Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to Iced. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily`s feel are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman`s eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the power to make a good marriage and change the fortunes of her family. To prepare tor her new life, she must undergo the agonies of foot-binding, learn nu shu, the famed secret women`s writing, and make a very special friend, Snow Flower. But a bitter reversal of fortune is about to change everything.
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: 978-5-8112-5016-5
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: апрель 2014
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
One, two, three, four, five, six, sevenlittle dwarfs live in the house. All the Dwarfs love Snow White. The Queen is angry. She makes a poisoned apple for Snow White. Does Snow White eat the apple?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8855-9
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
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
‘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
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
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
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" The Queen wants to be the most beautiful, but one day the mirror says, "Snow White!"Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio (British English and American English).500 headwords1,199 words
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
Contemporary / British English It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north-west coast of America. The Second World War has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community. Will Kabuo receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim`s death be discovered?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8273-6
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Startling, fresh and utterly unique, Snowflake is a story of messy families, messier friendships and how new chapters often mean starting right back at the beginning.Поразительная, свежая и совершенно уникальная "Снежинка" — это история о неблагополучных семьях, еще более запутанной дружбе и о том, как новые главы в жизни, часто означают, что нужно начинать с самого начала.
A small boy builds a snowman which, for one magical night, comes to life. This heartwarming story is based on the much-loved animated film of Raymond Briggs` "The Snowman". Children will really enjoy all the fun Christmas crafts, puzzles and quizzes inside this activity book.
ISBN: 978-1-84646-766-0
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
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, a masterpiece of description.
ISBN: 0-09-990880-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
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
