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Benvenuti a Happyland
by Traduzione di Vittoria Muscatello Henry L. WellspringsUna storia magica e meravigliosa. Un'indagine di polizia piuttosto particolare. Un gruppo di personaggi affascinanti, accattivanti e molto singolari. Una città, Happyland, travolta da un evento misterioso su cui un detective ed il suo aiutante, da poco giunto sul posto, dovranno indagare parecchio. Avete il coraggio di entrare in questo mondo surreale? Volete scoprire il segreto di Happyland e dei suoi abitanti? Questo racconto vi farà ridere, ma vi farà anche riflettere, ed alla fine, vi lascerà con la sensazione che ne sia valsa la pena di leggere una storia così...
The Berenstain Bears: Bears in the Night
by Jan Berenstain Stan BerenstainThe Bears' adventures take them in, out, around, and about. "A good job of combining words and pictures into a slapstick but cohesive story. "--School Library Journal.
The Berenstain Bears and the Biggest Brag (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
by Mike BerenstainYoung readers will understand the importance of staying humble and gracious in this addition to the Living Lights™ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will learn how to not boast and how bragging can be hurtful. The Berenstain Bears and the Biggest Brag—part of the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series of books—is perfect for:Early readers ages 4-8Reading out loud in classrooms, during story time, and at home or bedtimeBirthday gifts, Easter, holiday gift giving, or as a new addition to your home librarySparking authentic conversations about appreciating an individual&’s God-given talents and the difference between being proud and braggingThe Berenstain Bears and the Biggest Brag is an addition to the Living Lights™ series that:Features the hand-drawn artwork of the Berenstain familyContinues in the much-loved footsteps of Stan and Jan Berenstain in this Berenstain Bears series of booksIs part of one of the bestselling children&’s book series ever created, with more than 250 books published and nearly 300 million copies sold to date
The Berenstain Bears and the Bike Lesson (I Can Read!)
by Jan Berenstain Stan BerenstainWhen Brother Bear gets a brand-new bike, he's all set to ride it-that is, after Papa Bear shows him the rules of the road.
The Berenstain Bears and the Rowdy Crowd: An Early Reader Chapter Book (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
by Stan Berenstain Jan Berenstain Mike BerenstainSomething&’s up with Brother Bear. He&’s talking tough, he&’s walking tough, and he has a new hobby: shooting hoops with Too-Tall and his trouble-making team. And basketball isn&’t the only new pastime Brother takes up when he falls in the wrong crowd. Will Brother realize who his true friends are before it&’s too late?The Berenstain Bears and the Rowdy Crowd is an engaging early reader chapter book that features black and white illustrations alongside entertaining text and relatable characters. As read-alone or read-aloud, it helps kids connect plot to chapter structure and will have teachers and librarians asking for more. And as part of the beloved Living Lights series, it&’s the perfect segue for emerging readers and fans of the brand. When kids graduate from picture books to chapter books, it's a great moment. Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey will captivate readers age 6-10 who are ready to take the next step in their reading comprehension.
The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
by Jan Berenstain Stan BerenstainThree terrified little bears explore the inside of a mysterious old tree and go into, up, through, over, down, and out.
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food (First Time Books(R))
by Stan Berenstain Jan BerenstainCome for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Papa, Brother, and Sister are eating way too much junk food, and it’s up to Mama and Dr. Grizzly to help them understand the importance of nutritious foods and exercise. This beloved story is a perfect way to teach children about the importance of healthy eating and staying active.
The Berenstain Bears Catch the Bus (Step into Reading)
by Stan Berenstain Jan BerenstainIt's 7:45 a.m. and Gus the bus driver is on his way. But the Cubs aren's even up yet! Will they miss the bus? Told in humorous easy-to-read text, this simple story offers up a blow-by-blow description of just another morning in the Bear household--which readers will find not all that different from their own!
