The twelfth Lost Diary about this famous entertainer. Set from 1885 the year in which Annie joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show to 1893 when Annie reached the high point of her career at the Chicago World’s Fair.Annie Oakley ‘s rags-to-riches story is engaging and exciting. She began shooting to provide for the family pot and was soon selling her surplus game to hotels in Cincinnati. Within two y…
Эта история началась с того, что мальчик Миша поймал большую муху и решил ее воспитывать, кормить и дрессировать. Подумаешь муха, ничего необычного, скажет кто-нибудь. А вот и нет. Эта удивительная муха, по имени Маня, помогла семье Миши совершить невероятное путешествие в Австралию.
A heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for everyone of 10 and older – this book will probably make you cry, and will definitely make you laugh.Cymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimmingNot ever. Not once.But how hard can it be? He’s Googled front crawl and he’s found his dad’s old pair of trunks. He’s totally ready.What he’s not ready for is the accident at the pool – or how it leads hi…
В книгу входят весёлые рассказы современных детских писателей – Сергея Георгиева, Марины Дружининой, Сергея Степанова, Ирины Антоновой, Тамары Крюковой – о школе, семье, дружбе, играх и увлечениях. Все произведения учат доброте, чуткости, отзывчивости, написаны с тонким юмором и пониманием мира ребёнка. Книга для внеклассного чтения. Для младшего школьного возраста.
No one suspects what she’s made of…After the sudden death of her father, Mila’s at a new school, trying to fit in and falling for mysterious sexy Hunter. But her world slams upside down in a heartbeat when a car accident reveals a secret she never knew; a secret about herself.Mila is devastated to learn that her memories are just chimeras, her dreams untrue. She can’t even rely on her emotions to …
Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerA moving story of a brother, a sister and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines.Olly’s brother Matt wants to go and work with children who have been made orphans, through war, in Africa. He wants to be a clown and make them laugh. His mother and sister w…
Вам знакома знаменитая история пса, настолько привязанного к своему хозяину, что он всю жизнь ежедневно бегал встречать того на вокзал, не зная, что хозяина больше нет? Эта книга посвящена моему другу детства, коту, который в своей преданности человеку ни в чем не уступил знаменитому Хатико.
У всех есть бабушки. Они не только любят и балуют своих внучат, но и воспитывают их. Некоторые бабушки учат своих внуков правильному поведению наставлениями, а некоторые - сказками. И сказки, как правило, служат лучшими примерами, так как запоминаются надолго.
The jaw-achingly funny novel from David Walliams, the number one bestselling author! Make your appointment if you dare…Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their …
В книгу входят весёлые рассказы современных детских писателей – Сергея Георгиева, Марины Дружининой, Сергея Степанова, Ирины Антоновой, Тамары Крюковой – о школе, семье, дружбе, играх и увлечениях. Все произведения учат доброте, чуткости, отзывчивости, написаны с тонким юмором и пониманием мира ребёнка. Книга для внеклассного чтения. Для младшего школьного возраста.
A powerful being fights for his life within the body of a humble, earthbound puppy.Sirius, immortal Lord of the Dog Star and infamous for his quick temper, cannot believe it when he is falsely accused of murder and banished to Earth. There he is reborn into the body of a puppy and learns that he has the life-span of that creature to recover the missing murder weapon. If he fails, he will die.He is…
The thrilling conclusion to Janet Edward’s sensational debut YA sci-fi trilogy.Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portalling to other planets.Except now she’s the most famous Earth girl in the universe – but not everyone in the universe is happy about it, nor the fac…
The fourth extraordinary novel from the bestselling author of a ‘A Dog Called Homeless’.Leo dreams about being a hero. In his imagination he is a fearsome gladiator, but he wants to be a hero in real life.When the boys at school dare Leo to do something he knows is wrong, he lets everybody down. How can he make things right again?A little dog called Jack Pepper is missing and it will take a true h…
A bold and brilliant novel about love, lies and redemption, from award-winning author, Jenny Valentine – one of the greatest YA voices of her generation.Iris's father, Ernest, is at the end of his life and she hasn't even met him. Her best friend, Thurston, is somewhere on the other side of the world. Everything she thought she knew is up in flames.Now her mother has declared war and means to get …
A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of PRIVATE PEACEFUL and THE BUTTERFLY LIONThis is a landmark new novel form the nation’s favourite storyteller, set in the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2. There, a young autistic boy lives on his parents’ farm among the salt flats, and the flamingos that live there. Th…