Toot! Toot! Tootity-toot-toot! "Goodness me! who is blowing the horn?"asked the Talking Doll, as she sat up on the shelf in the toy shop. "This isn't Friday; and we don't want any fish!" "Speak for yourself, if you please," said a large, white China Cat, who had just finished washing a few specks of dirt off her shiny coat with her red tongue. "I could enjoy a bit of fish right now." "I should rather have pie," said the Talking Doll. "But who blew the horn? That is what I'd like to know…"

This amusing and fascinating children’s book is often called the Russian “Thousand and One Nights.”

Who is the old Genie Hottabych?

This is what the author has to say of him: “In one of Scheherazade’s tales I read of the Fisherman who found a copper vessel in his net. In the vessel was a mighty Genie — a magician who had been imprisoned in the bottle for nearly two thousand years. The Genie had sworn to make the one who freed him rich, powerful and happy.

“But what if such a Genie suddenly came to life in the Soviet Union, in Moscow? I tried to imagine what would have happened if a very ordinary Russian boy had freed him from the vessel.

“And imagine, I suddenly discovered that a schoolboy named Volka Kostylkov, the very same Volka who used to live on Three Ponds Street, you know, the best diver at summer camp last year… On second thought, I believe we had better begin from the beginning…”

Beartrix  Potter(1866-1943) - is one of the most notable authors of children's literature. Fairy tales, those created by her about animals, which were self-illustrated with graceful and tender water colors, are notable for delicate lyricism and soft  humour.  For the whole world's children she has completed 23 books with her fairy-tales. This is one of them.

After an exciting magical search, Dorothy and her friends present Princess Ozma with a surprise birthday cake.

Dorothy's aunt and uncle get acquainted with Oz after they lose their farm and Ozma invites them to live with her.

Tip and his creation, Jack Pumpkin, run away to Oz, where they save the city after it is captured by girls.

Dorothy and her friends follow the enchanted road to Oz and arrive in time for Ozma's birthday party.

A boy, a patchwork girl, and a glass cat go on a mission to find the ingredients for a charm which will transform some people turned to marble.

The story of Dorothy and her dog, Toto, who are swept off the Kansas plains by a huge cyclone, and find themselves in the land of Oz.

Dorothy tries to rescue the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow from the giantess who has changed them into a tin owl and a teddy bear and is using them for playthings.

The adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill take them to Jinxland where they help Pon, the gardener's assistant, break the spell that turned his true love's heart to ice.

Introduces Ann Soforth, Queen of Oogaboo, whom Tik-Tok, the clockwork man, assists in conquering the Nome King.

One of the true classics of English literature, here are the adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad. Grahame’s idyllic world is as fresh now as when they first discovered his enchanting tales—of Ratty sculling his boat on the River, Badger grumpily entertaining his friends in his comfortable underground home, and the exasperating Toad being driven into one tangle after another by his obsession with motor cars.

"Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" is the sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", and is likewise a humoristic nonsense story for children of all ages, written by Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) and first published in 1871.

In this book Alice meets the Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the White and Red Queens, Humpty Dumpty, and the White Knight.

The book contains the nonsense verse of the Jabberwock and the Walrus and the Carpenter.

In Through the Looking-Glass, brooks and hedges divide the countryside into one giant chessboard, Alice plays the part of a pawn.

In his stories, Carroll blurs the boundaries between being awake and being asleep so that it becomes difficult to tell where reality ends and dreaming begins.

Digory and Polly discover a secret passage that links their houses, and are tricked into vanishing out of this world and into the World of Charn, where they wake up the evil Queen Jadis. There, they witness the creation of the Land of Narnia, as it is sung into being by the Great Lion, Aslan.

English years: 1900

Narnian years: 1

Lucy, Edmund, and their cousin Eustace, are magically transported onto the ship, Dawn Treader, where King Caspian is searching for the seven lost friends of his father. On the voyage, the children meet many fantastical creatures, including the great Aslan himself.

English years: 1942

Narnian years: 2306

King Caspian’s beloved son Prince Rilian has disappeared. Aslan sends Eustace and his school friend Jill to Narnia on a quest to search for the young prince and defeat the evil Witch.

English years: 1942

Narnian years: 2356

A false Aslan is roaming Narnia, commanding everyone to work for the cruel Calormemes. Can Eustace and Jill find the true Aslan and restore peace to the land? The last battle is the greatest of all and the final struggle between good and evil.

English years: 1949

Narnian years: 2555

When Princess Ozma and all the magic of the Land of Oz are mysteriously stolen away, Dorothy and the other residents of Oz are determined to find their missing ruler and the thief responsible for her disappearance.

Ces trois contes sont trois histoires extraordinaires où le fantastique religieux illumine la vie quotidienne.

La Légende de saint Julien l’Hospitalier, c’est le Moyen Age, ses seigneurs passionnés de chasse. Ses lépreux.

Hérodias, c’est la Palestine au temps d’Hérode avec ses intrigues de palais, l’occupation romaine et la danse sensuelle de Salomé réclamant la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste. Un coeur simple, c’est enfin la Normandie chère à Flaubert, Pont-l’Evêque et Trouville. Une vieille servante y a vécu et souffert. Elle finit par voir en son perroquet le Saint-Esprit lui-même.

Trois chefs-d’oeuvre pleins de réalisme, de délicatesse et d’émotion.

Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy find their way through an old wardrobe into the world of Narnia. There, they unite with Aslan to fight the White Witch and save Narnia from perpetual Darkness.

English years: 1940

Narnian years: 1000

Shasta escapes from the land of Calormen with a Narnian warhorse, Bree. Along with Aravis and her horse Hwin, they uncover a Calormene plot to conquer Narnia and must find a way to save Narnia and its people.

English years: 1940

Narnian years: 1014

A collection of twenty-two fairy tales by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, most translated into English for the first time, show the influence of German Romanticism, psychoanalysis, and Eastern religion on his development as an author.

Gwyn never thought of himself as a magician. Mostly he was just a regular boy with an irregular family — a nervous mother, a half-dotty grandmother, a sister missing for four years, and a father who blames him relentlessly for his sister's disappearance.

But on his tenth birthday, Gwyn's grandmother gives him five unusual gifts. "Time to find out if you are a magician, Gwyn. Time to remember your ancestors. If you have inherited the power, you can use it to get your heart's desire."

How could he use a brooch, a piece of dried seaweed, a scarf, and a tin whistle? And what of the small, broken horse with the wild expression, wearing the tag Dim hon. Not this. Gwyn is a dangerous magician until he learns the self-reliance and understanding his magic requires.

Jenny Nimmo has woven a vividly imagined, unearthly world into the realities of family relationships, friendship, and love lost and regained.

This book holds some of the folktales form the Arabian Nights Entertainments.

Selected and edited by Andrew Lang, these folktales are simplified and shortened, making them more suitable for children.

Doctor Dolittle takes on an apprentice, Tommy Stubbins, as they set out to find Long Arrow, the world's greatest naturalist. Their quest takes them to the Mediterranean, to South America, deep under the sea, and even to a floating island. This second Dolittle book by Hugh Lofting won the Newbery Medal in 1923.

Two Estonian Fairy Tales

One Day in the Lives of the Little Honey Bears (an Illustrated Story in Verse).

One Day in the Lives of the Happy Little Pigs (an Illustrated Story in Verse).

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About the life of the Gnome Magicians in far-off fairyland (an Illustrated Story in Verse).

An orchestra of Little Mouse Musicians performs on the summer meadow (an Illustrated Story in Verse).

An Illustrated Poem about the life of the Great White Rabbit as he travels between Paris and Venice, Monte-Carlo and Vienna!

The story is about three sisters. The youngest is chosen by Tsar Saltan (Saltán) to be his wife. He orders the other two sisters to be his royal cook and weaver. They become jealous of their younger sister. When the tsar goes off to war, the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, Prince Gvidon (Gvidón.) The older sisters arrange to have the tsaritsa and the child sealed in a barrel and thrown into the sea. The sea takes pity on them and casts them on the shore of a remote island, Buyan. The son, having quickly grown while in the barrel, goes hunting. He ends up saving an enchanted swan from a kite bird. The swan creates a city for Prince Gvidon to rule, but he is homesick, so the swan turns him into a mosquito to help him. In this guise, he visits Tsar Saltan's court, where he stings his aunt in the eye and escapes. Back in his realm, the swan gives Gvidon a magical squirrel. But he continues to pine for home, so the swan transforms him again, this time into a fly. In this guise Prince Gvidon visits Saltan's court again and he stings his older aunt in the eye. The third time, the Prince is transformed into a bumblebee and stings the nose of his grandmother. In the end, The Prince expresses a desire for a bride instead of his old home, at which point the swan is revealed to be a beautiful princess, whom he marries. He is visited by the Tsar, who is overjoyed to find his newly married son and daughter-in-law.

The story is about three sisters. The youngest is chosen by Tsar Saltan (Saltán) to be his wife. He orders the other two sisters to be his royal cook and weaver. They become jealous of their younger sister. When the tsar goes off to war, the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, Prince Gvidon (Gvidón.) The older sisters arrange to have the tsaritsa and the child sealed in a barrel and thrown into the sea. The sea takes pity on them and casts them on the shore of a remote island, Buyan. The son, having quickly grown while in the barrel, goes hunting. He ends up saving an enchanted swan from a kite bird. The swan creates a city for Prince Gvidon to rule, but he is homesick, so the swan turns him into a mosquito to help him. In this guise, he visits Tsar Saltan's court, where he stings his aunt in the eye and escapes. Back in his realm, the swan gives Gvidon a magical squirrel. But he continues to pine for home, so the swan transforms him again, this time into a fly. In this guise Prince Gvidon visits Saltan's court again and he stings his older aunt in the eye. The third time, the Prince is transformed into a bumblebee and stings the nose of his grandmother. In the end, The Prince expresses a desire for a bride instead of his old home, at which point the swan is revealed to be a beautiful princess, whom he marries. He is visited by the Tsar, who is overjoyed to find his newly married son and daughter-in-law.

