A girl sails on a raft on the endless ocean. She wants to get to the horizon. Once in the middle of the ocean, she finds the index: Happy Island She goes to this island, but it turns out that there are many other islands in the ocean, and the inhabitants of each of them consider their island to be the best in the world, and life on it is the happiest. Will she find her own happy island?

Rita always knew she was related to mermaids. This summer, she finally got into the underwater world, ready to fulfill the ancient prediction. After all, she - Carrying the pearl.

Boy Matty lives with his blind mentor in the Village, which is famous for its hospitality. Here, in search of help and support, they flee from many settlements where people are angry and indifferent, and mores are cruel. The boy is happy, but the world, which seemed to have gained some stability, is changing again. Something ominous gradually penetrates into the Village, and the Forest...

er brother and sister are . . . well, they're mostly annoying. But being in the Green family means seeing and taking care of animals all the time. While helping her mom on a house call, Jasmine visits a new litter of piglets and discovers a forgotten runt hidden underneath its brothers and sisters. Poor little piglet. It is so tiny that it can't even drink! Its owner refuses to rescue it. So...

The book contains stories by Boris Zhitkov (1882-1938) from the cycles 'What Happened', 'About Animals', 'Sea Stories'. Curious children will read them with pleasure, having learned a lot of interesting facts for themselves.

Андрей Платонович Платонов-советский прозаик, поэт, критик и публицист. В этой книге собраны его самые знаменитые и любимые детьми и взрослыми сказки. На их создание автора вдохновили яркие фольклорные сюжеты. Красочные иллюстрации помогут погрузиться в волшебный сказочный мир.

It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his granddad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Granddad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good thing they have enough food...

A shipwreck. A sole survivor, stranded on a deserted island. What could be more appealing to children than Robinson Crusoe's amazing adventure? Set in the 17th century, and unfolding over a 30-year period, it offers plenty of suspense and everyday detail about how Crusoe manages to stay alive. Additionally, it paints a fascinating portrait of the age-including references to slavery and Europe's...

The collection of poetry includes the most famous poems about spring by A. Pushkin, S. Yesenin, A. Fet, F. Tyutchev and others. The book will help to instill in schoolchildren a love of beauty, will be very useful for the selection and memorization of poetry for school holidays and events.

В сборник вошли семь рассказов русского писателя Михаила Пришвина, которого справедливо называют 'певцом русской природы': 'Лисичкин хлеб', 'Первая стойка', 'Ярик' и другие. Иллюстрации Марины Белоусовой.

В этой книге братик и сестренка узнают, что такое привычки и почему так сложно их изменить. Если вы хотите отучить ребенка грызть ногти, сестренка-медвежонок покажет малышу хороший пример. Ей тоже было сложно, но если захотеть и немножко постараться, все обязательно получится.Серия 'Беренстейновские медвежата' (Berenstain Bears) - самая легендарная серия для дошкольников в мире: 300 книг в...

Знаменитая повесть классика английской и мировой литературы Чарльза Диккенса — это тончайшее исследование человеческой души во всей её уникальности.Однажды, в канун Рождества, к скупому и бессердечному старику Скруджу зашёл в гости призрак его компаньона, умершего несколько лет назад. Вся жизнь, от самых радостных до самых печальных моментов, прошла перед Скруджем после этой встречи. И в...