A brilliantly funny picture book about two best friends who just can't agree! Hank and Hoog are best friends - they do EVERYTHING together. Until one morning, when a single, crisp, brown leaf falls to the ground... Hank is so annoyed! Falling leaves mean winter is coming, and Hank definitely does not like winter.BRRRRRRR! But Hoog is overjoyed! Hoog loves winter - the snow, the snuggles, all of it! AHHHHHHH! Will these two friends learn to put their differences aside? You bet they will! They may not agree on winter, but there's something they both definitely like: each other. And there's nothing more important than being best friends. With a laugh-out-loud story bursting with personality and beautiful illustrations full of heart, I Definitely Don't Like Winter is an instant picture book classic The perfect read for winter, and all year round! With themes of friendship, disagreement, compromise and honesty
"Powerfully raw, deeply moving, and utterly authentic. Rachel Lloyd has turned a personal atrocity into triumph and is nothing less than a true hero.?.?.?.?Never again will you look at young girls on
If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ultimately 'nothing' is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view.
You can take a witch out of Brooklyn . . . and put her in the woods? As if learning magic wasn't hard enough, now Effie has to go to SUMMER CAMP! The hit middle-grade graphic novel series continues with this new adventure that's filled to the brim with magic and mayhem!School's out, and Effie is ready for SUMMER! Too bad she's being sent off to the wilderness for boring old summer camp. Nothing says "exciting new adventure" like being stuck in nature with mosquitoes. Sure, other witches might be there. And maybe she'll learn some cool new magic.But Effie would rather spend time with the friends she already has. She's always relied on them for help. . . . What will happen when she heads off to camp all by herself?Sophie Escabasse brings us more magic in this new volume of Witches of Brooklyn!
Unless someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not." Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lora
Journey back through childhood classics like Peter Pan, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and more in this adorable picture book about the joys of reading!There is nothing like a book to take you to p
The author of the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science.Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we're often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now.Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before.He shares insights on how to win or lose together, how to define love, and why you don't break in a break-up. Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to moving in together to breaking up and starting over. And he shows us how to avoid falling for false promises and unfulfilling partners.By living Jay Shetty's eight rules, we can all love ourselves, our partner, and the world better than we
This middle grade debut is Sleeping Beauty like you’ve never seen it before, about a girl who lives in the shadow of her older sister and the curse that has haunted her from birth.For years, Briony has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Rosalin, and the curse that has haunted her from birth―that on the day of her sixteenth birthday she would prick her finger on a spindle and cause everyone in the castle to fall into a 100-year sleep. When the day the curse is set to fall over the kingdom finally arrives, nothing―not even Briony―can stop its evil magic.You know the story.But here’s something you don’t know. When Briony finally wakes up, it’s up to her to find out what’s really going on, and to save her family and friends from the murderous Thornwood. But who is going to listen to her? This is a story of sisterhood, of friendship, and of the ability of even little sisters to forge their own destiny. The first in a three-book series of fairy tale retellings, these are the
You are the hero in this epic, illustrated gamebook adventure.This magically illustrated gamebook plunges you into a story with a difference - one where the hero is YOU.Not that you have any interest in being a hero. You're a bounty hunter, and in your line of work heroes don't last long. But now you've been given a mission you can't refuse. Make it out alive, and you'll never need to work again. Fail, and, well... you'll never need to work again.And so, staring up at the stars from the cockpit of your spaceship, you blast off on an epic adventure where every choice is yours, and your survival depends upon the decisions you make. Who to fight? Who to trust? In a book where nothing is as it seems, you find yourself grappling with forces beyond your darkest dreams. And you realise it's not just your fate hanging in the balance. No, the universe needs a hero - and like it or not, that hero is you!Bringing together a thrilling story, beautifully illustrated picture puzzles and an exciting