TIMS TĀLERS JEB PĀRDOTIE SMIEKLI

DŽEIMSS KRISS

ROMĀNS, kas veltīts galvenokārt jaunajiem lasītājiem

no vācu valodas tulkojusi Zigrīda Plaka Vāku un titulu zīmējis M. Vītoliņš Ilustrējis N. Holcs

Inspired by the artwork of Edward Gorey, Windblowne author Stephen Messer delivers a mock-Gothic tale about poor Yorick (alas!), son of the Gamekeeper at venerable Ravenby Manor, who meets an untimely demise—in chapter one! Worry not, dear reader, for Yorick returns in ghostly form, intent on revenge. In the course of his hauntings, however, ghostly Yorick discovers that all manner of otherworldy creatures inhabit the manor grounds, and that he has a part to play in saving not only his still-living orphan sister but also the manor and everyone in it.

For every young reader who enjoyed the dour dalliance of A Series of Unfortunate Events, here is Stephen Messer's playful homage to the poor orphans of Charles Dickens, the bleak poetry of Edgar Allen Poe, and the exaggerated characters of Roald Dahl.

Was macht diesen Klassiker der Weltliteratur so unsterblich? Es sind die Abenteuer der beiden Jungen, dargestellt mit einer köstlichen und trockenen, humoristischen Erzählweise, die uns in einer wunderbaren Warmherzigkeit an den Ort des Geschehens führt, uns die Abenteuer packend und unvergesslich miterleben läßt...

Titelillustration und Innenillustrationen von Eckhard Freytag.

Emme, Sophie, Ethan, and Carter are seniors at a performing arts school, getting ready for their Senior Showcase recital, where the pressure is on to appeal to colleges, dance academies, and professionals in show business. For Sophie, a singer, it's been great to be friends with Emme, who composes songs for her, and to date Carter, soap opera heartthrob who gets plenty of press coverage. Emme and Ethan have been in a band together through all four years of school, but wonder if they could be more than just friends and bandmates. Carter has been acting since he was a baby, and isn't sure how to admit that he'd rather paint than perform. The Senior Showcase is going to make or break each of the four, in a funny, touching, spectacular finale that only Elizabeth Eulberg could perform.

TARASKONAS TARTARENS

Alfonss Dodē

LATVIJAS VALSTS IZDEVNIECĪBA

R Ī G Ā  19 6 0

Alphonse Daudet TARTARIN DE TARASCON

Ernest Flammarion, Editeur

No franču valodas tulkojusi ELZA STĒRSTE

MANAM DRAUGAM CONZACAM PRIVA

Francijā visi mazdrusciņ taraskonieši

Stefauns Jounsons

TEIKSMA PAR MAZO HJALTI

Stāsts

IZDEVNIECĪBA « LIESMA» RĪGĀ 1965

«. . . mēs atkal pārvācamies,» — šie deviņus gadus vecā stāsta varoņa Hjalti vārdi ir Islandes mūslaiku progresīvā rakstnieka Stefauna Jounsona grāmatas vadmotīvs; Islandes lauku dzīve gadsimta sākumā, poētiskas dabas gleznas, labi un ne visai labi ļaudis, kas izgājuši bargo dzīves skolu, — un tas viss kā gara gara un ļoti saviļņojoša dziesma . . .

No krievu valodas tulkojusi A. Sprīvuje Mākslinieks O. Vereiskis

Autora priekšvārds

Mani jaunie, dārgie draugi!

Atlantijas okeāna vidū, pie paša Polārā loka, atrodas sala, kas jau no seniem laikiem visai pasaulei pazīstama ar vulkāniem, bet vēl vairāk — ar ledājiem. Uz šīs salas, kuru sauc par Islandi, tas ir, par ledus zemi, dzīvo mazais Hjalti.

Islandiešu tauta nav liela — tikai simt astoņdesmit tūkstoši iedzīvo­tāju, — taču islandieši kvēli mīl savu zemi un tās bargo skaistumu. Dau­dzus drūmus gadsimtus islandieši tika cietuši nežēlīgu trūkumu. Zemē plo­sījās bads un epidēmijas, kas nereti nopļāva turpat trešo daļu no visiem iedzīvotājiem. Taču vislielākā nelaime Islandei bija nacionālais jūgs. Vai­rāk nekā sešus ar pusi gadsimtu Dānijas karaļi un feodāļi aplaupīja un apspieda islandiešu tautu, bet to salauzt viņiem neizdevās. Par spīti pavaldoņiem dāņiem islandieši pratuši saglabāt gan savas paražas, gan savu seno valodu, to valodu, kādā senatnē runājuši visi Skandināvijas iedzīvotāji. Islandieši ilgi, ļoti ilgi varonīgi cīnījās par savu brīvību, līdz guva uzvaru. Šī uzvara bija ne tikai mazās islandiešu tautas, bet gan visas pasaules mieru mīlošo tautu panākums.

Notikumi, kas aprakstīti grāmatā, risinājušies pagājušā gadsimta pirmajos gadu desmitos. Šajā laikā Islandes laukos jau bija jūtamas lielas pārmai­ņas, taču zemnieku saimniecībās, viņu dzīves veidā un paražās vēl aizvien valdīja senais patriarhālisms, kas mūsu dienās pilnīgi izzudis. Rakstot grāmatu par mazo puisēnu Hjalti, man gribējās pastāstīt mazajiem islandiešu lasītājiem par to lauku dzīvi, kādu pazina viņu vectēvu un tēvu paaudze.

Es centos radīt grāmatu, kas ieaudzinātu bērnos labu literāro gaumi, jo par nožēlošanu jāsaka, ka daudzas bērnu grāmatas, ko izplata Islandē, var tikai nomākt katru vēlēšanos lasīt daiļliteratūras sacerējumus. Stāsti bērniem jāraksta tā, lai tie būtu interesanti arī jauniešiem. Tādu biju iecerējis grāmatu par mazo Hjalti.

Grāmata par Hjalti ir ļoti populāra Islandē. Tajā jums būs daudz jauna un neparasta, taču darba tēma ir internacionāla: cilvēka dzīve nav iedomāj ama bez darba.

Grāmatā aprakstītie cilvēki ir vienkāršie islandieši, tie nodod jums draudzīgu sveicienu no mazās tautas, kas dzīvo uz lielās salas Atlantijas okeānā. Jūs, jaunie draugi, kuriem es rakstu šīs rindas, tāpat kā jūsu vecuma bērni visā pasaulē, sapņojat par nākotni. Nepaies ilgs laiks, un, jūs būsiet savas tautas vēsturisko pa­sākumu aktīvi dalībnieki un īstenotāji. Lai mani labu panākumu novēlē­jumi ienāk jūsu mājā reizē ar stāstu par islandiešu puisēnu Hjalti.

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Trzecia część przygód pana Kleksa dzieje się głównie w jednej z baśniowych krain, zwanej Alamakota. To tam znaleźli się Bajdoci, którzy zaginęli w poprzedniej części ("Podróże pana Kleksa"), tam także trafia Adaś Niezgódka w poszukiwaniu swoich rodziców. Razem z panem Kleksem przeżywa wiele pasjonujących przygód i poznaje miłość swego życia.

Zachwycił mnie świat stworzony przez Jana Brzechwę. Alamakota zamieszkana jest przez trójnogich ludzi, którzy trudnią się hodowlą kur i eksportem jaj. Barwami narodowymi tego kraju są żółty, zielony i czerwony – jajecznica ze szczypiorkiem i pomidorami. Bohaterowie spotykają tam Alojzego Bąbla, znanego z "Akademii" psotnika. Pan Kleks podejmuje się naprawienia go i polepszenia świata. Brzechwa był w tym miejscu po prostu futurystą i wymarzył sobie świat, w którym sztuczni ludzie będą pomagać tym prawdziwym.

Autor na każdym kroku podkreśla wagę wyobraźni i radości życia. Bezgraniczne zaufanie pokłada w panu Kleksie, a więc w naukowcu.

"Nie lekceważcie bajek. Nie lekceważcie fantazji. Bez fantazji nie może powstać nic wielkiego. Alojzy pozbawiony jest wyobraźni. Dlatego właśnie może służyć ludziom, ale nigdy nad ludźmi nie zapanuje. Wszystko przewidzałem. Prawdziwy uczony nie stworzy nic przeciwko ludziom".

Cały świat stworzony przez Brzechwę jest zaskakujący, barwny i niestały. Wydaje się, że czas płynie inaczej niż u nas. Ambroży Kleks jest genialnym naukowcem, optymistą, autorytetem dla wszystkich, którzy go spotkali. Ma swoje niezłomne zasady i zawsze ma nadzieję.

"Też pomysł! To tak, jakbyś zaproponował lwu, żeby został karaluchem! Ja – wolny, niezawisły umysł, miałbym włożyć na głowę ten garnek zwany koroną? Ja – Ambroży Kleks?!"

Każdy dorosły, zmęczony życiem człowiek powinien przeczytać wszystkie trzy tomy "Pana Kleksa", powinien przypomineć sobie, że bez wyobraźni i fantazji nasze życie jest szare i płaskie.

The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since.

The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award.[Wiki]

THE SECRET GARDEN by FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT, author of "The Shuttle," "The Making of a Marchioness," "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst," "That Lass o' Lowries," "Through One Administration," "Little Lord Fauntleroy" "A Lady of Quality," etc.

