from the back cover: When Ping sees Hanno in the zoo, he is excited, but also unhappy. Hanno is a magnificent African gorilla, big and black and much stronger than a man. But how can this wonderful wild animal live in a cage, behind bars and locked doors? Then Hanno escapes from the zoo. And a few days later his footprints are seen near Green Knowe, the old house deep in the English country…
from the back cover: 'I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully . . . It was a footprint - the footprint of a man!' In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a fr…
from the back cover: 'The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES.' The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind. They can be generous and true-hearted ...and brave.
from the back cover: 'I like work. I find it interesting . . . I can sit and look at it for hours.' With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a …
Welcome to the country fair! You can stop by and find lots of things to count. look to find how many bees in one hive; how many seeds in one pumpkin; how many horses on one merry-go-round. What else can you count?
Grab a bag of Pepperidge Farm(TM) Goldfish(TM) crackers and dive into the fun of this playful, interactive board book for Goldfish lovers of all ages.Shaped like a fish bowl, each page has Goldfish die cuts so readers can make fun-to-eat Goldfish crackers part of the clever rhyming story.Everyone loves snacking on Goldfish, and now they're for snack time, story time, anytime!
Describes the behaviour of the humpback whale, with an emphasis on the fact that it is a mammal and shares the characteristics of other mammals'
Winnie the Pooh's Thinking Spot