十九世紀英國教育極重視莎翁作品,1806年英國作家高德溫(William Godwin)邀請了查爾斯.蘭姆(Charles Lamb)協助「少年圖書館」的出版計畫,查爾斯於是和姊姊共同合作,將莎翁的劇本改寫為適合青少年閱讀的故事,而出版了《莎士比亞戲劇故事集》(Tales from Shakespeare)。 本書採用蘭姆姊弟(Charles and Mary Lamb)改寫的故事,不同於莎翁的原
If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take?Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself.One secret: Ronan can bring things out of his dreams.And somet
Prince Lucas and Clara have to save their dragon friend, Ruskin, from a dangerous spell in this sixteenth fantastical adventure of The Kingdom of Wrenly series.There is only one place throughout the e
From Sean Taylor, the author of Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise, and the illustrator of Little Green Donkey, Anuska Allepuz, comes a stunning original bedtime poetry collection to comfort, inspire and reassure little children. From best-selling picture book author, Sean Taylor, comes his first ever poetry collection for children. The Dream Train is a handsome new collection of original bedtime poetry perfect for sharing whilst tucked up in bed, written for the very young.Filled with 30 warm, joyful and atmospheric poems of every kind - from the funny to the gentle, from the surprising to the lyrical - each capture the experience of falling or being asleep, in a pure, emotional way and celebrates the wonderful, busy, imaginative minds of little children. Some poems read like a soothing mantra, helping lull small ones to sleep, others will plant a seed of inspiration to take children bravely and boldly into the next day. This gift of a book takes readers on a visual and imaginative journey