This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/7/3/9/17396/

Fashion-crazy Sicilee is a poster child for over-consumption. Her archrival, Maya, wears arty vintage clothes but hasn't a clue what's in the food she eats. So when drop-dead gorgeous new student Cody Lightfoot sets out to spread his eco-ways--and spur the Environmental Club toward an all-out Earth Day bash--Sicilee and Maya have their work cut out to attract his attention. What if Sicilee trades her fur boots for walking shoes (even if she can't find the school when she's not inside a car)? What if Maya dresses in plastic bottles and bags to preach in front of the supermarket (until security is called)? Or could it be that Cody isn't all he' s cracked up to be, and that saving the planet really is more important than impressing a boy? With her trademark quick-fire wit, Dyan Sheldon shows just what girls will do for love--and what earth-changing realizations they might have along the way.

Trollīša Mumina draugiem piedāvājam vēl vienu Tūves Jānsones grāmatu par trollīšiem — "Tētis un jūra". Šoreiz stāstīts par dzīvi uz kādas nemīlīgas salas, nevis Muminielejā.

Tālu jūrā gulēja sala. Tā bija tikpat kā pamesta. Uz salas atradās bāka, bet tā nebija iedegta. Uz zemesraga dzīvoja zvejnieks, bet viņš klusēja. Uz šo salu tētis aizveda savu ģimeni, vēlēdamies to pasargāt un aizstāvēt.

Šī sala bija citāda. Tā nebija gluži tāda kā Muminieleja, kur viss ir kā nākas. Patiesību sakot, dzīve uz salas bija diezgan briesmīga. Dažreiz arī jūrai bija nejauks raksturs, bet tas bija ienaidnieks, ar kuru vērts cīnīties…

Book Description Hilariously picaresque, epic in scope, alive with the poetry and vigor of the American people, Mark Twain's story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice. Influencing subsequent generations of writers — from Sherwood Anderson to Twain's fellow Missourian, T.S. Eliot, from Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner to J.D. Salinger — Huckleberry Finn, like the river which flows through its pages, is one of the great sources which nourished and still nourishes the literature of America.

She doesn't want her turn on the catwalk-she'd rather be behind the scenes creating fabulous outfits! So when a famous fashionista discovers Emma's designs and offers her the opportunity of a lifetime-a feature in Madison magazine (squeal!)-Emma sort of, well, panics. She has only one option: to create a secret identity.

And so Allegra Biscotti is born.

Allegra is worldly, sophisticated, and bold-everything Emma is not. But the pressure is on. And Emma quickly discovers juggling school, a new crush, friends, and a secret identity might not be as glamorous as she thought.

She is never cold, she always knows exactly what time it is, and her hair grows two inches while she sleeps. Fifteen-year-old Corinna Stonewall--the only Folk Keeper in the city of Rhysbridge — sits hour after hour with the Folk in the dark, chilly cellar, "drawing off their anger as a lightning rod draws off lightning." The Folk are the fierce, wet-mouthed, cave-dwelling gremlins who sour milk, rot cabbage, and make farm animals sick. Still, they are no match for the steely, hard-hearted, vengeful orphan Corinna who prides herself in her job of feeding, distracting, and otherwise pacifying these furious, ravenous creatures. The Folk Keeper has power and independence, and that's the way she likes it.

They say if you stare at him long enough, you can see what’s written on the wall behind him. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thing’s for sure: no one ever noticed him. Except me. My name is Antsy Bonano—and I can tall you what’s true and what’s not. ’Cause I was there. I was the one who realized the Schwa was “functionally invisible” and used it to make some big bucks. But I was also the one who caused him more grief than a friend should. So if you all just shut up and listen, I’ll spill everything. Unless, of course, “the Schwa Effect” wiped him out of my brain before I’m done...

This is one of this author's famous school stories. Like a new boy or girl at a school, you will be faced with learning the names of a great many youngsters, and to an extent, their characters. However, by the time you get half-way through the book you will be familiar enough with the principal characters.

Of course, there are numerous small dramas being acted out as the book proceeds, but the main one concerns a boat-race between two of the Houses. Along the course there is a very tight bend. The boat on the outside of the bend is slightly in the lead but will probably lose this due to the inside boat having less far to travel to the next straight.

At a most crucial moment, when maximum power is being exerted by the cox on the rudder-lines, one of them snaps, and the boat goes out of control. The cox shouts the instructions for an emergency stop, and to back water. The other boat proceeds to the end of the course. It can now be seen that the rudder-line had been deliberately half cut through, so that it would snap at that tight bend on the river.

For the rest of the book people are trying to work out who had done this deed. At one stage we think we know the answer. We become quite convinced we know the answer, in fact. But we are wrong, and we do not find out till almost the end of the book. And it is to be hoped that at that point the promised re-row takes place.

There is some confusion with names in respect of Merrison and Morrison, but I suspect that to be a printer's error. It is not of great importance, since he is (or they are) not front-line characters in the action.

The punctuation becomes very difficult in the reporting of the proceedings of the school parliament, because not only do you have the current speaker, but interspersed with it are comments by the raconteur and by the noisier of the boys. The printed book settled for a simplified version here, but we have done our best to give you a version that is more according to rule.

When Sara Stanley, the Story Girl, returns to Carlisle to spend the winter with the King family, she comes up with a great idea.

The wonderful book upon which the long-running television series Avonlea is based, The Story Girl offers a treasure trove of more than 40 tales, including folk lore, legend, and plenty of stories in the adventurous tradition of Anne of Green Gables.

Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis from Dr. Trent prompts her to make a fresh start. For the first time, she does and says exactly what she feels. As she expands her limited horizons, Valancy undergoes a transformation, discovering a new world of love and happiness. One of Lucy Maud Montgomery's only novels intended for an adult audience, The Blue Castle is filled with humor and romance.

As a bloodcurlingly fearsome ghost, Humphrey the Horrible is a failure. He’s not horrible at all. Instead of being ghastly and skeletal, he’s pink and fluffy, like a summer cloud. He longs to be like his brother, who’s a Screaming Skull. Or his father, who has stumps for legs and a sword through his chest. Or even his cousins who are like vampire bats. Poor Humphrey, though, can’t scare anyone. But when the ghosts are in danger, it’s clever Humphrey who comes up with a rescue plan…

This is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn’t know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:

1. There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.

2. They are talking to him.

3. His life will never be quite the same again…

A captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by readers of all ages.

Review

‘Splendid stuff’ Eva Ibbotson.

‘A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure… it could be the next big thing’ Eoin Colfer.

‘The sequel had better come soon’ Observer.

‘Thrilling… Written in a vivid, urgent style, its sense of loss at all the creatures we have lost or are losing may be as critical to the new generation as Tarka the Otter’ Times.

‘I haven’t read a book this good and interesting since The Hunger Games… an edge-of-your-seat fast-paced read’ Guardian Children’s website.

‘Inventive, with laughs, tears and cliffhangers’ Sunday Times.

‘An action-packed, dystopian eco-thriller with memorable characters, both animal and human, and a powerful message about the interdependence of man and nature. A promising debut’ Daily Mail.

‘It’s a grim but in no way depressing read, preaching hope amid dystopia’ Financial Times.

From the Inside Flap

In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he’s told there’s something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he’s finally gone a bit mad. But the animals have something to say… The pigeons fly Kester to a wild place where the last creatures in the land have survived. A wise stag needs Kester’s help, and together they must embark on a great journey, joined along the way by an over-enthusiastic wolf-cub, a spoilt show-cat, a dancing harvest mouse and a determined girl named Polly. The animals saved Kester Jaynes. Can Kester save the animals?

A beloved New York Times bestselling author returns to paper!

At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But soon she discovers that it’s a wonderful place, where freedom and selfexpression are valued. Enamored of Bergania, a erene and peaceful country led by a noble king, Tally organizes a dance troupe to attend the international folk dancing festival there. There she meets Karil, the crown prince, who wants nothing more than ordinary friends. But when Karil’s father is assassinated, it’s up to Tally and her friends to help Karil escape the Nazis and the bleak future he’s inherited.

A hundred years ago, in the Himalayan peaks of Nanvi Dar, the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. In a secret valley Agatha Farlingham is introduced to a family of motherless yetis and devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to speak, tells them stories and insists on polite manners. But as the decades pass, tourists come to the mountains, a hotel is built and yeti-hunters arrive. Agatha knows that there is one place in the world where they would be protected — her ancestral home at Farley Towers. When a boy and his sister stumble upon her hidden valley, she knows she has found the courageous people who will carry out her plan. The excited yetis are smuggled into the bridal suite at the hotel. A freezer lorry is waiting to put them into semi-hibernation on the long trip home. But the baby yak that has fallen in love with the youngest yeti foils the refrigeration plan and they set off on a hugely entertaining road trip half way…

In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants’ quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors. She is happy there but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her. And sure enough, one day a glamorous stranger arrives at the door. After years of guilt and searching, Annika’s mother has come to claim her daughter, who is in fact a Prussian aristocrat and whose true home is a great castle. But at crumbling, spooky Spittal Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her new-found family… Eva Ibbotson’s hugely entertaining story is a timeless classic for readers young and old.

For excitement-hungry orphan Ivo, a mission to save Princess Mirella from the dreaded Ogre of Oglefort is a dream come true. Together with a hag, a wizard, and a troll, Ivo sets out, ready for adventure. But when they get to the ogre’s castle, the rescuers are in for a surprise: the princess doesn’t need saving, but the depressed ogre does! It’s a warmhearted, hilarious romp in the tradition of Roald Dahl, with enough creepy magic, ghosts, and laughs to make even the saddest ogre smile.

