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Richard Scarry's The Great Steamboat Mystery
By Richard Scarry. 1975
There&’s always something fun to see or learn in Richard Scarry&’s Busytown! A jewel thief is aboard a steamboat. Thankfully, Sam…
Cat and Dudley Pig, two of Busytown&’s best detectives, are on the case!Detectives Sam Cat and Dudley Pig have been invited to a fancy wedding party aboard a steamboat. But when a jewel thief strikes, they must catch the crook instead of eating yummy cake! Children ages 3 to 7 will enjoy searching for clues in this humorous storybook! It's a great way to introduce young children to the friendly characters in Richard Scarry&’s Busytown.
Richard Scarry's The Supermarket Mystery
By Richard Scarry. 1969
There's always something fun to see or learn in Richard Scarry's Busytown! Someone is stealing food from Grocer Dog's store. Thankfully,…
Detective Sam Cat and Detective Dudley Pig are hungry to solve the case!Detectives Sam Cat and Dudley Pig have been asked to help catch a sneaky thief at the supermarket. Will they catch the clever crook? Children ages 3 to 7 will enjoy searching for clues in this silly storybook! It's a great way to introduce young children to the friendly characters in Richard Scarry&’s Busytown.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions Ser.)
By Milan Kundera. 2009
“Far more than a conventional novel. It is a meditation on life, on the erotic, on the nature of men…
and women and love . . . full of telling details, truths large and small, to which just about every reader will respond.” — PeopleIn The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of two couples, a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing, and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our pristine actions but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine.This magnificent novel is a story of passion and politics, infidelity and ideas, and encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, illuminating all aspects of human existence.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: A Novel (Perennial Classics Ser.)
By Milan Kundera. 1996
"An absolutely dazzling entertainment. . . . Arousing on every level—political, erotic, intellectual, and above all, humorous." —Newsweek"The Book of…
Laughter and Forgetting calls itself a novel, although it is part fairy tale, part literary criticism, part political tract, part musicology, and part autobiography. It can call itself whatever it wants to, because the whole is genius." —New York TimesRich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970s. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed, and experienced.
James i el préssec gegant
By Roald Dahl. 1961
Un dels clàssics més coneguts i divertits de Roald Dahl, autor de Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata. El James…
viu tancat a casa de les seves dues ties, que són d'allò més espantoses. Només fa que treballar, netejar i anar de bòlit. Però de sobte passa una cosa màgica: de l'arbre del jardí surt un préssec que creix fins a ser gairebé tan gros com la casa i que està habitat per una sèrie d'insectes gegants ben insòlits.El James i els habitants del préssec fugiran lluny de les ties i faran un viatge fantàstic ple d'aventures.
El Libro de Los Dragons
By E. Nesbit. 2023
El clásico "Libro de los Dragones" de la famosa autora E. Nesbit ¡Ocho encantadores cuentos sobre dragones y la vida…
con dragones en nuestro mundo! Grandes historias de fantasía para todas las edades.
Little Critter: What a Good Kitty (My First I Can Read)
By Mercer Mayer. 2012
Little Critter® has his very own cat! And what a good kitty she is. Read along with Little Critter in…
this simple, endearing I Can Read, perfect for critters who are just discovering the joy of reading.
Kindred: The ground-breaking masterpiece
By Octavia E. Butler. 2004
Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò.'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives…
by' GUARDIAN'[Her] evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human' NEW YORK TIMES'No novel I've read this year has felt as relevant, as gut-wrenching or as essential . . . If you've ever tweeted "All Lives Matter", someone needs to shove Kindred into your hand, and quickly' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE--In 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave.When Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again.Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance of the ties that bind them.And each time Dana saves him, the more aware she is that her own life might be over before it's even begun.This is the extraordinary story of two people bound by blood, separated by so much more than time.--PRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Unnervingly prescient and wise' YAA GYASI 'Butler's prose, always pared back to the bone, delineates the painful paradoxes of metamorphosis with compelling precision' GUARDIAN'Octavia Butler was a visionary' VIOLA DAVIS'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' JUNOT DIAZ'An icon of the Afrofuturism world, envisioning literary realms that placed black characters front and center' VANITY FAIR'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing. She really artfully exposes our human impulse to self-destruct' LUPITA NYONG'O
Of the enormous body of work produced by H. G. Wells — more than a book a year over the…
course of half a century — the early science fiction novels that first made him famous have proved to be the most enduring and have earned him the sobriquet "the father of modern science fiction."In the 1901 classic The First Men in the Moon, Wells reveals not only a fertile imagination at ease with biological and astronomical phenomena, but also a passionate concern for man and society. His "first men in the moon" prove to be the eccentric Mr. Cavor and his traveling companion, Mr. Bedford, who navigate a gravity-defying sphere through space before executing a rough landing on the moon. As castaways from earth, they practice lunar locomotion, get lost in the wilds of a moon jungle, and confront intelligent life forms living in lunar caverns. Through the adventures of these two earthlings, the author is able to look at mankind from a distance and, in his words, "burlesque the effects of specialization." The result is a delightful tale filled with adventure, romance, and fantasy that is still capable of stirring the imagination of readers in the 21st century."[Wells's science-fiction novels] achieve a near poetry which makes them part of the popular mythology of their age … the best of his work has a vitality, a verve, an imaginative compulsion unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries." — N. C. Nicholson, author of H. G. Wells.
