Фильм Криса Коламбуса по сценарию Джона Хьюза «Один дома», снятый в 1990 г., по-прежнему невероятно популярен. Обаятельный восьмилетний герой, немного недотёпа, но при этом сообразительный, храбрый и самостоятельный, под Рождество остается дома один и сразу же проделывает всё то, что ему запрещали родители. Но оказывается, что без старших может быть не только весело, но и страшно, и очень ответств…
A humorous, poignant and heartwarming story of four girls and their exasperating parents, from the Queen of Tween, Jean Ure.“People always fall out after they’re married. I’m going to stay single.”Jasmine, Laurel, Rose and Daisy. Four very different sisters, four very different attitudes! As if living with each other wasn’t bad enough, living with their parents is worse – particularly parents who …
A humorous, poignant and heartwarming story of four girls and their exasperating parents, from the Queen of Tween, Jean Ure.“People always fall out after they’re married. I’m going to stay single.”Jasmine, Laurel, Rose and Daisy. Four very different sisters, four very different attitudes! As if living with each other wasn’t bad enough, living with their parents is worse – particularly parents who …
A beautiful love story and contemporary fairytale set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, this stunning and moving novel will break your heart, only to put it back together again…This is the story of Lina, a teenage girl from Baghdad. It starts in 2003, as the bombs begin to fall on the city.In it, Lina fights to survive, to find a life for herself amid the chaos of war, to find what happened to…
«Доктор Чихахл и его страшная тайна» – вторая сказка детской экологической серии «Время героев». Маленькие борцы за спасение любимой планеты сталкиваются с новыми вызовами: загрязнением воздуха, всемирным потеплением и последствиями опустынивания. Отважный воробей Робик, сойка Сая, змея Стрелка и трубкозуб Зуба отправятся на спасение Земли и расскажут о последствиях, к которым может привести нераз…
После сильного шторма волны принесли кролика на небольшой остров. Совершенно один он начинает жизнь с чистого листа. Но постойте, на острове точно есть ещё кто-то! Остров, который казался необитаемым, окутан множеством тайн. Давайте вместе посмотрим его красоты!
Волк с лисой вычитали в книжке, что где-то есть на свете некий пирожок с вишней и он очень вкусный. Не медля ни минуты друзья отправились его искать. Но как искать то – не знаю что? В этом им помогут лесные соседи. Или не помогут… Сказка в стихах, щедро насыщенна красочными иллюстрациями!
Partly autobiographical, this is the third title in Judith Kerr’s internationally acclaimed trilogy of books following the life of Anna through war-torn Germany, to London during the Blitz and her return to Berlin to discover the past…Berlin is where Anna lived before Hitler, when she was still a German child; before she spoke a word of English, before her family had all become refugees. Long befo…
A sparkling novel from the author of SHINE and GLITTER.“We talk about everything, Dad and me.About all the mysteries inside of us. About all our wonderings of the world.But tomorrow my dad goes to war. Then what will I do?”Jemima’s dad’s in the Army and he’s off to Afghanistan again for six whole months.Her mum’s about to have another baby and hasn’t got the energy to worry about anything else.Gra…
Two girls with two very different lives come together in this beautiful and moving story of friendship and family, by a major new voice in girls’ fiction.Meet Maya. She has a cosy, comfy life with her slightly hippy mum and dad by the sea in Cornwall. But as an only child, Maya feels smothered by her parents’ love and longs to be a given more freedom and independence; but what Maya wants more than…
Another brilliant story containing comedy, calamity and cool characters by acclaimed writer Jean Ure.Even though Tash and Emily go to a nunnery (well, an all girls' school, which amounts to the same thing!), they are into boys in a BIG WAY. They're also stepsisters and the hugest of best friends. So when their mum and dad have to go Peru for work for a couple of months, leaving the girls in their …
Sisters – one of the closest relationships in the world? Megan and Sarah wouldn’t agree…MEGAN'S STORY: Megan is constantly in her big sister's shadow. Prettier, smarter, funnier, Sarah has it all; the adoration of their parents, a great group of friends, talent, and – of course – Conor. Megan struggles to retain her identity as she tries to turn the tables on her lucky, gifted sibling. But is the …
This new ebook version of Tolkien's timeless classic presents readers with a plethora of full colour images of the original letters alongside the transcribed text, offering a truly engrossing reading experience.Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured dr…
Gabriella Midwinter used to have a home. She wasn’t invisible back then…For fans of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson, a stunning new novel from the author of SHINE, GLITTER, SEA OF STARS and A MILLION ANGELS.“What’s strange is that the day it actually happened, everything seemed so normal.”Caught between arguing parents and moving house, twelve-year-old Gabriella somehow slips through the crack…
“Doktor Chixaxl va uning mudhish siri” – bu “Qahramonlar vaqti” ekologik turkumidagi ikkinchi ertakdir. Sevimli sayyoramizni asrab qolish maqsadidagi mitti kurashchilar yangi chaqiriqlar: havoning ifloslanishi, jahon iqlimining isishi, cho‘llashuv oqibatlariga qarshi turishlariga to‘g‘ri keladi. Dovyurak chumchuq Robik, zagʻch Saya, Strelka nomli ilon va chumolixoʻr Zuba Yerni asrashga otlanadilar…