Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief - it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don't know is that they're not dealing with just any fox-Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender....

Аркадий Гайдар – человек-легенда. О его жизни рассказывали самые небывалые истории, и все они – чистая правда. Он же говорил о себе: «Это была обыкновенная биография и необыкновенное время». В 14 лет он ушёл на Гражданскую войну, в 17 – командовал полком, а погиб на фронте уже Великой Отечественной войны. Писать стал в 20-е годы ХХ столетия и в своих произведениях создал счастливую страну, в...

Николай Васильевич Гоголь (1809–1852) – классик русской литературы. Многие его произведения входят в школьную программу, в том числе «Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки» – удивительные по своей атмосфере и содержанию повести. Именно после публикации этого сборника на писателя обратили внимание в литературных кругах, а Александр Сергеевич Пушкин отметил особую поэтичность, веселость и...

Романтическая история девочки Ассоль, вопреки невзгодам и насмешкам дождавшейся своего принца на корабле с алыми парусами, заставляет нас во что бы то ни стало поверить в чудо.

The life of little Anya flows measuredly and happily. In the summer - in the village, with blueberry glades, and tall pines and a warm lake. And in the winter in Moscow, with the Tretyakov Gallery and gifts from the Children's World. But one day this life ends. Anna now lives in New York. While her parents are studying at the university, she goes to an American school, eats sandwiches with jam...

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

Bianki knew how to see what we usually don’t notice in everyday life: how insects live, how animals communicate with each other, and also how interconnected we are with the beautiful and mysterious world of nature! V. Bianchi even wrote fairy tales about this. For example, about Ant, who was carried away by a gust of wind far, far from home. We need to get home before sunset, but how can we...

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.

Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels. Each is searching—Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father—but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will...

Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck?Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things....

When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change everything.Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients . . . running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey,...