. . only to find Kirby Rose, an eighteen-year-old girl with a key to a past that Marian thought she had sealed off forever. From the moment Kirby appears on her doorstep, Marian's perfectly constructed world—and her very identity—will be shaken to its core, resurrecting ghosts and ...
40-year-old mom has entered the history books by becoming the first female Olympian ever to complete a full triathlon in under 8hours-smashing the world record by over 40 minutes.Two-time Olympic Nicol a Spirig 1 the finish line in Germany in an astonishing 7 hours, 34 minutes and 19 se...
As the mother of an eleven-year-old girl, I have read several books that tell parents how to bring up a girl to be beautiful, elegant, confident, and rich. However, I have always believed that girls need to be brave above all else, but this is easier said than done.I still remember...
It is about a 15-year-old girl in care who discovers that she is pregnant and Capes handles the narrative very convincingly. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait is a memorable novel about the impact of mental health and dysfunctional family dynamics, which sounds depressing but is...
根据“Cooking is a compulsory course (必修课程) for the students between the ages of 7 and 14 in the UK”可知烹饪是英国7至14岁学生的必修课。故选B。 (2)题详解: 主旨大意题。根据“It is important for the UK to set this course. Why”可知第三段主要介绍了英国设置烹饪课程为什么很重要。
Here are a few characters: the six-year-old girl who can’t speak but conveys love to her mother: seven-year-old Millicent and Michael, conjoined twins separated at the age of four; Rose, a repentant arsonist; Ralph and JoyLee, whose marriage stinks; Francie, who tries to deconstruct he...
Careless by Kirsty Capes is an excellent debut novel which was longlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. It is about a 15-year-old girl in care who discovers that she is pregnant and Capes handles the narrative very convincingly. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wai...
47-year-old Jiao Meihong comes from Lintong, Xi'an. She gives picture books classes to about 100,000 children in more than 400 schools in Xi'an and she does this for free.Jiao comes from a village in Lintong. She loves reading and she knows that children in villages don't have ...
Dandelion Oldie, by JIN Bo (text), illus. GAO Qing, tr. unnamed (June 2023) [金波,高晴:老头儿,老头儿,你下来] — No one is ever too old to play! Even an “oldie” can remember what it was like to be a kid. This fun story about a special dandelion song shows that it’s alway...
At the moment I am finishing my Early Reader book, Space Junk, about a seven-year-old girl, Keandra Maria Ortiz, who wants to build spacecraft as her Pap does. She soon learns that there might be a better way to explore the universe so that we Earthlings don’t continue to pollute ...