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Rudyard Kipling
If you read the stories of The First Jungle Book, you remember how, attaching the skin of Sher Khan to the Council Rock, Mowgli told the surviving wolves of the Zion pack that he would hunt one from now on, and how his brothers - four wolves - announced that they would hunt with him. But its hard to change life in one minute, especially in the jungle. The flock dispersed in disarray; Mowgli went to the cave of his wolves, lay down and slept all day and all night. Then he told Mother and Father Wolves everything that they could understand from his adventures among people, and when the boy made the morning sun play on the blade of his knife, the very one with which he skinned from Sher Khan, they agreed that their son learned something.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published as a book in 1911. Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published as a book in 1911. Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made.
Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet. Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books. She was a well known author of childrens stories, until she began reading mystery stories written by Anna Katherine Green, and from then on she devoted her writings to puzzling mysteries in a similar vein. A new book by this popular author, and written in her best and most interest-compelling style. Ladybird Lovell, the staying guest, is a quaint and startling but loving and lovable child, who comes unbidden into the home of her supposed aunts Priscilla and Dorinda. How she wins her way is the story. The Staying Guest is an enjoyable read that will surely leave you glad for having picked it up!
Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Story Girl is a beautifully-written classic by L. M. Montgomery. A perfect piece of literature that could be enjoyed by anyone, young or old. It narrates the adventures of a group of young cousins and their friends who live in a rural community on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The book is narrated by Beverley, who together with his brother Felix, has come to live with his Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec King on their farm while their father travels for business. The narrative is largely driven by Sara Stanleys enchanting tales of adventure, romance, terror and suspense. Sara is only fourteen, but she can weave tales that are impossible to resist. Capturing the purity of childhood fantasies, The Story Girl is an uplifting story sure to bring back a few memories with its evocative imagery and language.
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
Do you know what happens to bad rabbits who dont say please? This, along with The Story of Miss Moppet was designed as a simple tale, intended for very young children with an important lesson in good manners, of what befalls a rude little rabbit who doesnt say please when he wants something, but instead just takes it from someone else. The fierce bad rabbit learns the consequences of his unkind actions in an unusual way! The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit is number 20 in Beatrix Potters series of 23 little books. One of the worlds greatest childrens writers and illustrators, Beatrix Potter created some of the most recognizable characters in English literature, including Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Benjamin Bunny.
Hugh Lofting
The small, plump and shy Dr. Doolittle is a wonderful doctor whose love of animals deprives his patients. But after his parrot Polynesia teaches him to speak in animal languages, the Doctor becomes famous in the animal world, and travels around the world and even to the Moon! The doctor and his pets go to Africa to save the kingdom of monkeys from the plague. This book is for various age. Even an adult like it.
Edgar Jepson
The twins are living in relatively straightened circumstances, as their father has died, and get up to all kinds of mischief, while being governed by their own set of values. The children, however, have little dread of poverty, for when ever they desire a luxury, such as a bicycle, or a fur stole for their mothers Christmas present, they devise some means to raise the necessary funds, and they stop at nothing from inducing a rich great-aunt to endow a home for cats to poaching for pheasants, and no matter what they do they always come out victorious, even when it comes to making or marring marriages. The Terrible Twins is written in a bright and amusing style and the author has indeed drawn upon a vivid imagination to think of all the scrapes and escapades in which the terrible twins are involved.
L. Frank Baum
The Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbows Daughter are on an adventure searching for the pretty Munchkin girl that the Tin Woodman loved before the Old Witch of the East turned his body to tin, causing him to lose his heart. In a series of adventures sure to thrill Oz fans both old and new, these beloved friends face such challenges as a selfish giantess and a group of quarrelsome dragons all to fulfill a promise made long ago to a beautiful Munchkin girl. The Tin Woodman of Oz is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. This novel provides a backstory for the original novel The Wizard of Oz and reversed a trend of declining sales for the series, perhaps as a result of a desire for nostalgia amid the carnage of World War I. The book was dedicated to the authors grandson Frank Alden Baum.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
Tommy learns how to communicate with animals, thanks to Doctor Dolittle. Tommy finds himself with a kind doctor on a thrilling and dangerous journey to find Long Arrow, the native American and son of the Golden Arrow, who is considered the greatest living naturalist in the world. This is both an adventure story and a strong call for compassion for animals. The main character found a man in spirit and now they will travel together.
Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows is book that made Kenneth Grahame popular. Wind in the willows is an elegant parable about class struggle, about the dangers of decadent country life in the face of powerful revolutionary forces. This story explores the life of four generations. Kenneth Grahame wrote this story in a difficult period:women were propagandising for the vote,the Irish were demanding Home Rule.
L. Frank Baum
In the first of L. Frank Baums time-Honoréd Oz novels, country girl Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto are caught in a tornado, they and their Kansas farmhouse are suddenly transported to the fantastical Land of Oz where Munchkins live, monkeys fly and Wicked Witches rule, wild beasts talk, silver shoes have magic powers, and good witches offer protection with a kiss. Desperate to return to her native Kansas, and, aided by the Good Witch of the North, she and Toto together with new friends the Tin Woodsman, Scarecrow and cowardly Lion set out for the Emerald City at the heart of Oz to get help from the legendary, all-powerful Wizard of Oz and to ask him to grant each of them what they most desire only to find that they already possess it. With quirky illustrations, an amusing sense of logic, and delightful characters, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a gratifying start to a well-loved series.
