В чулане бабушкиного деревенского дома Полинка обнаружила старинную русскую игрушку - матрёшку. Каждую ночь девочка открывает деревянную куколку и та, превратившись в загадочный персонаж, уносит её в дальние странствия, то с княжной на загадочный остров, то с русалкой в подводную пещеру. Всего куколок семь. Матрешка удивительным образом исчезает и неожиданно проявляет себя на следующий день. Сны д…
Лиза Корнилова (за свою любовь к Достоевскому прозванная одноклассниками Федей) мечтает стать писателем, а еще она чувствует и понимает душу своего родного города, Санкт-Петербурга. Кирилл Вольберг легко решает любые математические задачи. Артем Григорьев обладает феноменальной памятью, а Игорь Егоров – поразительной интуицией. Перед каждым из этих талантливых девятиклассников открыто будущее и ве…
В этой детской истории описываются удивительные и необыкновенные приключения в городе и деревне обычной девочки школьницы Лады и маленькой феи добра и справедливости. Благодаря маленькой феи все обычное вокруг становится необычным. И окружающее Ладу зло и несправедливость вдруг можно победить. И дети и их родители видят, что можно жить веселее и счастливей. В этой детской истории описываются событ…
В эту прекрасно иллюстрированную книгу вошли рассказы Михаила Пришвина про птиц и зверей. Для младшего школьного возраста.
The complete and unforgettable The Life After trilogy available to purchase together for the first time!Soul TakenAfter-life just got a lot more complicatedMaggie is a Soul Collector. It’s her job to transport souls from the Living Realm to the After – but during a mission to New England to find a stolen soul, she ends up stuck in a teen mean girl’s body. Trapped, Maggie’s soul is catapulted into …
Tales from the nation’s favourite storyteller about man’s best friend who will do anything to protect their loving owners.‘Shadow’:Aman and his mother live in war-torn Afghanistan. When a Western dog appears at the mouth of their cave, it soon becomes Aman’s constant companion, his shadow as he calls her. But life is becoming increasingly dangerous for Aman and his family…‘Cool!’:Michael Morpurgo’…
A new edition of the first novel about much-loved character Little Wolf from the author of the MEERKAT MADNESS books and HARRY AND THE BUCKETFUL OF DINOSAURS.All Little Wolf wants to do is stay at home with Mum and Dad and Baby brother Smellybreff. Instead he’s packed off to Cunning College to learn the 9 Rules of Badess and earn his Gold BAD Badge from his wicked Uncle Bigbad. He sets off on his …
A classic Jean Ure story for girls AND boys, about a boy who’s driving girls wild…Dorian Jones is an 11-year-old boy who is having ‘terrible trouble with girls’. They just won't leave him alone.Girls at school and his annoying younger sisters' friends have massive crushes on him, but Dory's passion is for dinosaurs and he is happiest excavating his back garden. His best friend at school is Aaron a…
The eleventh Lost Diary detailing Columbus’ first voyage across the Atlantic and his historic landing in the ‘New World’. As told by Luc Landahoya who tries to work out where he’s going.The diary tells the story within a 12-month span from Spring 1492 when Columbus got the official go-ahead from Ferdinand and Isabella, to the Spring of 1493 when he returned in triumph following his ‘discovery’ of …
Humorous historical ‘faction’ in diary format. Montezuma – last Emperor of the Aztecs – lived in a palace and was deemed so holy that he never put his feet on the ground!His soothsayer or priest was naturally with him every day – from his worship to the Sun God, to his death at the hands of his own people following their defeat by Cortes and the Spaniards. His diary reveals the truth about a power…
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCANDAL Nefertidy Tells All!Newly discovered diaries and postcards from Ancient Egypt reveal that King Tutankhamun was a bit of a mummy's boy – but what can you expect from a nine-year-old ruler with a mother like Nefertidy! Astonishing details of life in Ancient Egypt are revealed from a completely different perspective. / Pharaohs and pyramids / Hieroglyphics and hairstyles / Sc…
A vivid, compelling and intensely moving novel from an exciting new voice in young adult fiction.Coo is trying to cope with the hand that life has dealt her. At sixteen, she feels she’s too young to have lost her older brother, Sam, to alcoholism. She’s skipping school to avoid the sympathy and questions of her friends and teachers, and shunning her parents, angry that they failed to protect her, …
The dramatic and gripping conclusion to Katherine Langrish’s highly-acclaimed TROLL trilogy.When seafaring traders, Gunnar, and his sword-wielding son, Harald Silkenhair, land in Trollsvik, looking for crew to join their journey to Vinland (North America), Hilde is desperate to join the ship. She begs her parents to let her go as Gunnar’s wife Astrid’s companion, and when Peer agrees to go and loo…
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 …
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…