Gerda's friend Kay is missing. The Snow Queen has taken him to her ice palace, far away, and now brave Gerda must find him and bring him home. Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio (British English and American English). 800 headwords, 2,126 words
"Oliver Twist" es la segunda novela de Charles Dickens, publicada entre 1837 y 1839. Esta obra social denuncia problemas como el trabajo infantil en la Inglaterra victoriana. Narra la vida de un huérfano que, a pesar de las adversidades y la maldad que lo rodea, muestra valentía e ingenio para sobrevivir. Dickens es reconocido por su crítica social y descripciones vívidas.
Nothing disturbs the peace of a French village until the arrival of a bear cub. Adopted by the orphaned Roxanne, he quickly becomes part of village life, and the village grows to be famous for its honey. Then a film company arrives to make a video starring Niki, the pop singer, as the Pied Piper.
A little girl and her mother recall how a special kitten came into their lives one dark and stormy night.
The best-selling edition of The Night Before Christmas for over a decade!
In anticipation of the first lunar landing, a little boy in London fantasizes about astronauts walking in space, orbiting the earth, and flying to the moon, and one July day, his dream becomes a reality.
Christian Birmingham's stunning new colour edition of Anna Sewell's classic tale is complete and unabridged, and the narrative voice of Black Beauty as fresh as the day the story was first published in 1877. This enchanting story of the bravery of a horse in Victorian Britain has captivated and enthralled so many generations of readers. Step back in time and see the world through Black Beauty's gentle and patient eyes, as he enjoys the pleasures and the hardships that fell to horses living in the nineteenth century. Meet the compassionate heroes and hard-hearted rascals whom Beauty encounters during his life and, above all, experience what it is to be a horse - to gallop on the soft grass and to hear a kind word in a moment of great need. It is truly a story you will never forget.
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Marie Cure, Avrupa'da "Bilim Doktoru" unvanını alan ilk kadındır. O dönemlerde insanlar, kadınların erkekler kadar sıkı çalışamayacağını ve bilimi anlayamayacağını düşünüyorlardı. Marie yalnızca erkekler kadar zeki ve çalışkan olduğunu değil, aynı zamanda dünyanın en iyi bilim insanlarından biri olduğunu da kanıtladı. Dolayısıyla, onun hikâyesi pek çok kadına ilham verdi. Günümüzde kadınların bilim insanı olması artık çok rastlanan bir durum -bu alanda çok iyi olmaları da!
