The pigs, horses, donkeys, goats, dogs, cats, cows, sheep, hens, rats and birds thought they would all have a better life, a Utopian life, after overthrowing the humans who exploited them. They dreamed of a world where everyone was treated equally, with respect and care.

Little did they know that dreams alone were not enough to stop corrupted power-seekers from treading on others while repeating the same exploitation. How do we break a cycle where "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"? It's a lesson for all living creatures alike.

每個漢字，都有來源。識字源，好處多：一、懂得字源，可以使我們用溯源法去解釋今天漢字的字形，能夠更規範化地使用和書寫漢字，把字寫的準確全理面好看，克服文字混亂和寫錯別字的現象。二、懂得字源，可以使我們從字的演變流程裡認識中國古代的歷史面貌、社會結構、生產生活、軍事交通、可以擴展視野，增進知識，開拓智力。

與以往深奧枯澀的字源方面的書籍不一樣，作者在每講一個字之前皆以一段輕鬆有趣的故事引出，再娓娓道來。

這本簡單易讀的書，能幫助你瞭解創意的核心原理，並教你如何發想創意點子，進而將創意轉化為創新的行動。書中涵蓋了許多深具啟發性的創意思考工具，讓你可以現學現用，幫助你在短短幾分鐘內就想出許多精彩的點子。一些進階的工具，則能幫助你用全新的、意想不到的方法重新檢視自己和客戶或競爭者的企業。書中更充滿了精彩的案例、建議和練習。

韋恩•羅特林頓是Allsorts Habit Creation 的創始人和首席執行官。為全球包括來自亞洲、澳洲、歐洲和美洲等40個國家的公司提供培訓和顧問諮詢服務。

切•格瓦拉曾是古巴革命和建設的最重要的領導人之一。作為一個滿懷理想和鬥志的革命者，他的一生充滿傳奇色彩，並且影響了許多渴望理想和行動的青年人，甚至已成為當下青年中的一個時尚的符號。從這個意義上說，格瓦拉是跨越了時代的英雄，因而他所代表的人類為謀求自由、民主和正義的精神，也是不朽的。

本書作者在充分掌握各種素材的基礎上，對主人公傳奇般的經歷，進行了翔實而客觀的描述，包括產生格瓦拉行為和精神的大背景，也作了詳細的介紹；它表現了一個不死的格瓦拉，從而也使讀者再次深切地感受到格瓦拉的確是“人類有史以來最完美的人”。

Gaiman also has a new collection of short stories called Angels and Visitations out; I have just finished it and enjoyed it a lot. If you're looking for something a bit serious, Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and American Gods are great choices.

I 'd also like to suggest Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose for those students who enjoy mystery!

I admire the Little Prince because he lived lonely on a tiny planet smaller than a house. He owned three volcanoes, two active and one extinct. He also owned a flower which is unlike others. This can give him pride. This is a very good and interesting story. If you want to know more about him, you can go to the library to borrow a copy of it.

Apart from Tai Cheong's egg-tarts which he once helped promote, Mr Chris Patten serves as a life demonstration on how penetrating and engaging an English writer can be. Even not necessarily comprehending the intricate international issues being analyzed, secondary school readers of this book will definitely profit from the writer's precise choice of diction and judicious development of arguments put forth.

Dear Socks Dear Buddy is written by Hillary Clinton, the wife of ex-US president Bill Clinton and the present Secretary of State serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She gives us a light-hearted picture of how Socks the cat and Buddy the dog participated in the White House life when she was the First Lady. There are over 80 pictures of her furry friends. What is interesting is that there are more than 50 letters written by children to the First Pets, ranging from a simple request for a “paw-tograph” to generous advice. (“Just because they went on a trip and didn’t take you doesn’t mean they don’t love you anymore.”).

If you like animals, you shouldn’t miss the photos and the guide to good pet care!  Can you guess what questions the children asked the First Pets?  Do you want to know what other ‘strange’ pets were kept in the White House before? Get the book from a public library and find out the answers!

The book contains 200 pages but you can easily breeze it through on a Saturday afternoon!”

