‘Did you run across that queer sort of legend about a wild goose? It was all up and down the beaches. You know how those things spring up. Some of the men I brought back were talking about it. It was supposed to have appeared at intervals the last days between Dunkirk and La Panne. If you saw it, you were eventually saved. That sort of thing’. ‘Hmm, a wild goose. I saw a tame one. Dashed strange experience. Tragic in a way, too. And lucky for us. Tell you about it … "The Snow Goose" is a beautiful tale of a hunchbacked artist, a girl, a wounded bird and a courageous act at Dunkirk. Also included in this volume is "The Small Miracle", a contemporary fable inspired by St Francis of Assisi. Both tales are endearing classics of the...
ISBN: 978-0-14-029952-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
From the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen. Kay and Gerda are childhood friends, but one day Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen. Gerda goes in search of him, helped by a friendly crow, a princess, a robber girl and a reindeer, until finally she must cross the ice alone to rescue her friend. The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English.
Ladybird Tales are based on the original best-selling "Well-Loved Tales". These classic stories have been combined with beautiful new illustrations to bring the magic of Ladybird Tales to a new generation. Children have always loved these stories, and reading them together is an experience to treasure.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-1423-3
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
A magic mirror in which good and evil are hideously distorted breaks, and its tiny pieces fly all over the world. One piece lodges in the eye of a little boy named Kay, transforming his vision. Another pierces his heart, turning it cold as ice. Kay’s playmate Gerda is shocked by the change in her friend, and becomes heartbroken when he disappears. A perilous journey to find Kay takes Gerda to a land locked in ice and snow, where she must outwit the powerful Snow Queen to rescue her beloved friend. The haunting illustrations capture all the mystery and magic of Andersen’s longest, most imaginative tale.
ISBN: 978-1-933327-22-8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Перед вами книга для чтения на английском языке для детей младшего школьного возраста, которые занимаются языком не менее года. Известная сказка адаптирована Н.А.Наумовой специально для российских детей. Грамматика и лексика подобраны в соответствии с программами обучения в начальной школе. Благодаря этому вы можете заниматься с ребенком дома, не беспокоясь о том, что вам встретится грамматика, которую...
ISBN: 978-5-8112-4703-5
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Philip Rhayader is a painter. He lives alone in an old lighthouse. But his life changes when a young girl brings him an injured snow goose. The other stories are The Doll` and The Silver Swans.`
ISBN: 978-1-4058-5215-9
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Fairy stories and traditional tales have a special place in the life of every child. Trust Ladybird to bring you all the best-loved titles in our famous small, hard-wearing format. This tale of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs is perfect for reading aloud, or for older, more confident readers to read by themselves. There are 24 Ladybird Tales to collect, so the only problem is which one to choose first!
ISBN: 978-1-84646-991-6
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
A gorgeous board book of Hans Christian Andersen`s classic tale, `The Snow Queen`, specially written for younger children. Wrap up warmly to join Gerda on her quest to rescue best friend Kay from the icy clutches of the wicked Snow Queen.
Эта книга входит в серию иллюстрированных учебных пособий "Читаем вместе", адресованных детям старшего дошкольного и младшего школьного возраста. Известная сказка адаптирована специально для российских детей. Каждая глава книги сопровождается занимательными упражнениями, составленными с учетом новейших методик преподавания английского языка в раннем возрасте. Их выполнение поможет ребенку не...
ISBN: 978-5-8112-5484-2
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: октябрь 2014
Read it yourself is a learning to read series of classic, traditional stories with four levels of difficulty to suit the stage your child is at with reading. Written in a simple way for young readers, they will build their confidence in learning to read as they progress through each level. Familiar fairy tales and exciting stories will amuse children and encourage them to progress further with this series and become confident readers. Each book in the Read it yourself with Ladybird series is carefully structured to include many everyday words that are vital for first reading/beginner readers. They also contain clear, beautiful pictures for extra support and interest. Extra puzzle questions at the end of each book further help with...
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0379-4
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Once upon a time (or last Thursday, as it’s known in this matrix) everything was fine: Humpty Dumpty sat on his wall, Jack and Jill went about their lawful business, the Big Bad Wolf did what big bad wolves do, and the wicked queen plotted murder most foul. But the humans hacked cried havoc, shut down the wicked queen’s system (mirrors ) and corrupted her database - and suddenly everything was not fine at all. But at least we know that they’ll all live happily ever after. Don’t we? Computers and fairy tales collide to hilarious effect in the latest sparkling cocktail of mayhem, wit and wonder from the master of comic fantasy.
ISBN: 978-1-85723-988-1
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
- A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale about the wicked Snow Queen’s attempt to kidnap a boy in the frozen north. - Beautifully and atmospherically illustrated by Alan Marks, winner of the Carnegie Medal. - Part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence. - The audio CD includes a dramatic listen-along recording with music and sound effects, followed by a read-along version with prompts for page turns.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-6002-5
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Snow White’s life is in danger when her father marries again and his new wife, Queen Bella, becomes terribly jealous of Snow White’s beauty. But Queen Bella’s plans fail, and Snow White finds safety at the cottage of the seven dwarfs before becoming reunited with her father.
ISBN: 978885300-920-3
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Three titles in the popular Young Reading series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making this book and CD easy to store together. The Young Reading series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.
ISBN: 978-1-4095-3384-9
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother`s pink scarf. Inspector Harry Hole is convinced there is a link between the disappearance and a menacing letter he received some months earlier. As Harry and his team delve into unsolved case files, they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years. When a second woman disappears Harry`s suspicions are confirmed: he is a pawn in a deadly game. For the first time in his career Harry finds...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955174-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Men and women of passion and action live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. From haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro to brutal sensationalism in the bullring; from rural America with its deceptive calm to the heart of war-ravaged Europe, each of the stories in this classic collection is a feat of imagination, and a masterpiece of description. The Snows of Kilimanjaro is one of the best known and loved collections of stories by one of the greatest literary novelists of the twentieth century.
ISBN: 9780099908807
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Men and women of passion and action live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. From haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro to brutal sensationalism in the bullring; from rural America with its deceptive calm to the heart of war-ravaged Europe, each of the stories in this classic collection is a feat of imagination, a masterpiece of description.
ISBN: 0-09-990880-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
