New Releases by Dodie Smith

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. I Capture the Castle, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. The poor Mortmain family move to an old castle. Mr Mortmain''s daughter Rose wants a rich husband. Her sister, Cassandra, wants to be a writer like her father. But when the Mortmains meet their two rich neighbours, Simon and Neil Cotton, both Rose and Cassandra have their lives changed forever.

Dodie Smith’s classic tale adapted into a playful and stylish new picture book Dalmatians Pongo and Missis live in London with their beloved owners. When Missis finds out she’s going to have puppies, they’re all thrilled! But, Missis doesn’t just have one puppy . . . or two . . . or three . . . she has fifteen! When the puppies go missing, Pongo and Missis know that there’s only one woman who can be behind the dognapping: the notorious Cruella de Vil. They strike out across the city and—with a little help from the street dogs of London—rescue their pups and many, many more from a terrible fate.

Conhecida e renomada pelo filme da Disney, Os 101 dálmatas é uma história clássica de 1956 que ainda tem muito a contar. A aventura se inicia quando os dálmatas Pongo e Missis – cachorros dos humanos de estimação sr. e sra. Clemente – partem em busca de seus filhotes perdidos. Enquanto o sr. Clemente anuncia o desparecimento em jornais e acalma a esposa e as duas babás, Pongo fareja o sequestro de seus filhotes. Astuto, ele suspeita de Cruella DeMonyo. Nessa história, a habilidade, a lealdade e a amizade caninas dão provas de que não só os humanos são racionais.

Två dalmatiner och så kanske några valpar, det var vad herr och fru Dearly hade tänkt sig från början. Missis och Pongo är ett stiligt hundpar, och valparna är bedårande när de anländer, trots att de är hela femton stycken! Och så är det ju Perdita förstås, den övergivna dalmatinertiken som fru Dearly tagit hand om. Så nu är det allt som allt arton hundar hemma hos Dearlys. Det är då den ondskefulla Cruella de Vil knackar på. Hon som alltid bär päls, sover i hermelinlakan och vars make är pälshandlare. I samma stund som hon får syn på de vackra hundarna så får hon sin fruktansvärda idé att man kan tillverka unika pälsverk av dalmatinernas skinn! När Cruella helt fräckt stjäl alla femton valpar ger sig Pongo och Missis ut på en farlig jakt efter sina små ungar. Det är en kamp mot klockan. Runtom i hela England har det försvunnit dalmatinervalpar och panikslagna mattar och hussar letar desperat, precis som Dearlys. Det gör i sin tur Cruella desperat om det ska bli några pälsar, måste valparna dödas innan någon hittar dem! Boken utkom första gången 1956 i England, och har sedan dess tryckts i många upplagor.Historien har också blivit både animerad film och spelfilm. B. Wahlströms moderna klassiker är både älskade böcker som kanske fallit i glömska och böcker som aldrig riktigt lämnat läsarnas medvetande. De riktar sig till både de äldre och yngre bokslukarna, till de som läser på egen hand och de som läser tillsammans med en vuxen.

The long-forgotten sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians, the classic adapted by Disney, presents a thrilling adventure for Pongo and his family. As the story opens, every living creature except dogs is gripped by an enchanted sleep. One of the original Dalmatian puppies, all grown up since the first novel, is now the Prime Minister''s mascot. Relying on her spotted parents for guidance, she assumes emergency leadership for the canine population of England. Awaiting advice from Sirius, the Dog Star, dogs of every breed crowd Trafalgar Square to watch the evening skies. The message they receive is a disturbing proposition, one that might forever destroy their status as "man''s best friend." Includes lavish illustrations by the same artist team as The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

From the author of I Capture the Castle comes a delightful, funny tale of complicated sibling relationships, friendship, and forbidden love, set in 1970s England Suspecting her husband, George, of dalliances in the city, May decides it is high time the family moved to the country. Determined to create the perfect home there, she finds an idyllic country house set in a lilac grove and sets about furnishing it properly and cooking enormous meals. She even manages to convince her less well-off sister, June, to move into a cozy cottage on the grounds with her husband Robert. This new set-up is very much a family affair as June''s husband Robert just happens to be George''s brother: the two sisters are married to two brothers. At first both families seem to be settling in well, sharing delicious meals and having fun times together. Their grown-up children, Hugh and Corinna, visit from London and there even seems to be a hint of romance in the air for them, while the surviving grandparents from both sides of the family move into the big house and forge new friendships. But the arrival of a cantankerous great aunt will reveal the cracks in the family''s tangled relationships and will even threaten to unveil the greatest secret of all--while May thought moving George to the country would put a stop to his affairs, he has begun to fall in love with his sister-in-law, June. The death of a beloved character will, however, turn the tables again and lead to the ultimate, happy, denouement.

Reissue of this lost classic from an instantly recognised name in children''s literature. Twins Pam and Tom embark on a night time adventure, when 4 mysterious kittens appear at midnight to drink the milk they''ve left out for the hedgehogs.

Il romanzo originale dal quale sono stati tratti il cartone animato e poi il film. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1956, continua a incantare generazioni di bambini. Una vera e propria rivelazione per gli amanti del film Disney.

Pongo and Missis bravely set out to rescue their fifteen puppies from the clutches of the vicious Cruella de Vil, only to find that she has captured ninety-nine Dalmatian puppies.

Pongo and Missis Pongo, pampered dogs from Regent''s Park, have their 15 beloved puppies stolen by the outrageous Cruella de Vil, who thinks their coats will make a nice fur jacket. The Pongos set out to rescue their pups from an isolated mansion.

When the Dearly''s Dalmatians have their first litter of puppies--fifteen in all--everyone is delighted. But their joy is shattered when the pups are kidnapped! The smartest dogs in London are on the case--and on the trail of the fur-loving Cruella de Vil.

Pongo and Missis have 15 Dalmatian puppies, who mysteriously disappear. The alert Pongo suspects a sinister neighbour, Cruella de Vil, and with Misses he sets out to find his family. This volume also includes the sequel, The Starlight Barking.

Pongo the dalmatian and his wife, Missis undertake a daring expedition to rescue their fifteen puppies from the clutches of the vicious Cruella de Vil who wishes to make a fur coat from their skins.

The story of 17-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Over six turbulent months, she fills three diaries with sharply funny yet poignant entries and manages to find herself hopelessly in love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle" and the heart of the reader.