They Wish They Were Us. Wszyscy chcą być jak my
Jessica Goodman
Morderstwo w ekskluzywnej szkole średniej na Long Island i próba odkrycia, co naprawdę się wydarzyło W miasteczku Gold Coast na Long Island wszystko wygląda idealnie od drogich butików przy promenadzie, przez plaże, aż do starannie wyprasowanych szkolnych mundurków Jill Newman i jej przyjaciół. Lecz trzy lata wcześniej Jill przekonała się, że to tylko fasada, pod którą ukrywa się prawda. W pierwszej klasie jej przyjaciółka, błyskotliwa i piękna Shaila Arnold, została zamordowana przez swojego chłopaka. Po burzliwej nocy na plaży Graham przyznał się do zbrodni, sprawę zamknięto i wszystko wróciło do normalności. Pozornie. Teraz Jill jest w czwartej klasie i czuje, że to ma być najlepszy czas w jej życiu. Kończy właśnie szkołę i należy do Graczy wąskiej grupy wybrańców tworzących nie aż takie tajne, jak mogłoby się wydawać, stowarzyszenie. Gracze z ostatniej klasy organizują najlepsze imprezy, mają najlepsze stopnie i wszyscy ich uwielbiają. To ma być jej czas. Jill nie ma wątpliwości. Lecz marzenia dziewczyny o doskonałym roku sypią się jak domek z kart, gdy niespodziewanie dowiaduje się, że Graham deklaruje swoją niewinność. Jeśli nie on zabił Shailę, to kto? Jill przysięga sobie dotrzeć do prawdy, lecz rozdrapywanie starych ran nie tylko burzy wszystkie przyjaźnie, ale i zagraża jej całej przyszłości.
Lewis Carroll
Before the readers comes the legendary fairy tale about Alice. In the second volume of adventures the girl is in Zaderkalli, where the world is a chessboard. There, Alice meets the Black Queen, the White Knight, the Lion, the Unicorn, the Shaltay Boltay and many other incredible characters who have been pleasing to children and adults around the world for almost a hundred and fifty years. Children will love this book.
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is a novel by Lewis Carroll, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Set six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror. Through the Looking-Glass includes such celebrated verses as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter", and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The mirror which inspired Carroll remains displayed in Charlton Kings.
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is a novel by Lewis Carroll, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Set six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror. Through the Looking-Glass includes such celebrated verses as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter", and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The mirror which inspired Carroll remains displayed in Charlton Kings.
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is a novel by Lewis Carroll, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Set six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror. Through the Looking-Glass includes such celebrated verses as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter", and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The mirror which inspired Carroll remains displayed in Charlton Kings.
L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology. For the second time a little girl from the United States comes to Oz. The story begins in a faraway corner of Oz, in the small country of Oogaboo. There, Queen Ann Soforth musters an unlikely army and sets off to conquer the rest of Oz. Meanwhile, a girl Betsy Bobbin from Oklahoma and her companion, Hank the mule, are shipwrecked in the Nonestic Ocean. The two drift to shore in the Rose Kingdom, a magical land of talking roses, on a fragment of wreckage. There they meet the Shaggy Man, who is on a quest to rescue his brother from the clutches of the evil Nome King. Betsy, Hank, and the Rose Princess join the Shaggy Man on his journey, and before long they meet up with Polychrome, the Rainbows Daughter; Tik-Tok; and Queen Ann with her army. Join Tik-Tok and friends on an exciting, imaginative journey through the thrilling world of Oz, complete with hairbreadth escapes, wild puns, and mystifying magic. An enduring favorite!
Jacob i Wilhelm Grimm
Jacob i Wilhelm Grimm Titelitury tłum. Marceli Tarnowski ISBN 978-83-288-2294-8 Pewien ubogi młynarz miał piękną córkę. Otóż zdarzyło się pewnego razu, że młynarz rozmawiał z królem, a chcąc przydać sobie znaczenia rzekł: Mam ci ja córkę, co potrafi prząść złoto ze słomy! A król na to: Ta sztuka podoba mi się bardzo. Jeśli córka twoja jest tak zdolna, jak powiadasz, przyprowadź ją jutro do zamku. Kiedy dziewczyna przyszła do zamku, król zaprowadził ją do izby p... Jacob i Wilhelm Grimm Jacob Grimm ur. 4 stycznia 1785 w Hanau, zm. 20 września 1863 w Berlinie oraz Wilhelm Grimm ur. 24 lutego 1786 w Hanau, zm. 16 grudnia 1859 w Berlinie Najważniejsze dzieła: kolekcjonowany od roku 1806 a publikowany od 1812 zbiór baśni, bajek ludowych, podań i opowieści Bracia Grimm jako pierwsi zapisywali ludowe baśnie i podania w formie bliskiej tej, w jakiej zostały one opowiedziane, powstrzymując się od literackiego upiększania materiału. Można ich zatem uznać za pionierów badań etnograficznych, mimo że nie prowadzili badań terenowych, lecz zapraszali do swojego mieszkania osoby opowiadające baśnie. Zbieraniem materiału zajmował się głównie Jacob, natomiast Wilhelm nadawał tekstom ostateczny kształt literacki. Najbardziej znane utwory ze zbioru to Królewna Śnieżka, Kopciuszek czy Piękna i Bestia. Bracia Grimm są również autorami wielotomowego słownika języka niemieckiego (Deutsches Wörterbuch). Jacob jest odkrywcą "prawa Grimma" w językoznawstwie, dotyczącego rozwoju praindoeuropejskich spółgłosek w językach germańskich i sąsiednich. Kupując książkę wspierasz fundację Nowoczesna Polska, która propaguje ideę wolnej kultury. Wolne Lektury to biblioteka internetowa, rozwijana pod patronatem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej. W jej zbiorach znajduje się kilka tysięcy utworów, w tym wiele lektur szkolnych zalecanych do użytku przez MEN, które trafiły już do domeny publicznej. Wszystkie dzieła są odpowiednio opracowane - opatrzone przypisami oraz motywami.