Детская проза
Различные книги в жанре Детская прозаThe Hidden World of the Fox
‘A lovely little book … quietly lyrical, often funny and gently persuasive’ Sunday Times ‘Succinct, clear, sophisticated. I couldn't stop reading it’ Jeff VanderMeer We’ve all seen the fox. A flash of his brushy tail disappearing between the gap of a fence, a blaze of orange caught in the headlights as he scampers across the road. We’ve heard him too, his strange barks echoing in the city night. Perhaps we’ve even come face to face with him, eyes meeting for a few moments before he disappears once more into the darkness. But where is he going, and what is his world really like? In The Hidden World of the Fox, ecologist Adele Brand shines a light on one of Britain’s most familiar yet enigmatic animals, showing us how the astonishing senses, intelligence and behaviour that allowed foxes to thrive in the ancient wildwood now help them survive in the concrete car parks and clattering railway lines of our cities and towns. The result of a lifelong obsession, Brand adds a wealth of firsthand experience to this charming, lyrical love letter to the fox, whether she’s fostering their cubs, studying their interactions with humans, or catching them on hidden cameras everywhere from the Białowieża forest of Poland and the Thar desert of India to the classic English countryside of her home in the North Downs. While encounters with a host of furry acquaintances – Chatter, Old Dogfox, Sooty, the Interloper, the Vixen from Across the Road – will delight and amuse, her message about the importance of living peaceably side-by-side with nature will linger long after the last page is turned.
The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future
From the best-selling author of Divergent and Carve the Mark comes a stunning collection of futuristic short stories. Illustrated throughout with striking black-and-white illustrations. Within this masterful collection, NO WORLD IS LIKE THE OTHER. Full of friendship and revenge, each story and setting is more strange and wonderful than the last, brimming with new technologies and beings. And yet, in these futuristic lands, the people must still confront deeply human emotions and dilemmas. Veronica Roth reaches into the unknown and immerses readers into six short stories that feel startlingly familiar and profoundly beautiful. With two new stories from the Carve the Mark universe, this collection has something for everyone.
The Curse of the School Rabbit
The laugh-out-loud story of a boy who needs a new bike for Christmas, the rabbit who might help him get it, and a lot of bad luck… From the one and only Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat! It all started with the school rabbit… Snowflake is the school rabbit, and Snowflake is TROUBLE. At least that’s what Tommy thinks. And when Snowflake unexpectedly comes to stay just before Christmas and EVERYTHING starts to go wrong, it looks like Tommy might be right. Even if he is getting more pocket money for feeding it and might be able to get that new bike after all… With a sick sister left in bed, a snobby actor left with suspiciously damp trousers, and no rabbit anywhere to be seen, Tommy can see his hopes of a new bike for Christmas disappearing as fast as Snowflake. Will Snowflake turn up, and turn out to be more good luck than bad? Or are Tommy and his family DOOMED by the curse of the school rabbit? A fantastically funny and exquisitely illustrated young fiction title from the iconic Judith Kerr, this is the perfect story for boys and girls of six plus to read alone or with their family – and the perfect gift for everyone!
The Addams Family: The Story of the Movie: Movie tie-in
A hilariously spooky novelisation by US author, Calliope Glass, based on the new animated family film, The Addams Family. The Addams Family animated movie hits cinemas on 25th October 2019 and features an all-star cast including Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney and Elsie Fisher. Together Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandmama Addams are a wonderfully ghoulish family who delight in the gothic and macabre, and are completely unaware of how bizarre they appear to their neighbours. In this brilliant story of the movie, the Addams clan are gathering their nearest and weirdest for a major family get-together while also facing off against a crafty reality-TV host.
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
What a lot of hats Bartholomew has in this imaginative and clever tale! Find out what happens when the king asks him to remove them…one by one. Bartholomew Cubbins is in trouble, and all because he won’t take his hat off for the king! But he has, hasn’t he…? Find out what happens in this clever tale of magic and mayhem! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK’s top ten favourite children’s authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with over 600 million books sold worldwide. HarperCollins continues to launch Dr. Seuss’s bestselling books in ebook, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand, the paperbacks and ebooks incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the titles divided into three reading strands – Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. ‘The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins’ belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.
Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Lost Fairy Tales
A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a uniquely talented author. Tilly Pages is a bookwanderer; she can travel inside books, and even talk to the characters she meets there. But Tilly’s powers are put to the test when fairytales start leaking book magic and causing havoc… On a wintery visit to Paris, Tilly and her best friend Oskar bravely bookwander into the land of fairytales to find that characters are getting lost, stories are all mixed-up, and mysterious plot holes are opening without warning. Can Tilly work out who, or what, is behind the chaos so everyone gets their happily-ever-after? The second enthralling tale in the bestselling PAGES & CO series.
Кот забвения (сборник)
Не смотрите в глаза белому коту. Стоит лишь на десять секунд задержать взгляд на этих глазищах-тарелках – и вас забудут свои и перестанут замечать чужие! Исчезнете из соцсетей, из школьных списков, из памяти собственных родителей – и станете человеком-невидимкой. Гоша не верил в эту городскую легенду, пока белый котяра не перебежал ему дорогу. Мальчишка заглянул в бездонные кошачьи глаза – и лишился всего: друзей, школы, родного дома. Но оказывается, не он один попал в такую беду – несчастные уже объединились в большое сообщество и вместе ищут выход из положения. Вот только кто-то из них обитает в Доме Забытых уже полтора десятка лет… В сборник под названием «Кот забвения» вошла также повесть «Земляника для русалки» – пронзительная история о мальчике Веньке. Его забрали из детдома в новую семью – да такую, что напоминает она скорее картинки из сборника сказок, чем настоящих людей. Но сказочный быт отнюдь не означает сказочную жизнь… История «Кота забвения» необычна: повесть родилась благодаря игре, которую детские писатели организовали в группе в соцсети. Авторы придумали и раздали друг другу абсурдные заголовки, под которые нужно было сочинить текст, – и Антонина Малышева (родилась в 1990 году) из доставшегося ей нелепого названия вывела интересный философский сюжет. В итоге рукопись вышла в финал премии «Книгуру» и обрела множество поклонников!
Неприятности в Простоквашино
У каждого человека жизнь идёт пунктиром. Даже у самых удачливых людей бывают неудачи. Такая неудача свалилась и на дядю Фёдора. Из глубоких красноярских снегов в Простоквашино вернулся хозяин домика, где жили дядя Фёдор, кот Матроскин и пёс Шарик. И стал жить с ними. Такой жилец мало кого обрадует. И мало кому принесёт пользу. И вот даже этого, практически конченого, человека (воришку и хулигана) дядя Фёдор сумел перевоспитать.
Ну и дела! Заварушка
Бывают бабушки лавочкосидящие. Бывают – семечколузгающие. А бабушка Заварушка – ни то и ни другое. Ей работу подавай! То она самолет пилотирует, то воришек ловит, то гимнасткой на соревнованиях выступает, а еще чинит водопровод, готовит мороженое на целый город, садик вверх тормашками строит да воспитателем там работает. Что ни день у нее – то новая работа. И на каждой работе веселая заварушка заваривается.
Шар-корабль
Увлекательный рассказ о путешествии двух мальчиков с элементами фантазии, который очень понравится и детям, и взрослым.