El Gran Amic Gegant
By Roald Dahl. 1982
Una narració plena de fantasia, tendresa i humor, per l’autor clàssic de la literatura infantil Roald Dahl. La Sophie, una…
nena òrfena, és raptada pel GAG: el Gran Amic Gegant. Com que es tracta d'un gegant bo i vegetarià, no se la menja, sinó que se l'enduu a la seva cova i es fan amics. Els altres gegants, en canvi, sí que mengen carn i, si és possible, d'infants. La Sophie convenç el GAG de fer-hi alguna cosa per evitar aquesta carnisseria. Qui els podrà ajudar? La reina d'Anglaterra, potser?
Slade House
By David Mitchell. 2015
A gem of a novel from the best-selling author of CLOUD ATLAS and UTOPIA AVENUE, 'one of the most brilliantly…
inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent).Turn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when you're looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into the right-hand wall. No handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it swings open. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesn't quite make sense; too grand for the shabby neighbourhood, too large for the space it occupies. A stranger greets you and invites you inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find that you can't.This unnerving, taut and intricately woven tale by one of our most original and bewitching writers begins in 1979 and comes to its turbulent conclusion around Hallowe'en, 2015. Because every nine years, on the last Saturday of October, a 'guest' is summoned to Slade House. But why has that person been chosen, by whom and for what purpose? The answers lie waiting in the long attic, at the top of the stairs . . .
Plan de evasión
By Adolfo Bioy Casares. 1945
El teniente Nevers viaja a una isla de la Guyana Francesa para cumplir unos meses de trabajo en un complejo…
carcelario y se transforma en testigo de hechos asombrosos e inesperados. Enviado a trabajar en un complejo carcelario de máxima seguridad en unas islas de la Guayana Francesa, el teniente Enrique Nevers se convierte en testigo del comportamiento inusual de los presos en sus celdas abiertas y llenas de espejos, el aire siempre ausente del gobernador Castel y la extraña sensación de que en esas islas caben tantos mundos como personas.Con una ductilidad de géneros asombrosa que oscila entre la ciencia ficción, la novela de suspenso y el policial, Adolfo Bioy Casares resuelve los diversos enigmas de esta obra recién en las últimas líneas. Si La invención de Morel es, probablemente, la ficción contemporánea más elogiada por Jorge Luis Borges, Plan de evasión es, tal vez, lo más parecido que existe a la novela que este nunca escribió. Reseñas:«Plan de evasión es la gran novela moderna sobre la ilusión de la libertad».Alberto Manguel
Literary Critters: William Shakesbear's Journey for Inspiration
By Zondervan. 2022
Literary Critters is a truly unique picture book, introducing young readers to classic literary figures and encouraging them to use their…
imaginations. As William Shakesbear visits his fellow Literary Critter Guild members, he&’s greeted with lots of advice from his author friends and has some adventures along the way.This playful story promotes literacy and storytelling as quirky playwright William Shakesbear sets off to find some inspiration for his new play. Along the way, Will asks his Literary Critter friends about what inspires them to write—including Mole Dahl, Crane Austen, Beatrix Trotter, Edgar Talon Crow, Yak Kerouac, C.S. Shrewis, Langston Mews, and more. He also invites young readers to become part of the Literary Critters Guild and continue growing in their love for all things reading, writing, and books.Literary Critters includes:A playful introduction to iconic authorsA personalized page in the book that invites the reader to become a member of the Literary Critters GuildWhimsical art and characters created by Sophie CorriganContent for children ages 4-8, perfect for instilling a love of reading and literature If your child loves Literary Critters, check out these other titles by Sophie Corrigan:Pugtato Finds a ThingPugtato Babysits the SnoutsAnd board book—Pugtato Let&’s Be Best Spuddies
El fantàstic Senyor Guillot
By Roald Dahl. 1970
El fantàstic senyor Guillot és un dels clàssics immortals de Roald Dahl, l'autor de Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata.…
És una divertidíssima i enginyosa història sobre caçadors caçats. En una vall hi havia un bosc, dins els bosc hi havia un arbre, sota l'arbre hi havia un cau on vivien feliços una guineu molt llesta, anomenada senyor Guillot, i la seva família.Tres grangers d'allò més mesquins, bruts i lletjos els volien caçar, però l'engany del fantàstic senyor Guillot els va deixar amb un bon pam de nas...
Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata
By Roald Dahl. 1964
La clàssica i esbojarrada novel·la de Roald Dahl, una història meravellosa, intrigant i sorprenent. El senyor Wonka, propietari d'una fàbrica…
de xocolata, ha amagat cinc bitllets d'or dins de cinc xocolatines. En Charlie ha tingut la sort de trobar un d'aquests premis fabulosos . Gràcies a aquesta troballa, la vida li pot canviar per sempre...
El petit princep (edició bilingüe anglès)
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 1946
Edició oficial bilingüe català-anglès d’El Petit Príncep, la coneguda faula mítica i relat filosòfic de Saint-Exupéry Aprèn anglès de la…
mà del personatge més estimat de la literatura universal amb aquesta edició bilingüe d’El Petit Príncep. El clàssic d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry en anglès i en català, de manera que el lector podrà comparar les dues versions mentre segueix la història.«La primera nit, doncs, em vaig adormir a la sorra a mil milles de cap terra habitada. Estava molt més aïllat que un nàufrag en un rai al mig de l’oceà. O sigui que imagineu-vos la sorpresa que vaig tenir, a trenc d’alba, quan una veueta molt especial em va despertar. Deia: —Si us plau... dibuixa’m un be!»
El Principito (edición bilingüe inglés)
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 1946
Edición oficial bilingüe español-inglés de la fábula mítica y relato filosófico de Saint-Exupéry Aprende inglés de la mano del personaje…
más querido de la literatura universal con esta edición bilingüe de El Principito. El clásico de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry se recoge tanto en inglés como en castellano, así el lector podrá cotejar ambas versiones mientras sigue la historia. «La primera noche dormí sobre la arena a mil millas de toda tierra habitada. Estaba más aislado que un náufrago sobre una balsa en medio del océano. Imaginaos, pues, mi sorpresa cuando, al romper el día, me despertó una extraña vocecita que decía: -Por favor..., ¡dibújame un cordero!»
Tehanu: Book Four (Earthsea Cycle #4)
By Ursula K. Le Guin. 1990
The Nebula and Locus Award-winning fourth novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. LeGuin gets a beautiful new…
repackage.In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess the Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Years before, they had helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Now the two must join forces again and help another in need--the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed.... With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
A Bit of Earth
By Karuna Riazi. 2023
“Karuna Riazi has a way with words. This story will find its way into your heart.”—Tae Keller, Newbery Medalist for…
When You Trap a Tiger“As timeless as it is timely, A Bit of Earth is a rare gift.”—Laurel Snyder, author of National Book Award nominee Orphan Island“Extraordinary, poetic, and inventive. A Bit of Earth is such a special book. Prickles and all, Maria Latif captured my whole heart.”—Jasmine Warga, author of Newbery Honor book Other Words for Home“An ambitious re-envisioning of a long beloved classic, this book is sure to be a big hit.”—Padma Venkatraman, award-winning author of The Bridge Home“Beautiful! Simply beautiful! My heart needed this!”—Ellen Oh, author of Finding Junie Kim“A sweet and warm-hearted tale with unforgettable characters.”—Aisha Saeed, bestselling author of Amal UnboundMaria Latif is used to not having a space of her own. But what happens when she feels the sudden urge to put down roots in the most unexpected of places? Karuna Riazi crafts a tender coming-of-age story about friendship, family, and new beginnings. A Bit of Earth is a reimagining of the classic The Secret Garden, perfect for fans of Other Words for Home and The Bridge Home. Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember—first because of her parents’ constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to “give her a better life” in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world.When Maria arrives on Long Island, things are not quite what she was expecting. Mr. Clayborne has left on an extended business trip, Mrs. Clayborne seems emotionally fraught, and inexplicable things keep happening in the Claybornes’ sprawling house. And then Maria finds a locked gate to an off-limits garden. Since she’s never been good at following rules, Maria decides to investigate and discovers something she never thought she’d find: a place where she feels at home.With a prickly main character, a sullen boy, two friendly allies, and a locked garden, A Bit of Earth has everything a reader could want from a retelling of The Secret Garden. Karuna Riazi’s evocative prose is interspersed with poetic verses, illuminating each character’s search for a place they can truly call home. This tender yet incisive reimagining of a classic work will captivate fans of the original—and widen the appeal for a modern audience.
Harriet the Spy (Lions Ser.)
By Louise Fitzhugh. 2002
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates…
and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she’s written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together? From the Trade Paperback edition.