Podkin and his fellow rabbits have been sheltering in Dark Hollow after their battle with Scramashank. Paz tends to the rabbits with sleeping sickness; Crom meets with the war council . . . Podkin has nothing to do! Frustrated, Podkin goes exploring and discovers an abandoned underground chamber. Armed with the Gift of Dark Hollow, Podkin learns to moonstride, and Paz is rewarded with a magical...

The third book in the Moomin Lands series is a unique new encounter with the cute Moomin family and their many friends. The book includes the stories 'Invisible Child', 'Dad and the Sea', 'At the End of November'.

Pianist, composer and sensitive romantic. Fryderyk Chopin – a truly international talent. And he was born and spent his childhood in Poland! It was here that he had loving parents and a home that resounded with music. It was in a country that did not exist on the map at that time that he experienced his first contacts with the keyboard and his first performances before the Warsaw audience....

This is Mahatma Ghandi, or, as his nickname suggests, a great spirit. Throughout his life, he proved that violence is the worst form of fighting for the equality of men and women. He worked for the poorest, for those despised solely because of the color of their skin, and for those who could not enjoy freedom. And all this with calm strength, unyielding perseverance, and a revolutionary...

Theory of relativity, the most famous formula in the world and scientific achievements that earned him the Nobel Prize in 1921. This time, meet one of the most famous scientists of all time – Albert Einstein. It is hard to believe that he was not a model student and even had problems at school. Yes, this funny-looking, disheveled physicist who was proclaimed a man of the 20th century by Time...

‘My name may not ring a bell. But I'm sure many of you know my most famous work, 'The Little Prince.' If not, run to an adult right away and ask them to buy you this book. Just be careful not to keep it for themselves. No wonder. Many adults love this novel because it reminds them of the child they once were.’ This is how Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of one of the most beautiful...

Vincent van Gogh, a painter who was underappreciated during his lifetime and who was missing one ear, took up more than just a paintbrush to survive the hard times. He says, ‘I’ve done a lot of different things in my life: I’ve been a bit of an art dealer, a preacher in the coalfield, a language teacher, a bookseller.’ How did he manage to survive and not give up his passion for painting?...

Maria Sklodowska was an extraordinary woman. Not only was she interested in completely extraordinary things, such as chemical experiments and physical phenomena, but she also wanted to educate herself and became an outstanding scientist! She left Poland and studied at the Sorbonne in France. There she met her husband - Pierre Curie. While researching radioactivity in a duo with her husband,...

This time you have a chance to meet one of the most famous artists in the world. Pablo Picasso, because that's who we're talking about, was the creator of paintings hanging in the best museums, but also sculptures and theater sets. He also had a very interesting and intense life, covering most of the eventful 20th century. He met many famous and interesting people, and he was occupied not...

Nicolaus Copernicus is certainly one of the most famous Poles in the world. No wonder, after all, he led to a real scientific revolution! It was he who ‘stopped the Sun and moved the Earth’, discovering that the planets move around the Sun, not the other way around, as was believed for hundreds of years. Although this citizen of Torun is primarily the author of the famous treatise ‘On the...

The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits, delinquents, and academic train wrecks. Like Aldo, with anger management issues; Parker, who can’t read; Kiana, who doesn’t even belong in the class—or any class; and Elaine (rhymes with pain). The Unteachables have been removed from the student body and isolated in room 117.

Once upon a time, the magical creatures began to compete. But their worlds, unable to withstand that hertz, were completely shattered. The legendary creatures were forced to escape among the people, and the house ‘Wow!’ gave a stipule to the survivors. Now mermen and dwarves, sorceresses and ghouls, giants and airmen live in it. All of them sincerely try to adapt to new realities. And at the...