When Ellen Carr abandons grey, dreary London to become housekeeper at an experimental school in Austria, she finds her destiny. Swept into an idyllic world of mountains, music, eccentric teachers and wayward children, Ellen brings order and joy to all around her. But it’s the handsome, mysterious gardener, Marek, who intrigues her — Marek, who has a dangerous secret. As Hitler’s troops spread across Europe, Ellen has promises to keep, even if they mean she must sacrifice her future happiness… A Song for Summer is an unforgettable love story from Eva Ibbotson, the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea and The Star of Kazan.

A hundred years ago, in the Himalayan peaks of Nanvi Dar, the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. In a secret valley Agatha Farlingham is introduced to a family of motherless yetis and devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to speak, tells them stories and insists on polite manners. But as the decades pass, tourists come to the mountains, a hotel is built and yeti-hunters arrive. Agatha knows that there is one place in the world where they would be protected — her ancestral home at Farley Towers. When a boy and his sister stumble upon her hidden valley, she knows she has found the courageous people who will carry out her plan. The excited yetis are smuggled into the bridal suite at the hotel. A freezer lorry is waiting to put them into semi-hibernation on the long trip home. But the baby yak that has fallen in love with the youngest yeti foils the refrigeration plan and they set off on a hugely entertaining road trip half way…

A beloved New York Times bestselling author returns to paper!

At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But soon she discovers that it’s a wonderful place, where freedom and selfexpression are valued. Enamored of Bergania, a erene and peaceful country led by a noble king, Tally organizes a dance troupe to attend the international folk dancing festival there. There she meets Karil, the crown prince, who wants nothing more than ordinary friends. But when Karil’s father is assassinated, it’s up to Tally and her friends to help Karil escape the Nazis and the bleak future he’s inherited.

In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants’ quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors. She is happy there but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her. And sure enough, one day a glamorous stranger arrives at the door. After years of guilt and searching, Annika’s mother has come to claim her daughter, who is in fact a Prussian aristocrat and whose true home is a great castle. But at crumbling, spooky Spittal Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her new-found family… Eva Ibbotson’s hugely entertaining story is a timeless classic for readers young and old.

For excitement-hungry orphan Ivo, a mission to save Princess Mirella from the dreaded Ogre of Oglefort is a dream come true. Together with a hag, a wizard, and a troll, Ivo sets out, ready for adventure. But when they get to the ogre’s castle, the rescuers are in for a surprise: the princess doesn’t need saving, but the depressed ogre does! It’s a warmhearted, hilarious romp in the tradition of Roald Dahl, with enough creepy magic, ghosts, and laughs to make even the saddest ogre smile.

The history of the little tramp from Victorian London, who experienced all the hardships of wandering life: poverty, fear and loneliness. James Greenwood is not the usual children's author, entertaining children with carefree cheerful stories. In the story “The true history of a little ragamuffin” he shows a different childhood—a bleak existence of a defenseless child, neither having a roof over his head, nor bread for his meals. He has lost his mother early. Fleeing from his stepmother, the boy left the house and lived on the street. There he was forced to scrape for his own food, wandering with other children and spending the nights underground.

A very ordinary boy. Nobody noticed him, he was just like everyone else.

But Fred knew he was different.

He just didn’t know quite how different.

And when he did…

Well, what then?

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.

It is 1939. Nazi Germany.

The country is holding its breath.

Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she unearths a single object from the snow. It is The Grave Digger’s Handbook, left there by accident at her brother’s funeral, and it is her first act of book thievery.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel’s foster family hides a Jewish man in their basement, Liesel’s world is both opened up and closed down.

In superbly crafted prose that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

in which our narrator introduces:

himself—the colors—and the book thief

featuring:

himmel street—the art of saumensching—an ironfisted

woman—a kiss attempt—jesse owens—

sandpaper—the smell of friendship—a heavyweight

champion—and the mother of all watschens

featuring:

a girl made of darkness—the joy of cigarettes

—a town walker—some dead letters—hitler’s birthday—

100 percent pure german sweat—the gates of thievery—

and a book of fire

featuring:

the way home—a broken woman—a struggler—

a juggler—the attributes of summer—

an aryan shopkeeper—a snorer—two tricksters—

and revenge in the shape of mixed candy

featuring:

the accordionist—a promise keeper—a good girl—

a jewish fist fighter—the wrath of rosa—a lecture—

a sleeper—the swapping of nightmares—

and some pages from the basement

featuring:

a floating book—the gamblers—a small ghost—

two haircuts—rudy’s youth—losers and sketches—

a whistler and some shoes—three acts of stupidity—

and a frightened boy with frozen legs

featuring:

death’s diary—the snowman—thirteen

presents—the next book—the nightmare of

a jewish corpse—a newspaper sky—a visitor—

a schmunzeler—and a final kiss on poisoned cheeks

featuring:

champagne and accordions—

a trilogy—some sirens—a sky

stealer—an offer—the long

walk to dachau—peace—

an idiot and some coat men

featuring:

dominoes and darkness—the thought of

rudy naked—punishment—a promise keeper’s

wife—a collector—the bread eaters—

a candle in the trees—a hidden sketchbook—

and the anarchist’s suit collection

featuring:

the next temptation—a cardplayer—

the snows of stalingrad—an ageless

brother—an accident—the bitter taste

of questions—a toolbox, a bleeder,

a bear—a broken plane—

and a homecoming

featuring:

the end of a world—the ninety-eighth day—

a war maker—way of the words—a catatonic girl—

confessions—ilsa hermann’s little black book—

some rib-cage planes—and a mountain range of rubble

featuring:

death and liesel—some

wooden tears—max—

and the handover man

Doctor Dolittle takes on an apprentice, Tommy Stubbins, as they set out to find Long Arrow, the world's greatest naturalist. Their quest takes them to the Mediterranean, to South America, deep under the sea, and even to a floating island. This second Dolittle book by Hugh Lofting won the Newbery Medal in 1923.

When the Russians come, where do you go?

It is the end of April, 1945 in a small village in eastern Germany. The front is coming closer and ten-year-old Fritz knows that the Soviet Army’s invasion of his family’s home can be only a few days away. Grandpa Karl, a Nazi sympathizer, takes Fritz into the forest that surrounds the family farm to show him a secret. Under a tall pine tree, Grandpa Karl has dug a pit and covered it with branches. The hole is to hide Fritz’s sister, mother, and grandmother when the Russians invade their village. Grandpa Karl is convinced that he and Fritz will defend to the death the Friedrich family.

But when the Russian soldiers arrive, Fritz, his sister, and his mother find themselves alone. They look to Lech, a Polish farmhand, for help, but new communist policies force them off their farm and into the role of refugees. Separated from his home and eventually his family, Fritz has to find his own way in a crumbling world. The Dog in the Wood tells a dramatic story of loss and survival in a changing Germany at the end of World War II.

The battle between the Dark Forest and the warrior Clans has come. As the cats seek out their allies and enemies, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovewing wait desperately for the fourth cat who is prophesied to help them lead the Clans to victory—and who may be their only hope for survival.

It has been foretold that Jayfeather and Lionblaze will hold the power of the stars in their paws. Now they must wait for a sign from StarClan to tell them which of their Clanmates will complete the prophecy. Soon, a StarClan warrior will visit a new ThunderClan apprentice—and the lives of the three chosen cats will be forever linked.

For many moons, the warrior cats have lived in peace in their territories around the lake. But a dark shadow looms on the horizon, and the time has come for Alderpaw—son of the ThunderClan leader, Bramblestar, and his deputy, Squirrelflight—to shape his destiny… and the fate of all the warrior Clans.

A mysterious vision leads a group of cats away from their mountain home in search of a land filled with prey and shelter. But the challenges they face threaten to divide them, and the young cats must try to figure out how to live side by side in peace.

The mountain cats have begun to settle in their new home, but tensions are rising between Clear Sky and Gray Wing—and Thunder is caught in the middle.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. He has no recollection of his parents, his home, or how he got where he is. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doores open, thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade, a large expanse enclosed by stone walls.

Just like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning, for as long as anyone can remember, the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night, for just as long, they've closed tight. Every thirty days a new boy is delivered in the lift. And no one wants to be stuck in the Maze after dark.

The Gladers were expecting Thomas's arrival. But the next day, a girl is sent up - the first girl ever to arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. The Glader have always been convinced that if they can solve the maze that surrounds the Glade, they might find their way home... wherever that may be. But it's looking more and more as if the Maze is unsolvable.

And something about the girl's arrival is starting to make Thomas feel different. Something is telling him that he just might have some answers - if he can only find s way to retrieve the dark secrets locked within his own mind.

A Junior Library Guide Selection

Tuve Jānsone TROLLĪŠA ZIEMA

Redaktore Antra Vagnere

Apgāds Zvaigzne ABC, SIA, K. Valdemāra ielā 6, Rīgā, LV-1010. Red. nr. L-1915. A/s "Poligrāfists", K. Valdemāra ielā 6, Rigā, LV-1010.

After her mother mysteriously disappears, sixteen-year-old Haley convinces her father to take her to Iceland, where her mother was last seen. There, amidst the ancient fissures and crevices of that volcanic island, Haley meets gorgeous Ari, a boy with a dangerous side who appoints himself her protector.

When Haley picks up a silver coin that entangles her in a spell cast by her ancestor Hallgerd, she discovers that Hallgerd's spell and her mother's disappearance are connected to a chain of events that could unleash terrifying powers and consume the world. Haley must find a way to contain the growing fires of the spell—and her growing attraction to Ari.

Janni Lee Simner brings the fierce romance and violent passions of Iceland's medieval sagas into this twenty-first-century novel, with spellbinding results.

Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are in trouble again. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, the strange gateway town where visitors may neither enter nor leave without paying a price. By day, the city is well-mannered and orderly; by night, it's the haunt of rogues and villains. Wherever there's a plot, there's sure to be treachery, and wherever there's treachery, there's sure to be trouble – and where there's trouble, Clent, Mosca and the web-footed apocalypse Saracen can't be far behind. But as past deeds catch up with them and old enemies appear, it looks as if this time there's no way out…

Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse.

In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth — a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this latest audiobook promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.

JASON HAS A PROBLEM. He doesn't remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and his best friend is a guy named Leo. They're all students at the Wilderness School, a boarding school for "bad kids," as Leo puts it. What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly? Jason doesn't know anything — except that everything seems very wrong.

PIPER HAS A SECRET. Her father, a famous actor, has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn't understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn't recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she's going to find out, whether she wants to or not.

LEO HAS A WAY WITH TOOLS. When he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, filled with power tools and machine parts, he feels right at home. But there's weird stuff, too — like the curse everyone keeps talking about, and some camper who's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them — including Leo — is related to a god. Does this have anything to do with Jason's amnesia, or the fact that Leo keeps seeing ghosts?

Join new and old friends from Camp Half-Blood in this thrilling first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Best-selling author Rick Riordan has pumped up the action, humor, suspense, and mystery in an epic adventure that will leave readers panting for the next installment.

Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee — whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not — stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden — a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.

But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?

Tūve Jānsone

TĒTIS UN JŪRA

SOMU Izdevniecība "Nordik" Rīgā 1994

Tove Jansson PAPPAN OCH HAVET

Gebcrs Stockholm

NO ZVIEDRU VALODAS TULKOJUSI MUDĪTE TREIMANE

AUTORES ILUSTRĀCIJAS

Šī grāmata izdota ar Ziemeļvalstu Kultūras Fonda atbalstu

This book is published with support of the Nordic Cultural Fund

Daystar has lived all his life with his mother in a cottage on the edge of the Enchanted Forest. But when one day a wizard comes to his house, he is sent by his mother on a journey with some strange sword. Little does he know that this is the magic sword that belonged to the Rulers of the enchanted forest, and he is the rightful heir!

This is not so much a science fiction story as a story about science fiction, and the magical thinking that is so attractive when you're a bored kid in Bumblefuck, Iowa.

Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him...for the life of the girl Jasper loves. 

One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei's neck tightens. And tightens. 

Finley Jayne knows she's not 'normal'. Normal girls don't lose time, or have something inside them that makes them capable of remarkably violent things. Her behavior has already cost her one job, so when she's offered the lofty position of companion to Phoebe, a debutante recently engaged to Lord Vincent, she accepts, despite having no experience. Lord Vincent is a man of science with his automatons and inventions, but Finley is suspicious of his motives where Phoebe is concerned. She will do anything to protect her new friend, but what she discovers is even more monstrous than anything she could have imagined…

In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the "thing" inside her.

When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch….

Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she's special, says she's one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.

Griffin's investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help—and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.

But The Machinist wants to tear Griff's little company of strays apart, and it isn't long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side she's on—even if it seems no one believes her.

In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery. So it's a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they also point to Jennifer, and say something is coming. Big Magic...

In this grim debut novel, the Doyles hide the terrible secret that 16-year-old Mackie is a changeling who was swapped for their real son when he was a baby. In their town of Gentry, there is an unspoken acknowledgment that a child is stolen every seven years in an uneasy bargain for the town's prosperity. Mackie's struggles to go unnoticed are made more difficult by his severe allergies to iron and other metal, his inability to set foot on consecrated ground such as his minister father's church, and his tendency to become severely ill around blood. Now he is dying. When a classmate's baby sister is abducted and a Replacement left in her place, Mackie is reluctantly drawn into the age-old rift between the Morrigan and the Lady, sisters who lead the two changeling clans who live underneath Gentry. Mackie agrees to help the Morrigan maintain the unwitting townspeople's goodwill in exchange for a drug he needs to survive. Meanwhile, he and his friends plot to rescue Tate's stolen sister from the Lady. Yovanoff's innovative plot draws on the changeling legends from Western European folklore. She does an excellent job of creating and sustaining a mood of fear, hopelessness, and misery throughout the novel, something that is lightened only occasionally by Mackie's dry humor and the easy charm of his friend Roswell.

Welcome to a future where water is more precious than gold or oil-and worth killing for...

Vera and her brother Will live in the shadow of the Great Panic, in a country that has collapsed from environmental catastrophe. Water is hoarded by governments, rivers are dammed, and clouds are sucked from the sky. But then Vera befriends Kai, who seems to have limitless access to fresh water. When Kai suddenly disappears, Vera and Will set off on a dangerous journey in search of him-pursued by pirates, a paramilitary group, and greedy corporations. Timely and eerily familiar, acclaimed author Cameron Stracher makes a stunning YA debut that's impossible to forget.

Введите сюда краткую аннотацию

Roald Dahl meets Eva Ibbotson in this hilarious middle grade debut perfect for reading aloud

Rupert Campbell is fascinated by the witches who live nearby. He dreams of broomstick tours and souvenir potions, but Rupert’s mother forbids him from even looking at that part of town. The closest he can get to a witchy experience is sitting in class with his awful teacher Mrs. Frabbleknacker, who smells like bellybutton lint and forbids Rupert’s classmates from talking to each other before, during, and after class. So when he sees an ad to become a witch’s apprentice, Rupert simply can’t resist applying.

But Witchling Two isn’t exactly what Rupert expected. With a hankering for lollipops and the magical aptitude of a toad, she needs all the help she can get to pass her exams and become a full-fledged witch. She’s determined to help Rupert stand up to dreadful Mrs. Frabbleknacker too, but the witchling’s magic will be as useful as a clump of seaweed unless…

From School Library Journal

Grade 4–8—A combination of Nancy Drew and Indiana Jones, Theo Throckmorton is in big trouble. The 11-year-old lives in London in 1906 and spends most of her time in an antiquities museum headed by her father and filled with objects from her mother’s archaeological expeditions to Egypt. Bossy, clever, and learned in the lore of ancient Egypt, the girl constantly worries that the work-obsessed parents who ignore and neglect her will be destroyed by virulent ancient curses that only she can detect. When her mother returns from her latest trip with an amulet inscribed with curses so powerful they could unleash the Serpents of Chaos and destroy the British Empire, Theo finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue and danger. It pits her, along with some unexpected allies, against German operatives trying to use the scarab as a weapon in their political and economic rivalry with England. Theo must draw on all her resources when she confronts her enemies alone, deep in an Egyptian tomb. There, she makes some surprising discoveries, both personal and archaeological. Vivid descriptions of fog-shrouded London and hot, dusty Cairo enhance the palpable gothic atmosphere, while page-turning action and a plucky, determined heroine add to the book’s appeal. Unfortunately, Theo’s narrative voice lurches between the diction of an Edwardian child and that of a modern teen. The ambiguous ending, with its hints at the approaching World War, seems to promise a sequel. A fine bet for a booktalk to classes studying ancient Egypt.

— Margaret A. Chang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams

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From Booklist

Starred Review

“You’d be surprised by how many things come into the museum loaded with curses — bad ones,” says 11-year-old Theodosia, whose parents run London’s Museum of Legends and Antiquities. The twentieth century has just begun, and Theodosia’s mum, an archaeologist, has recently returned from Egypt with crates of artifacts. Only Theodosia can feel the objects’ dark magic, which, after consulting ancient texts, she has learned to remove. Then a sacred amulet disappears, and during her search, Theodosia stumbles into a terrifying battle between international secret societies. Readers won’t look to this thrilling adventure for subtle characterizations (most fit squarely into good and evil camps) or neat end-knots in the sprawling plot’s many threads. It’s the delicious, precise, and atmospheric details (nicely extended in Tanaka’s few, stylized illustrations) that will capture and hold readers, from the contents of Theodosia’s curse-removing kit to descriptions of the museum after hours, when Theodosia sleeps in a sarcophagus to ward off the curses of “disgruntled dead things.” Kids who feel overlooked by their own distracted parents may feel a tug of recognition as Theodosia yearns for attention, and those interested in archaeology will be drawn to the story’s questions about the ownership and responsible treatment of ancient artifacts. A sure bet for Harry Potter fans as well as Joan Aiken’s and Eva Ibbotson’s readers. This imaginative, supernatural mystery will find word-of-mouth popularity.

Gillian Engberg

Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching — a wise shepherd — might have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is dead and it’s up to Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening: a fairy-tale monster in the stream, a headless horseman and, strangest of all, the tiny blue men in kilts, the Wee Free Men, who have come looking for the new ‘hag’.

These are the Nac Mac Feegles, the pictsies, who like nothing better than thievin’, fightin’ and drinkin’.

Then Tiffany’s young brother goes missing and Tiffany and the Wee Free Men must join forces to save him from the Queen of the Fairies.

Illustrations by Paul Kidby.

Annotations collected and edited by Leo Breebaart. http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/.html

The battle between the Dark Forest and the warrior Clans has come. As the cats seek out their allies and enemies, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovewing wait desperately for the fourth cat who is prophesied to help them lead the Clans to victory—and who may be their only hope for survival.

It has been foretold that Jayfeather and Lionblaze will hold the power of the stars in their paws. Now they must wait for a sign from StarClan to tell them which of their Clanmates will complete the prophecy. Soon, a StarClan warrior will visit a new ThunderClan apprentice—and the lives of the three chosen cats will be forever linked.

For many moons, the warrior cats have lived in peace in their territories around the lake. But a dark shadow looms on the horizon, and the time has come for Alderpaw—son of the ThunderClan leader, Bramblestar, and his deputy, Squirrelflight—to shape his destiny… and the fate of all the warrior Clans.

