This series provides a stimulating introduction to the great classic stories of literature and the best in children's fiction. The books are easy and enjoyable to read, and feature full-page, full-color pictures and photographs. Each title includes interesting information about the authors, and comprehension questions to spark discussion.
The White Birds; The Fisherman and the Giant; The Glass Box; The Prince and his Servants; The Table, the Donkey and the Stick.
Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man's world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence. She learns that love brings misery, pain, and violent passions that can destroy lives . ..
Why is a young woman terrified of a mysterious 'speckled band'? Are the five orange pips a sign that someone will soon die? And what about the banker who believes his son is a thief. Join the great detective Sherlock Holmes in solving the mysteries in these three thrilling stories.
La novela de Charles Dickens retrata un mundo dividido entre París y Londres durante la tumultuosa Revolución Francesa. La historia comienza con la liberación del Dr. Manette, quien ha pasado dieciocho años como prisionero político en la Bastilla, reuniéndose con su hija en Inglaterra. Allí, dos hombres contrastantes—Charles Darnay, un aristócrata francés exiliado, y Sydney Carton, un brillante pero desprestigiado abogado inglés—se entrelazan a través de su amor por Lucie Manette. Mientras navegan por las pacíficas calles de Londres, se ven inevitablemente atraídos hacia el violento caos de París durante el Reinado del Terror, donde enfrentan la sombría realidad de La Guillotine. La obra captura la amplitud de la visión de Dickens, explorando la mezcla de drama épico y tragedia personal en la narrativa. Celebrado por su impacto duradero, Dickens ha dejado una huella indeleble en la literatura.
Each title in the Favourite Fairy Tales series has been developed primarily for young children learning English, but has proved equally successful with older age groups. Titles in the series include Puss in Boots, The Ugly Duckling, Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstilskin and many other popular works.
Escrito en 1865, Alicia en el País de las Maravillas es un clásico no sólo de la literatura juvenil, sino de la literatura en general. Popularizado por las decenas de versiones que de él se han llevado a cabo, el relato que el reverendo Charles Dodgson, verdadero nombre de Lewis Carrol, escribiera para la niña Alicia Liddell, de diez años, es un delicioso entramado de situaciones verosímiles y absurdas, metamorfosis insólitas de seres y ambientes, juegos con el lenguaje y con la lógica y asociaciones oníricas que hacen de él un libro inolvidable.
It contains the life stories of five influential individuals who have impacted humanity: Mahatma Gandhi, Florence Nightingale, Abraham Lincoln, Madame Curie, and Albert Schweitzer.
