Abstract/Sommario: Londra, seconda guerra mondiale. Lucy, Susan, Edmund e Peter Pevensie sono quattro fratelli che vengono allontanati dalla città per sfuggire ai bombardamenti tedeschi, affidati al misterioso professor Digory Kirke e della sua burbera governante, la signora Macready, che abitano in una grande e lussuosa casa in campagna, ma priva di divertimento. In un pomeriggio piovoso, per passare il tempo i quattro fratelli decidono di giocare a nascondino: mentre Peter fa la conta, Susan si nascond ...; [Leggi tutto...] Londra, seconda guerra mondiale. Lucy, Susan, Edmund e Peter Pevensie sono quattro fratelli che vengono allontanati dalla città per sfuggire ai bombardamenti tedeschi, affidati al misterioso professor Digory Kirke e della sua burbera governante, la signora Macready, che abitano in una grande e lussuosa casa in campagna, ma priva di divertimento. In un pomeriggio piovoso, per passare il tempo i quattro fratelli decidono di giocare a nascondino: mentre Peter fa la conta, Susan si nasconde dentro a una cassapanca, Edmund dietro le tende e Lucy (la più piccola) nell'armadio; ma, una volta entrata, scopre che è molto di più di un semplice guardaroba: è infatti un portale che conduce in una terra incantata, chiamata "Narnia".

Abstract/Sommario: This gorgeously illustrated, full-color classic celebrates a time before email with an interactive picture book full of real letters to read aloud. The Jolly Postman brings a batch of wonderful letters for Christmas, including notes from the Big Bad Wolf and all the King’s men. Open this book, take out the letters, and discover what favorite characters would write to each other–and reimagine best-loved tales together.

Abstract/Sommario: Una rivisitazione di Alice nel paese delle meraviglie, che s'immagina rappresentata in un teatrino di marionette e dove la piccola protagonista s'imbatte in opere di Piero della Francesca e di altri importanti pittori.

Abstract/Sommario: One golden spring day a joung girl named Alic was sitting by the river, listening to her sister read aloud from a history book...

Abstract/Sommario: Un coloratissimo libro per i più piccini con una storia disegnata da Altan e con testi semplici e brevi.

Abstract/Sommario: Nel testo dell'omonima canzone una persona adulta osserva piena d'incanto il mondo, ammirandone la bellezza delle rose che fioriscono, dei bambini che crescono, dei cieli azzurri in cui si sviluppano i colori dell'arcobaleno.

Abstract/Sommario: This edition will delight and encourage children as they learn to read their first words. Every big, detailed picture is accompanied by clear illustrations of each word, with the word underneath. This encourages the direct association of the word with the object, making it easy to learn new words, and to reinforce words already known.

Abstract/Sommario: It was Pirate Captain Codspawn’s birthday. But what was his birthday surprise? It wasn’t the beetles in the butter. It wasn’t the spiders in the sugar. And it wasn’t the special pirate pie that Cook had baked. But it was the best present a pirate could ever want.

Abstract/Sommario: Con il marito in guerra, Marmee si trova da sola ad allevare quattro figlie, le sue "piccole donne".

Abstract/Sommario: L'elefantino Dumbo viene continuamente deriso a causa delle sue grandi orecchie ed una volta allontanatosi dalla mamma viene usato in un circo come mascotte dei pagliacci. Ma il furbo e simpatico topolino Timothy riesce a convincere Dumbo ad usare le sue doti naturali e volare con le sue enormi orecchie.

Abstract/Sommario: Ciccì Coccò è uno dei primi e rari libri per bambini dove viene usata la fotografia. Forse per questo Munari ha scritto volentieri i testi che seguono – con frasi semplici e brevi rime – le suggestive immagini di Enzo Arnone scattate tra gli anni '70 e '80 a bambini ritratti nei loro momenti di gioco e scoperta.

Abstract/Sommario: Un bambino trova un cappello giallo che indossa con fierezza e che gli va pennello, ma un giorno ne incontra il legittimo proprietario e...

Abstract/Sommario: With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work. Beautiful, clever, rich-and single-Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protég ...; [Leggi tutto...] With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work. Beautiful, clever, rich-and single-Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protégée Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected.

Abstract/Sommario: Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough, has never forgotten him. When he returns, he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness ...

Abstract/Sommario: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice centers on the conflict between marrying for love and marrying for economic reasons. None of Mr. Bennet's five daughters can inherit his estate, so they are pressured into finding security in "good" marriages. Elizabeth Bennet, the main character, struggles with the societal pressures of marriage and resists Mr. Darcy's advances and proposals. Eventually, however, she finds that she does love him, and for that reason, she decides to marry him.

Abstract/Sommario: Jane Austen seems to have been born with the comic precision and other-worldly insight she everywhere displays in Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel (1811), which, though revised later, was completed in 1797 at the age of twenty-two. This meticulously constructed story of two sisters with opposing temperaments and romantic inclinations exemplifies the distilled spirit of classicism in English literature.

Abstract/Sommario: In the title story, Gordon and Henry laugh at Edward when some cows break his train. But when a cow blocks the line several days later, it's Edward who has the last laugh. Also included are "Double Trouble," "Old Iron," and "Percy Takes the Plunge."