No other kangeroo can hop like Maloo! But one day Maloo's friends find him stepping instead of hopping. What's wrong, Maloo? His pals look for ways to help Maloo regain the spring in his step. With patience, support and a little hop from his friends, Maloo gets his bounce back.

It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his granddad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Granddad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good thing they have enough food...

A shipwreck. A sole survivor, stranded on a deserted island. What could be more appealing to children than Robinson Crusoe's amazing adventure? Set in the 17th century, and unfolding over a 30-year period, it offers plenty of suspense and everyday detail about how Crusoe manages to stay alive. Additionally, it paints a fascinating portrait of the age-including references to slavery and Europe's...

The collection of poetry includes the most famous poems about spring by A. Pushkin, S. Yesenin, A. Fet, F. Tyutchev and others. The book will help to instill in schoolchildren a love of beauty, will be very useful for the selection and memorization of poetry for school holidays and events.

The collection includes seven stories by the Russian writer Mikhail Prishvin, who is rightly called the 'singer of Russian nature': 'Lisichkin bread', 'First stand', 'Yarik' and others. Illustrations by Marina Belousova.

Arkady Gaidar is a legendary man. The most unprecedented stories were told about his life, and all of them are pure truth. He also said about himself: 'It was an ordinary biography and an extraordinary time.' At the age of 14, he went to the Civil War, at 17 he commanded a regiment, and died at the front of the Great Patriotic War. He began to write in the 1920s and in his works he created a...

Lydia Charskaya is a Russian writer who, at the beginning of the 20th century, became extremely popular with her works for children. She wrote simply and fascinatingly about the things that excite and captivate young readers; ordinary boys and girls became the heroes of her works. The heroine of the story 'Sibirochka' is a ten-year-old girl, who has experienced all kinds of hardships,...

The famous story of the classic of English and world literature, Charles Dickens, is a subtle study of the human soul in all its uniqueness. Once, on Christmas Eve, the ghost of his companion, who had died several years ago, came to visit the mean and heartless old man Scrooge. The whole life, from the most joyful to the saddest moments, passed before Scrooge after this meeting. And at some...

After their breakfast and a swim in the sea, Dot and her owner Rose jump on the bus to the hospital. Dot loves visiting the children of Wallaby Ward and they’re always pleased to see her too; from a crying baby to a bored teenager – a pat, a stroke and a cuddle with Dot cheers everyone up. But the work of the hospital dog doesn’t stop there and when one of her patients is in trouble, it’s up to...

A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena, and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear. But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall? Created by the critically acclaimed author Julia Donaldson, and Kate Greenaway medal winner Emily...

Samuil Marshak, a classic of children's literature, wrote a funny and entertaining story in verse about the thrifty little boy Vanya, who put everything in the world in his pocket - from nails and nuts to pancakes and a drum. And the artists Mikhail Skobelev and Anatoly Eliseev drew expressive illustrations with funny details.