Those Shoes

"In this witty, wise picture book, Boelts presents a kid’s-eye view of a consumer fad that rages through school at gale force." — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy’s grandma says they don’t have room for "want," just "need," when his old shoes fall ap…

Little Tiger Everything Changes

A lyrical and tender story about the difficult emotions a child can feel when their parents break up. While playing together as a family on the beach, it seems the happy, warm days of summer will never end. But then Mom and Dad say they can’t live together anymore, and everything changes … Sensitive treatment of divorce; told with understanding and care. Optimistic message of hope and resil…

Nana, Nenek & Nina

Nina loves visiting her two faraway grandmas—one in Malaysia and one in England. Spot the differences between their homes in this beautiful picture book. Nina lives in San Francisco with her parents, and she loves visiting her two grandmas across the world. Follow Nina as she travels to England to visit Nana and to Malaysia to visit Nenek. Nina needs different kinds of clothes and plays di…

Raja Kelana

Sinopsis : Kawanan gajah memiliki pemimpin yang sangat mereka sayangi. Ia bernama Raja Kelana. Namun, Gorgon, salah satu gajah dari kawanan, tidak menyukai Kelana. Ia menantang Kelana untuk berlomba. Pemenangnya berhak memimpin kawanan. Namun, Kelana menolak. Apakah itu berarti Kelana menyerah kalah? Apakah Gorgon berhasil menjadi pemimpin selanjutnya?

Cerita dari Digul

Cerita dari Digul merupakan kumpulan tulisan karya para eka-Digulis. Mereka pernah dibuang sebagai tahanan politik semasa pemerintahan kolonial hindia-belanda. Berbagai cerita itu, yang sungguh-sungguh terjadi, mengisahkan suka-duka mereka dalam mempertahankan hidup di tanah buangan Digul, Papua Barat. Getir dan mengharukan.

Funiculi Funicula: Kisah-Kisah Yang Baru Terungkap

Funiculi Funicula, sebuah kafe di gang sempit di Tokyo, masih kerap didatangi orang-orang yang ingin menjelajahi waktu. Peraturan-peraturan yang merepotkan masih berlaku, tetapi itu semua tidak menyurutkan harapan mereka untuk memutar waktu. Kali ini ada seorang pria yang ingin kembali ke masa lalu untuk menemui sahabat yang putrinya ia besarkan, seorang putra putus asa yang tidak menghadiri…

Jakarta Sebelum Pagi

“Jam tiga dini hari, sweter, dan jalanan yang gelap dan sepi .... Ada peta, petunjuk; dan Jakarta menjadi tempat yang belum pernah kami datangi sebelumnya.” Mawar, hyacinth biru, dan melati. Dibawa balon perak, tiga bunga ini diantar setiap hari ke balkon apartemen Emina. Tanpa pengirim, tanpa pesan; hanya kemungkinan adanya stalker mencurigakan yang tahu alamat tempat tinggalnya. Ket…

Classic Library: Humorous Tales

Edition

English, 1931

ISBN/ISSN

9788182524224

Collation

Hardcover

Series Title

-

Call Number

808 KIP c

How to Set a Fire and Why

Lucia's father is dead; her mother is in a mental institute; she's living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. And now she's been kicked out of school—again. Making her way through the world with only a book, a zippo lighter, a pocket full of stolen licorice, a biting wit, and striking intelligence she tries to hide, she spends her days riding the bus to visit her mother and following th…

The Passion According to G.H.

The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector’s mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door - crushing the cockroach - and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scen…