next door. This isn't what she had in mind at all. . . "The invitation says plus one.This means you need to bring a friend.And since you don't have a friend with you--goodbye." Agnes is sure that will be the end of that, but Dave is persistent, and before long he's bringing one friend after another as his plus one. Pierre of the North, Esquire, a goose who Agnes deems too loud; Fred, a cactus

校外教學出發！這一次，全班搭上的不是普通黃色校車，而是一輛時光旅行巴士，目的地竟是恐龍漫步、火山冒煙的侏羅紀時代。孩子們正興奮觀察眼前的巨大生物，一隻調皮的翼龍卻突然搶走某位學生的午餐盒。為了追回午餐，孩子不小心與全班走散，只好一邊等待救援，一邊和友善的恐龍分享食物。然而，恐龍們突然一哄而散，留下孩子獨自面對一隻虎視眈眈的巨大肉食恐龍！得獎創作者 John Hare 延續 Field Trip Adventures 系列特色，以完全無文字的圖像說故事。生動表情、電影般的畫面與幽默細節，讓孩子自行觀察、推敲情節，也很適合親子一起看圖說故事。● 獲選 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection，John Hare 無字繪本系列新作● 黃色時光巴士直達侏羅紀，結合恐龍、追逐、走失與意外救援的冒險情節● 全書沒有文字，孩子可從圖像觀察故事線索，自由發揮想像力與敘事能力A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionIt's time for a field trip! Board the yellow time travel bus and blast into the Jurassic past in this new wordless picture book in the Field Trip Adventures Series by award-winning creator John Hare. Volcanoes smolder. Towering dinosaurs munch leaves from the trees. And this class is going to see them up close--maybe way too close! When a rascally pterodactyl snatches a student's lunch box, the student gives chase and gets it back but also becomes separated from their class. They decide to eat their lunch while waiting to be rescued and end

艾格尼絲才剛來到這個鎮上，她想要藉著舉辦女孩茶會來交朋友，不過來參加茶會的人都必須Plus One再帶一位嘉賓，這時撿到傳單的大維便前來參加，並且帶了一堆意想不到的嘉賓... 約翰·哈爾John Hare，《深海之旅》和《火山島之旅》的作者兼插畫家，運用他的標誌性機智和活潑的插畫，分享了一個永恆的信息：有時候新朋友會是意想不到的人。 When Agnes decides to host a tea party, she finds it hard to shake a most unlikely guest . . . and his even more unlikely friends.Agnes is new to town and wants to make friends, so she invites some girls in her class to a fancy tea party. When there is a knock at the door, she expects to see them—not Dave from next door. This isn't what she had in mind at all. . ."The invitation says plus one.This means you need to bring a friend.And since you don't have a friend with you—goodbye."Agnes is sure that will be the end of that, but Dave is persistent, and before long he's bringing one friend after another as his plus one. Pierre of the North, Esquire, a goose who Agnes deems too loud; Fred, a cactus that's too prickly; Dr. Scalywiggles, a legless lizard she mistakes for a snake; even his mom, who makes great Frenc

黃色校車直升機再度出發！繼月球與深海之旅後，John Hare 筆下的學生們這次來到一座火山島。大家一路健行前往火山頂，其中一名學生沿途採了幾朵花，卻意外滑進火山口，和同學們分開了。幸好，火山口裡並不只有岩漿。孩子遇見一隻熔岩怪獸和牠的孩子們，還發現牠們對鮮花充滿好奇，只是一碰到花朵就會把它們燒焦。於是，一場跨越物種的合作就此展開：用熔岩製作花瓶、倒入水，再一起欣賞保存下來的花朵。本書延續 Field Trip Adventures 系列的無字形式，以充滿氣氛的畫面說故事，讓孩子從細節自行發現情節，也留下豐富的想像空間。● 獲選 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection，延續 Field Trip to the Moon、Field Trip to the Ocean Deep 的無字冒險● 火山、熔岩與可愛的熔岩怪獸相遇，將自然環境融入充滿想像力的故事● 全書沒有文字，透過連續圖像理解情節，適合練習觀察、推理與看圖說故事A wordless picture book adventure takes a group of students to visit a thrilling volcanic island. Perfect for fans of Field Trip to the Moon, Field Trip to the Ocean Deep, and field trips in general! John Hare's rich, atmospheric art invites all children to imagine themselves in the story - a story full of surprises and adorable new friends. The same students we met in Field Trip to the Moon and Field Trip to the Ocean Deep travel to a volcano island on a yellow school bus helicopter. When they get there, one student picks flowers as they hike to the to

