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Швейцарская семья Робинзонов - классическая повесть Йоханна Висса. Когда швейцарская семья, потерпев кораблекрушение, оказывается на тропическом острове, им приходится строить новую жизнь с нуля. Следите за их захватывающими приключениями: как они приручают страуса, сражаются с гигантской змеей и строят невероятный дом на дереве • Книга на английском языке • When a Swiss family find themselves shipwrecked on a tropical island they have to build a new life from scratch. Follow their thrilling adventures as they tame an ostrich, fight a giant snake, and construct an incredible tree-house home • This edition is based on William Godwin's much-loved 1816 translation of Johann David Wyss' classic story. It also includes beautiful illustrations by the Victorian artist, Joseph Finnemore

Перед вами красивое издание романа "Швейцарская семья Робинзонов" Йоханна Дэвида Висса из серии HarperCollins Children’s Classics, которое станет отличным дополнением вашей библиотеки • Путешествие из Швейцарии в Австралию Уильяма и Элизабет, а также их сыновей - Фрица, Эрнеста, Джека и Франца - прерывает сильнейшая буря • Они терпят кораблекрушение и попадают на необитаемый остров. Из припасов у них только то, что удалось найти среди обломков, а кругом сплошь дикие звери. Каждый день приносит новые испытания, и без стойкости и смекалки семье просто не выжить • Перед вами классическое приключение, прославляющее самодостаточность, находчивость и взаимопомощь и остающееся одним из самых ярких образцов жанра даже спустя двести лет после выхода в печать

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 Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett is the story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in the small town of Otwell. Father is a dustman and Mother a washerwoman. Then there's all the children - practical Lily Rose, clever Kate, mischievous twins James and John, followed by Jo, who loves films, little Peg and finally baby William • A truly classic book awarded the Carnegie Medal as the best children's book of 1937

The Animals of Farthing Wood. The Adventure Begins by Colin Dann is the exciting prequel to The Animals of Farthing Wood which takes the reader right back to the very beginning • There had always been otters in the stream running through Farthing Wood - and that had never been a problem for the other animals before but when there is a shortage of fish in the stream, the otters are forced to hunt on land.The otters are taking valuable prey and the foxes and other Farthing Wood animals have to compete for food. Lean Vixen is determined to protect her family from starvation, and that means deciding on a plan to drive the otters out once and for all

The Red Pyramid: the first book in Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles • Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world • 'I guess it started the night our dad blew up the British Museum . . .' • Carter and Sadie Kane's dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos • Set imprisons Dr Kane in a golden coffin and Carter and Sadie must run for their lives. To save their dad, they embark on a terrifying quest from Cairo to Paris to the American South-west and discover the truth about their family's connection to the House of Life: an Egyptian temple of magic that has existed for thousands of years

The remarkable. The extraordinary. The brave • Way back in the autumn of 1880, five babies are discovered at the Little Tulip Orphanage in most unusual circumstances. Those babies are Lotta, Egbert, Fenna, Sem and Milou • The vile matron calls the children 'the unadoptables' but this talented gang of best friends know that their individuality is what makes them so special - and so determined to stay together • When a sinister gentleman tries to get them in his clutches, the children make a daring escape across the frozen canals of Amsterdam, embarking on an adventure packed with pirate ships and puppets. But is their real home - and their real family - already closer than they realize?

The third hilarious accidental diary from Billie Upton Green (don't call her BUG!) • "Ideal for fans of Tom Gates, or Pamela Butchart's books . . . a wonderful new series" - The Week Junior • "Fun, funny, inclusive and warm-hearted, these books are pure, cheery joy" - Sophie Anderson • There's an exciting addition to the Upton Green family (and it's not whatever Mr Paws has left on the living room carpet...) • But getting a new little sister isn't nearly as straightforward as Billie expects. Why are there so many rules? It's been weeks and weeks, and she still hasn't been able to hold the baby up at Show & Tell • Luckily, the school musical is in full swing, giving Billie the perfect distraction. She just needs to watch out for Painy Janey, who has her eyes on the main part and doesn't care what gets in her way

The complete collection of the classic Borrowers stories by Mary Norton • Arietty Clock isn't your typical little girl. Although she is little. Very little, in fact • She's a Borrower. She lives with her family in a large house that isn't technically theirs- it belongs to the 'human beans' • Arietty and her father, Pod, spend their days borrowing the human beans' possessions- her father is very good at borrowing. He can scale curtains using a hatpin and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it! • The Borrowers are very happy with their life and borrowing ways

The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Aingelda Ardizzone and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone has been delighting generations of children • There was once a tiny doll who belonged to a girl who did not care for dolls. One day when the little girl was shopping in the supermarket with her mother, she threw the tiny doll into a deep freeze. So the tiny doll had to stay there, cold and lonely, and frightened by people shuffling all the food round her. But someone came along who felt sorry for her, and thought of ways to make her happier, so the tiny doll began to smile again • Reissued in 'A Puffin Book' series of Puffin modern classics, this simple story with charming black and white drawings by Edward Ardizzone is a perfect book for young children

Puffin Classics bring together the very best children's stories for a whole new generation. In this sequel to FIVE CHILDREN AND IT, the magical adventures of siblings Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother continue • It's startling enough to have a phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it talks and reveals that you have a magic carpet on the floor. The vain and ancient bird accompanies the children on a series of adventures through time and space which, magic being what it is, rarely turn out as they were meant

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child • Not a speck, not a stain on her gray school skirt and blue blouse to show what terrible thing had happened . . . If only by putting on something fresh and new, they could begin the day again • When twelve-year-old Sade's mother is killed, she and her little brother Femi are forced to flee from their home in Nigeria to Britain. They're not allowed to tell anyone - not even their best friends - as their whole journey is secret, dangerous - and illegal. Their dad promises to follow when he can, but once the children arrive in London, things go from bad to worse when they're abandoned by the people they had been told would protect them • Sade faces challenge after challenge - but her dad has always taught her to stand up for what is right, and to tell the truth no matter what