Based on the traditional folk tale "Chicken Licken", this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favorite in every home. Find out what happens when an acorn falls on the head of poor little Chicken Licken! Part of the Ladybird "First Favourite Tales" series, this hardback book contains lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. It is ideal for reading aloud and sharing with preschoolers.
Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. These are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved and will always remember these classic stories and sharing them together is an experience to treasure.
ISBN: 978-1-84646-975-6
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Packed with colourful, photographic stickers, Children Just Like Me Ultimate Sticker Book is an exciting sticker book for kids interested in what life is like for children around the world.In Children Just Like Me Ultimate Sticker Book discover what daily life is like for kids around the world - then decorate the pages with colourful stickers. Filled with more then 250 cool stickers, Children Just Like Me Sticker Book will entertain children for hours.
The battle waged in the heart of the Family Dracul continues, as the innocent take up arms against the monster. As his loved ones indulge in forbidden crimes with a legendary passion, Vlad the Impaler`s heir, Arkady, cries out to his sons" "Let the curse end with me!"
ISBN: 978-0-440-22269-9
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
William Blake, Kate Greenaway and Emily Dickinson are among literatures most beloved writers and all feature in this charming anthology of 200 poems - first published in 1969. Gyo Fujikawa`s appealing illustrations help to enhance verses that children will love such as The Owl and the Pussycat, The Day is Done, and Wynken, Blynken and Nod, along with proverbs, limericks, nursery rhymes and folk songs.
Cavalier and Roundhead battle it out in the turbulent setting of the English Civil war and provide the background for this classic tale of four orphans as they face adversity, survival in the forest, reconciliation and eventual forgiveness. This is the first enduring historical novel for children, which conjures up as much magic today as it did on first publication. The freedom from adult constraint allied with the necessary disciplines to survive in a hostile world make for a gripping read.
ISBN: 1-85326-110-6
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends - and then the age of Mankind
ISBN: 978-0-345-34795-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
The first complete book by Tolkien in three decades, this book, edited by Tolkien`s son Christopher, reunites fans of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves. This paperback edition includes eight color paintings by Alan Lee and a black-and-white map.
The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once against the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania. Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe, and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the Net, world by world. Soon Jane will not be able to move the ships. Ender`s children must save her if they are to save themselves.
ISBN: 0-8125-2239-7
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
A beautiful introduction to art for young children, packed with colourful photographs and cartoons and including thirty of the world`s best-loved works of art. Ages: 6+.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-7007-9
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime. When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and endless leisure began. But the children of this utopia dream strange dreams of distant suns and alien planets, and begin to evolve into something incomprehensible to their parents, and soon they will be ready to join the and, in a grand and thrilling metaphysical climax, leave the Earth behind.
ISBN: 978-0-575-08235-9
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Tales from Shakespeare, written by Charles and Mary Lamb as an `introduction to the study of Shakespeare`, are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare`s best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Tales from King Arthur, edited by Andrew Lang, takes the reader into the romantic world of the gallant Knights of the Round Table. It tells of their brave and chivalrous deeds, fair maidens, the quest for the Holy Grail, and the tragic love of King Arthur for Guinevere. The most potent of the mist-enshrouded tales of adventure passed down from pre-recorded history, the Arthurian legends have as much appeal today as they did in the days of the troubadors. Tales from the...
ISBN: 1-84022-063-5
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2010
Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth and destroy the children of Hurin.
ISBN: 978-0-00-730936-8
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "Children of the Frost" is an amazing collection of stories like "In the Forests of the North", "The Law of Life", "Nam-Bok the Unveracious", and "The Master of Mystery".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07496-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
There is something special about teaching children. Jayne Moon’s academic rigour and classroom experience inform every page of this book – but what shines through is a sense of the privilege it is to participate in someone’s learning at this age in their lives. This is a practical handbook with lots of teaching suggestions – but it is also a source of inspiration.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-8002-6
Издательство:
Macmillan
Дата выхода: август 2011
In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the dowry of his love Mameena. However, the beautiful and mysterious Mameena, known as the "Child of Storm," seduces Allan and tries to engage him in marriage. This edition also includes Magepa the Buck (1887).
ISBN: 978-5-521-06436-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
