Name the most popular translated children's books. We have no doubt that Tove Jansson's stories about the Moomin trolls, Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings epic, novels by J.K. Rowling about Harry Potter. It is about them - your favorite (or least favorite) books - and will be discussed in this collection. They are read not according...

When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone...

The new novel by Vladimir Sorokin is a look at the future of Europe, which, despite the dramatic changes in the world and human structure, seems very understandable and real. The recognizable and the unrecognizable coexist peacefully on the bright tapestry of the New Middle Ages, populated by dog-heads and centaurs, small people and giants, crusaders and Orthodox communists. Infinitely...

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...

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...

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,...

Harry Potter, an orphan and foundling, was raised from an infant by his aunt and uncle, who treated him like a fifth wheel in a cart. The boy's origin is shrouded in mystery; Harry's only memento from the past is a mysterious scar on his forehead. But where do the amazing phenomena that accompany the unaware Potter come from? Harry would never have expected that you could fly a broomstick, know...

Harry is spending a boring, unpleasant vacation at the Dursley house again. He is in his fifth year at Hogwarts and would like to meet his best friends Ron and Hermione as soon as possible. However, they clearly neglect it. When Harry is fed up with everything, he decides to somehow change his unbearable situation, things take a completely unexpected turn. It seems that the new year of study at...

Judy Moody is in a royal Purple Mountain Majesties mood. With Grandma Lou’s help, she’s dug up proof that some old-timey Moodys lived in merry olde England - and if her grandpa’s notes are right, Judy might even be related to the Queen herself! But when the branches of Judy’s family tree get a few more shakes, some surprises come tumbling out. Crikey! Now Judy has some right royal family...

When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandfather's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house and gets the shock of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragon fruit tree, and Tomas now has his very own dragon, Flicker! While Tomas finds out that life with Flicker is fun, he also finds that it is...

The second book in a wonderfully funny and sparky series: THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize'Irresistible ... a modern classic' GUARDIAN on The Boy Who Grew Dragons'A warm-hearted debut ... lovely, expressive, characterful' SUNDAY TIMES on The Boy Who Grew DragonsTomas has a secret - a big secret. He has his own tiny dragon, Flicker! A dragon...

Dog was seized by an enormous hand, lifted to a dizzy height, and dunked in a bucket of very cold water. He began to wriggle and groan and cry and choke. . . . Nearly drowned at birth, left for dead in a garbage dump, and hounded by dog catchers. No question: Dog's puppyhood is tough. Alone in the world, he decides it's time to find himself an owner, someone he can love and, of course, train....