Уильям О. Стил0.0 Book Description A harsh winter forces mountain folk Caje Amis and his father to take shelter with distant relatives . . . and changes both of them.
Клайв Стейплз Льюис4.4 Древние мифы, старинные предания и волшебные сказки, детские впечатления и взрослые размышления английского писателя Клайва С.Льюиса легли в основу семи повестей эпопеи «Хроники Нарнии» — самой любимой и известной книги во всем мире. Иллюстрации Паулин Бейнс, которая официально признана «художником Нарнии», а также карты волшебной страны.
Сорче Ник Леодхас0.0 A collection of ten Scottish legends passed down through the ages Scottish culture is rich with mythology. There are tales of monks and saints, fairies and witches, kings, nobles, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Some stories were never written down, shared instead through retellings that turned storytelling into an art form.
In "Thistle and Thyme," Sorche Nic Leodhas brings together ten folktales that were passed down through the generations as part of Scotland's vibrant oral tradition. In this volume, stories about the changeling and the stolen child, the bride who was cursed to silence by a water kelpie, and the beekeeper who found a rabbit under a spell are just a handful of the thousands of local myths that make up Scotland's colorful history.
Лео Лионни0.0 A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything—a robin’s tail, a flamingo’s neck, a toucan’s beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song. Children will enjoy the clever inchworm’s solution and delight in finding the tiny hero on every page.
Every inch the classic, this was the first of Lionni’s books to win the Caldecott Honor.
Уолтер де ла Мар0.0 A collection of six fairy tales for children originally published in England in 1925, reprinted by Knopf in the United States in 1960 with illustrations by Paul Kennedy. The stories are: "A Penny a Day," "The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire," "The Lovely Myfanwy," "The Dutch Cheese," "Dick and the Beanstalk," and "The Lord Fish."
Луиза С. Рэнкин0.0 Momo has always wanted a Lhasa terrier--a dog like the ones the Buddhist priests hold sacred in their temples. And her dream is realized when a trader brings Pempa to her parents' tea house. But after a band of robbers steals the valuable dog and quickly escapes with him into the mountains, Momo is determined to catch them and recover her beloved Pempa. To do so, she must follow the Great Trade Route across the mountains--a path that most people avoid, and which will surely put her life at risk. Momo undertakes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta, in search of her stolen dog Pempa.
Джорджетт Хейер, Чарльз Хоус3.2 In seventeenth century England, a terrible accident forces orphaned Philip Marsham to flee London in fear for his life. Bred to the sea, he signs on with the "Rose of Devon," a dark frigate bound for the quiet shores of Newfoundland.
Philip's bold spirit and knowledge of the sea soon win him his captain's regard. But when the "Rose of Devon" is seized in midocean by a devious group of men plucked from a floating wreck, Philip is forced to accompany these "gentlemen of fortune" on their murderous expeditions. Like it or not, Philip Marsham is now a pirate--with only the hangman awaiting his return to England.
With its bloody battles, brutal buccaneers, and bold, spirited hero, this rousing tale will enthrall young listeners in search of seafaring adventure.
