This picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf's huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of pure imagination. The transition signals the start of a freewheeling adventure with characteristic David Wiesner eff...(展开全部)

Beautiful Caroline Crale as convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee w...(展开全部)

Beautiful Caroline Crale as convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee w...(展开全部)

おっちゃんのお腹の上で、安心しきって眠る子ブタ。 新聞を読むおっちゃんのうしろからそっと覗き込むブタ。 おっちゃんがギターを持つと、ブタが集まってきて即席コンサートの始まりです。 朝から晩まで、さらには家の中まで。 おっちゃんの周りにはいつも、きらきらと目を輝かせたブタがまとわりついてきます。 香川県で養豚場を営み、まるで家族のように1200頭のブタと暮らすおっちゃん。 大量飼育・大量生産化に伴い、餌やりから糞尿の処理までどんどん機械化が進む養豚業界で、 おっちゃんは自らの手で、一頭ずつ丁寧に愛情を込めてブタを育てています。 農林水産大臣に幾度も表彰される程の腕を持ったおっちゃんの養豚場では 単に生産するという域を超えた、愛するものと共に生きる喜びが溢れています。 市役所職員として農林水産行政に携わる中、おっちゃんに出会った著者が 10年にわたり撮り...(展开全部)

Take one dead lothario; add his jealous wife accused of his murder; toss in a devoted daughter who wants to clear her mother's name, and you get one of the greatest challenges of Hercule Poirot's career.

In this best-selling collaboration between author (and performer) Jon Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith, with music by noted composer Kurt Hoffman, you will hear Alexander T. Wolf tell the story from his point of view. Side one features narration and music, while side two has music alone, so that you can read it out loud by yourself.

In this best-selling collaboration between author (and performer) Jon Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith, with music by noted composer Kurt Hoffman, you will hear Alexander T. Wolf tell the story from his point of view. Side one features narration and music, while side two has music alone, so that you can read it out loud by yourself. --This text refers to an out of print o...(展开全部)

The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

How the breeding of new animals and plants was central to fascist regimes in Italy, Portugal, and Germany and to their imperial expansion. In the fascist regimes of Mussolini's Italy, Salazar's Portugal, and Hitler's Germany, the first mass mobilizations involved wheat engineered to take advantage of chemical fertilizers, potatoes resistant to late blight, and pigs that thrived...(展开全部)