The Berenstain Bears' Epic Dog Show: An Early Reader Chapter Book (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights)
by Stan Berenstain Jan Berenstain Mike BerenstainBrother and Sister Bear may have come up with their greatest idea yet: a super-duper dog show to be held at the Beartown church fair. What could possibly go wrong? Find out what happens when Too-Tall and the gang decide to crash the big show in this engaging early reader chapter book featuring all your favorite Berenstain Bear family and friends.Dogs large and small will do amazing tricks. Dr. Hairball, the vet, will judge. The Arfo Dog Biscuit Company has even agreed to give out prizes to each and every dog. It’s sure to be the best dog show ever … or is it?The Berenstain Bears’ Epic Dog Show is a funny and entertaining animal adventure featuring the Berenstain Bears family and friends you know and love. As a read-alone or read-aloud, this early reader chapter book helps kids connect plot to chapter structure, taking their love of books and reading to the next level. And, as part of the beloved Living Lights series, it’s the perfect segue for emerging readers and fans of the brand.The Berenstain Bears Epic Dog Show:Helps early readers ages 6-10 graduate from following along with picture books to reading chapter books on their ownIs the perfect steppingstone for readers who are ready to take the next important step in their reading comprehensionIncludes all the Berenstain Bears family and friends who have been beloved by parents, grandparents, children, and grandchildren for decadesFeatures kid-friendly text and easy-to-read, easy-to-remember Scripture versesTeaches valuable life lessons about always believing in yourself and never underestimating the power of an underdogIs a fun, new book in the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights series, which has sold over 8 million copies since 2008
The Berenstain Bears God Bless Our Country (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
by Mike BerenstainThe Bear family and their Bear Country neighbors celebrate the Fourth of July with a big parade. But not before the cubs get a lesson about the blessings of freedom for their country. Features 12 full-color stickers.
The Berenstain Bears: God Bless the Animals (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
by Jan Berenstain Mike BerenstainYoung readers will enjoy reading about the wildlife that lives in Bear Country in this addition to the Berenstain Bears Living Lights™ series of books—The Berenstain Bears: God Bless the Animals. Children will go along with the Bear family as they walk through the countryside, observing animals and their habitats.The Berenstain Bears: God Bless the Animals is perfect for:Early readers ages 4-8Reading out loud in classrooms, and during story time at home or bedtimeBirthday gifts, Easter, holiday gift giving, or as a new addition to your home librarySparking intentional conversations about respecting and caring for the environment, animals, and their habitatsThe Berenstain Bears: God Bless the Animals is an addition to the Living Lights™ series that:Features the hand-drawn artwork of the Berenstain familyAlso features color coded key words for point and learn funContinues in the much-loved footsteps of Stan and Jan Berenstain in this Berenstain Bears series of booksIs part of one of the bestselling children&’s book series ever created, with more than 250 books published and nearly 300 million copies sold to date
The Berenstain Bears: Here's the Church, Here's the Steeple (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
by Jan Berenstain Mike BerenstainYoung readers will enjoy reading about the Chapel in the Woods in this addition to the Berenstain Bears Living Lights™ series books—The Berenstain Bears: Here&’s the Church, Here&’s the Steeple. Children will go along with the Bear family to church and take a tour of the Bear Country Sunday experience at church and school.The Berenstain Bears: Here&’s the Church, Here&’s the Steeple is perfect for:Early readers ages 4-8Reading out loud in Sunday school classrooms, and during story time at home or bedtimeBirthday gifts, Easter, holiday gift giving, or as a new addition to your home librarySparking intentional conversations about Sunday worshipThe Berenstain Bears: Here&’s the Church, Here&’s the Steeple is an addition to the Living Lights™ series that:Features the hand-drawn artwork of the Berenstain familyContinues in the much-loved footsteps of Stan and Jan Berenstain in this Berenstain Bears series of booksIs part of one of the bestselling children&’s book series ever created, with more than 250 books published and nearly 300 million copies sold to date
The Berenstain Bears Mother's Day Blessings (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
by Mike BerenstainMama Bear is the best mama in all of Bear Country and Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear know just what to do for her on Mother&’s Day. In this newest title in the Berenstain Bears Living Lights, The Berenstain Bears Mother&’s Day Blessings, join the Bear family and all of Bear Country as they spend Mother&’s Day together remembering just why our mothers are so special to all of us!
The Berenstain Bears' Nature Rescue: An Early Reader Chapter Book (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
by Stan Berenstain Jan Berenstain Mike BerenstainSave the birds! Save the trees! That&’s what the cubs are saying around Bear Country. If Squire Grizzly gets his way and cuts down the trees in Birder&’s Woods, the yellow popinjays will have nowhere to rest. They could disappear forever. It&’s up to the cubs to save this important part of nature before it&’s too late!The Berenstain Bears&’ Nature Rescue is an engaging early reader chapter book that features black and white illustrations alongside entertaining text and relatable characters. As read-alone or read-aloud, it helps kids connect plot to chapter structure and will have teachers and librarians asking for more. And as part of the beloved Living Lights series, it&’s the perfect segue for emerging readers and fans of the brand.When kids graduate from picture books to chapter books, it's a great moment. Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey will captivate readers ages 6-10 who are ready to take the next step in their reading comprehension.
Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany
by Marcus BerkmannMarcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer Men, returns to the great game with this irresistible miscellany of cricketing trivia, stories and more fascinating facts than Geoffrey Boycott could shake a stick of rhubarb at. Which England captain smoked two million cigarettes in his lifetime? Which Australian captain, asked what his favourite animal was, said 'Merv Hughes'? What did Hitler think of cricket? Which National Hunt trainer had a dog called Sobers? Who was described in his obituary as 'perhaps the only unequivocally popular man in Yorkshire'?No other sport is so steeped in oddness and eccentricity. There's the only Test player ever to be executed for murder, the only first-class cricketer to die on the Titanic, and the only bestselling author to catch fire while playing at Lord's. (It was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The ball hit a box of matches in his pocket.) All cricket is here, including an XI entirely made up of players who share their names with freshwater fish.
Berlin: A Novel
by Bea Setton&“Cinematic and confessional.&” —The New York Times &“A compelling, raw, and thrillingly strange outsider tale of loneliness and deception. Setton is a wonderful writer who, with this sharp debut, adds to the great canon of contemporary anti-heroines.&” —Mona Awad, author of Bunny &“On the run from responsibility and lying about her compulsions, the unreliable narrator in this unsettling debut is fascinating company... &” —The GuardianA wickedly insightful, darkly funny novel in which a young woman in the grip of an existential malaise moves to a new city for a fresh start but her attempt at reinvention doesn&’t quite go to planWhen Daphne arrives in Berlin, the last thing she expects is to run into more drama than she left behind. Of course, she knew she'd need to do the usual: make friends, acquire lovers, grapple with German and a whole new way of life. She even expected the long nights gorging alone on family-sized jars of Nutella, and the pitfalls of online dating in another language. The paranoia, the second-guessing of her every choice, the covert behaviors? Probably come with the territory.But one night, when Daphne is alone in her apartment, something strange, unnerving and entirely unexpected intervenes, and life in bohemian Kreuzberg suddenly doesn't seem so cool. Just how much trouble is Daphne in, and who – or what – is out to get her? Channelling the modern female experience with razor-sharp observation and a trenchant wit, Berlin announces Bea Setton as an electrifying new voice for her generation.
Berlin Poplars
by Anne B RagdeOn a remote farm in northern Norway, eighty-year-old Anna Neshov is rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke. Her three sons have not spoken in some time. Margido, a devout Christian, works in Trondheim as a funeral director. Erlend, a successful window dresser, lives a life of luxury in a penthouse in Copenhagen, while Tor, the eldest brother, remains rearing pigs on the decaying family farm.Aware of her failing health, the trio reluctantly reunite over the winter holidays, where unexpected guests and the question of inheritance prompt the revealing of some bizarre, and devestating, truths.Winner of the Riksmål Prize in Norway.
Bertha Venation: And Hundreds of Other Funny Names of Real People
by Larry Ashmead“Expectant parents are always looking for inspiration about names, and might be glad of a warning.” —Financial TimesAn ideal gift book with personality and charm, Bertha Venation is a legendary editor’s lifetime collection of the amazing names of actual people, with his own inimitable wit, commentary, and stories.Roger Gotobed . . . Ida Slaptor . . . Formica Dinette . . . Honeysuckle Weeks . . . Gay Beach . . . Sappho Clissit . . . Dimple MysteryThis colorful collection of extraordinary names, sure to please every lover of miscellany, features: Celebrity Children, Weirdest Names in Sports, Aptly Named Professionals, Literary Highlights, Funny Name Marriages, Places and Houses with Strange Names, Long and Meaningless Names, and Pets.Barbara Fatt Heine . . . P. Enis . . . Razzle and Dazzle . . . Moondog . . . Casa Enima . . . Phydeaux . . . Phat Ho . . . Fitz Funfrock . . . Mone’t Elysea Ann . . . and Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Bertie Plays The Blues: 7 (44 Scotland Street #7)
by Alexander McCall SmithEven down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica are to marry, and Domenica has ambitious and disturbing plans for their living arrangements, especially when it appears that Antonia, in Italy recuperating from Stendhal Syndrome, may not return. And little Bertie, feeling blue, puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Can Edinburgh's most deliciously dysfunctional residents forsake discord and learn to dance to the same happy tune?
