Книги для детей: прочее
20204 кн.
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 ...
| Автор | Эдит Несбит |
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...
| Автор | James B. Hendryx |
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...
| Автор | Леонид Пантелеев |
In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15 year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister Gretel yearn to participate in December's great ice skating race on the canal. They have little chance of doing well on their handmade wooden skates, but the prospect of the race and the prize of the silver skates excites them and fires their dreams. Hans' father, Raff Brinker, suffered head trauma when he fell from a dike. It left him chronically ill, with episodes of amnesia and occasional...
| Автор | Mary Mapes Dodge |
The Gingerbread Boy and Joyful Jingle Play Stories is a collection of a dozen beautifully illustrated children's Christmas stories. Table of Contents: The Gingerbread Boy The Easter Bunny Old Woman Work-Away Bobby Bright Eyes' Birthday Party The Happy Hare The Road to Sleepy-Town Old Mother Bear's Christmas Stocking Old Mother Bear's Happy New Year Little Tommy Tittlemouse The Mad March Hare Danny-Do-Little Jack and Jill's Toothpick Circus
| Автор | Laura Rountree Smith |
Learn about the childhood of these famous women who became role models for children all over the world: I. Saint Catherine: The Girl of Siena II. Joan of Arc: The Girl of Domremy III. Vittoria Colonna: The Girl of Ischia IV. Catherine de' Medici: The Girl of Mediæval Italy V. Lady Jane Grey: The Girl of Tudor England VI. Mary Queen of Scots: The Girl of the French Court VII. Pocahontas: The Girl of the Virginia Woods VIII. Priscilla Alden: The Girl of Plymouth IX. Catherine the...
| Автор | Rupert Sargent Holland |
The story has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fantasy world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice books, the story set in Victorian Britain is a social novel, with its characters discussing various concepts and aspects of religion, society, philosophy and morality."Sylvie and Bruno" and its sequel «Sylvie and Bruno Concluded» are...
| Автор | Lewis Carroll |
This eBook edition of «THE GREATEST ADVENTURES SERIES – Robert Louis Stevenson Edition (Illustrated)» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the...
| Автор | Robert Louis Stevenson |
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Young Alaskans Series 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 Other Novels The Girl at the Halfway House The Mississippi Bubble The Law of the Land Heart's Desire The Way of a Man 54-40 or Fight The Purchase Price The...
| Автор | Emerson Hough |
This eBook edition of «The Pirates of the West Indies in 17th Century» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Clarence Henry Haring was an important historian of Latin America and a pioneer in initiating the study of Latin American colonial institutions among scholars in the United States. Excerpt: "Christopher Columbus, a Genoese sailor in the service of the Castilian Crown, wishing to find a western route by sea to India and...
| Автор | Clarence Henry Haring |
This unique edition of the greatest russian fairytales & fables has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages: Picture Fables for the Little Ones: The Cock and the Bean The Goat and the Ram ...
| Автор | Arthur Ransome |