The real-life story of a family who planted 1,000,000 trees--yes, it's true!--to fight deforestation in British Columbia. When Kristen Balouch was 10 years old, her parents made a surprising announcement: their whole family was going on a trip to plant trees! Kristen, her sisters, and her mom and dad--and their pet, Wonder Dog!--flew from their California home to a logging site in British Columbia. There, they joined a crew working to replant the trees that had been cut down. In One Million Trees, Kristen reflects on the forty days they spent living in a tent, covered in mud and bug bites, working hard every day to plant a new forest. Young readers will learn a little French, practice some math skills, and learn all about how to plant a tree the right way! The kid-friendly, engaging text is paired with bold illustrations, full of fun details and bright colors. The story ends with a modern-day look at what Kristen's family helped accomplish: a stand of huge trees growing on what used to

A bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turned upside down. William Wyatt Orser, a socially awkward middle schooler, is a wordsmith who, much to his annoyance, acquired the ironically ungrammatical nickname of "Worser" so long ago that few people at school know to call him anything else. Worser grew up with his mom, a professor of rhetoric and an introvert just like him, in a comfortable routine that involved reading aloud in the evenings, criticizing the grammar of others, ignoring the shabby mess of their house, and suffering the bare minimum of social interactions with others. But recently all that has changed. His mom had a stroke that left her nonverbal, and his Aunt Iris has moved in with her cats, art projects, loud music, and even louder clothes. Home for Worser is no longer a refuge from the unsympathetic world at school that it has been all his life. Feeling lost, lonely, and overwhelmed, Worser searches for a new sanctua

The heroic true story of one of the Eastern seaboard's first woman lighthouse keepers, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist.Living in the isolated Robbins Reef Lighthouse, overlooking turn-of-the-century New York Harbor, Kate Walker spent her life minding the light, keeping passing ships from running aground on the dangerous shoals. Originally the assistant to her lighthouse keeper husband John Walker, after his death Kate convinced the Lighthouse Board that she was able to manage the hard work on her own. For more than three decades, Kate lived a solitary life, often totally isolated from the mainland by rough seas and dangerous storms. Tending to the lamps and ringing the heavy warning bell, she helped ships avert disaster-- and saved many sailors from the cold, choppy waters when disaster struck. Elizabeth Spires describes the joys and hardships of a life at sea, detailing pivotal moments in Walker's life to show her indomitable spirit, and celebrates the determination that drove Ka

For fans of The War That Saved My Life and other World War II fiction,A Place to Hang the Moon is the tale of three orphaned siblings whoare evacuated from London to live in the countryside with the secrethope of finding a permanent family. Now available in paperback.It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, 9, aren't terribly upset bythe death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken care ofthem since their parents died. But the children do need a guardian, and in thedark days of World War II London, those are in short supply, especially if theyhope to stay together. Could the mass wartime evacuation of children fromLondon to the countryside be the answer?It's a preposterous plan, but off they go-- keeping their predicament asecret, and hoping to be placed in a temporary home that ends up lastingforever. Moving from one billet to another, the children suffer the cruel trickeryof foster brothers, the cold realities of outdoor toilets and the hollowness ofempty stom

Based on the author's life, this story describes a time when Kristen Balouch and her family helped remedy deforestation by planting 1,000,000 trees (yes, it's true!) in British Columbia. When Kristen was 10-years-old she and her sisters came home from school one day to be told by their parents that they were going on a trip to plant trees. They flew from their home in California to British Columbia and joined a crew hired by the Canadian government to replace trees that had been cut down by loggers. They set up camp along a river and lived in a tent. Her mother was the cook, her father planted saplings with the crew, and Kristen helped them both. When they were done, everyone was covered in mud, scratches, and bug bites, but they were happy because they did it--they planted one million trees. Forty years later, Kristen took her children back to see the now grown trees at the site where so much had been accomplished all those years ago. Through an engaging text and vibrant art, we join

黃色校車直升機再度出發！繼月球與深海之旅後，John Hare 筆下的學生們這次來到一座火山島。大家一路健行前往火山頂，其中一名學生沿途採了幾朵花，卻意外滑進火山口，和同學們分開了。幸好，火山口裡並不只有岩漿。孩子遇見一隻熔岩怪獸和牠的孩子們，還發現牠們對鮮花充滿好奇，只是一碰到花朵就會把它們燒焦。於是，一場跨越物種的合作就此展開：用熔岩製作花瓶、倒入水，再一起欣賞保存下來的花朵。本書延續 Field Trip Adventures 系列的無字形式，以充滿氣氛的畫面說故事，讓孩子從細節自行發現情節，也留下豐富的想像空間。● 獲選 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection，延續 Field Trip to the Moon、Field Trip to the Ocean Deep 的無字冒險● 火山、熔岩與可愛的熔岩怪獸相遇，將自然環境融入充滿想像力的故事● 全書沒有文字，透過連續圖像理解情節，適合練習觀察、推理與看圖說故事For fans of Field Trip to the Moon, Field Trip to the Ocean Deep, and field trips in general, a new adventure that takes students to a volcano island.The same students we met in Field Trip to the Moon and Field Trip to the Ocean Deep travel to a volcano island on a yellow school bus helicopter. When they get there, one student picks flowers as they hike to the top and then accidentally slips down a crater and can't get out. The student isn't too worried, especially when he meets a lava monster and its children who are fascinated by the flowers. But when

