from the book cover: A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human …
from the back cover: After dinner we turned the lights out and played 'hide-and-seek'. In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in the dark with . . . with this cold person - not speaking, not knowing who it was. Slowly the others found us, hid with us, until we were all there - all thirteen. Thirteen? But there were only twelve people in the hou…
Dulu, gang ini ramai oleh pencinta buku. Kini, yang tersisa hanya satu toko—Toko Buku Kuburan. “Tunggu… buku-buku ini bisa bicara?” “Tentu. Ini kuburan bagi mereka yang tak pernah dibaca.” “Kenapa cerewet sekali?” “Karena mereka punya banyak unek-unek. Sejak lahir sebagai buku, mereka belum pernah dibaca sampai selesai. Bagaimana unek-uneknya tidak banyak? Buku tanpa pemb…
What's it like in space? How do you get there? And what do astronauts do all day? Inquisitive little ones can find the answers to these questions and many more in this fascinating lift-the-flap introduction to space, with colourful illustrations, simple text and chunky flaps to lift.
Dua saudara sepupu, Berit dan Nils, tinggal di kota yang berbeda. Untuk berhubungan, kedua remaja ini membuat sebuah buku-surat yang mereka tulisi dan saling kirimkan di antara mereka. Anehnya, ada seorang wanita misterius, Bibbi Bokken, yang mengincar buku-surat itu. Bersama komplotannya, tampaknya Bibbi menjalankan sebuah rencana rahasia atas diri Berit dan Nils. Rencana itu berhubungan denga…
from the back cover: Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely - look at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being . . . These eight stories offer horror in m…
from the back cover: Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories from China, Malaysia, Singapore, and India, are by writers Liu Hong, Attia Hosain, Preeta Samarasan, Hwee Hwee Tan, Ridjal Noor, Shashi Deshpande, Ovidia Yu, Nora Adam, Nirupama Subramanian, and Catherine Lim. [word count 28,539]