I want to be baptized

In this gentle picture book, a child's questions about baptism are answered one by one through everyday comparisons - baptism is like a stepping stone, a shoe, a bath, a rainbow, a key, a traffic light, joining a family, a holiday, and a sunrise. Each analogy makes a gospel truth clear and memorable for young readers. From the creators of The Holy Ghost Is like a Blanket, it's a heartwarming pr…

Life cycles of plants

Science Champs: Life Cycles of Plants introduces young learners to how plants grow, reproduce, and change over time. Using clear explanations and bright, engaging illustrations, the book explains key stages such as germination, growth, flowering, pollination, and seed formation. Concepts are presented in a simple, structured way that supports early science learning and curiosity about the natur…

The friday bookshop

When college student Fumiya visits The Friday Bookshop as a last-ditch effort to find a book for his ill father, he is disappointed in its ordinary appearance despite whispers of its peculiar charm. But he soon discovers that it not only includes a café where the food menu changes daily on the chef’s whim but also a vast underground vault lined with bookshelves, lovingly converted from an ol…

Taipei story

The electrifying new novel from literary phenomenon, Rebecca F. Kuang, Yale student Lily Chen arrives in Taipei hungry: for family, for culture, for connection.

Colony

In the vast underground world of ants, every life serves the colony. Queens give birth to the future. Workers labour without rest. Soldiers defend the nest. And generation after generation, the cycle endures. When a catastrophe destroys her home, the young queen Darojak finds refuge in a foreign colony ruled by the formidable Queen Gegana. What begins as survival soon draws her into a strugg…

World of science heroes: our innovators

This book brings together the stories of 12 people whose ingenuity and remarkable ideas revolutionised our world. Who was called the Sun Queen? How did we first learn to talk to computers? Take a ride in George Carver's mobile classroom. Go behind the scenes with Ralph Baer, the Father of Video Games. Enter the molecular world with Ei-ichi Negishi. Let Our Innovators inspire you to stay open-mi…

Adventures with adaptations

Adventures with Adaptations is an immersive encounter with 11 types of plant and animal adaptations for surviving and thriving on Earth. How do some animals cope with sweltering heat or freezing cold environments? What helps owls and raccoons see in the dark? Take a plunge with the Peregrine Falcon. Cruise through water with fish and frogs. And observe how an angry skunk scares off predators. F…

My grandfather the master detective

There used to be a café called Mon Cheri at Nishi Waseda, where members of the Waseda Mystery Club spent day after day frothing in excitement over the latest mystery novels. Now, one former member is enlisted by his granddaughter to solve real-life mysteries . . . As a lover of classic crime stories, it’s perhaps no surprise that twenty-seven-year-old schoolteacher Kaede encounters everyd…

Lili dan kolam misteri

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ISBN/ISSN

9786023412822

Collation

32 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

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Big nate on a roll

Big Nate is back, starring in the third instalment of his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce, who inspired Jeff Kinney, author of 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. Big Nate's scout troop is fundraising and while door-to-door selling isn't really Nate's thing, there's nothing like a Grand Prize to get him motivated. Especially when the prize is an awesomely cool customised skate…