New Releases by Philippa Pearce

65th anniversary edition of one of the most popular children''s books of all time.65th anniversary edition of this award-winning, timeless classic about Tom''s adventures in his secret, midnight garden.

Kate vive con la mamma e i fratelli a casa della nonna da quando il papà è annegato. O almeno così le hanno sempre detto. Finché l''arrivo di una lettera misteriosa la spinge a interrogarsi per la prima volta sulla sua scomparsa: Frederick è davvero morto? Perché nessuno parla mai del suo passato, quasi fosse stato inghiottito dall''acqua come lui? La nonna sa molto più di quanto dice, e la mamma sembra nasconderle dei segreti. Kate non si scoraggia e, in sella alla sua bicicletta, inizia un''attenta indagine per raccogliere gli indizi e far affiorare alla superficie tutta la verità.

Tutte le notti Tom scivolava di sotto, in giardino. All''inizio aveva paura che non ci fosse più. Una volta che aveva già la mano sulla maniglia si voltò e tornò indietro, afflitto dal dolore al solo pensiero della sua assenza. In quel momento non osò guardare, ma la stessa notte, più tardi, si costrinse a scendere di nuovo e ad aprire la porta: ed ecco il giardino. Non l''aveva deluso. Un classico contemporaneo, vincitore della Carnegie Medal «Un capolavoro della letteratura inglese per ragazzi.»

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.

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.

Les vacances commencent niai pour Tom : il doit les passer chez son onde et sa tante. Mais pour quelle raison lui est-il interdit de quitter su chambre la nuit ? Et pourquoi les fenêtres ont-elles des barreaux ? Une nuit, Tom, très intriqué, descend l''escalier è pas de loup... et voici qu''une porte s''ouvre sur un merveilleux jardin peuplé d''étranges personnages, où le jour, la nuit et les saisons n''obéissent plus aux lois du Temps.

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.

Amy is going on her own to stay with her grandmother for three nights and takes her three best things. As each night passes, she feels dreadfully homesick but then she remembers her three best things. One by one they magically come to life and transport her back home where she can see everything is well. But on the third night her house is deserted and Amy is distraught and unconsolable. However, she soon learns it is because her mother was missing her so much that she has come to visit - and there she is to reassure and comfort Amy.

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.

A retelling of this traditional fairy-story.

Sid has been given a pair of gerbils, Bubble and Squeak, but his mother doesn''t want them in the house The battle to keep them is on.

Mrs Cockle''s cat, Peter, is cross and miserable from staying indoors. Even worse, there is no fresh fish to eat. The weather is so bad that the fisherman can''t take their boats out to sea. Finally, Peter can stand it no longer and goes in search of fish, leaving poor Mrs Cockle all alone.

Stories deal with a poisonous pudding, a haunted tree, a teacher''s suicide, a teddy bear''s revenge, a frightening visit, visions of the future, and a ghostly sister

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.

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.

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

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