Over the years of her writing career, Eleanor Porter wrote four volumes of short stories and fourteen novels, but she owes her worldwide and enduring fame to the phenomenal success of the 1913 novel for children, Pollyanna. The book immediately met with an enthusiastic reception from readers of all ages, and the demand for it could not be met by millions of copies. And even now, after a hundred years, theater and film directors often turn to it, reprints continue to come out.
Wrong Tales
Andrey Usachev looks at Russian folklore in a new way, turns it upside down and inside out. And now the grandfather and his family are pulling and pulling and pulling a sea goldfish out of the abyss, the Green Cat is walking around Lukomorye, and the Princess on the Pea is sleeping! And snores a little. Funny poems are accompanied by illustrations by Irina Gavrilova. For children 5-8 years old.
Great journey through the human body
This book tells in detail, clearly and incredibly fascinating about how the human body works and how it works. What does our body consist of, what are cells, tissues and organs? How do muscles, nerves and hormones work? Why do we need water and food and what happens to them in the human body? Why do we get sick and how do we recover, how do we recognize smells and tastes? How do we think? Why do we look like our parents? A detailed answer to each question is divided into convenient blocks and illustrated in such a way that it becomes clear not only how the human body is arranged, but also how exactly all life processes take place in it. Modern and original in concept and execution, this popular science book was written by the famous British writer John Farndon, winner of book awards in the USA and Great Britain. For children 8-12 years old.
Senka and the sea
Senka Shmelev graduated from the first class and for the first time in his life goes to the sea with his parents. He could not even imagine how incredible it is: huge, noisy, salty ... Dolphins and transparent jellyfish live in the endless expanses of water, and the shore is strewn with shiny smooth pebbles. How many secrets does it keep! And if you carefully observe, maybe the sea will agree to reveal at least some of them?