Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited Oscar Wilde fairytales collection. During his prolific career, Oscar Wilde also wrote several stories for children and fairy tales. In these stories Wilde really expressed his affection for aesthetic writing. His children's tales are assembled in his two short story collections: The Happy Prince and Other Tales: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Devoted Friend The Selfish Giant The Remarkable Rocket A House of...
Young adult. Первая книга цикла «Петля времени». Уже двести лет цирк мистера Валруса кочует по далёким планетам и мирам. Яналия и Гермес выросли в цирке. Их дом – гигантский космический корабль, а друзья – артисты, балаганщики и фантастические существа с других планет. Беззаботное существование главных героев заканчивается, когда представление на планете Корот оказывается сорванным. Цирк попадает в необъяснимую временную аномалию. Теперь Яналии и Гермесу предстоит выяснить, как с этим связан...
This is a complete collection of all Peter Pan Adventures written by James Matthew Barrie as well as other Peter Pan works written by other authors. It also includes the novel in which Peter Pan was first presented (The Little White Bird) even before the first and most famous Peter Pan story was written. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie's most famous work, tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his...
This eBook edition of «The Rider of Golden Bar» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "When his cigarette was going well he lazed over on his side, supporting his head on a crooked arm, and gazed abroad between half-shut lids. The view from Linny's Hill was all that could be desired. At the base of the hill the Golden Bar-Hillsville trail, a yellow-gray ribbon across the green, led the eye across flats and gentle...
Rob McIntyre, John Hardy and Jesse Wilcox are three adventurous young boys from the town of Valdez, Alaska. We follow them through their numerous journeys and exploration trips across the American continent, often with the help of their Uncle Dick. Table of Contents: The Young Alaskans The Young Alaskans in the Rockies The Young Alaskans on the Trail Young Alaskans in the Far North The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Emerson Hough (1857–1923) was an American author best known for writing...
"A Little Maid of Provincetown" tells the story of spunky young girl Anne Nelson, set around the times of the American Revolution. After her father gets lost at the sea, eight-year-old Anne moves in with Captain Stoddard and his wife in Province Town. Other children tease Anne, calling her father traitor and spy, but when he returns and visits her, they are convinced in his innocence and accept Anne. Anne becomes friends with two children, Amanda and Amos Cary, and they play and go on...
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique Thanksgiving collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Kingdom of the Greedy by P. J. Stahl Thankful by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Beetle Ring's Thanksgiving Mascot by Sheldon C. Stoddard Mistress Esteem Elliott's Molasses Cake by Kate Upson Clark The First Thanksgiving by Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball Thanksgiving at Todd's Asylum by Winthrop Packard ...
This eBook edition of «The Gun-Brand (Western Classic)» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Seated upon a thick, burlap-covered bale of freight—a «piece,» in the parlance of the North—Chloe Elliston idly watched the loading of the scows. The operation was not new to her; a dozen times within the month since the outfit had swung out from Athabasca Landing she had watched from the muddy bank…" James B. Hendryx was an author and...
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children – the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds. Nesbit also wrote for adults, including novels, short stories and four collections of horror stories. Content: The Bastable Trilogy The Story of the Treasure Seekers The Wouldbegoods ...
This eBook edition of «The Texan» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "Exactly twenty minutes after young Benton dismounted from his big rangy black before the door of a low adobe saloon that fronted upon one of the narrow crooked streets of old Las Vegas, he glanced into the eyes of the thin-lipped croupier and laughed. «You've got 'em. Seventy-four good old Texas dollars.» He held up a coin between his thumb...
Л. Пантелеев (Алексей Иванович Еремеев) – советский писатель, известный нам прежде всего по повести «Республика ШКИД», написанной в соавторстве с Г. Белых. Однако Л. Пантелеев создал и множество других произведений, как для детей, так и для взрослых. Тонкий психолог, он придумал удивительно созвучные детям истории с незамысловатым сюжетом, написанные простым, понятным языком. В нашу книгу вошли стихи, сказки и рассказы писателя, на которых выросло не одно поколение читателей, – «Весёлый...