This book follows the adventures of a shepherd boy living in Spain. It was written by Paulo Coelho to explain the difference between enjoying your life and reaching for your dreams. He gives us the idea that we all have a Personal Legend - something that we have always wanted to accomplish - and shows us that whilst the route to our legend may be difficult by following it we will learn alot about ourselves.
 
This book may soon be made into a movie, but I advise you to read the book before you see the film. Reading gives you time to really make sense of stories and interpret the words in your own way. Paulo Coelho's writing is thought provoking and inspirational so you will certainly need time to think!

Oh Boggis and Bunce and Bean,
One fat, one short, one lean...

This is the beginning of a poem from one of my all time favourite children's books - Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. I like it so much that I even bought a copy for my friend to take away travelling with him last month, he loved it too, and he's already 30! Roald Dahl's stories appeal to people of all ages as they are imaginative and exciting, and this book is one of the best. If you read it you will follow the adventures of Mr Fox and his family as they try to keep safe from the bad farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean. You will also meet Mr Fox's friends and see that by working together and coming up with a cunning plan they can achieve anything.

深切體會香港被遺棄的一群，貧無立錐之地，露宿街頭的人士的真實奮鬥故事.。

想了解在繁華都市貧窮是怎麼一回事，看看在板房奮鬥的，用小手在街上拾紙皮謀生的真實兒童故事，體會同一城市兩個世界的境況。

《天地一沙鷗》提出了一種祟高的理想，代表年輕人的希望和理想。

《老人與海》一書流露出不屈不撓的精神，主角面對宿命卻不輕言放棄，而且文字易讀，很適合年青人。

《唐詩三百首》可供隨時打開一篇細味，讓人認識, 欣賞並沈醉在中國文字的優美之中; 是必讀之書！

The first time I saw this book was at the airport in Osaka, Japan. I was killing time before boarding the plane back to Hong Kong. I read a few pages and was impressed by the title – The Last Lecture – the last one given by a professor in university. I was probably more interested in him, Randy Pausch, – someone who was given the diagnosis that he would perish in a couple of months. How would he live the rest of his life?

I’ve noticed I “like” reading such books which are written by those who would want to tell us their story before they die. Perhaps, this is their true self that they would want people to learn from their story. This one is different from “Chasing Daylight” which was about how to say goodbye to people you love. The Last Lecture is about living, not dying. This is what I like. I want to live my life to the fullest and without regrets.

I remember as a young person someone told me this short book was worth a read - it’s called "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke" by Roald Dahl.  It’s rather light reading but very funny and also light-hearted, and makes a change from the more serious reading that others recommend - hope you can take a look...it made me laugh.  I would recommend this to a primary school student.

Also, a more recent book I would recommend to the secondary school students is "The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Speeches" by Brian MacArthur - a book that for me I found more interesting reading the last speech first, then the second from last - so effectively reading it from back to front.

This book is an English classic.  English school children have been reading it for almost 100 years, and so it is a great book for anybody with an interest in British culture.  It tells the story of a girl who is sent to live with her cold uncle in the lonely moors in the north of England after her parents die.  She is a spoilt girl who is used to getting her own way but after discovering a secret garden, she blossoms alongside the garden as winter turns into spring and as she discovers her uncle's other secrets.  The transformation of the main character and the beautiful language Frances Hodgson Burnett uses in her descriptions of the English countryside make this a spellbinding novel.  It is also a very rewarding read as the English is more old-fashioned and difficult than in modern novels, so it will test and improve your English as you read more of the book.  

You will probably have heard of the blockbuster Hollywood film based on this book, but you should try reading the book itself.  This book is easy to read and very exciting.  The relationship between a teenage girl, Bella, and an immortal vampire, and the danger that is created by their relationship, will make your heart race with excitement right up to the last page.  The book has been so successful because although the fantasy world draws you in and adds a layer of interest, at the heart of the book is a simple love story that anyone can relate to, whether they have met a vampire or not!

以上六本好書都絕對值得年輕人一看；彩色印製，插圖精美都是這六本好書的共通點。舉《羅浮館藝術館》為例，它有大量彩色插圖，能助年輕人更易接觸藝術這個年輕人應該涉獵的範疇。另外，《兒童生物科技》亦然，以漫畫這個學生感興趣的方式，深入淺出地帶出生物基因這個較深的議題，以上都是這些書值得推介的地方。