'Котенок Шмяк' - это увлекательная серия о добром и дружелюбном котенке по имени Шмяк и его друзьях. Книги из серии можно читать и изучать вместе с детьми, а также предложить ребенку почитать книгу самостоятельно - веселые картинки и простой слог подойдут для первого чтения как нельзя лучше! Мировой бестселлер о котенке Шмяке впервые издается на русском языке! Интересные иллюстрации и...

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie’s point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and...

Алёша Солнышкин грезит океаном. Он мечтает стать моряком, и, когда бабушка отправляет его в город поступать в училище, этот отважный мальчишка самовольно уезжает в Океанск. Солнышкин попадает в команду теплохода «Даёшь!», где его ждут весёлые и неожиданные приключения, во время которых он научится всегда следовать стрелке своего компаса-сердца.

Что говорят нам сегодня имена Амадиса Галльского, Пальмерина Английского, Дона Бельяниса Греческого, Тиранта Белого? А ведь именно как пародия на романы об этих рыцарях создавался «Хитроумный идальго Дон Кихот Ламанчский» Мигеля де Сервантеса Сааведры (1547–1616). И пародия эта на века пережила пародируемый жанр. В 2002 г. согласно опросу, проведенному среди писателей Нобелевским институтом,...

Billy and his sister, Sheena, are visiting their uncle Dr. Deep on a tiny Caribbean island. It's the perfect place to go exploring underwater...and Billy's ready for an adventure.There's only one rule to remember: Stay away from the coral reefs. Still, th

While staying with his weird great-aunt Kathryn, Evan visits an eerie old toy store and buys a dusty can of Monster Blood. It's fun to play with at first. And Evan's dog, Trigger, likes it so much, he eats some. But then Evan notices something weird about

The Glass Bead Game is an ultra-aesthetic game which is played by the scholars, creamed off in childhood and nurtured in elite schools, in the province of Castalia. The Master of the Glass Bead Game, Joseph Knecht, holds the most exalted office in Castali

For his debut novel (Former Son, 2014), Sasha Filipenko received the Russian Prize a year ago. On the first try - a first degree diploma in the ‘Large Prose’ category. So how can you start reading the next book after this? Moreover, the author clearly ‘ma

In his new work, the depicted reality itself claims to be a document of the era. For the most incredulous: there is nothing made up here. There is a town where the city-forming enterprise is a prison. There is an orphanage, in the destinies of the inhabit

I'm always up for a good mystery, but when the big question is what I should get Dad for his birthday, I don't have a clue! And then another mystery comes my way -- one that involves Heather Simmons, a leading candidate in the upcoming election for mayor

The book includes stories and fairy tales by the famous Russian writer Maxim Gorky, created by him for children: ‘The Case of Yevseyka’, ‘Misha’, ‘Sparrow’, ‘Samovar’, ‘The Tale of Ivanushka the Fool’, ‘Shake’. For primary school age

Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she goes to great lengths to hide her secret, her deadly charade becomes more difficult when she realizes she is not the only one seeking