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A poor miller with a beautiful daughter had an audience with the king. In order to appear important, the miller told the king that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold. The king was impressed by this talent and asked for the girl to come to him. When the girl was brought to him he led her into a room full of straw, gave her a spinning wheel and spindle, and told her that if all the straw was not spun into gold by morning, she will die....

A classic fable from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, read by Johnny Morris. Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.

Ark lives a mile up, in the last trees in the world. But even in this sky-high city, someone has to unblock the drains - and it’s Ark, the plumber’s boy, who overhears a plot to destroy his forest home. On the run for his life, Ark races from the highest tree-tops to the darkest roots of Ravenwood to find a way to save his people...A thrilling fantasy story full of danger and adventure, from acclaimed author Andrew Peters.

Dussie always knew puberty was going to be confusing, but she never realized it was going to be catastrophic - until she wakes up one morning to find that her hair has turned into a writhing mass of slithering snakes and discovers the real truth about her family: her mother is a Gorgon--right out of Greek mythology--and she was named after her mother's younger sister, Medusa.

"The Sea Monsters" features a dangerous race between two giant steam ships, the Sirius and the Great Western. Which steam-driven sea monster will get to New York first? In "The Twisted Tunnels", the building of the London Underground Railway comes at a terrible cost for Jenny and her grandfather. In "Terror on the Train", Charles Dickens is involved in a train crash, and fights heroically to save lives and rescue the handwritten manuscript of Our Mutual Friend.

City of Fortune is the highly-anticipated follow-up to The Crystal Chalice, the second volume in the Trinistyr Trilogy. Set in the popular Dragonlance world of Krynn, Dragonlance: The New Adventures follows a group of young companions as they band together for friendship, adventure and excitement. In the lost city of Taeloc, Elidor’s hopes of renewing Vael’s health have been betrayed. Unwilling to give up on her, Elidor tracks the chalice to the Northern Ergoth city of Gwynneth, where danger awaits those with wishes and the Defiler still lurks in the shadows. Loyalties must be questioned at every turn. Who can Elidor trust?

Elidor, the beloved elf thief, returns in this new trilogy to fight an undead king and the demons of his own past. Crown of Thieves continues a new series of Dragonlance fantasy adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. The series features a group of young companions who band together for friendship, adventure, and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.

Dalla voce di una grande autrice, sedici tenere e sorprendenti fiabe rivolte ai più piccoli. Da leggere assieme, per stupirsi e volare in Russia su cavalli d'inchiostro, o tra le stelle con Lady Oscar.

Nel suo viaggio di ritorno da Troia all'isola di Itaca, durato dieci anni, Ulisse affronta mostri, tempeste, maghe, sirene, e perde tutti i suoi compagni: questa è l'"Odissea", il primo e il più grande romanzo della letteratura occidentale. Lo spirito e i valori del suo tempo sono, ancora oggi, un bagaglio insostituibile per ognuno di noi.

Un nonno, quattro nipoti e un viaggio in Grecia. E, poiché il nonno è professore di Letteratura greca, il viaggio si trasforma in un'occasione speciale per conoscere le radici classiche della nostra cultura. Atene, Delfi, Olimpia, Itaca e Micene sono le tappe dell'itinerario percorso; luoghi bellissimi dove rimangono ancora tracce evidenti e suggestive: resti archeologici, legati alle memorie letterarie. Il nonno descrive a Giorgio, Luciana, Andrea e Sara ciò che si trova davanti ai loro occhi e il racconto si sposta poi alla storia e all'epica che da questi luoghi sono evocate.

C’era una svolta sono le fiabe italiane del Terzo Millennio, una riscrittura delle celeberrime fiabe calviniane, un omaggio e una rielaborazione polemica e intelligente, in chiave contemporanea. In questa raccolta l’autore ci fa incontrare e conoscere il Mago Ogm, il Lupo Camorro, l’Orco babbo, accompagnandoci con passo leggero e deciso attraverso i temi più dibattuti del nostro presente: la mafia, l’omosessualità, la crisi economica, il precariato, l’acqua e il nucleare.

Un tempo il regno di Cornucopia era il più felice del mondo. C'erano moltissimo oro, un re con i baffi più belli che si possano immaginare e macellai, pasticceri e casari le cui prelibatezze facevano piangere la gente di gioia. Era tutto perfetto: a parte le Paludi nebbiose del Nord, dove si narra vivesse il terribile Ickabog. Ogni persona di buon senso sapeva che l'Ickabog era solo una leggenda inventata per spaventare i bambini e convincerli a comportarsi bene. Ma le leggende sono strane e a volte assumono una vita propria.

Se acerca el ickabog... un monstruo legendario que amenaza a todo un reino y que pondrá a prueba la valentía de dos chicos. Descubre una aventura sumamente original sobre el poder de la esperanza, la amistad y su triunfo contra todo pronóstico, en esta obra de una de las mejores escritoras del mundo.

Gracias a las maravillosas aventuras de Pablo, los niños aprenderán lo importante que es creer en sí mismos para realizar sus sueños. La lectura es la herramienta más importante para estimular el potencial innato de cada niño y hacerle más consciente de sus propios sentimientos. Los cuentos pueden transmitir lecciones mucho más fácilmente que los castigos, que en cambio corren el riesgo de desmotivar a los niños pequeños y hacerles perder la confianza en sí mismos.

A new translation of the timeless family fables by Hryhorii Skovoroda, about animals that are cunning, lazy, afraid and even pick their noses, just like real people. The heroes of the stories teach us how important it is to look beyond the surface to see the true essence of things, to do our best with what it within our power, and how to value the time that we have.

Байки Григорія Сковороди — це філософські мініатюри, розмисли про сродну працю, щастя та вдячність, яка має наповнювати кожну мить життя мудрої людини. Але насамперед це добрі й кумедні оповідки про тварин, які хитрують, ледарюють, бояться і деруть носа, як справжнісінькі люди. Герої байок покажуть, як важливо бачити не тільки зовнішню, а й внутрішню суть речей, братися за ту справу, до якої маєш здібності, не обманювати інших і цінувати час.

Árvores não sabem contar piadas, mas contam ótimas histórias. E Red é um carvalho centenário que já viu de tudo em seus muitos anos de vida. Também é a árvore dos desejos do bairro, e todo ano, no dia 1º de maio, as pessoas amarram em seus galhos fitas ou tiras de tecido com os mais diversos pedidos, sonhos e anseios.

学校の常識をぶっ壊す、抱腹絶倒の新作！ぼくたちのクラスに、転校生がやってきた。その名もポチ崎ポチ夫といい、転校初日から不思議な言動でぼくたちを驚かせてきた。ある日、廊下を走るポチ崎を見つけたぼくは、「危ないから走ったらダメだよ」と注意する。

常識は気にしない。スーパー小学生大活躍！ぼくたちのクラスに転校してきたポチ崎ポチ夫。校則や常識なんてものは気にしない、自由気ままなひらめきと言動でぼくたちの学校生活を翻弄する！