The Troll longs for a juicy goat to eat – but he's stuck with boring old fish for supper. Bother! Meanwhile, Hank Chief and his pirate crew love fish, but without a decent recipe their slimy, soggy dinner is even worse. If only they could find their buried treasure and pay for a ship's cook . . . but it seems they've sailed to the wrong island. Again.

A lovely story illustrated by Oleg Petrenko-Zanevskii.

Collection of folk tales beautifully illustrated.

A cheerful and witty message, a classic of children's literature by Volodymyr Rutkivskyi, tells the story of the amazing friendship between the boy Severynka and the giant goat, which, perhaps unfairly, was called the Ugly Goat. Only at first, when Severinko came to the village for the summer to his grandmother, Tsapishche kindly tested his horns on him. And then - quite unexpectedly - he...

Farmer Pettson sat doing the crossword, with Findus the cat on his knee. ‘Tell me about when I disappeared,’ said Findus. ‘You haven't disappeared,’ said Pettson, ‘you're sitting right here.’ ‘Yes, but ? when I was little.’ ‘Oh then ... But you've heard the story so often before.’ ‘But tell it to me anyway!’ So here is the story of when Findus was little and disappeared.

One tiny snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of a whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the little snail feels so small in the vastness of the world. But when disaster strikes and the whale is beached in a bay, it's the tiny snail who saves the day.

As a mama fox tucks her baby into bed, she soothes his nighttime fears of the storm outside his window with the promise of watching over him while he sleeps, just like all other baby animals around the world.

Oh no! The Baddies are coming! They’re the meanest and nastiest ghost, witch, and troll in all the land, and they just love being bad. When a little girl moves into a nearby cottage, the Baddies can’t wait to scare her out of her wits. But little girls are much braver than they thought, and baddies don’t always win...

The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand! Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom. But is there room on the broom for so many friends? And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a...

There's a hen-hunting fox on the loose. But farmer Pettson and his quirky cat Findus agree that foxes shouldn't be killed. They should be tricked. They come up with a fabulous plan which makes for an explosive, unforgettable night.