Begitu banyak hal menakjubkan yang terjadi dalam masa kecil para anggota Laskar Pelangi. Sebelas orang anak Melayu Belitong yang luar biasa ini tak menyerah walau keadaan tak bersimpati pada mereka. Tengoklah Lintang, seorang kuli kopra cilik yang genius dan dengan senang hati bersepeda 80 kilometer pulang pergi untuk memuaskan dahaganya akan ilmu—bahkan terkadang hanya untuk menyanyikan Pada…
Arai adalah saudara jauh Ikal yang telah menjadi yatim piatu sejak kelas 3 SD. Ia adalah anak yang sangat tabah menjalani hidupnya. Bayangkan saja, ketika Ikal dan Ayahnya menjemput Arai, mereka sedih melihat keadaan Arai, namun Arai menghibur Ikal dengan mainan buatannya. Adapun Jimbron adalah sahabat setia mereka yang sangat terobsesi kepada kuda. Ia sangat mengerti seluk-beluk setiap jenis k…
Andrea Hirata adalah pemenang pertama penghargaan sastra New York Book Festival 2013, untuk The Rainbow Troops, Laskar Pelangi edisi Amerika, penerbit Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, kategori general fiction, dan pemenang pertama Buchawards 2013, Jerman, untuk Die Regenbogen Truppe, Laskar Pelangi edisi Jerman, penerbit Hanser Berlin. Dia juga pemenang seleksi short story majalah sastra terk…
Hundreds of mind-blowing visual comparisons and astonishing facts from the animal kingdom
Rainforests cover only a small amount of the planet, but they have more unique plants and animals than anywhere else on Earth. Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this new Level 2 reader reveals the layers of rainforests, the difference between temperate and tropical rainforests, and some of the amazing animals that live in these ecosystems.
Rosie dreams of becoming a great engineer, and her room becomes a secret workshop where she constructs ingenious inventions from odds and ends. From hot dog dispensers to helium pants and python-repelling cheese hats, Rosie's creations would astound anyone—if only she'd let them see. But Rosie is afraid of failure, so she hides her inventions under her bed. That is, until her great-great-a…
Packed with more than 1,000 incredible images and full of fascinating facts, this beautiful children's book takes you on an exciting round-the-globe tour, with a stopover in every nation on every continent! Did you know that Cuba's national sport is baseball, one of the most popular sports in the US? And that kids in both Japan and Chile have earthquake drills on their school schedule? Find …
Adventures with Energy is a collection of 11 absorbing stories that explore the properties and uses of energy. Where do we find energy, what do we use it for and how does it help to sustain life? Follow three families on their encounters with different forms of energy as they travel around the world, across Singapore and in their homes and school. Be intrigued by amazing fun facts about energy …