Увлекательные приключения дедушки Петсона, созданные шведским писателем Свеном Нордквистом, раскрывают перед юными читателями мир добрых и волшебных историй. Главный герой повествования старичок Петсон умеет разговаривать с домашними животными, очень любит своих питомцев и всегда готов им помочь. Сюжет повести начинается с того, что кот по имени Финдус находит на чердаке старую палатку, а...

A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end...

When people learned to use fire, it changed their lives. Later they invented gunpowder, Greek fire, explosives and firearms. Gunsmiths experimented, alchemists and chemists combined various elements and obtained unexpected reactions and explosive mixtures. And now we have combat poisons and nuclear weapons, an eternal source of energy, which at the same time can cause man-made disasters and...

Rabbit loves carrots a little too much. In fact, his carrots are crowding him out of his cozy burrow. When his friends offer to help, they're just asking for trouble, a lot of trouble! This charming and lovingly illustrated children's book, by acclaimed author Katy Hudson (A Loud Winter's Nap and Bear and Duck), shows how friendships get us over the rough spots in life, even if the going...

A cheerful and witty message, a classic of children's literature by Volodymyr Rutkivskyi, tells the story of the amazing friendship between the boy Severynka and the giant goat, which, perhaps unfairly, was called the Ugly Goat. Only at first, when Severinko came to the village for the summer to his grandmother, Tsapishche kindly tested his horns on him. And then - quite unexpectedly - he...

In the fairy-tale story created for you by one of the most talented young Ukrainian illustrators, Rostyslav Popskyi, it tells about a little girl who came to visit her grandfather in the summer. There, she gets to know the strange Rusties and becomes a witness to the fabulous Night of the Great Wind, when unheard of miracles take place...

A ghost lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of the city. He is terribly lonely, since there are no people around to visit in the evening. Turn off the night lamp for someone who fell asleep with a book, cover the child with a blanket. And then, returning home, sleep sweetly for the whole day. Ghost has lost sleep since all his neighbors moved out. However, one day everything changes....

One morning in December, the long winter sleep of the Moomin family was interrupted. The world outside the walls of the house changed beyond recognition: something white and mysterious covered the entire Moomin Valley, there and there were dreamers and gemuls, hung with gifts and packages with festive snacks and drinks. Everyone was in excited anticipation of something headed for Moomin...

Thanks to this cardboard box, your little one will be able to travel far, far - even to the jungle and savannah. And find out who lives there and what these colorful animals are called not only in Ukrainian, but also in English. And Olena Zabara, who sewed a giraffe, a lion, a crocodile and other animals from felt, the photos of which illustrate the book, is a creative mother who loves books...

Die vergnüglichen Schandtaten der beiden Tunichtgute: 1865 verfasste Wilhelm Busch seine Bildergeschichte »Max und Moritz«, die ihm Weltruhm einbringen sollte.

What to do when it's night outside and sleep doesn't come? And how can one fall asleep here, when the pillow is uncomfortable, the blanket is biting, and the sheet keeps sliding down to the floor! Masha was offended by her bed and decided not to go to bed at all - after all, you can find something more fun. Maybe the dog Tyavka, the rooster Petka or the Bat will tell the girl where she sleeps...

Small Pig loves to sit in good, soft mud. When the farmer's wife cleans his pigpen, Small Pig runs away. In the city he finds a new mud puddle - but it is not full of mud at all. And now Small Pig has one big problem!