A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because...

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...

The kind, smart and extremely fascinating fairy-tale story ‘The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors’ by Vitaly Gubarev is one of the most beloved children’s books in our country, which has long become a classic. In it, fifth-grader Olya magically finds herself in a looking world where everything is the other way around. To return home, she will have to go through many tests. And these are not just tests...

The book ‘The Tale of Lost Time’ includes three children's fairy tales by the famous writer and playwright E. Schwartz: ‘The Tale of Lost Time’, ‘Two Brothers’ and ‘The New Adventures of Puss in Boots’. Wonderful illustrations for this book were drawn by the young talented artist E. Muratova.

Three wonderful fairy tales ‘The Disheveled Sparrow’, ‘The Steel Ring’ and ‘Warm Bread’ are not like fairy tales. These are stories about ordinary children who believe in miracles, and therefore miracles happen to them.

Who are friends? Classmates, neighbors at the dacha, boys and girls in the yard or in extracurricular activities, or maybe a brother and sister or mom and dad? Everyone can be friends, the most faithful, cheerful inventors and playmates, or they can also be those with whom it’s even interesting to do homework. And your favorite authors can also be friends - A. Barto, E. Uspensky, S. Marshak, S....

For more than a century, this wonderful book by Mark Twain has been equally warmly received by more and more generations of readers, remaining timeless. And this is not surprising, because it has everything that so captivates the reader - the romance of adventure, a plot with unexpected twists, lively humor and even the experiences of the young hero. It turned out to be so real because, as the...

He composed fairy tales for his daughter Josephine, and when the girl died at the age of six from pneumonia, Kipling compiled a collection of twelve fairy tales and published it in 1902 in memory of his favorite. These tales about the creation of the world and the first wild animals have been translated into almost all languages , and children in all countries enjoy reading them. This book...

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...

The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his 'creative side.' As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his...