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK An instant New York Times bestseller“Taut, chilling….Audrain has a gift for capturing the seemingly small moments that speak volumes about relationships.” ―The New York Times Book Review“Hooks you from the very first page and will have you racing to get to the end.” ―Good Morning AmericaA tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family―and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for―and everything she fearedBlythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother―the kind that she herself never had―to her new baby Violet. But in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter―she doesn’t behave like most children do.Or is it all in Blythe’s head? Her husband, Fox, says she’s imagining things. She’s a new mother who can’t trust her own instincts―but can we?Then their son Sam is born―and with him, Blyth
'This story will steal up your spine, slip beneath your skin, and stick to you like honey.' -- Samantha ShannonThe Hollow sisters - Vivi, Grey and Iris - are as seductively glamorous as they are mysterious. They have black eyes and hair as white as milk. The Hollow sisters don't have friends - they don't need them.They move through the corridors like sharks, the other little fish parting around them, whispering behind their backs. And everyone knows who the Hollow sisters are. Because one day the three Hollow sisters simply disappeared.And when they came back, one month later, with no memory of where they had been, it was as if nothing had changed. Almost nothing, Apart from, for example, the little scar that had appeared in the hollow of their throats ... and a whispering sense that something is not quite right about them, despite (or maybe because of) the terrible passion to be with them that they can exert on anybody at will...A thrilling, twisting, novel that is as seductive and gl
'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.' Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, alon
March/April 2024 Kids’ Indie Next Picture Book Pick There is a cat. A cat that couldn’t be bothered to do anything … anything at all. His friends ask him if he wants to play but he doesn’t feel like it.They invite him on adventures to far-off places, but he would rather stay at home. Until one day, a friend asks how he is doing, and the true reason why he’d rather do nothing is revealed. He is feeling sad. This is a story about feelings, friendship and the importance of speaking to someone when you don’t feel right. This beautiful socially aware story:Reassures kids that feeling sad sometimes is normalHelps them understand others’ behaviour and promotes empathyEncourages them to be more in touch with their feelingsProvides a sense of fun while also broaching a tricky topicBoth children and adults will love the quirky and hilarious cat’s refusal to take part in anything and the sweet and important message behind this story. It’s never been more important to introduce kids to the im
Winter holidays can be just as fun as summer with the Swallows and Amazons! "'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.'" Or so Nancy
‘All the world’s a stage’ …For over four centuries, the works of William Shakespeare have delighted theatre-goers all over the globe. In this boxset, we present ten of Shakespeare’s classic plays specially adapted into an easy-to-follow story format and fully illustrated.This set is the perfect introduction to the genius of ‘the Bard’. Readers of all ages can find joy in his comedies and learn from his tragedies as we follow the lives and loves of classic characters. To read, or not to read … well that’s an easy one to start with!This 10-book set includes: Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, All's Well That Ends Well and King Lear.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not in this New York Times bestselling illustrated series.WEIRD?! Nothing weird EVER happens in The Bad Guys. Like, you would NEVER see a chain-saw monster confronting a velociraptor who has eaten an elderly piranha, or the disturbing antics of a deranged dentist running amok with an oversized drill. NOPE. None of that nonsense here. So relax and be entirely unsurprised by the Bad Guys’ next adventure!
莎士比亞，為全世界所推崇的偉大作家，在他卓越的創作中所蘊含的人生智慧，啟發著世世代代的讀者。本書特別精選莎翁最著名的劇本，將之改寫為淺顯易懂的短篇故事，帶領你一探莎士比亞的文學殿堂。 本書收錄十六篇故事，內文附有重點字彙，加注英文註釋及IPA音標；精選莎翁原著的佳言錄；附中譯文；隨書並錄有MP3，完整收錄故事朗讀。 1 Hamlet 哈姆雷特 2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 仲夏夜之夢 3 King Lear 李爾王 4 The Taming of The Shrew 馴悍記 5 The Tempest 暴風雨 6 Cymbeline 辛白林 7 As You Like It 皆大歡喜 8 The Comedy of Errors 連環錯 9 Romeo and Juliet 羅密歐與茱麗葉 10 The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人 11 Macbeth 馬克白 12 Twelfth Night 第十二夜 13 Othello 奧賽羅 14 The Winter's Tale 冬天的故事 15 Much Ado About Nothing 無事生非 16 Measure for Measure 一報還一報 ------------------------------------------------------ 搭配寂天雲APP聆聽訓練聽力最有效！ 掃描書封QR Code下載「寂天雲」App，即能下載全書音檔，無論何時何地都能輕鬆聽取專業母語老師的正確道地示範發音，訓練您的聽力。 功能特色： ● 透過本App，可下載每本書的音檔，即點即播。 ● App 內建掃描器，掃描書本內頁QR Code ，可直接對應到書本內容，播放音檔。 ● 可根據自我學習狀況，設定循環播放、單曲重複播放、前進後退10秒播放。 ● 有多段語速可供選擇播放，可依學習情況調整快慢語速，逐步強化聽力訓練。 ● 可設定星號書籤，標示重點複習音檔，重複播放。 ● 提供背景播放，讓您無論開車、坐車通勤、跑步或行進間，訓練聽力不間斷。 ● 可設定播放時間，讓您睡前也能預設關閉時間，把握淺眠期的黃金學習時段。 透過「寂天雲」App，書本與聲音的連結更自由、更多元，讓您隨時隨地都能輕鬆學習，更方便！更有效率！
When Holly loses her virginity to Paul, a guy she barely knows, she assumes their encounter is a one-night stand. After all, Paul is too popular to even be speaking to Holly…and he happens to have a l
When Holly loses her virginity to Paul, a guy she barely knows, she assumes their encounter is a one-night stand. After all, Paul is too popular to even be speaking to Holly...and he happens to have a
Much Ado About Nothing like you have never read it before: quick, fun, and easy to understand. Designed for 8-20+ actors, kids of all ages, or anyone who wants to enjoy and loosely understand Shakes
