Eka is a small excavator. But his adventures are big, now on a global scale. He, like a real superhero, can harm or save the world. Eka likes to tell about his amazing adventures: how he scooped up half the sea with a bucket, how he plucked a star from the sky, how he almost stole an iceberg in Antarctica. Eka really wants to be useful. St. Nicholas will be helped, either by a dinosaur...

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.

These are tales about life. Because it is worth good fairy tales. In small towns and villages, in the capital, in wide floodplains, forests and boundless steppes, miracles happen, heroes overcome evil, wisdom prevails over audacity. The good characters of these good tales from the war are bees, geese, foxes, mythical and kite snakes, clay a cockerel and even a grandmother from Chornobayivka —...

But it's dangerous being a Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire!

Charlie Cook has a favorite book. It's about a pirate, who also has a favorite book . . . about Goldilocks, who also has a favorite book . . . about a knight, who also has a favorite book. . . . This hilarious pattern continues throughout the story, right to the surprising conclusion. Told in rollicking rhyme, this tale is sure to please the read-aloud crowd.

Every day at four o'clock in the morning, Findus likes to jump up and down on his bed. He wakes Pettson, who tells him to stop. Because cats really need their early morning exercise, Findus decides to find a house of his own where he can jump and bounce when he likes. But jumping on beds is one thing – living without Pettson is quite another…

Tabby McTat loves his life on the streets with his owner, Fred, singing (and caterwauling) for coins that people throw in Fred's hat. But one day, Fred is in an accident, and the two are separated! Will Tabby and Fred find their way back to each other?From the creators of A Gold Star for Zog and Stick Man, Tabby McTat is a touching story of friendship, loyalty, singing - and kittens!

Serhii Zhadan's book colorfully describes the ‘carnival’ period of the early nineties. People who tried to survive in that period, earning money in any way, were witnesses of the construction of a new democratic society. And their desire to work at least as a trader in the market began to gradually grow into ideas of private entrepreneurship and big business. From mud to princes - the principle...

Sir - our client, Mr Robert Ferguson, has made an enquiry concerning vampires. Since we are an engineering firm, unfortunately the matter is not one upon which we can advise. Perhaps you can help. Holmes and Watson take on their strangest case yet when a distraught husband comes to them desperate to understand his wife's weird behaviour. He's caught her sucking the blood of their baby son! But...

Many cultural phenomena, human destinies and literary works are hidden under the concept of ‘sixties’. This book offers the reader a journey into the microcosm of the Ukrainian sixties - young people who created a new culture during the Khrushchev ‘thaw’. Delving into the world, which, contrary to the rules of the Soviet totalitarian regime, was based on the principles of solidarity, mutual...

The shaggy cat Borysyuk lives in the Exhibition Center in Kyiv in the premises of the ice arena. One morning, he discovers that volunteers have set up a temporary shelter in a nearby pavilion for animals evacuated from territories recently liberated from the Russian occupiers. Of course, Borysiuk goes to get acquainted - and he is exposed to the painful stories of animals rescued from the...