The story takes the reader to Odessa at the beginning of the 20th century, in the very storm of events of the first Russian revolution.

The book includes the fairy tale of P. Ershov The Little Humpbacked Horse, which is studied in primary school.

Автор книг - английская писательница Холли Вебб. Именно книги о щенках и котятах принесли ей известность. До того, как стать писателем, Холли Вебб работала редактором детской литературы в одном из крупных английских издательств. Сейчас на ее счету уже более 30 книг о маленьких домашних питомцах, они входят в списки бестселлеров книг для детей по всему миру. Перед вами серия ее новых книг про...

Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: Why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp's powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the HiveWings, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, Cricket has to hide, terrified...

In this fourth mystery about 12-year-old Maisie, the young detective must solve a crime for her friend Professor Tobin. The professor travelled all over the world collecting strange and wonderful objects, and the British Museum is opening a special room to house his collection. But before the professor’s donation, a thief steals a valuable Amazonian tribal mask! With just a single feather left...

The story-tale 'The Little Prince' is the most famous work of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The book was first published in 1943, has since been translated into more than 300 languages, and its total circulation exceeds several tens of millions of copies. The

Since Mia's the brand-new crown princess of Genovia, indomitable dowager princess Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for her. With just a few innocent remarks, Mia manages to enrage her best friend Lilly, practically get one of her teachers fired, and alienate the entire country of Genovia. (Population 50,000, but still!)

‘The Black Hen, or the Underground Inhabitants’ is an extraordinary, enchanting story that Antony Pogorelsky wrote for his beloved nephew Alyosha, the future famous writer Alexei Tolstoy. This is the first work in the history of Russian literature written specifically for children.

In the shadow of wings . . . humans fight for survival. Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago.Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one.Wren doesn't trust...

Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe -- while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong.

Three dragons. One unavoidable, unpredictable destiny. This is the beginning... of the end.In the SeaWing kingdom, a young prince learns he is an animus -- capable of wonderful magic that comes with a terrible price.In the mind of a NightWing dragonet, a thousand futures unfold -- and almost all of them, she knows, lead to disaster and destruction.And under three full moons and the watchful...

Some secrets are deadly.It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings and ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala.Every tree, that is, except the wild and dangerous Poison Jungle, where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding since the war. Hiding, plotting, and waiting for a dragon...