A classic of American humor, the adventures of a house painter and his brood of high-stepping penguins have delighted children for generations. "Here is a book to read aloud in groups of all ages. There is not an extra or misplaced word in the whole story."--"The Horn Book." Newbery Honor Book.
As an elementary school librarian, I have been disappointed with many of the recent Newbery Medal winning books, mainly because it seemed like adults were selecting books that they thought young people SHOULD read. Many recent Newbery winning books just sit on our shelves.Therefore, when I added "Holes" to our collection, simply because it had received the medal, I expected to see yet another t…
The Herdmans are the most famous kids at Woodrow Wilson School. In fact, they are the most famous kids in the whole town-and they are worst kids in the history of the world.
A literary sensation when originally published fifty years ago,The Yearling has gone on to become a classic work of American literature. Fighting off a pack of starving wolves, wrestling alligators in the swamp, romping with bear cubs, drawing off the venom of a giant rattlesnake bite with the heart of a fresh-killed deer--it's all in a day's work for the Baxter family of the Florida scrublands…
from the back cover: Festival Cupcake Indonesia adalah festival cupcake bergengsi yang pernah ada di negeri ini! Segala hal yang berhubungan dengan cupcake ada di sana. Seru banget acaranya! Itu sebabnya Oca dan teman-temannya girang bukan main ketika mendapat undangan istimewa untuk menghadiri acara keren itu! Tapi, kira-kira siapa yang mengundang mereka, ya? Jangan-jangan .... ah, lebih …
from the back cover: Nelissa tinggal dan bersekolah di desa. Dia sengaja dititipkan kepada neneknya. Orangtuanya sangat sibuk, sehingga tidak dapat merawat dan memperhatikannya. Nelissa bersahabat dengan Morgan Mourn. Baginya, Morgan sahabat sejati yang selalu menyayangi dan membelanya. Banyak peristiwa menyenangkan dan menyedihkan yang telah dia lewati bersama sahabatnya itu. Hari-harinya ak…
Set in Greece of the 4th century BCE, The Mask of Apollo the actor Nikeratos. Thru the eyes of this warm, sympathetic & living character we experience the war-weary, self-searching world of his time. Always on his travels Niko, the tragedian, takes with him an antique mask of Apollo, a relic of the theater's golden age, which from being his mascot becomes by degrees his artistic conscience. He …
Declared outlaws by the Emperor, the Guild of Assassins strikes back hard in the second volume in the Imperial Trilogy. The Emperor must act fast. He needs someone to infiltrate the Guild. All attempts to locate the assassins' headquarters have failed and Femke is already known to the assassins. So Reynik, the young legionnaire, must penetrate their inner circle to discover the Guild's secrets.…