Bertie Plays The Blues: 7 (44 Scotland Street #7)
by Alexander McCall SmithEven down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica are to marry, and Domenica has ambitious and disturbing plans for their living arrangements, especially when it appears that Antonia, in Italy recuperating from Stendhal Syndrome, may not return. And little Bertie, feeling blue, puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Can Edinburgh's most deliciously dysfunctional residents forsake discord and learn to dance to the same happy tune?
Bertie Plays the Blues: 44 Scotland Street Series (7) (44 Scotland Street Series #7)
by Alexander Mccall Smith44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 7The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy--just ask his mother. If you haven't met the residents of 44 Scotland Street yet, there is no better time, since everyone seems to be in the midst of new beginnings. New parents Matthew and Elspeth must muddle through the difficulties of raising their triplets Rognvald, Tobermory and Fegus--there's normal sleep deprivation, and then there's trying to tell the children apart from one another. Angus and Domenica are newly engaged, and now they must negotiate the complex merger of two households. Domenica is also forced to deal with the return of an old flame, while Big Lou has begun the search for a new one, boldly exploring the new world of online dating and coming up with an Elvis impersonator on the first try. And in Bertie's family, there's a shift in power as his father Stuart starts to stand up to overbearing mother, Irene--and then there's Bertie, who has been thinking that he might want to start over with a new family and so puts himself up for adoption on eBay. With his signature charm and gentle wit Alexander McCall Smith vividly portrays the lives of Edinburgh's most unique and beloved characters.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Bertie Project (44 Scotland Street #11)
by Alexander McCall SmithBertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned from the middle-east, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst evils of cartoons, movies and Irn Bru, and her wrath falls upon her unfortunate husband, Stuart. Meanwhile, Bruce has fallen in love with someone other than himself; Big Lou wants to adopt her beloved Finlay; Matthew and Elspeth host the Duke of Johannesburg for supper and Bertie decides he wants to move out of Scotland Street altogether and live with his grandmother, Nicola.Can Irene and Stuart's marriage survive? Will Bruce's newfound love last? And will Bertie really leave Scotland Street? Find out in the next instalment of this charming, beloved series.
The Bertie Project: 44 Scotland Street Series (11) (44 Scotland Street Series #11)
by Alexander Mccall SmithOur beloved cast of characters are back, as are the joys and trials of life at 44 Scotland Street in this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s delightfully charming series. Bertie’s mother, Irene, returns from the Middle East to discover that, in her absence, her son has been exposed to the worst of evils—television shows, ice cream parlors, and even unsanctioned art at the National Portrait Gallery. Her wrath descends on Bertie’s long-suffering father, Stuart. But Stuart has found a reason to spend more time outside of the house and seems to have a new spring in his step. What does this mean for the residents of 44 Scotland Street? The winds of change have come to the others as well. Angus undergoes a spiritual transformation after falling victim to an unexpected defenestration. Bruce has fallen in a rather different sense for a young woman who is determined to share with him her enthusiasm for extreme sports. Matthew and Elspeth have a falling out with their triplets’ au pair, while Big Lou continues to fall in love with her new role as a mother. And as Irene resumes work on what she calls her Bertie Project, reinstating Bertie’s Italian lessons, yoga classes, and psychotherapy, Bertie begins to hatch a project of his own—one that promises freedom.
The Bertie Project: A 44 Scotland Street Novel
by Alexander Mccall Smith Iain Mcintosh44 SCOTLAND STREET - BOOK 11Our beloved cast of characters are back, as are the joys and trials of life at 44 Scotland Street in this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s delightfully charming series. Bertie’s mother, Irene, returns from the Middle East to discover that, in her absence, her son has been exposed to the worst of evils—television shows, ice cream parlors, and even unsanctioned art at the National Portrait Gallery. Her wrath descends on Bertie’s long-suffering father, Stuart. But Stuart has found a reason to spend more time outside of the house and seems to have a new spring in his step. What does this mean for the residents of 44 Scotland Street? The winds of change have come to the others as well. Angus undergoes a spiritual transformation after falling victim to an unexpected defenestration. Bruce has fallen in a rather different sense for a young woman who is determined to share with him her enthusiasm for extreme sports. Matthew and Elspeth have a falling out with their triplets’ au pair, while Big Lou continues to fall in love with her new role as a mother. And as Irene resumes work on what she calls her Bertie Project, reinstating Bertie’s Italian lessons, yoga classes, and psychotherapy, Bertie begins to hatch a project of his own—one that promises freedom.
Bertie Wooster Sees It Through
by P. G. WodehouseSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse(1881-1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, lyrics, and essays, all with the same light touch of gentle satire. He is best known as the creator of the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his all-knowing valet, Jeeves.