A mysterious vision leads a group of cats away from their mountain home in search of a land filled with prey and shelter. But the challenges they face threaten to divide them, and the young cats must try to figure out how to live side by side in peace.

The mountain cats have begun to settle in their new home, but tensions are rising between Clear Sky and Gray Wing—and Thunder is caught in the middle.

JACEN and JAINA

When the Empire died, they were born—a new hope for the New Republic. The young twins of Han Solo and Princess Leia are now fourteen, and enrolled at Luke Skywalker’s Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Together with friends both old and new, the future heroes of an already legendary saga begin their training.

During a break in training, Jacen and Jaina are reunited with their old friend Zekk, an orphan living in the streets on their home planet of Coruscant. Young, wild, and free, Zekk has never had a care in the world…until now. He sees the changes in his friends. Jacen and Jaina have learned so much, have grown in so many ways. Compared to them, he is only a lost little boy.

However, a powerful being has seen his potential. Someone who knows about shame and jealousy—and how to make use of them. Someone who knows that the dark side of the Force is especially attractive when you’ve got nothing to lose…

JACEN and JAINA

When the Empire died, they were born—a new hope for the New Republic. The young twins of Han Solo and Princess Leia have grown strong with the Force, thwarting the evil Nolaa Tarkona and destroying the Emperor’s plague. Now, with their friends Lowbacca the Wookiee and Tenel Ka, the future heroes of an already legendary saga continue their training.

Lando Calrissian offers the young Jedi Knights a rare opportunity—a vacation on Cloud City. They jump at the chance—as long as their new friend, the mysterious Anja Gallandro, can come along. Anja is happy to be included. But little do the twins know that they are actually helping Anja hatch her sinister plan. A plan that goes far deeper than simple revenge…

Qui-Gon Jinn’s past is not at rest. How can he forge a bond with young Obi-Wan Kenobi while he is haunted by the betrayal of his first apprentice—Xanatos? Xanatos was also a promising student ... until the dark side of the Force intervened. Qui-Gon thought he was gone forever.

But now Xanatos is back.

And he wants revenge.

The Defenders of the Dead live in the past while they destroy the future. They face a revolt of the Young—a band of rebels led by two teenagers, Cerasi and Nield.

Thirteen-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn are not supposed to take sides in any war. But once Obi-Wan meets Cerasi and Nield, he feels he must join their fight…even though Qui-Gon forbids it.

The rebellion has become personal.

And Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are on opposing sides.

A queen is dying. Her angry son is conspiring to thwart his planet’s elections and maintain his rule. But he might not be her only heir. There may be another bearing the elusive Mark of the Crown.

Qui-Gon Jinn and young Obi-Wan Kenobi come to the planet of Gala as guardians of peace. Now they are facing a deadly battle for power and royal position.

The true heir must be found.

The Jedi must find the way.

After Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn are hijacked to the planet Phindar, they find themselves trapped in a world gone mad. The ruling Syndicat controls the people by erasing their memories. The planet’s only hope lies with a band of thieving rebels.

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are caught in a mind war.

And if they’re not careful, their own pasts will be wiped out forever.

For generations, the firstborn children of the rulers of the planet Rutan and the moon Senali have been exchanged at the age of seven. This was meant to promote peace and understanding between the societies. Now it has led them to the brink of war.

Leed, the heir to the Rutan throne, does not want to return to his home planet. His father will stop at nothing to get him back. Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi must prevent this rift from turning to bloodshed.

It is their hardest challenge yet.

Qui-Gon Jinn’s evil former apprentice, Xanatos, has set a trap for his old Master. He has lured Qui-Gon and young Obi-Wan Kenobi to his home planet of Telos… and has framed them for a crime they did not commit.

The penalty is death.

Suddenly Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are fugitives on a planet where everyone is an enemy.

Xanatos’ day of reckoning has come.

The Jedi Temple is under attack. An attempt has been made to kill Yoda. A dangerous intruder has infiltrated the Jedi.

Everybody is under suspicion, and no one is safe from harm. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn must get to the heart of the conspiracy… or watch the Temple be destroyed—from the inside.

Most people on the planet Kegan don't want to have anything to do with the rest of the galaxy. But when a young potential Jedi is discovered there, Qui-Gon Jinn, Adi Gallia, and their apprentices, Obi-Wan and Siri, are compelled to visit this strangely isolated world.

They are not welcomed with open arms. Instead, Qui-Gon and Adi find themselves caught in a web of deception while Obi-Wan and Siri are imprisoned in a school where thought is dictated, dissent is forbidden, and detention is permanent.

On this planet, the Jedi must fight for truth...even though nobody wants to face it.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is no longer a Jedi. He has chosen instead to be a part of the revolution on the planet Melida/Daan. His Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, has gone back to Coruscant, where trouble is stirring inside the Jedi Temple.

Obi-Wan takes comfort in his friends, the other leaders of the revolution. Together they have power—perhaps too much power. As the revolution continues, friends become enemies, and Obi-Wan’s path grows more and more uncertain. Qui-Gon is no longer around to help him.

Obi-Wan is on his own.

Nobody knows her name. Nobody knows when she will strike. All they know is that she is a deadly bounty hunter—and her latest mission has taken her to Coruscant, home of the Jedi.

Her target: an old friend of Qui-Gon Jinn’s.

Qui-Gon and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, make an attempt to catch her…and fail. Now they are her targets, too.

Murder. Kidnapping. Torture.

Jenna Zan Arbor will stop at nothing in her quest to discover the secrets of the Force—and use them for her own power and greed. One Jedi remains in her dangerous grasp. And a whole planet is being held hostage by her sinister plans.

Only a single team of Jedi stands in her way…

An evil scientist is imprisoning and torturing Jedi to find the secret behind the Force. She taps their emotions, monitors their actions…and then drains them of their blood.

Qui-Gon Jinn is now her captive.

Obi-Wan Kenobi is desperately searching for his Master. Meanwhile, Qui-Gon must match wits with one of the most dangerous enemies he has ever encountered.

His survival depends on it.

Six years ago, Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl helped the people of the planet Apsolon choose their first free leader. It seemed that peace had arrived at last.

Now the leader has been killed. His daughters have been kidnapped. And Qui-Gon and Tahl have returned to Apsolon with Qui-Gon’s apprentice Obi-Wan—against the wishes of the Jedi Council.

The ties that bind Qui-Gon and Tahl are about to experience their most powerful test yet.

“I pledge myself to you, Tahl.”

“I pledge myself to you, Qui-Gon.”

With these words, two Jedi Knights acknowledged that their bond had grown beyond friendship and into love.

Now Tahl has been abducted in a trap that Qui-Gon feels he should have foreseen. Consumed by dark visions, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi must do everything in their power to get her back before it’s too late. But that won’t be easy in a land where nobody can be trusted…and everyone has something to hide.

Qui-Gon Jinn is a man on the edge. His heart has been shattered. His beliefs have been destroyed. And now he is dangerously close to stepping over a line that no Jedi dares to cross.

He wants revenge.

His fellow Jedi—his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Jedi Council member Mace Windu—will try to stop him. But when Qui-Gon strikes out on his own, anything can happen. Revenge is not a Jedi trait…but it is a Human one. Can Qui-Gon separate his personal feelings from his Jedi training?

When Obi-Wan Kenobi started off as Qui-Gon Jinn’s Jedi apprentice, he was just a boy. Now, on the verge of manhood, he is starting on the path that will lead him to become a Jedi Knight…and the master of his own fate.

As Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon investigate a strange wave of planetary sabotages, they find their relationship shifting—sometimes in a dangerous direction. As events turn deadly, their lives may never be the same again.

An evil crime family controls the fate of a planet. Only one witness can bring them down—someone from the inside. In order to make it off the planet to testify, she’s going to need the protection of the Jedi.

Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi take the assignment, thinking it will be easy. But nothing is ever easy when crime is concerned, and soon the two Jedi are entangled in a violent web of power, corruption, and lies. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan know their allegiance is to the witness. But can she be trusted?

He's rich, bad-tempered — and big trouble!

