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Hoffman Mary: Jack and the Bean Stalk and Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: Foolish Jack gets a big surprise when he sells the family cow for some magic beans! Discover the classic nursery story and three more in this beautiful book. Stories Included: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Three Sillies.

Hoffman Mary: The Little Mermaid and Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: When a little mermaid falls in love with a human prince she faces a terrible choice. Discover the classic nursery story and two more in this beautiful book. Stories Included: The Little Mermaid, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Sun and the Wind.

Hoffman Mary: Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: «Oh, Grandma, what big eyes you have!» said Little Read Riding Hood. Discover the classic nursery story and three more in this beautiful book. Stories Included: Little Read Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Three Wishes, The Musicians of Bremen.»

Cousins Lucy: Katy Cat and Beaky Boo

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Children find the crayon-bright colors of Lucy Cousin's artwork irresistible! Now her two newest characters — Katy Cat, a gregarious marmalade kitten, and her friend, Beaky Boo, a quiet cuddly puffin — introduce preschoolers to a medley of basic concepts, including colors, counting, patterns, and animal sounds.

Hoffman Mary: Princess and the Pea and Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: Only a real princess could feel a pea through twenty soft mattresses... Discover the classic nursery story and three more in this beautiful book. Stories included: The Princess and The Pea, Thumbelina, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Magic Porridge Pot.

The Concise Animal Encyclopedia

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated visual reference is an authoritative survey of the intriguing world of animals. The first section is an overview of animal evolution, classification, biology, behavior, habitats and adaptations. At the core of the book is an encyclopedic survey of all the animal groups-mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. A gallery of more than 2,000 species…

Castaldo Gino: Music Box

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Music and photography have always shared a special relationship—when an iconic musician is portrayed by a first-rate photographer, the result is often transformative and transcendent, and a classic pop culture image is born. Music Box gathers more than 340 such legendary photographs of musicians—covering the stars of jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, and all of their contemporary offshoots. Music…

Ray Jane: Cinderella: Fairy Tale Theatre Book

Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: «This is the story of Cinderella told through six beautifully illustrated 3D peep-through tableaux. A young girl with an unpleasant stepmother and two cruel stepsisters...and a Fairy Godmother with a magic wand. The classic tale of Cinderella is theatrically retold in six exquisite three-dimensional scenes by Jane Ray. Each scene is three layers deep so you can peer through to wonderfully…

Boutrell Robin: Creepy Critters: A Pop-up Book of Creatures That Jump, Crawl, and Fly: A Pop-Up Book

Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: With realistic illustrations and creepy fun facts about each bug, this colorful book will fascinate young readers as it brings six different bugs to life in 3-D. Readers will meet a hairy orange spider, a honeybee, a huge red cockroach, a blue beetle, a grasshopper, and a spotted ladybug. Along the way readers will discover all sorts of fascinating facts, including: there are eight million beetle…

Caldicott Chris: World Food Alphabet

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: From Apricot to Zucchini, and everything in between, here is a beautiful photographic alphabet of world food. Acclaimed photographer and owner of the World Food Cafe in London, Chris Caldicott takes us on a mouth-watering tour of the different crops, dishes and ways of eating from every continent. Find out what Moroccans eat for a healthy snack and how ice is sold in Bangladesh, visit a kitchen…

Wells H.G.: H: G. Wells. Classic Collection 2

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Four novels from the grandfather of science fiction are collected here in one package. In the Days of the Comet is a 1906 story in which the vapors of a comet bring about a profound and lasting transformation in the attitudes and perspectives of humankind. The 1923 novel Men Like Gods features a journalist who finds himself in a utopian parallel universe, and as the utopian attitudes begin to…

Alexander Heather: A Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The newest book in Black Dog's best-selling, award-winning series explores the fascinating world of Greek mythology from the myth of Narcissus to Odysseus versus the Cyclopes. Includes a Gods and Goddesses Family Tree Poster, Stickers, and Temporary Tattoos Packed with action, adventure, tragedy, and triumph, A Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology acquaints kids ages 9-12 with all the…

David A Carter: Bugs That Go!

Скачать книгу (размер 85 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 18) Аннотация: It's time to hit the road. Let's see all the ways the Bugs go, go, go! David A. Carter's Bugs get moving in this book all about the different ways to go. The Bicycle Bugs are cruising down the street, the Hot Air Balloon Bug is floating up, up and away while the Speedy Race Car Bug is crossing the finish line. This busy Bugs adventure is sure to become a favorite in your child's library.

Ryan William: The Holy Thief

Скачать книгу (размер 1 753 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 345) Аннотация: Moscow, 1936, and Stalin's Great Terror is just beginning. In a church, a woman is found dead, her body on display. Captain Alexei Korolev of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia is assigned, but the NKVD is watching and exile is a real possibility. Committed to the case, Korolev enters the realm of the Thieves, rulers of Moscow's underworld. But as more bodies are found,…

Tuma Tomas: The Gladiators

Скачать книгу (размер 146 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 30) Аннотация: The new Shape Books series brings the ancient world to three-dimensional life and reveals the most interesting topics from some of the world's most important empires.

Collins Judy: When You Wish Upon a Star

Скачать книгу (размер 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 26) Аннотация: Grammy award-winning singer Judy Collins and illustrator Eric Puybaret, who together created the New York Times best-selling version of Over the Rainbow, are collaborating once again to bring a classic song to life. Written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington in 1940, the Academy Award-winning When You Wish Upon a Star is beloved by listeners from 2 to 92 for its sweet hopefulness, poignant…

Atkinson Kate: Started Early, Took My Dog

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective-a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other-or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her…

Rendell Ruth: Tigerlily's Orchids

Скачать книгу (размер 1 304 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 257) Аннотация: From one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation (People) comes a psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London apartment building, the secrets they keep, and how knowing too much about one's neighbors might be deadly.

Spyri Johanna: Famous Classics for Girls

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This title includes: Heidi by Johanna Spyri — A little orphan girl is forced to live with her grumpy grandfather in a lonely hut in the Alps, and eventually comes to love her mountain life. What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge: Katy intends to be beautiful and good one day... So when an accident happens, Katy must be brave and hold on to her dreams. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: The story of a noble…

Ayton John: Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: What is the link between map and apron, acrobat and oxygen, zeal and jealousy, flour and pollen, secret and crime? Did you know that crimson originally comes from the name of tiny scale insects, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is made? That Yankee began as a nickname for Dutchmen? That omelette evolved from amulette, a thin sheet of metal, and is a not-too distant cousin of the…