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Десятилетний Джеральд не знает, почему его старшие братья и сестры так много жалуются. Со змеями в ванне и скорпионами на обеденном столе семейный дом на греческом острове Корфу немного напоминает зоопарк, так что они должны чувствовать себя как дома...Джеральд радостно проявляет свой интерес к естественной истории в разгар нетрадиционной и хаотичной семейной жизни - все это блестяще пересказано в этой очень забавной книге • Книга на английском языке • Ten-year-old Gerald doesn't know why his older brothers and sisters complain so much. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on the lunch table, the family home on the Greek island of Corfu is a bit like a zoo so they should feel right at home...Gerald joyfully pursues his interest in natural history in the midsts of an unconventional and chaotic family life - all brilliantly retold in this very funny book

Do you love The Book With No Pictures? • Now is time to create your own, so You can make grown-ups say silly things! • Words are amazing. They can be happy or sad or serious or goofy • But the best words of all are the ones that make you laugh yourself silly! • Think of all your favourite silly and funny words • Got them? Good • Now, fill in the blanks in My Book With No Pictures with your words and with the stickers at the back of the book, and have your favourite grown-up read it aloud • How far will you make it before you burst into giggles?

Мой папа изумителен • Он добр, умён и мудр • Улыбкой восхитительной • Озарит он мир вокруг! • Перед вами картонная книга для малышей с иллюстрациями художника Квентина Блейка, вдохновлённая повестью Роальда Даля «Изумительный мистер лис» • На её страницах вы найдёте стишки для чтения вслух, посвящённые самым разным моментам из жизни пап: как изумительным успехам, так и умопомрачительным фиаско • Книга на английском языке • My Dad is FANTASTIC • He's clever, kind and wise • You'll know he's really smiling • By the twinkle in his eyes! • A read-aloud rhyming board book that celebrates dads everywhere - from their most FANTASTIC moments to their most magnificent WHIZZPOPS!

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child • Heracles hauling the triple-headed dog Cerberus from the underworld. Jason voyaging across oceans to seize the golden fleece. Odysseus and the Trojan wars. Tales of the Greek Heroes tells the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece • Greek mythology has inspired stories for thousands of years, with tales of lost love and magic. Join our heroes in their journeys of resilience and revenge, guilt and love, and trials and betrayal • This edition includes a special introduction by Rick Riordan, creator of the highly successful Percy Jackson series, inspired by the great Greek myths

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child • Yes,' she said, 'he is really quite a beauty, and he has such a sweet good-tempered face and such a fine intelligent eye - what do you say to calling him Black Beauty? • Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered but strong-spirited young horse, used to galloping free in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. He bravely works as hard as he can, enduring hardships and fostering loyal friendships along the way • Charming and timeless, Black Beauty is an uplifting story of strength, survival and empathy in the face of adversity

Sylvia Waugh's extraordinary novel about the Mennyms, a family of life-sized rag dolls, won the 1994 Guardian Children's Fiction Award • From the outside, 5 Brocklehurst Grove looks like an ordinary house - the windows are always clean, and the garden well tended. And from the inside, to hear the voices of the inhabitants, the Mennym family, you would think they were a perfectly ordinary family, too • But you'd be wrong, for the Mennyms are far from ordinary. The whole family shares an astonishing secret behind which it's hidden for forty years; a secret to which nobody has ever come close - until perhaps, now • When a letter arrives from Australia, the whole family is plunged into fear that, for the first time, their secret is about to be exposed

The original bestselling magical animal series, perfect for fans of Magic Animal Friends and Rainbow Magic • Flame is heir to the Lion throne but though powerful he is not yet strong enough to stand up to the evil uncle who is trying to claim the throne. Flame must hide in the human world as a kitten but can't stay in any place for too long. Flame travels from place to place in various kitten guises using his own special brand of magic to help children who need it along the way • Jemma really wants to win the dance audition to win a place at A-One stage school. But she doesn't see how she can when she has to stay at home and help her mum look after her younger brother and sister. But suddenly when a tiny tabby kitten with crackling whiskers turns up, it all seems possible

A super magical story featuring Mr Majeika, the popular wizard turned teacher! • Fun and magic combine as usual in this new Mr Majeika story. The pupils in Class 3 at St Barty's School are not impressed when their headteacher imposes strict rules of behaviour for Halloween. Mr Majeika uses a little magic to make the evening memorable but nasty Hamish Bigmore tells the local press and gets the wizard-teacher the sack. School without magic seems rather boring and Mr Majeika doesn't last long in the other jobs he tries. His long-time enemy, Wilhelmina Warlock is clearly behindall the trouble; she and the dreaded Hamish must be defeated before life can return to normal

"Я буду чтить Рождество в своем сердце и постараюсь поддерживать это весь год" • Эбенизер Скрудж – вредный, жалкий, озлобленный старик, у которого нет друзей. Однажды, в канун Рождества, ему по очереди являются трое призраков, и показывают, как на самом деле выглядит его жизнь. Посетив своё прошлое, настоящее и будущее, Скрудж учится любить Рождество и окружающих людей • «Рождественская песнь», классическая праздничная повесть одного из культовых авторов британской литературы Чарльза Диккенса, станет замечательным рождественским подарком для подростков • Книга на английском языке • Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child • I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year • Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends

Two books in one for those avid readers where one Mr Majeika adventure is just not enough! • Mr Majeika: Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he uses a little magic to turn him into a frog - the only problem is he can't remember the spell to turn him back! • Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book: The pupils in Class 3 at St Barty's School are not impressed when their headteacher imposes strict rules of behaviour for Halloween. Mr Majeika uses a little magic to make the evening memorable but nasty Hamish Bigmore tells the local press and gets the wizard-teacher the sack -something has to be done • Mr Majeika continues to be one of the UK's most loved and trusted fictional characters

At the end of Five Children and It the five children promised not to ask the Psammead for another wish as long as they lived, but expressed a half wish to see it again some time. They find 'it' again in a pet shop in Camden Town, and their magic adventures start over again • 'It' leads them to a magic amulet - half of it actually - which they use it to try and find the other half. It takes them back to ancient Egypt and Babylon. The Queen of Babylon visits them in London, bringing all her ancient customs with her - which is awkward. They visit the lost continent of Atlantis. They see Julius Caesar in the flesh. But none of these adventures run smoothly, and if they forget the 'word of power' or lose the amulet, what in the world will happen to them?

Rediscover the magical story of Mary Lennox, who arrives in the wild and windswept Yorkshire a sickly and miserable girl - until she discovers a forgotten, Secret Garden • As Mary works hard to bring the garden back to life, its magic begins to work on her too • This classic and beloved story has been beautifully retold by Claire Freedman and brought to glorious visual life by new illustration talent Shaw Davidson