Early one morning a little spider spins her web on a fence post. One by one, the animals of the nearby farm try to distract her, yet the busy little spider keeps diligently at her work. When she is done, she is able to show everyone that not only is her creation quite beautiful, it is also quite useful!

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is one of the brightest and most outstanding writers of Russian literature, whose contribution to world culture cannot be overestimated. Chekhov never limited himself to a one-sided reflection of human life, but skillfully showed all its versatility and drama, the irreversibility of past events. The writer left the reader the right to act as a kind of co-author,...

Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to...

Humorous stories of the classics of American literature.

In a small valley on a green meadow is an amazing house, painted with blue paint. In this house lives a family of moomin trolls: Moomin-Mama, Moomin-Papa and Moomin-Troll himself. And even if one day a big company appears on the threshold, everyone will have a place here. In fact, there are a lot of incomprehensible and dangerous things around - natural disasters, magic hats, ant lions ......

After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls. Could the house be haunted?

Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside...

Amy has always wanted a cat, but Mom and Dad think she's too young to have a pet of her own. So she is thrilled when she sees a tiny kitten roaming around her yard one misty morning. The kitten is very thin and doesn't have a collar, so Amy assumes that the kitten-whom she has named Misty-doesn't have a home. Misty is shy at first, but gradually, she begins to trust Amy, who feeds her and gives...

Mikhail Mikhailovich ZOSHCHENKO (1894-1958) has long been a classic of Russian literature. This book contains his best stories for children from the cycles 'Lyolya and Minka', 'Smart Animals', 'Stories about Minka's Childhood', 'Smart and Cunning'. M. Zoshchenko managed to very subtly and delicately combine humor and edification in his stories.