Complete and unabridged with an afterword by David Stuart Davies. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Mole and Rat have a pleasant life by the river, where they talk, boat and wile away the days. The wise and private Mr. Badger lives sedately in the Wild Woods, content in his solitude. Then there's Mr. Toad - wealthy, impulsive and utterly obsessed with motor cars, he's always getting into scrapes and can't survive without the help of his friends. One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame remains a timeless tale of ... |
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Retold and with Activities by Jane Cadwallader. ... Enjoy two stories from The Wind in the Willows with Mole, Ratty and their friends, Otter and Toad. The Wind in the Willows is a collection of stories about five animal characters: Ratty, Mole, Badger, Otter and Toad. Set in the English countryside, the stories are adventures where friendship, loyalty, and the joy of simple pleasures win the day. Vocabulary: Rooms and furniture; Food; Time; Parts of the body. Grammar: Present simple; Present continuous; Descriptive adjectives; Can for ability; Have got for possessions; Prepositions of place and movement; Question words - ... |
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"Всичко трептеше, всичко се тресеше, лъчи и искри, и проблясъци, шепот и рев, кикот и клокот. Къртът беше омагьосан, омаян, запленен. Подтичваше покрай реката, както подтичваш, когато си много малък, редом с някого, който те очарова с вълнуващите си истории; а когато най-после се умори, седна на брега и реката продължи да му бърбори – ромонлива върволица от най-хубавите приказки на света, тръгнали от сърцето на земята, за да бъдат разказани най-сетне на неутолимото море." Из книгата Това издание с илюстрациите на Крис Дън (р. 1987) е особено обичано от читателите. Той е известен с илюстрациите си на различни ... |
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Илюстрации: Робърт Ингпен. ... Класическата приказка "Шумът на върбите" на Кенет Греъм излиза за пръв път през 1908 г. и всички: и децата, и техните родители, се влюбват веднага в плахия Къртичко, в дружелюбния Плъхчо, в изобретателния Язовец и немирния Жабок. Щастливият им живот по бреговете на Темза е изпълнен с какви ли не перипетии, възникнали най-често заради Жабока, който със страстта си към автомобилите накрая се озовава зад решетките. Бягството му от най-строго охранявания зандан, откъдето той се измъква, предрешен като перачка, е сред най-любимите приключения в детската литература. Във великолепното ... |
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"– Страхотно ми харесват дрехите ти, друже! – отбеляза господин Плъх след около половин час. – И аз възнамерявам да си взема черен кадифен смокинг един ден. Веднага щом мога да си го позволя. – Моля? – каза Къртичко, като с мъка се откъсна от мечтите си. – Извинявай, не те чух. Дано не ме смяташ за грубиян. Но всичко това е толкова ново за мен! Просто... това е... Река! – Реката! – поправи го господин Плъх. – И ти наистина живееш на Реката? Какъв весел живот! – попита Къртичко." Британският писател Кенет Греъм (1859 – 1932) добива популярност с произведението си от 1908 г. "Шумът на върбите" (The ... |
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Къртичко решава да остави пролетното почистване на подземния си дом и да излезе навън. Там се запознава с Плъхчо, Язовеца и Жабока. Ще успеят ли четиримата приятели да прогонят неканените невестулки, които са се настанили в имението на Жабока? С прекрасните илюстрации от Анхелес Пейнадори и специално адаптирания за деца текст това красиво издание въвежда малките читатели в света на вечната класика Шумът на върбите от Кенет Греъм. Книжката е част от поредицата Световна класика за деца на издателство Престиж Буукс. ... |
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Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and others. Introduction by Mike Ashley. ... Fans of horror and the supernatural will savor the dark delicacies in this spine-tingling anthology of the genre's very best. Featuring an international gallery of the world's great horror writers, this collection celebrates one of literature's most popular forms of fiction with 14 masterfully crafted tales of terror. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." H. P. Lovecraft ... |
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In search of a reward, Geralt brings the carcass of a slain creature to a small town where he is told it may be of use to the local sorcerer but the mage isn't who he is alleged to be. In hiding for his life, he requests Geralt's help in slaying the monster who seeks to murder him a young woman said to have been born under the Curse of the Black Sun a prophecy of inborn evil. He declares that she is more a monster than the creature presented before him. Geralt later encounters the woman, who asserts that it is the sorcerer who is the true monster committing unspeakable crimes at the behest of his superstitious ... |
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Fifteen-year-old Sam is not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral, and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. In fact he's ordinary and proud of it. None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam's off to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where everyone's busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands. Sam knows he'll never belong, even if he wanted to. And that's before he ends up on stage wearing nothing but a fur onesie. A brilliantly funny look at fitting in, falling out ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Strange things are going on at the Paris Opera House; a mysterious phantom - a skeleton in dinner dress - is wreaking havoc amongst the singers and backstage staff. But when new managers take over and dismiss the rumours of the Opera Ghost, the terror really begins. Who is the curious figure stalking the stage at night? How can he be in so many places at once, entering and leaving locked rooms at will? And what is his connection to the beautiful and talented young soloist, Christine? "The Phantom of the Opera" is perhaps best known for its many ... |
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When Gods dance with monsters... With the return of Samkiel, the rightful heir, battle lines are beginning to form across the realms. But without the Ring of Oblivion, the ancient darkness living beneath Samkiel's skin begins to lash out, and as war looms on the horizon, he struggles with his growing power. Meanwhile, an ancient power plagues Dianna's dreams with messages of retribution. Desperate to protect the woman he loves, Samkiel must embark on a frantic search for answers - a journey that will lead him to the one place he dare not go: the Otherworld. As Nismera hunts for Vincent and Camilla, relentlessly ... |
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The secrets of our planet revealed. Built around a journey from the inner core to the Earth's surface, this sumptuous, fully illustrated volume covers a wide range of environments and processes in fascinating yet accessible detail. Elegant design combined with beautiful images to explore and explain Earth's natural riches. This is an informative, visually arresting introduction to planet Earth. The core of the book features large, detailed photographs of single objects, many of them small enough to be held in the hand, that each speak volumes about an aspect of Earth's environments and how they work. For ... |
