The touching tale 'Bambi' is about a little deer who discovers the world, so big and so diverse. Only when faced with human cruelty, he begins to understand that life is full of troubles and dangers and we must learn to overcome them. The book introduces nature and instills love for it, and gives rise to sensitivity and compassion in kind hearts.

While staying with his weird great-aunt Kathryn, Evan visits an eerie old toy store and buys a dusty can of Monster Blood. It's fun to play with at first. And Evan's dog, Trigger, likes it so much, he eats some. But then Evan notices something weird about the slimy green ooze. It keeps growing. And growing. And growing.And all that growing has given the Monster Blood a monstrous appetite. . . .

Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep on the first night of a white water rafting trip, when he's awoken by screams. The dam has failed. The river is surging, and their camp will be under water in a matter of moments.As the shrieking roar of the river rushes closer, the kids scramble to higher ground. They make it; their counselors do not.Now they're on their own, with barely any food or supplies, in...

Nicky Roth has always been a lonely kid. But that all changes when he and his family move to Raven Brooks and meet their eccentric neighbors, the Petersons. Nicky befriends the Petersons' son, Aaron, bonding over their talents for tinkering. Soon the boys are inseparable and using their skills to pull pranks on the townspeople. But something about Aaron bothers Nicky--people seem almost afraid...

Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, are used to overhearing news and the occasional scandal at the inn run by his family. But during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm finds a mysterious object—and finds himself in grave danger. Inside the object is a cryptic message about something called Dust; and it’s not long before Malcolm is approached by the spy for whom this message was actually...

Pushkin, Mushkin, Dushkin (and in fact Pasha, Misha and Dania) are ordinary children and live in an ordinary city family. But something extraordinary always happens to them. They invent their own games and find adventures, but they never know whether the events are real or whether all these miracles seem to them.

The book The Story of a Dog and a Cat is a classic work of children's literature. It was first published in 1929 and has delighted many children and their parents since then. The dog and the cat live together in a little house and run their small household and want to do everything like grown-ups, they wash the dirty floor, bake a cake, go for a walk on Sundays, write letters to children or put...

The adventures with Mole and his friends, a mouse, a frog, a hedgehog and a bunny, never end. In the middle of nature, they experience their small and big joys and worries so close to small children – they frolic by the water, play in the forest, do sports, paint, and most importantly, they invent pranks. Thirteen humorously illustrated stories are complemented by charming verses by Jirí Žácek.

This unique book contains colorful stories, poems, nursery rhymes, fables, riddles and an alphabet for beginning readers. There are also tips and examples on how to write letters. A colorful first reading, which is a popular reading in schools.

A book full of fantasy, wonderful ideas and unique humor! A quirky nine-year-old girl, Pippi, with an unusual behavior, name and appearance, experiences many cheerful adventures with her friends. One day she even sets off by boat to visit her father, who is the black king on a distant island...

A cute but inexperienced puppy sets off on an adventurous journey into the world around him. He meets the sun, a duck, bees and frogs. Sometimes it's happy, sometimes sad and sometimes it hurts - just life! But everything turns out as it should in the end.