Archives for “children book”
Tsunami! In a coastal village in ancient Japan, Ojisan, a wise and wealthy village elder, and his grandson skip the seaside rice harvest festival, feeling something is not right. As the villagers celebrate on the shore, an earthquake, “a long, slow, spongy motion,” hits. The worshippers are curious and unperturbed, and chase the sea, which [...]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Books of Wonder) . The extraordinary adventures of the world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes, as faithfully recounted by his comrade, Dr. Watson, have captivated readers of all ages for over a century. The stories’ blend of heartpounding, fast-paced action and mind-boggling deductive reasoning is as riveting today as it was when [...]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Last Straw . The third book in this genre-busting series is certain to enlarge Kinney’s presence on the bestseller lists, where the previous titles have taken up residence for the past two years. Kinney’s spot-on humor and winning formula of deadpan text set against cartoons are back in [...]
Here’s a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its [...]
Made by children in a school from cardboard, paper and egg boxes the recycled animals Collin the crocodile,Viny the kangaroo, Zoey the zebra and Arfur the elephant become friends and when the school caretaker and cleaner decide to salvage the friends during the school holidays their adventures begin and for two of them movement becomes [...]