Trzej Detektywi – chłopcy z amerykańskiego miasteczka Rocky Beach, zajmujący się rozwiązywaniem zagadek i niewyjaśnionych spraw kryminalnych – trafiają tym razem na rancho "Krzywe Y", prowadzone przez państwa Daltonów. Właściciele rancha mają poważne kłopoty – opuszczają ich pracownicy, przerażeni zagadkowym zjawiskiem: położona nieopodal jaskinia, nazwana po słynnym rozbójniku "jaskinią el Diablo", niespodziewanie zaczęła… Jęczeć! Dziwne, niepokojące jęki i przeciągłe wycie rozlega się o różnych porach, cichnie jednak natychmiast, gdy ktoś przekroczy próg jaskini – zupełnie, jakby jakaś nadprzyrodzona siła wyczuwała ludzką obecność. Detektywi przystępują do śledztwa. W okolicy chętnie opowiada się, że zaginiony przed laty w jaskini sam El Diablo żyje i powraca, by siać terror – przywołuje się też starą, indiańską legendę o Staruchu – potworze z podziemnego jeziora w skalnych korytarzach, którego nikt nie mógł zobaczyć. Jupiter, Pete i Bob nie wierzą jednak w duchy – coś najzupełniej materialnego musiało spowodować dziwaczne odgłosy. Przy jaskini kręcą się nieustannie dwaj starzy poszukiwacze przygód – Waldo i Ben, barwne postacie lokalnego folkloru. Jak jednak tacy staruszkowie mieliby manipulować skałami i na żądanie uruchamiać i wyciszać jęk? Dziwne zdarzenia zaczynają się mnożyć wokół Detektywów – podejrzany osobnik z blizną na twarzy i przepaską na oku pojawia się i znika jak cień, nieznana osoba omal nie taranuje chłopców samochodem z rejestracją z Nevady, a przy nurkowaniu objawia się im zupełnie już zagadkowa rzecz – ciemny, podłużny kształt, błyskawicznie prujący fale. Nieopodal podziemnego jeziora chłopcy znajdują zaś wydłużone, nie przypominające stóp żadnego stworzenia ślady… Postępy w dochodzeniu następują, gdy Jupiter odnajduje w jaskini upuszczony kamyk o charakterystycznej fakturze – okazuje się, że jest to diament. Kamień ma wprawdzie słabą jakość i wartość jedynie przemysłową, smaku całej zagadce dodaje jednak fakt, że w opinii eksperta pochodzi on niewątpliwie z Afryki i nie było sposobu, by znalazł się w amerykańskich skałach. Kontynuujący śledztwo chłopcy popadają rychło w kłopoty. Najpierw odkrywają wprawdzie, że jęki jaskini są w istocie wywoływane przez staruszków Bena i Waldo, którzy odsuwają i zasuwają głaz w jednym z korytarzy, by wydobywać diamenty – jeden z nich czuwa zawsze na szczycie góry i ostrzega wspólnika dzwonkiem, że ktoś nadchodzi. Jednak nieznana osoba wciąż prześladuje Detektywów – zostają zamknięci w skałach bez możliwości ucieczki. Pomału wyjaśniają się sprawy, nawet w tak przykrym położeniu. Tajemnicze podwodne stwory to płetwonurkowie i łódź podwodna marynarki wojennej, a mężczyzna z blizną jest detektywem, który uwalnia chłopców z opresji. Opowiada im o skradzionych diamentach, których poszukuje jako agent towarzystwa ubezpieczeniowego. Trzej Detektywi prowadzą go do starych poszukiwaczy skarbów, którzy istotnie wydobyli z jaskini kamienie, ukryte tam przez prawdziwego złodzieja – traktowali jednak całą sprawę jako przygodę jak z dawnych lat, ze świadomością, że kiedyś zabawa się skończy i będzie trzeba jakoś zwrócić diamenty. Detektyw gotów jest więc nie chować urazy – zabiera kamienie, lecz w domku staruszków pojawia się kolejna osoba – przebrany za El Diablo zamaskowany złodziej klejnotów. Terroryzuje zebranych bronią palną i ucieka z diamentami – nie udaje mu się jednak zbiec daleko. Detektywi zostają uwolnieni przez szeryfa i Jupiter szybko demaskuje przestępcę – jest nim gość państwa Daltonów, profesor Walsh, przebywający w okolicy pod pretekstem badania legendy El Diablo. Dzięki kilku zaledwie wskazówkom, jak wzmianka o sprzęcie do nurkowania czy problem ręki trzymającej pistolet, Pierwszy Detektyw i jego przyjaciele znów doprowadzili przestępcę przed oblicze sprawiedliwości.

"Przygody Trzech Detektywów to amerykańska seria książek kryminalnych dla młodzieży, które mają kilku różnych autorów (Robert Arthur – twórca postaci Trzech Detektywów, William Arden, Mary V. Carey, Nick West oraz Marc Brandel), jednak sygnowane są nazwiskiem Alfreda Hitchcocka. Opowiadają one o śledztwach trzech młodych detektywów: Jupitera Jonesa, Pete'a Crenshawa oraz Boba Andrewsa. Są oni wspomagani przez swojego mistrza, samego Hitchcocka. Akcja zazwyczaj rozgrywa się w okolicach ich rodzinnego miasta, Rocky Beach, w pobliżu Hollywood."

"Tajemnica gadającej czaszki" jest kolejną częścią wspaniałej serii Alfreda Hitchcocka "Przygody trzech detektywów". Według wielu osób właśnie ta część jest najznakomitsza z całej serii. Książka ta jest wciągająca już od pierwszej strony, zawiera wiele ciekawych wątków oraz zwrotów akcji. Opowiada ona o kolejnej sprawie rozwiązywanej przez Trzech Detektywów: Jupitera Jonesa, Pete'a Crenshawa i Boba Andrewsa. Próbują wyjaśnić, jak czaszka może sama wypowiadać ciche słowa. Książka jest jedną z pierwszych części serii. Naprawdę godna polecenia!

W „Tajemnicy Magicznego Kręgu” sympatyczna trójka młodych detektywów, stworzonych przez Alfreda Hitchcocka, musi się zmierzyć z serią niepokojących wydarzeń, koncentrujących się wokół niegdysiejszej gwiazdy srebrnego ekranu, a obecnie ekscentrycznej, żyjącej na odludziu damy – Madeline Bainbridge. Słynna kiedyś aktorka od trzydziestu już lat nie zagrała w żadnym filmie – mieszka samotnie, a wszystkie sprawy załatwia za nią pośrednik. Jej jedyną pasją jest – tak jak i za czasów gwiazdorstwa – czarna magia i spotkania Magicznego Kręgu. Trzej Detektywi natykają się na sprawę panny Bainbridge pracując jako pomocnicy biurowi w wydawnictwie. Okazuje się, że dama spisała wspomnienia z lat swojej wielkiej kariery i pragnie je wydać – w tym samym czasie zamierza też sprzedać telewizji taśmy ze swoimi dawnymi filmami. Kłopoty zaczynają się, kiedy ktoś kradnie rękopis pamiętników aktorki – wydawnictwo zostaje podpalone. Niebawem również odsprzedane spółce telewizyjnej taśmy filmowe znikają, a pojawia się list z żądaniem okupu. Policja ma swoich podejrzanych, którzy jednak nie wszystkim wydają się winni. Młody właściciel wydawnictwa zwraca się więc o pomoc do Trzech Detektywów.Jupiter, Bob i Pete – bohaterowie całej serii – pilnie badają wszystkie poszlaki, nierzadko lądując przez to w kłopotach. Jednemu z nich przyjdzie omal nie udusić się w bagażniku zamkniętego samochodu, zanim tajemnica nie zostanie rozwikłana. A jest tu wiele pytań – bo czy taśmy i pamiętniki ukradła ta sama osoba? Czy wuj właściciela firmy sam podpalił wydawnictwo, aby ukryć nadużycia finansowe? Kto przed laty tworzył całe grono Magicznego Kręgu i gdzie są ci ludzie dzisiaj? Przede wszystkim zaś, choć może to pytanie zabrzmieć śmieszne – czy panna Bainbridge naprawdę posiadła czarną magię? Jedyna osoba, która mogłaby coś o tym powiedzieć, wyszła pewnego dnia żegnana słowami „obyś się powiesił”, a następnego wieczora znaleziono ją przy roztrzaskanym samochodzie, zwieszającą się z gałęzi drzewa na urwanym pasie bezpieczeństwa…

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Dangerous doings in the deep!

The 8^th book of The Three Investigators' adventures

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Diablo-The Devil! The very name of the legendary outlaw strikes fear in the hearts of California ranch owners. Many years ago, the young El Diablo disappeared into a mountain cave, never to be seen again. But the ranchers think he may still be alive — especially now that an eerie moaning sound is coming from his old hideout. The Three Investigators set out in the dark of night to explore the moaning cave — and they soon wish that they were armed with more than a flashlight!

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A thrilling new case for London’s most talented psychic detection agency – from the global bestselling author of the Bartimaeus Sequence.

In London, a mysterious and potentially deadly ghost is stalking the halls of St Simeon’s Academy for Talented Youngsters. It lurks in the shadows, spreading fear and icy cold – and it carries a sharp and very solid dagger…

The headmaster wastes no time in enlisting the help of ghost-hunters Anthony Lockwood, Lucy Carlyle and George Cubbins.

Can Lockwood & Co. survive the night and save the day?

In the middle of the night, Sam is woken by angry voices from the apartment above.

He goes to the window to see what’s happening – only to hear a struggle, and see a body fall from the sixth-floor balcony. Pushed, Sam thinks.

Sam goes to wake his father, Harry, a crime reporter, but Harry is gone. And when Sam goes downstairs, the body is gone, too. But someone has seen Sam, and knows what he’s witnessed.

The next twenty-four hours could be his last.

The sensational new novel from "one of the most talented crime writers alive" ("The Washington Post") The photo on the card shows a boy who was found murdered, a year ago, on the grounds of a girls' boarding school in the leafy suburbs of Dublin. The caption saysI KNOW WHO KILLED HIM. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to get a foot in the door of Dublin's Murder Squad-and one morning, sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey brings him this photo. "The Secret Place," a board where the girls at St. Kilda's School can pin up their secrets anonymously, is normally a mishmash of gossip and covert cruelty, but today someone has used it to reignite the stalled investigation into the murder of handsome, popular Chris Harper. Stephen joins forces with the abrasive Detective Antoinette Conway to find out who and why. But everything they discover leads them back to Holly's close-knit group of friends and their fierce enemies, a rival clique-and to the tangled web of relationships that bound all the girls to Chris Harper. Every step in their direction turns up the pressure. Antoinette Conway is already suspicious of Stephen's links to the Mackey family. St. Kilda's will go a long way to keep murder outside their walls. Holly's father, Detective Frank Mackey, is circling, ready to pounce if any of the new evidence points toward his daughter. And the private underworld of teenage girls can be more mysterious and more dangerous than either of the detectives imagined. "The Secret Place" is a powerful, haunting exploration of friendship and loyalty, and a gripping addition to the Dublin Murder Squad series.

