Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Someone has stolen the great gray beast. The King calls in Big Max, the world's greatest detective. But the clues are very puzzling. Could this be too big a mystery even for Big Max?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «The first of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, «The Silmarillion». «The Book of Lost Tales» stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called «The Silmarillion». Embedded in English legend and English…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: This cartoon guide to US history begins in the English colonies and continues to the present day. The book presents such milestones in US history as the House of Burgesses, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Civil War, the Great Depression, the labour and civil rights movements, American expansion and the Gulf War. Larry Gonick is the author of The Cartoon History of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Each month is gay, each season nice, when eating chicken soup with rice.
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is March 1913, and the grand old city of Moscow is stirring herself to meet the beginning of spring. Change is in the air, and nowhere more so than at 22 Lipka Street, the home of English printer Frank Reid. One day Frank's wife Nellie takes the train back to England, with no explanation, leaving him with their three young children. Into his life comes Lisa…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 726 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 928) Аннотация: Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might among the great powers of the world. Kennedy begins with Europe's dramatic return to the forefront of world domination at the expense of China and the Muslim world and brings us up to modern times, with both on the brink of remarkable recovery. Along the way he…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things, where he is made king.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Small Pig likes to eat, to sleep and to run. But most of all he likes nice, soft mud. Everything is fine on the farm until the farmer's wife cleans up everything — even Small Pig's mud puddle. Then he runs away to the city — sure that since it is so dirty he will find a puddle there. Illustrated.
Скачать книгу (размер 218 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 44) Аннотация: Written to be read aloud by two voices — sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous — here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. In this remarkable volume of poetry for two voices, a companion…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: As Grasshopper sets out to follow a road, he meets some unusual characters.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: While his mother and father are away, a little elephant goes to visit his uncle. And what a time they have Uncle Elephant makes wishes come true, tells amazing stories, and trumpets the dawn. The visit is perfect, except for one thing-it ends much too soon.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech — the abused child of a single mother — is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even on Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to love a world he never knew…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: In 1957, Harper published its first I Can Read title, Little Bear, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Large type, simple vocabulary, chapter-like divisions, and decorative pictures made Little Bear perfect for emerging readers.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Frog and Toad enjoy each other's company as they spend their days together, but sometimes they find that it is nice just to be alone.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: «Two very good friends are back in «a quintet of tales loosely set around the seasons — one for each with a bonus Christmas number. Another winner for (Frog and Toad) fans young and old». Booklist. ALA Notable Children's Book. Three-color illustrations.»
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Little Bear meets Emily, a human girl, and her doll. Once again Little Bear proves himself to be as wistful and tender a little creature as exists in the child's library.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: When little 'scaredy cat' Annie disappears, it's another baffling case for detectives Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch. One of the funniest of the author's easy-to-read stories about the youthful 'private eyes.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: 'Short, original fables with fresh, unexpected morals poke subtle fun at human foibles through the antics of animals... The droll illustrations, with tones blended to luminescent shading, are complete and humorous themselves.' Association of Library Service to Children, ALA.
Скачать книгу (размер 315 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 63) Аннотация: When a mouse learns that he is to be the main ingredient in the weasel's mouse soup he concocts four tales to delay its preparation.