Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The adventures of Lemuel Gulliver are the stuff of legend. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and meeting a race of talking horses who rule over bestial humans. One of the finest satires in the English language, "Gulliver's Travels" delights in the mockery of everything from government to religion ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Geppetto, a poor woodcarver, crafts a marionette from a strange piece of talking wood and inadvertently brings the mischievous Pinocchio - a walking, talking, wooden boy - into the world. The naughty, selfish puppet heads off into the world and encounters all manner of unusual and dangerous characters on his adventures, undergoing a series of fiendishly imaginative trials - among them being swallowed by a giant dogfish and turned into a donkey - that will lead him to self-knowledge. Along the way he will be helped by a beautiful fairy, a talking cricket and ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life's universal truths, as he comes to learn what it means to be human from a child who is not. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's delightful "The Little Prince" has been translated into over 180 languages and sold over 80 million copies. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros and Chloe ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Sam Giplin. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor’s sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt - and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are not alone in their quest, a band of pirates - led by the enigmatic, one-legged Long John Silver - will stop at nothing to take back what they believe is theirs. One of the best-loved children's stories of all time, Robert Louis ... |
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Костенурчето Франклин е познато на децата от цял свят. От книгите за него са продадени стотици милиони екземпляри и е заснет телевизионен сериал. Сюжетите на историите са почерпани от живота на децата, затова всяко дете лесно се идентифицира с героите и ситуациите в книгите. Всяка история носи ясно нравствено послание към децата, без да е назидателна. Съпреживявайки историите на Франклин, децата се учат да бъдат по-добри и да се справят с проблемите и трудностите в своя живот, а това им помага да израснат по-уверени и самостоятелни. Великолепно разказаните истории са и великолепно илюстрирани и превръщат книгите за ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "All night she slept soundly on her bed of hay, dreaming of nothing but of shining mountains." At the age of six, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her intimidating grandfather in the Alps. Heidi takes to him immediately and soon earns his love in return. She adores her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds, but one terribly day Heidi is collected by her aunt and forced to live with a new family in town. Heartbroken by the loss of her Alpine life, she must do everything she can to return to ... |
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Decorations by E. H. Shepard. ... "Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders." Meet the world's favourite bear in this delightful collection in which Pooh gets into a tight place, nearly catches a Woozle, and discovers the wrong sort off honey - amongst other things. ... |
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Стани герой в истинска зимна приказка. Сестрите Анна и Елза от Замръзналото кралство те канят в едно замръзнало кралство. В приключението те очакват и много весели герои. Това са снежният човек Олаф, добрият лос Свен, който може да говори и човекът, който обича планината - Кристоф. Всички те се опитват да върнат лятото в заледеното кралство Арендел. Коя ще бъде новата принцеса, как живее един снежен човек през лятото и как може да се размрази замръзналото сърце - отговорите на тези въпроси ще откриеш в книжката. Приключенията те очакват! Книжката е част от поредицата Приказна колекция на издателство Егмонт. ... |
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"Тази книга е от мистър Марк Твен и е горе-долу вярно написана. Някои работи той е поизмислил, но изобщо, казва истината. Както и да е. Не съм видял още човек, който да не послъгва сегиз-тогиз, освен леля Поли, Вдовицата, а може и Мери. За леля Поли - Томовата леля Поли, за Мери и за Вдовицата Дъглас се разказва подробно в същата книжка; всичко там е, кажи-речи, вярно, само тук-там има и по някоя измислица..." Хъкълбери Фин "Цялата съвременна американска литература произхожда от една книга на Марк Твен, наречена "Хъкълбери Фин"." Ърнест Хемингуей Марк Твен е любим писател на децата. Но ... |
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International Bestseller. Zoo-Wee Mama! Mini Board Game Inside! ... Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going "old school" just too hard for a kid like Greg? This is the tenth book in Jeff Kinney 's phenomenally successful "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. ... |
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Retold by Joan Collins, illustrated by Chiara Fedele. ... An abridget retelling of the classic story by Louisa May Alcott, suitable for younger readers. It will be a tough Christmas for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Their father is away in the american Civil War and money is hard to come by. Though they are poor, te March sisters are full of love for each other and share many moments of laughter and tears, disappointment and joy. Beautiful new illustrations throughout and a gorgeous larger format with ribbon marker bring the magic of this classic story to a new generation of children. ... |
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Панорамната книжка от издателство "Посоки" е с красиви коледни илюстрации и весели стихчета. "Трака-трака! Трака-трак! Иде коледният влак. Цялата гора премина спира в детската градина." Из "Коледното влакче" ... |
