The pig lives in a house in the middle of the wild wood. But inside the wild wood there's a bad wolf - and this hungry wolf wants a little pig for dinner! But a house made of bricks is hard to blow do
"He has hands the size of tables," Grandad said, "legs as long as drainpipes and feet as big as rowing boats. Do you know who I mean?""Yes," sighed Billy. "The Secret Giant. But he's not real!" Billy
When it comes to scrambling eggs, Peter T. Hooper needs something super special for his super-dee-dooper dish! And only the most interesting and exciting eggs from around the world will do...Peter T.
Roger and his neighbor Emily are heading to the lake to do some fishing. But the city sidewalks are crowded—so crowded that Emily accidentally catches a few things that are decidedly not fish. A small
"As a boy, Arthur knows nothing about his real family. One day his foster father and brother attend a tournament, and his brother sends Arthur to fetch his sword. Arthur sees a sword in a stone. He do
There's a smell I can't ignore. It's wafting through the kitchen door. It's time for me to find out more. I think it might be cake. How do you resist the most amazing cake ever? Especially when your m
Today, we know that a mammoth is an extinct type of elephant that was covered with long fur and lived in the north country during the ice ages. But,how do you figure out what a mammoth is if you have
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Go beyond the film with a novelization featuring new scenes and expanded material. As the shadows of the Empire loom ever larger across the galaxy, so do deeply troubl
“Tread lightly, Miss Rook,” warned Mr. Jackaby. “It would not do to push Miss Cavanaugh too far or too fast.” Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the investigative servic
Simon’s little brother can’t sleep without his special blanket. Simon can usually just tell Casper what to do. But he is going to have to be very, very brave to solve this problem.
The earth—and everything on it—needs water. But lately, it’s been unusually sunny, warm, and dry. The weather anchor announces that your area is experiencing a drought! Where do droughts happen? How d
Polly the train driver needs to take passengers into town, Sarah the builder needs to dig a deep hole and Mo the vet needs to take a horse back to the farm. Can you help everyone do their work today b
An adorable and irresistible touch-and-feel board book for babies and toddlers, full of fabulous photos of furry bunnies to stroke and textures to explore. See the bunnies doing the things bunnies do,
A small pig lives in a large house with a boy who tells him how to dress and what to do. One day, however, he meets a wild pig who introduces him to life ‘beyond the fence’. Quirky and charming, this
Get in the game and use clues on the clotheslines to identify a slew of sports. Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to sports in this companion to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
Fifty significant genres, composers, and forms, each explained in a minute.?Do you know a capella from zarzuela, or your major from your minor? Can you distinguish between a serenade and a symphony? I
How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? Tim Parks - lifelong cynic and spirituality-sceptic - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. With brutal h
How do you remember the summers of your childhood? For Laurie Lee they were flower-crested, heady, endless days. Here is an evocation of summer like no other - a remote valley filled with the scent of
“Why do we need libraries when we have Google?” Today’s libraries are in jeopardy. And yes, perhaps if libraries were only book warehouses, we wouldn’t need them. But libraries can be so much more tha
Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly
A young granddaughter has many questions to ask her grandmother, who does not know all the answers. The truth is that you do not need to know everything, understand everything, analyze everything; oft
My brother, Jonah, and I just want to TALK to the magic mirror -- we're not planning on traveling into any fairytales today. Promise.Except we do wind up going through the mirror, this time into the s
This book is offered as a support for all of us dealing with one very real question: How do we continue seeking and finding happiness, inner tranquility, and wisdom in our elder years?Through both sch
My brother, Jonah, and I just want to TALK to the magic mirror -- we're not planning on traveling into any fairytales today. Promise. Except we do wind up going through the mirror, this time into
Everyone in Peter Powers' family has super awesome superpowers--except Peter. All he can do is make ice cubes and flash freeze little stuff. At least his brother and sister have finally stopped picki
How can we bring an effortless yes to this moment? How do we stop running from “the mess of life”—our predicaments, our frustrations, and even our search for liberation—and start flowing with all of i
NO! I do not want this BIG CURLY HAIR!It's messy and silly and just plain unfair. All Curly Haired Girl has ever wanted is straight and luscious locks, but when she meets a little girl with the smooth
When you're a princess, you can do whatever you like. Or can you? Life for Princess Primrose is rather dull because she's not allowed to climb trees, dig up muddy vegetables or even splash in the foun
Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green! How they find their true colors
Why make an ordinary web when you can make one that's extraordinary? Meet a determined little spider who can't seem to spin a perfect web. Whoosh goes the wind as it blows each web away! But Walter do
"If you were the moon, what would you do? You'd spin like a twilight ballerina and play dodgeball with space rocks! Find out more in this lyrical list poem accompanied by stunning illustrations."--
Throughout history, there has been an intrinsic need for humans to detect deception in other humans. Developed in 1923, the polygraph machine was a tool designed to do just this. To date, there have b
愛真的能勝過一切的險阻嗎？這真是個難題──而在許多人都喬裝假扮成他人的狀況下又更艱難了。幸好，所有這些令人困擾的假身分，最後都成為令人發噱的笑點。“Do not be afraid of greatness! Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”莫要害怕地位之崇
Now beginning readers can learn all about the history of comics, graphic novels, manga, and more in this installment of the nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read series about the history of fun stuff!Do yo
This book explores the key ingredients of pancakes where do eggs, milk and flour come from? Fun illustrated characters combine with high-quality photographs to explain the stages of food production.
What do a chameleon's tail, the centre of a rose and a snail's shell all have in common? See their spiral shape up close, then turn the page to find out where it comes from. The detailed photographs i
Animals can do some incredible things! In this fun and quirky book combining illustrations and photography, children can compare the ways that people and animals carry out tasks such as drinking and k
Although their enemies are powerful, their allies few, Spencer and his team of Rebels are not giving up! But what chance do a handful of kids and one rescued janitor have against the combined evil of
