Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... For the past two centuries these delightful stories, gathered together and written down by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, have entertained and frightened children and adults alike. The lives of "Tom Thumb", "Cinderella", "Rumplestiltskin" and "The Frog Prince" form part of our common heritage: they stimulate the imagination and the heart, and linger at the back of our minds for a lifetime. They are funny, disturbing, wise and compassionate. They speak of joy and terror, happiness and revenge, love and violence. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Meet the human boy Mowgli, the sleek panther Bagheera, the "sleepy brown bear" Baloo, and the conniving tiger Shere Khan in one of the world's best-loved books. A collection of short stories and poems centred on the charming cast, "The Jungle Book" not only follows Mowgli's journey to learn the Law of the Jungle from his animal companions but also introduces some of its other wonderful inhabitants in stories such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and "The White Seal". This "Macmillan Collector's Library" ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way in to a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden. "The Secret Garden" by "Frances Hodgson Burnett" is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and ... |
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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 Marcus Clapham. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Separated from his human parents, Mowgli is raised by wolves, mentored by the cunning panther Bagheera, and taught the Law of the Jungle by Baloo, the strict but kindly bear. But the Indian jungle is full of dangers and he must fight to survive; the tiger, Shere Khan, has sworn to kill him, the sinister monkey residents of the Cold Lairs wish to kidnap him, and his home is threatened by the Cobra and the Red Dog. "All the Mowgli Stories" is a collection of all nine of Rudyard Kipling's stories about the ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Sam Gilpin. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Oliver Twist" is one of Charles Dickens's most popular novels, with many famous film, television and musical adaptations. It tells the story of the orphaned Oliver who is brought up in a harsh workhouse, then initiated into the criminal world of Fagin and his gang, before being eventually rescued by a loving family. This is a classic story of good against evil, packed with humour and pathos, drama and suspense, and peopled with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. ... |
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Книжката е част от поредицата "Моята първа книга: Открий разликите!" на издателство "Фют". Подходяща е за деца над 4 години. ... Една любима игра за наблюдателност и упражняване на концентрацията за най-малките, но и с най-зорки очи. За да оцветите тази книжка препоръчваме да използвате моливи или пастели, за да избегнете цветовете да се отбележат на другата страница. ... |
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Този атлас съдържа подробни географски карти, красиви илюстрации и фотографии с полезна информация за близо 200 исторически и природни забележителности от цяла България. Препоръчително е да го държите в семейния автомобил, за да ви бъде подръка, докато пътувата из нашата страна. Разбира се, разгръщайки го, може да пътешествате по пътищата на България и без да напускате своя дом. В атласа ще откриете: 100-те национални туристически обекта; други исторически забележителности и природни чудеса; съкровища и археологически находки; географски карти с точното местонахождение на представените обекти; местни празници и ... |
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Чудесата са край нас. Книжката е част от поредицата "Вълшебните закрилници" на издателство "Архипелаг". ... А ти вярваш ли в чудеса? Може би ако вярваш в тях, ако носиш доброта в сърцето си, ако изпаднеш в беда, някой ден при теб непременно ще долети един вълшебен закрилник! Нали милите крилати животинчета идват да помогнат тъкмо на тези, които вярват в необикновеното! Историите за добрите, весели и отзивчиви феригарди те очакват в тези необикновени книжки. Когато кученцето на съседката е отвлечено, само малката Марта вижда похитителя. Храброто момиче тръгва след него, но се изгубва далече от дома в ... |
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GCSE Revision without the boring bits, from Newton's Laws to levitating frogs. Illustrated by James Davies. ... Get Ahead in Physics covers the essentials for GCSE science in a book you can start and finish - without falling asleep in the middle! Each chapter is tied to a key topic for studying Physics. Learn about: the particle model of matter; energy; radiation; electricity; newton's laws; waves; electromagnetism; cosmology. Along the way, hear fascinating TRUE stories of the Philosopher's Stone, radioactive energy drinks and a couple of levitating frogs... Each chapter ends with an "at ... |
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Емили и майка ѝ Линда живеят в Лондон, но едно неочаквано писмо променя живота им. Емили се оказва наследница на странния си чичо Орвил и се сдобива с къща и детективска агенция в Блосъм Крийк. Там намират нови приятели и куп криминални загадки за разрешаване. Къщата на призраците... В имението "Шерингтън" се случват странни неща - тежки рицарски доспехи се движат сами, картини падат от стените, скъпи китайски вази политат във въздуха и се разбиват на прах... Дали наистина имението е обитавано от призраци, или зад всичко това се крие нещо друго? Първа книга от поредицата "Детективска агенция Мама и ... |
