Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer, eventually escaping and finding the treasure that Joe had buried.
Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck, who runs away from a drunken and brutal father, and meets up with the escaped slave Jim. They float down the Mississippi on a raft, participating in the lives of the characters they meet, witnessing corruption, moral decay and intellectual impoverishment.
Sharing so much in background and character, these two stories, the best of Twain, indisputably belong together in one volume. Though originally written as adventure stories for young people, the vivid writing provides a profound commentary on provincial American life in the mid-nineteenth century and the institution of slavery.
Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world and provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his 'extraordinary voyages' was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction.
In The Mysterious Island a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the men apply their scientific knowledge and technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources, eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature. The book is also an intriguing mystery story, for the island has a secret.
The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet - the Little Prince of the title - and his stories of intergalactic travel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition.
First published in 1943, the year before the author's death in action, this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations.
When Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her sour-tempered aunt after her father’s death, things seem bad enough, but then a dreadful accident ensues.
However, Pollyanna’s sunny nature and good humour prove to have an astonishing effect on all around her, and this wonderful tale of how cheerfulness can conquer adversity has remained one of the world’s most popular children’s books since its first publication in 1913.
In Pollyanna Grows Up, the only sequel written by Porter herself, Pollyanna finds that that, despite being cured of her health problems, adulthood brings fresh challenges to be overcome.
The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates. The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a crocodile, who, as Captain Hook explains 'liked me arm so much that he has followed me ever since, licking his lips for the rest of me'. After lots of adventures, the story reaches its exciting climax as Peter, Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any older. He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens, where all his happy memories are, and meets the fairies, the thrushes, and Old Caw the crow. The fairies think he is too human to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time, so he flies off to an island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park - Peter's adventures, and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat, are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity.
Oliver Twist features some of the author's most enduring characters, such as Oliver himself (who dares to ask for more), the tyrannical Bumble, the diabolical Fagin, the menacing Bill Sikes, Nancy and 'the Artful Dodger'.
For any reader wishing to delve into the works of the great Victorian literary colossus, Oliver Twist is, without doubt, an essential title.
The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle.
The Second Jungle Book contains some of the most thrilling of the Mowgli stories. It includes Red Dog, in which Mowgli forms an unlikely alliance with the python Kaa, How Fear Came and Letting in the Jungle as well as The Spring Running, which brings Mowgli to manhood and the realisation that he must leave Bagheera, Baloo and his other friends for the world of man.
Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal).
As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. It spares no vested interest from its irreverent wit, and its attack on political and financial corruption, as well as abuses in science, continue to resonate in our own times.
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just! - in circling the globe within eighty days. The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time.
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson, the prototype of the Vernian adventurer.
In these five long stories, written specifically for Christmas, Dickens combines his concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional seasonal lore.
A Christmas Carol, the first of the selection, has become a touchstone of English festive fiction and an enduring favourite internationally. Repeatedly adapted, parodied, staged and filmed, this richly influential tale is powerfully vivid and moving.
The other stories, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life andThe Haunted Man, blend whimsy, sentiment, comedy, satire, the didactic and the fantastic, developing resourcefully the theme of individual and social regeneration.
This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere. The author reveals himself in glimpses.
Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances.
Her strong character enables her to fight successfully against her new-found poverty and the scorn of her fellows.
This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were. Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere. The author reveals himself in glimpses.
Niepokorny marynarz Rabarbar zbuntował się przeciw kapitanowi Octowi, uciekł ze statku „Kaczy Kuper” i postanowił zostać piratem. Pokonując niebezpieczeństwa, powrócił do swej żony Barbary, wkrótce doczekał się synka, Krztynka, i najchętniej spędzałby czas na spaniu, paleniu fajki nabitej grochowinami z pieprzem oraz jedzeniu ukochanej grochówki, jednak – jak przystało na pirata – musiał od czasu do czasu wyprawić się w rejs, a każda taka wyprawa obfitowała w barwne przygody, które zapewnią czytelnikom wiele śmiechu.
Czyta Modest Ruciński
"Zamek Soria Moria" to zbiór tradycyjnych norweskich baśni
ludowych, zebranych w dziewiętnastym wieku przez Petera Christena Asbjørnsena
oraz Jørgena Moe. Te pełne uroku historie prowadzą nas przez mroczne lasy i
góry, w których mieszkają groźne trolle, zabierają do wysokich wież, gdzie
więzione są piękne księżniczki, jak również mówią o dzielnych młodzieńcach, zawsze
gotowych podjąć nawet najbardziej niezwykłe wyzwania. Piękne ilustracje zdobiące
wydanie to dzieło znakomitej artystki Marii Ekier, baśnie zaś przeczytała ceniona
aktorka Anna Seniuk.
Rekomendowane przez Ośrodek Wczesnej Pomocy Psychologicznej w Krakowie ćwiczenia z naklejkami, które wspomagają procesy myślowe, analizę i syntezę wzrokową oraz sprawność manualną dzieci.
Ubogi wędrowiec, który tak naprawdę jest wielkim cadykiem, znienawidzony skąpiec, który okazuje się świętym, wyrachowani handlarze niekoszernym mięsem, którzy zdołają się nawrócić, weselna zabawa, która kończy się w piekielnej otchłani. Przedstawiamy zbiór opowieści pełnych magii i tajemnicy. Poszczególne legendy opatrzone zostały komentarzami, które umiejscawiają je w tradycji żydowskich opowieści, a magiczną atmosferę dodatkowo budują surrealistyczne, kolażowe ilustracje. Legendy żydowskiego Krakowa - to zbiór pięknych opowieści o dziejach miejsc i ludzi, a zarazem praktyczny przewodnik, z którym warto przejść się nie tylko po krakowskim Kazimierzu, ale także Łobzowie i Podgórzu. Wszędzie tam, gdzie zachowały się ślady krakowskich Żydów i ich kultury.
Ubogi wędrowiec, który tak naprawdę jest wielkim cadykiem, znienawidzony skąpiec, który okazuje się świętym, wyrachowani handlarze niekoszernym mięsem, którzy zdołają się nawrócić, weselna zabawa, która kończy się w piekielnej otchłani. Przedstawiamy zbiór opowieści pełnych magii i tajemnicy. Poszczególne legendy opatrzone zostały komentarzami, które umiejscawiają je w tradycji żydowskich opowieści, a magiczną atmosferę dodatkowo budują surrealistyczne, kolażowe ilustracje. Legendy żydowskiego Krakowa - to zbiór pięknych opowieści o dziejach miejsc i ludzi, a zarazem praktyczny przewodnik, z którym warto przejść się nie tylko po krakowskim Kazimierzu, ale także Łobzowie i Podgórzu. Wszędzie tam, gdzie zachowały się ślady krakowskich Żydów i ich kultury.
Dlaczego jedna z wież kościoła Mariackiego jest niższa? Kto straszy w lochach pałacu Krzysztofory? Co niezwykłego kryje się w salwatorskim kościółku? Czyje rękawy dały początek podgórskiej rękawce? Na te i wiele innych pytań odpowie niniejsza książka. Weź ją na spacer po mieście – nasze legendy to nie tylko barwnie opowiedziane dzieje miejsc i obyczajów, poprzedzone krótkim historycznym wstępem, ale także funkcjonalne mapki, na których zaznaczono punkty kluczowe dla poszczególnych opowieści. Odwiedź z nimi nie tylko okolice Rynku, ale także Podgórze, Zwierzyniec i Kazimierz.
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