Hombre Mosca ama el comedor escolar. Le encantan los platos sucios, la fregona maloliente y los botes de basura. Pero cuando las damas del almuerzo descubren que hay una mosca en la cafetería, ¡se produce el caos!
Mermelada pegajosa para untar con mantequilla de maní untada en pan. La noche es la hora de la merienda para un ratón travieso, cuyas coloridas travesuras en la cocina de una familia humana son un placer seguir. Como cualquier persona pequeña en un mundo de gente grande puede decirte, algo de desorden es inevitable: derrames de leche, después de todo, y dispersión de galletas. Empuñar enormes tenedores y cuchillos seguramente será una tarea difícil. Pero Mouse no se contenta con simplemente comer la comida que encuentra: rastrilla hojuelas de maíz en una pila para saltar, construye un castillo con azúcar y abre las tapas de botellas y frascos solo por diversión. En un clímax que enviará a los jóvenes lectores a un ataque de risa, un Mouse cansado y saciado se niega a aceptar la culpa por los estragos que ha causado: "'¿Quién hizo este horrible lío?' pregunta Mouse. '¡Esta gente necesita limpiar su casa!'". Se baña en una taza de té y se dirige a la cama, dejando que los niños imaginen la reacción de la familia bajando las escaleras para desayunar. Rebosante de exuberancia, Mouse Mess es una alegre oda al desorden. Los collages saturados de color de Linnea Riley se hicieron usando papel esponjado con pintura de acuarela, y las imágenes resultantes son casi palpablemente multidimensionales. Los niños se regocijarán con la perspectiva del tamaño de un ratón de las imágenes, que se abstienen de dar una vista de la encimera de la cocina desde el punto de vista de las personas hasta el final. Seguro que entretendrá, deleitará e incluso (cuidado) inspirará, este libro ilustrado gloriosamente brillante será uno de los favoritos en los años venideros.
An old fisherman lives in a hut by the sea with his wife and his dog. One day he reels in an enormous, golden fish that talks and claims to be magic. The old man lets the fish go, but his wife has other ideas. She orders her husband to go back and retrieve the fish - after all, we are talking about amagicfish - and asks him to have the fish grant a wish. The fish is only too happy to help out. He provides the fisherman and his wife with a new house, more money, and a bed for the fisherman's dog. But every wish the magic fish grants is only followed by an even more elaborate request from the fisherman's wife. And even a talking magic fish has his limits.
Freya Littledale's retelling of the classic story of greed and its consequences is clear and simple to follow. Winsley Pinney Pels adds to the magic ofThe Magic Fishwith humorous illustrations of the kindly fisherman and the airs put on by his wife, and above all, the face of a fish that is baffled by people who just don't know when to say when.
This title takes us through the life of an artist who at first was so unpopular that his paintings were attacked with umbrellas. Written as if it were a child's own class report, this title is sure to draw new young fans to Renoir's paintings.
An incredible variety of climates and biomes span the territory of South America. As a result, the continent contains some of the greatest biodiversity on Earth.
Rookie Read-About: Continents series gives the youngest reader an introduction to the components that make each continent distinctive and exceptional. Readers will get to know each continents' geography, history, and wildlife. In this book readers learn about the continent of South America, including the geography, native animals, people and more.
Simple text and colorful pictures describe South America's land features, populations, native animals, technological advances, and lots more.
An introduction to the geography and people of Europe.
Rookie Read-About: Continents series gives the youngest reader an introduction to the components that make each continent distinctive and exceptional. Readers will get to know each continents' geography, history, and wildlife.
Simple text and colorful pictures describe Europe's land features, populations, native animals, technological advances, and lots more.