Книги жанра детская проза

The hugely popular Sleepover Club series is back. Meet Frankie, Kenny, Fliss, Rosie and Lyndz – five best friends who just want to have fun!When Lyndz falls off her favourite horse at Mrs McAllister’s stables, she develops a sudden terror of riding! It will take all the super-powers of the Sleepover Club to get her back on a horse again…As well as a great story this book has tips for fun things to…

A fifth title in the popular Bridesmaids series, aimed at 6 – 8 year old girls [but not including the boys, of course!]Jess is a talented young athlete. When her athletics teacher asks her to be a bridesmaid at their wedding, she jumps at the chance! But this is a wedding with a difference – the bride and groom are to run in a marathon and Jess has to run part of the way with them! But when a traf…

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…

Pratchett -meets-Python in this dark-comic fantasy with plenty of action, perfect for 11+ boysDrake is surprised to find three horsemen of the apocalypse playing snakes and ladders in his garden shed. He’s even more surprised when they insist that he is one of them. They’re missing a Horseman, having gone through several Deaths and they think that Drake is the boy for the job. At first he’s reluct…

One of four titles aimed at 6 to 8 year old girls on the theme of bridesmaids – a role that every little girl longs to play!The Posh BridesmaidWhen Morag is invited to be a bridesmaid , she is asked to dress in a ‘Little Bo Peep’ outfit – complete with shepherd’s crook, basket and bonnet. The wedding is in a castle in Scotland, with a marquee in the garden for the reception. But the idyllic day, t…

First in the super-funny classic series The Bagthorpe Saga, starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.Jack’s fed up of living in the shadow of his brilliant siblings. He and his trusty dog Zero are completely ordinary while the rest of them are annoyingly gifted. So when Uncle Parker comes up with a plan to make Jack stand out, he’s more than a li…

The first in a charming new series of magical books for younger readers about Freddy Frogpurse, the fun-loving, Wizzbang Wizard.Freddy pointed his magic wand at the sofa. “Wizzbang-a-dust-up! Get-me-a-gust-up!” he said out loud.Freddy Frogpurse has come to his Great Uncle Sneezer’s house to learn how to be a wizard. His house dragon, Odds and Ends, nags at him to practise more, but Freddy just wan…

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…

Фазиль Абдулович Искандер (1929–2016) – мастер прозы, поэт, эссеист, автор остроумных афоризмов. «Детство формирует человека, и многие впечатления детства становятся потом основой характера взрослого. В этом смысле детство – это основа будущего взрослого человека», – считал писатель. Именно поэтому Фазиль Искандер много писал о детях. В книгу вошли рассказ «Тринадцатый подвиг Геракла» и цикл расск…

On the night before Christmas, lock the doors to the house…Forget the jolly old man in his red, big-buttoned suit. Because another creature is up on the roof, preparing for his annual visit to little children everywhere.With a belt of knives round his waist, a writhing bag on his back and a Santa-sized appetite, he’s a little…different to the St Nick you might be expecting.And you can leave out al…

Alfie the Doorstep Cat – star of the smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller – is back in brand new ALFIE story for a younger readership.Alfie is everyone’s favourite cat. A big ball of grey fur who changes the lives of every family he meets. When the Clover family move into Alfie’s neighbourhood he soon makes friends with eight-year-old Stanley Clover. Stanley wants to be a famous explorer and takes Al…

An indispensable guide for Harry Potter fans of all ages.Harry Potter is, without doubt, the publishing sensation of the past decade. Here for the first time in dictionary form is an unofficial readers' guide to all seven books.From 'Animagus' (a wizard that can transform into an animal) to 'Zonkos' (the joke and gift shop in Hogsmeade), Aubrey Malone explores the characters, creatures, places and…

Все знают и любят канадского писателя-натуралиста Эрнеста Сетон-Томпсона. Его замечательные, полные любви и сочувствия к животным произведения «Домино», «Чинк», «Уличный певец» и многие другие представлять не надо: их проходят еще в школе. Наша книга подарит детям и взрослым уникальную возможность – прочитать их с комментариями биолога и взглянуть на самые известные рассказы Сетон-Томпсона с новой…

Лев Николаевич Толстой (1828–1910) – писатель мирового уровня. Уделял особое внимание детской литературе и образованию крестьянских детей. В имении Ясная Поляна писатель обучал, общался и наблюдал за жизнью ребят. Его «Азбука», «Новая азбука» и «Русские книги для чтения» заполнили огромнейшую брешь в народном образовании. В книгу «Сказки, басни, были и рассказы» вошли те самые произведения, которы…