This book will tell you about how our solar system works. Young readers will learn many interesting facts about Space, understand how the planets differ, what satellites, comets and asteroids are, and also get acquainted with the most successful scientific missions - from the first manned flight into space to sending research probes to other planets.

Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels. Each is searching—Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father—but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will...

Tom the Rabbit's family is moving. Mom and Dad are packing their things. Will Tom really have to leave his beloved home, room, friends? What if he can't make friends with anyone in the new place? Little Tom will have to get used to the new environment, but his old friends won't forget about him either! Tom is a baby whose life is full of events: going to kindergarten, the birth of a little...

Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck?Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things....

Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories-but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world's first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable adventure.

When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change everything.Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients . . . running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey,...

A fascinating and colorful book will introduce the child to the outside world, expand his horizons and arouse interest in knowledge. The publication is part of a long assortment line of the Children's Encyclopedia series, which is distinguished by excellent printing performance, interesting content, modern design, and vivid photo illustrations. Value for money makes it a unique offer in the...

From this book, readers will learn how a variety of stones are formed, and learn to distinguish between them. The tips given here will help young geologists put together an interesting and beautiful collection. A fascinating and colorful book will introduce the child to the outside world, expand his horizons and arouse interest in knowledge. The fabulous ones are included in the long assortment...

The book of the famous Russian writer Leonid Panteleev (real name Aleksey Ivanovich Eremeev) includes fairy tales, as well as stories about children - 'Honest Word', 'The Letter' You ',' Coward 'and others that have long become classics and occupy a worthy place in golden fund of children's literature.