"The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde" is as the title would suggest a collection of whimiscal tales by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following short stories: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star-child. Readers of all ages will be delighted by these fanciful tales. ...
A classic children's story written in England in 1871, this enchanting fairy tale follows a sweet little stable boy in Victorian London who goes on adventures with the majestic North Wind. She is personified as a lovely and mysterious woman, both severe and kind, who teaches young Diamond about herself on their journeys. The innocent, perceptive Diamond is caught up by this powerful entity, and he acts as the perfect character for MacDonald ...
First published in 1921 and awarded the first Newbery Medal of 1922, «The Story of Mankind» follows the history of western civilization from prehistoric times to the early 20th century. Van Loon both wrote and illustrated this book, which he wrote for his grandchildren, in such a way that children would be learning in an entertaining way. From the development of writing and art to the formation of religion and politics, Van Loon emphasizes the p ...
"The Jungle Books", which includes Rudyard Kipling's «The Jungle Book» and «The Second Jungle Book» is a classic collection of fables with animal characters used to teach moral lessons. Among the most famous are the stories of Mowgli, a 'man-cub' raised by wolves in the Indian jungle; that of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a heroic mongoose; and 'Toomai of the Elephants', the story of a young elephant-handler. Interspersed with ...
"Tales From Shakespeare" is Charles Lamb's classic prose retelling of some of Shakespeare's greatest plays. The following plays are recounted here: The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, All's Well That Ends Well, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Me ...
Hedvig gehort nicht mehr zu den Kleinen – jetzt geht sie schon in die 2. Klasse! Aber uber die Sommerferien ist etwas mit ihr und allen anderen Madchen aus der Klasse passiert – das Pferdefieber ist ausgebrochen! Nichts wunscht Hedvig sich sehnlicher als ein Pferd … doch was ihr tierlieber Vater schlie?lich anschleppt, ist Max-Olov, ein struppiger, magerer, jahzorniger Esel! Unmoglich kann Hedvig den anderen Madchen in der Klasse davon erzahlen ...
The eighth and final novel in the «Anne of Green Gables» saga, «Rilla of Ingleside» focuses on Anne's youngest daughter the fifteen year-old Bertha Marilla «Rilla» Blythe. Set against the back drop of the First World War, the irrepressible Rilla, with her sisters away at college and her brothers away at war, is left anxiously at home where she organizes the junior Red Cross and mothers a neglected «war-baby». «Rilla of Ingleside» concludes ...
The third novel in the «Anne of Green Gables» saga, «Anne of the Island» is the story of Anne's attendance of Redmond College in Kingsport, following the leaving of her teaching post at Avonlea. This novel follows Anne from age eighteen to twenty-one and continues the tale of Lucy M. Montgomery's most popular and well-loved character. ...
