A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales,...

To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up...

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,...

A poignant story of canine friendship and devotion.

The American animal writer Ernest Seton-Thompson (1860–1946) was one of the first to make animals and birds the heroes of his works. Perhaps it was he who laid the foundation for a new, realistic trend in the literature about animals, because no one had ever depicted their behavior and habits so truthfully and reliably. His first book of short stories from the life of wild animals became so...

The story-tale 'The Little Prince' is the most famous work of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The book was first published in 1943, has since been translated into more than 300 languages, and its total circulation exceeds several tens of millions of copies. The magical story of the little prince's travels to distant planets, the story of his amazing acquaintances with the capricious but charming...

Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930) is one of the most important poets of the 20th century. His works, addressed to the adult reader, have become classics of Soviet literature. But Mayakovsky is no less famous as the author of poems for children. Cheerful, mischievous, playful, in an entertaining way they teach children to distinguish good from bad, to be kind and honest, not to be lazy, to strive...

The adventure story of the classic of American literature Jack London describes the events that take place during the gold rush in Alaska. Its main character is White Fang, half-wolf, half-dog. The cruel and harsh world that surrounds him from birth threatens with imminent death, and only a meeting with a kind owner becomes a salvation for the White Fang. This book is about the all-conquering...

You have no peace if you are friends with Carlson! Because he is a big fan of fiction and can turn your day into a rumble, and then suddenly remember that he has things to do and fly away. And then you have no choice but to wait. Wait for him to fly back to play pranks together. The third book of the trilogy about the Kid and Carlson by the wonderful Swedish writer ASTRID LINDGREN.

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.

Having been shipwrecked, the navigator Robinson Crusoe, by chance, finds himself on a desert island off the coast of America. Having lived there all alone for 28 years, due to unexpected circumstances, he once left him on an English ship. The famous novel by the English writer Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) about extraordinary adventures Robinson Crusoe in a wonderful retelling for children by Korney...

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852) is a classic of literature. Many of his works are included in the school curriculum, including 'Evenings on a farm near Dikanka' - amazing in its atmosphere and content of the story. It was after the publication of this collection that the writer was noticed in literary circles, and Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin noted the special poetry, gaiety and ease of...