Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary’s care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: »Mouse Paint» is a lighthearted introduction to color concepts for young children. Three white mice find three jars of paint — red, blue, and yellow. They jump in and out, dance in the puddles, and discover some amazing things — things like green... and orange...and purple Yet they never forget about the cat. Ellen Stoll Walsh's mice are enchanting. Their antics will delight children learning…
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: While teaching upper — and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Children will adore these rhyming misadventures of a group of zany sheep on a pirate ship. The staccato rhyming text packs in plenty of action, while the excellent expressive colored-pencil drawings catch these bumbling swashbucklers in realistically sheepish glory.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: Woolf continually used stories and sketches to experiment with narrative models and themes for her novels. This collection of nearly fifty pieces brings together the contents of two published volumes, A Haunted House and Mrs. Dalloway's Party; a number of uncollected stories; and several previously unpublished pieces. Edited and with an Introduction by Susan Dick.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A flock of hapless sheep drive through the country in this rhyming picture book. The bright-colored pencil drawings and lean text make this a great choice for preschool storytimes, as well as for beginning readers who want a funny story.
Скачать книгу (размер 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 28) Аннотация: The Russian folktale about an old woman's endless search for the Christ child.
Скачать книгу (размер 371 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 74) Аннотация: Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of David Macaulay's books. Whether chronicling the monumental achievements of past civilizations or satirizing modern architecture, he is concerned above all in how constructions are made and what their effects are on people and their lives.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 957 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 385) Аннотация: For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected for the first time, are his famous lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. Edited and with a Foreword by Fredson Bowers; Introduction by John Updike; illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The author's observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. This volume... never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: »This marvelous book recreates the building of a French Gothic cathedral from the hewing down of half a forest to the placement of the last sheet of lead on the spire. Macaulay uses voluminous knowledge and pen-and-ink sketches accompanied by a brief clear narrative.»
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. «This engaging picture book clearly presents a wealth of information». Booklist. Caldecott Medal winner.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Here is Orwell’s work in all its remarkable range and variety. The selections in this anthology show how Orwell developed as writer and as thinker; inevitably, too, they reflect and illuminate the history of the time of troubles in which he lived and worked. “A magnificent tribute to the probity, consistency and insight of Orwell’s topical writings” (Alfred Kazin). Introduction by Richard H.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry…