Old women and 36 and 6 cats will meet. This acquaintance will lead to incredible changes in the lives of people and cats. Cats that will become not only companions, but also football players and theater actors.

Mr. Fred Grange claims to work as a clerk for a biscuit company, but he's out and about on the London streets at odd hours, and girl detective Maisie Hitchins soon discovers something very precious hidden in his rooms. Maisie is determined to unmask him as a thief, but the truth is far more complicated—and dangerous. Before long, Maisie and her friends are led into a web of mystery lurking...

Maisie Hitchins longs to be a detective. She's sure there are lots of adventures to be had on the streets of Victorian London. And, together with her faithful puppy, Eddie, she is determined to follow even the slightest scent of a mystery no matter what! Alice's father is having a run of bad fortune two of his ships have disappeared and he has lost a lot of money. Maisie is sure she can...

Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? Like really properly think about it? The human body is extraordinary and fascinating and, well . . . pretty weird. Yours is weird, mine is weird, your maths teacher's is even weirder. This book is going to tell you what's actually going on in there, and answer the really important questions, like: Are bogeys safe to eat? Look, if your...

Farmer Pettson begins to sow his vegetables and because Findus doesn’t like vegetables he decides to plant one of his meatballs instead. However keeping the vegetable garden safe from the farm animals proves a hard task for Findus and Pettson. The seventh story from Hawthorn Press in the popular Findus and Pettson series about a farmer and his talking cat.

Hello from the moon! This book was drawn and written for you by the famous Ukrainian illustrator Rostyslav Popsky, in whose imagination the most incredible stories are born. The plot is really unusual: an astronaut engineer is sent to the moon to repair some equipment and... they forget about him. Real feelings for the fate of the main character, unexpected discoveries and grand...

Part botany, part history, part cultural anthropology—Trees goes beyond the basics to tell readers everything they might want to know about this particular branch of the plant kingdom. Trees explores the important roles trees play in our ecosystem, takes an up-close-and-personal look at the parts of trees (from roots to leaves), and unpacks the cultural impact of trees from classification...

From Athena to Alexander the Great and from Egypt to Ethiopia, author Piotr Socha explores different methods of beekeeping and uncovers the debt that humans owe this vital species. His beautiful guide for children offers full-color two-page topical entries dominated by large, detailed illustrations with text running along the lower half of the pages. Bees are essential to the health of...

Первое истинное пророчество за многие поколения драконов — исполнится ли оно? Заговоры и чума, хитроумные заклятия магов, древнее чудовище, вырвавшееся из земных недр, — поглотит ли драконий мрак истерзанную войной Пиррию? Песчаный дракончик Вихрь мечтает о мирном и счастливом будущем для всех, но разве не о том же грезит надменный и жестокий Ночной король? Как остановить могущественного...

Blue the SilkWing is content. Life in his Hive is safe; he loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace for as long as he can remember -- SilkWings and HiveWings live and work together in harmony, and because they stay vigilant, no one has seen a dangerous LeafWing in years. Now that Blue's sister, Luna, is undergoing her Metamorphosis, Blue knows things are going to...

Карапакс — не из тех героев, которых воспевают легенды. Будь он храбрым, то спас бы Пиррию с помощью своих способностей дракоманта, а не скрывал бы их даже от собственной сестры. Но теперь, когда вернулся Мракокрад — самый коварный и древний дракон, — Карапакс находит для себя единственно верный выход — спрятаться и затаиться.Однако другие драконы из академии Яшмовой горы считают, что Мракокрад...