Come join the fun as students take a submarine bus on a field trip to explore the ocean deep, in this wordless picture book from the creator of Field Trip to the Moon! Students dressed in deep sea helmets travel to the ocean deep in a yellow school-bus submarine. When they get there, they frolic with fish, chase luminescent squid, and discover an old shipwreck. But when it's time to return to the submarine bus, one student lingers to take a photo of a treasure chest and falls into a deep ravine. Luckily, the child makes an unexpected friend-- a maybe-not-so-extinct sea creature called a Pleiosaur- that's happy to entertain the young explorer until the teacher returns. In his follow-up to Field Trip to the Moon, John Hare's rich, atmospheric art in this wordless picture book invites all children to imagine themselves in the story- a tale full of mysteries, surprises, and adorable aquatic friends. Named a LITA Golden Duck Picture BookA Junior Library Guild Selection

校外教學日到了！學生們搭上亮黃色的太空校車，從太空站一路飛向月球。登陸後，大家跟著老師探索月球表面，跳過溝槽、觀察隕石坑與山脈，還能從遙遠的月球回望地球。然而，一名學生停下來畫畫時不小心睡著，醒來才發現同學、老師和太空船全都不見了！獨自在月球上等待救援，會發生什麼事？John Hare 完全不使用文字，以富有氣氛的畫面、角色動作與細節說出一場幽默又出乎意料的太空冒險，還安排了幾位友善的神祕生物登場。孩子可以自由觀察、想像與敘述情節，也能搭配月球與太空探索主題一起閱讀。● 獲選 ALA Notable Children's Book、School Library Journal Best Book of the Year、Horn Book Best Book of the Year 等多項肯定● 全書無文字，以連續圖像完成故事，適合孩子練習觀察、推理與看圖說故事● 月球地形、從月球眺望地球與太空旅行融入故事，可延伸認識月球探索知識It's field trip day, and students are excited to travel on their yellow spaceship bus from their space station to the moon in this wordless picture book.An ALA Notable Children's BookA Golden Duck Notable Picture BookClimb aboard the spaceship bus for a fantastic field trip adventure to the moon!Once their bright yellow ship lands, students debark and set out with their teacher to explore. They jump over trenches and see craters and mountains on the moon's surface and even Earth in the faraway distance.But when one student takes a break to draw some pictures and falls asle

A baby blanket is a very special gift, but what happens when you grow up and it comes undone? Is it time to let go, or to make something new?While Cole's mama waits for his arrival, she knits him a ba

For fans of Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly and The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss, a novel about one unadventurous girl who discovers she is anything but. While 11-year-ol

A deliciously funny story about Toasty, a piece of bread who wants to be a dog, for fans of Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller and Everyone Loves Bacon by Kelly DiPucchio. Toasty loves dogs--so much

Mother Goose herself invites kids to come out to play with all their favorite nursery rhyme characters in this popular Mother Goose rhyme.Girls and boys, come out to play,The moon doth shine as bright

For fans of The War That Saved My Life and other World War II fiction, A Place to Hang the Moon is the tale of three orphaned siblings who are evacuated from London to live in the countryside with the secret hope of finding a permanent family. It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, 9, aren't terribly upset by the death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken care of them since their parents died. But the children do need a guardian, and in the dark days of World War II London, those are in short supply, especially if they hope to stay together. Could the mass wartime evacuation of children from London to the countryside be the answer? It's a preposterous plan, but off they go-- keeping their predicament a secret, and hoping to be placed in a temporary home that ends up lasting forever. Moving from one billet to another, the children suffer the cruel trickery of foster brothers, the cold realities of outdoor toilets and the hollowness of empty stomachs. They fin

Illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, Kate's Light shares the exciting true story of Katherine Walker and her long, heroic career as one of the first woman lighthouse keepers on the Eastern Seaboard. W

A boy learns that nature is full of stories to tell when he finds and follows a mouse’s tracks in a wintery wood.Milo wants a story, but his mom is too busy to entertain him. Instead, she encourages h