An alarm sounds among the Wild Chicks: a fox is at the doorstep! But this is no ordinary predator; it signals real trouble. Their beloved hens—symbols of their gang and their friendship—are in danger. To help the birds, the girls must devise a complex plan. However, the task won't be easy, and they will have to turn to the Pygmies for help. The rescue mission turns into a spy adventure—complete...

A first introduction to the Gospel story—simple and accessible! *The Bible for Children: Gospel Stories* is a wonderful way to introduce young children to the New Testament in an engaging manner and lay the groundwork for a deeper exploration of Christian culture. Maya Kucherskaya’s unique retelling presents key New Testament narratives, such as the Annunciation, the Nativity of Christ, and...

It is the story of an all-consuming passion, the tale of a married woman who falls in love with a handsome officer and leaves her husband, defying everything: the judgment of high society, conventional morality, and her own conscience.

Russian Cursive Writing for Kids and Adults is a practical textbook for students who want to learn Russian cursive script or transition from writing in block letters to cursive writing. It has been tested in a classroom with kids and adult learners and can also be used by anyone who wants to improve their Russian cursive writing. It offers step-by-step and easy to follow instructions with lots...

Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse. The moralist in question is Jakob Fabian, ‘aged thirty-two, profession variable, at present advertising copywriter . . . weak heart, brown hair,’ a young man with an excellent education but permanently condemned to a low-paid job without security in the...

In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten ‘relocation centers,’ hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under...

They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to...

Das Waisenkind Mary lebt auf einem Schloss voller verborgener Zimmer und verbotener Gänge und niemand kümmert sich um sie. Als sie eines Tages im Garten umherläuft, entdeckt sie ein efeuberanktes Tor. Hinter einer Mauer liegt ein geheimer Garten, der seit Jahren verschlossen ist. Gemeinsam mit Colin, ihrem zehnjährigen Cousin, beginnt Mary, vor der Welt der Erwachsenen ein paar Dinge geheim zu...

Ob daheim, auf der Alm, in der Schule oder auf der Wiesn – in Bayern gibt es viel zu entdecken! In zwölf zauberhaft illustrierten Szenen schildert das bairische Bildwörterbuch den Lebensalltag der Kinder in Bayern von vier bis 14 Jahren. 20 bairische Begriffe in jeder Szene benennen, was man sieht.

The Hunger Games has enthralled millions of readers in its examination of the price of war, human nature, and the powerful force of both love and resistance. Now it appears for the first time in a deluxe illustrated edition, with spellbinding art from internationally acclaimed artist Nico Delort

Forget about the boring pages of textbooks. Witty and tricky problems for ingenuity and fascinating puzzles, secrets of encrypted correspondence and amazing tricks with numbers, intricate tricks of mathematical gymnastics and even short stories with a mathematical secret await you. The great popularizer of science Yakov Isidorovich Perelman will help you understand: mathematics is entertaining...

Each assembly task is presented graphically and looks like a puzzle. Therefore, performing these tasks turns into a game in which children learn to see general schemes and stages of solving various types of problems, develop logic and train computational skills. This form eliminates the need to explain educational material to children - it is learned intuitively. The author offers readers to...