New Releases by Philippa Pearce

Als Mr Franklin die kleine Bess das erste Mal bittet, sich auf die Wiese hinter seinem Haus zu setzen und laut aus einem Buch vorzulesen, erscheint ihr das zunächst sonderbar. Bis sie bemerkt, dass ein kleiner Maulwurf aufmerksam ihren Worten lauscht. Und als dieser Maulwurf ihr dann auch noch die erstaunliche Geschichte seines Lebens über drei Jahrhunderte erzählt, ist Bess sich sicher, dass dies der Beginn einer außergewöhnlichen Freundschaft ist. Philippa Pearce hat ein Meisterwerk der Erzählkunst für Kinder geschaffen, indem sie das richtige Maß zwischen Zeitgeschichte und individueller Erzählung nicht ein einziges Mal verliert.

«Ésta es una rara y emotiva historia, bellamente escrita.» The Guardian Por culpa del dichoso sarampión de su hermano, Tom se ve obligado a pasar las vacaciones de verano en casa de sus tíos. Allí se aburre soberanamente, pues no hay nada que hacer. Hasta que una noche el reloj del portal da las trece y todo cambia. Al otro lado de la puerta, Tom descubre un fantástico jardín que antes no estaba ahí. Y, entre los árboles, aparecen tres chicos y una niña. ¿Fantasmas? ¿O quizás el fantasma es él?

Familiar Here are stories of everyday life, as familiar as a piece of rope and ... as haunting as fear: Mike knows that he can't swing over the river on the knotted rope, but with everyone watching him, he has to try. ... as haunting as a stranger: Who is the frightened-looking girl stealing plums from Nicky's grandparents' precious tree? ... as haunting as cruelty: How can Joe escape from his mean cousin Dicky during a family reunion?Haunting And here are stories with a supernatural twist, as haunting as the eerie whistling from the hill above Burnt House in the middle of the night and ... as familiar as guilt: A boy forgets the mysterious bottle his cousin loaned him, but when he sneaks out at night to retrieve it, the shadowy whistlers close in on him. ... as familiar as loneliness: A ghost who's unbearably lonesome makes his neighbors suffer until a girl with a sense of the absurd shows him how things could be different. ... as familiar as love: The ghost of a boy comes back to save his father from dying in a ferocious storm. Peopled with vivid, unforgettable characters, this collection of thirty-seven stories is by turns mysterious, humorous, strange, and sad, but it is always familiar, always haunting, and always surprising.

For saving the life of one of the green people, Jack is blessed with the love and knowledge of a squirrel-wife.

一天深夜,楼下的古董大钟竟然敲响了十三下,奇异的事情发生了——平时摆满垃圾桶的后院变成了一座神秘的夏日花园......

When Bet is first asked to go into the meadow and read a passage aloud from a book - apparently to no-one - she wonders why. But then she realises that her audience is a little mole, who listens attentively. This isn't just any mole. This mole can speak, he is more than 300 years old and he has an amazing tale to tell. So begins an extraordinary friendship between a lonely little girl and The Little Gentleman in Black Velvet.

This literacy programme for juniors offers fiction, poetry and non-fiction reading and writing materials for shared, guided and group reading and writing, and teaching materials. "Comets" should capture the imagination of more able pupils, and software integrates ICT with literacy teaching.

'The rope hung from top to bottom of his dream. The rope hung softly, saying nothing, doing nothing. Then the rope began to swing very softly, very gently ... Towards him' The need to face your fears; the comedy of family life; the pressure of others' expectations... Intense experiences of childhood are vividly brought to life in this beautifully written collection of short stories by the author of Tom's Midnight Garden.

"Tom is not prepared for what is about to happen when he hears the grandfather clock strike thirteen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him does not exist."--Page 4 de la couverture.

A retelling of this traditional fairy-story.

When the zoo is unable to keep a miniature elephant, Emily and her parents make a home for it and its monkey friend in their lovely meadow with a river running by.

A frantic search for Danny's piece of cloth fails and everyone has a wretched night.

A collection of nine stories about animals, including a lion who goes to school, a lonely horse in search of adventure, and a mouse trying to avoid a mousetrap.

After young Bunting falls into the stream during a family picnic, he and his brothers and sisters engage in a very daring activity.

Brother and sister bunnies quarrel over sharing a dollybunny their grandmother made them, until that wise lady finds a very satisfactory solution.

When a tombstone with her father's name suddenly disappears from the graveyard, Kate, an English school girl, witnesses the unraveling of a mystery surrounding the death of her father.

Clopinet, lame son of Normandy peasants in the late 18th century, escapes from his apprenticeship to a cruel tailor, and lives a Robinson Crusoe life on the wild cliffs. His affinity with the seabirds and his careful observation of them lead to him becoming a famous ornithologist.