Matilda's How To Be Brave

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241432189
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Matilda is BRAVE and BRILLIANT - and you can be too! Packed with GAMES, JOKES, QUIZZES and much more, this marvellous book has all the tips and tricks you need to become a REAL HERO and even stand up to THE TERRIBLE TRUNCHBULL.

Summer of the Swans, the (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author: Betsy Byars
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780142401149
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Sara's life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sara is forced to see her life in a whole new way.

Rascal (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author: Sterling North
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142402524
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home. He and the mischievous raccoon are best friends for a perfect year of adventure—until the spring day when everything suddenly changes. A Newbery Honor Book

The Enormous Crocodile

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780141346472
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Enormous Crocodile is very greedy and loves eating children! But the other animals plan to ruin his wicked schemes and teach him a lesson.

A Long Way From Chicago

Author: Richard Peck
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0141303522
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Rabbit Hill (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author: Robert Lawson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142407968
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. It’s only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a little bit surprised when they do.

The Devil's Arithmetic

Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101664304
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
"A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen. "[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review "Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist Winner of the National Jewish Book Award An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"

Matilda

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593203372
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.

Adam of the Road

Author: Elizabeth Janet Gray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description

Pippi Longstocking (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142402494
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. "A rollicking story."--The Horn Book Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!