TRĪS VĪRI KŪRORTĀ

ERIHS KESTNERS

RĪGA

No vācu valodas tulkojusi Jausma Ābrama Mākslinieks Andris Lamsters

MARKS TVENS

TOMA SOJERA PIEDZĪVOJUMI

HAKLBERI JA FINA PIEDZĪVOJUMI

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Mark Twain Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow 1948

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Tvvain Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow 1948

Grafiskas apdares autors ANDRIS LAMSTERS

© Jolanta Mackova, pēcvārds, komentāri, 1993

Arvīds Bumanis, ilustrācijās, 1993 Andris Lamsters, grafiskā apdare, 1993

TOMA SOJERA PIEDZĪVOJUMI

Lucky Jimmy Armstrong and his friend Claire find themselves deserted by the new Titanic on an unfamiliar shore. With normal life changed forever, the world is left in the hands of cannibals, murderers and gangs. They are back to fighting for survival. Well, that, and running . . . fast! Then after overhearing a group of survivors with a starting story they stumble upon the one thing that has become a real rarity — hope.

Everyone said the original Titanic was unsinkable. Shows how much they knew.

Everyone says the new Titanic is unsinkable. But there are worse things than drowning as stowaway Jimmy Armstrong and rich girl Claire quickly find out.

With a mysterious, incurable disease rapidly infecting the population, being at sea seems the safest place to be. . .

Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. Sequel to Hatchet.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a popular 1876 novel about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South. The story is set in the town of "St Petersburg", inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Mark Twain grew up.

Is there a better antidote to a lonely teen existence than a dose of fairy-tale magic? Elizabeth has yet to make friends at her tony Manhattan private school, and she feels equally alone at home with her remote father and taskmaster stepmother. Then Elizabeth's teacher recommends her for a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository, and as Elizabeth befriends the other pages, she begins to learn that fairy tales aren't just fantasy and that many of the special collections' artifacts belong to her favorite childhood stories, including the magic mirror from Snow White. Just as Elizabeth learns about the repository's impossible wonders, some of the most powerful objects, and then some of the pages, disappear, and she finds herself leading the dangerous rescue.

From School Library Journal

Grade 4–8—A combination of Nancy Drew and Indiana Jones, Theo Throckmorton is in big trouble. The 11-year-old lives in London in 1906 and spends most of her time in an antiquities museum headed by her father and filled with objects from her mother’s archaeological expeditions to Egypt. Bossy, clever, and learned in the lore of ancient Egypt, the girl constantly worries that the work-obsessed parents who ignore and neglect her will be destroyed by virulent ancient curses that only she can detect. When her mother returns from her latest trip with an amulet inscribed with curses so powerful they could unleash the Serpents of Chaos and destroy the British Empire, Theo finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue and danger. It pits her, along with some unexpected allies, against German operatives trying to use the scarab as a weapon in their political and economic rivalry with England. Theo must draw on all her resources when she confronts her enemies alone, deep in an Egyptian tomb. There, she makes some surprising discoveries, both personal and archaeological. Vivid descriptions of fog-shrouded London and hot, dusty Cairo enhance the palpable gothic atmosphere, while page-turning action and a plucky, determined heroine add to the book’s appeal. Unfortunately, Theo’s narrative voice lurches between the diction of an Edwardian child and that of a modern teen. The ambiguous ending, with its hints at the approaching World War, seems to promise a sequel. A fine bet for a booktalk to classes studying ancient Egypt.

— Margaret A. Chang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams

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From Booklist

Starred Review

“You’d be surprised by how many things come into the museum loaded with curses — bad ones,” says 11-year-old Theodosia, whose parents run London’s Museum of Legends and Antiquities. The twentieth century has just begun, and Theodosia’s mum, an archaeologist, has recently returned from Egypt with crates of artifacts. Only Theodosia can feel the objects’ dark magic, which, after consulting ancient texts, she has learned to remove. Then a sacred amulet disappears, and during her search, Theodosia stumbles into a terrifying battle between international secret societies. Readers won’t look to this thrilling adventure for subtle characterizations (most fit squarely into good and evil camps) or neat end-knots in the sprawling plot’s many threads. It’s the delicious, precise, and atmospheric details (nicely extended in Tanaka’s few, stylized illustrations) that will capture and hold readers, from the contents of Theodosia’s curse-removing kit to descriptions of the museum after hours, when Theodosia sleeps in a sarcophagus to ward off the curses of “disgruntled dead things.” Kids who feel overlooked by their own distracted parents may feel a tug of recognition as Theodosia yearns for attention, and those interested in archaeology will be drawn to the story’s questions about the ownership and responsible treatment of ancient artifacts. A sure bet for Harry Potter fans as well as Joan Aiken’s and Eva Ibbotson’s readers. This imaginative, supernatural mystery will find word-of-mouth popularity.

Gillian Engberg

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Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home to Rhode Island from her school in England during the summer of 1832.

But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy. . . and is put on trial for murder!

Doctor Dolittle takes on an apprentice, Tommy Stubbins, as they set out to find Long Arrow, the world's greatest naturalist. Their quest takes them to the Mediterranean, to South America, deep under the sea, and even to a floating island. This second Dolittle book by Hugh Lofting won the Newbery Medal in 1923.

Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend. There has been a film and even a musical based on this story.

Amazon.com Review

Fighting off a pack of starving wolves, wrestling alligators in the swamp, romping with bear cubs, drawing off the venom of a giant rattlesnake bite with the heart of a fresh-killed deer-it’s all in a day’s work for the Baxter family of the Florida scrublands. But young Jody Baxter is not content with these electrifying escapades, or even with the cozy comfort of home with Pa and Ma. He wants a pet, a friend with whom he can share his quiet cogitations and his corn pone. Jody gets his pet, a frisky fawn he calls Flag, but that’s not all. With Flag comes a year of life lessons, frolicking times, and achingly hard decisions. This powerful book is as compelling now as when it was written over 60 years ago. Read simply as a naturalist study of the Florida interior, it fascinates and entices. Add the heart-stopping adventure and heart-wrenching human elements, and this is a classic well worth its Pulitzer Prize. Earthy dialect and homespun wisdom season the story, giving it a unique and unforgettable flavor, and N.C. Wyeth’s warm, soft illustrations capture an era of rough subsistence and sweet survival. (Ages 12 and older)

— Emilie Coulter

From the Publisher

In this classic story of the Baxter family of inland Florida and their wild, hard, satisfying life, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has written one of the great novels of our times. A rich and varied story — tender in its understanding of boyhood, crowded with the excitement of the backwoods hunt, with vivid descriptions of the primitive, beautiful hammock country, with humor and earthy philosophy — The Yearling is a novel for readers of all tastes and ages. Its glowing picture of life that is far and refreshingly removed from modern patterns of living becomes universal in its revelation of simple courageous people and the abiding beliefs they live by. Winner of Pulitzer Prize in 1938, The Yearling was made available the following year in a special edition illustrated by the distinguished American artist, N.C. Wyeth. The original paintings have been re-photographed and new plates made for this handsome volume.

This is a mind-bending, rousing adventure celebrating classic ghost and horror stories, by the author of  The Grimm Legacy  and  The Wells Bequest .

 

Sukie’s been lonely since the death of her big sister, Kitty—but Kitty’s ghost is still with her. At first that was comforting, but now Kitty’s terrifying anyone who gets too close. Things get even weirder when Sukie moves into her family’s ancestral home, and an older, less familiar ghost challenges her to find a treasure. Her classmate Cole is also experiencing apparitions. Fortunately, an antique broom’s at hand to fly Sukie and Cole to the New-York Circulating Material Repository’s spooky Poe Annex. As they search for clues and untangle ancient secrets, they discover their histories intertwine and are as full of stories of love, revenge, and pirate hijinks as some of the most famous fiction.

Leo never imagined that time travel might really be possible, or that the objects in H. G. Wells’ science fiction novels might actually exist. And when a miniature time machine appears in Leo’s bedroom, he has no idea who the tiny, beautiful girl is riding it. But in the few moments before it vanishes, returning to wherever—and whenever—it came from, he recognizes the other tiny rider: himself!



His search for the time machine, the girl, and his fate leads him to the New-York Circulating Material Repository, a magical library that lends out objects instead of books. Hidden away in the Repository basement is the Wells Bequest, a secret collection of powerful objects straight out of classic science fiction novels: robots, rockets, submarines, a shrink ray—and one very famous time machine. And when Leo’s adventure of a lifetime suddenly turns deadly, he must attempt a journey to 1895 to warn real-life scientist Nikola Tesla about a dangerous invention. A race for time is on!



In this grand time-travel adventure full of paradoxes and humor, Polly Shulman gives readers a taste of how fascinating science can be, deftly blending classic science fiction elements with the contemporary fantasy world readers fell in love with in The Grimm Legacy.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Brito, naskiĝis en Bombajo en la tiama Brita Hindujo kaj edukiĝis tie kaj en Britujo. Li laboris kelkajn jarojn kiel ĵurnalisto en Hindujo kaj poste loĝis en Usono kaj Britujo. Li famiĝis per noveloj kaj per patriotismaj, imperiismaj poemoj. Nun li estas ankoraŭ fama pro siaj infanlibroj: "Ĝangalo-libroj", "Kim", "Tiel do-rakontoj". Li ricevis la Nobelpremion por literaturo en 1907.

She doesn't want her turn on the catwalk-she'd rather be behind the scenes creating fabulous outfits! So when a famous fashionista discovers Emma's designs and offers her the opportunity of a lifetime-a feature in Madison magazine (squeal!)-Emma sort of, well, panics. She has only one option: to create a secret identity.

And so Allegra Biscotti is born.

Allegra is worldly, sophisticated, and bold-everything Emma is not. But the pressure is on. And Emma quickly discovers juggling school, a new crush, friends, and a secret identity might not be as glamorous as she thought.