Главная » Издательства » S » "Sterling Publishing"

Lofting Hugh: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Doctor Dolittle is a very special vet — because he knows how to talk to the animals! So when he hears that there's terrible sickness hurting all the monkeys in Africa, the good doctor knows he must go and help them. Soon he's off on an exciting adventure across the seas in this superb retelling of Hugh Lofting's beloved classic.With Classic Starts[trademark], young readers can experience the…

Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island

Скачать книгу (размер 779 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 154) Аннотация: Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts, The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve — all at an incomparable price. Pirates, buried treasure, and action aplenty — that's…

Wyss Johann: The Swiss Family Robinson

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: A shipwreck; a deserted island; a family, wondering if they can survive. Rich in suspense and surprises, The Swiss Family Robinson entices young readers to come along on a wonderful adventure, where each moment brings a new thrill. Featuring amazingly resourceful characters and a wondrous landscape bursting with exotic wildlife and plants, it's an irresistible tale of ingenuity. Abridged for…

Eleanor H. Porter: Pollyanna

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Once you start looking for the happy things, you don't think about the bad ones as much. That's the joyful way Pollyanna sees the world: no matter what happens, she plays her Just Be Glad game and finds the sunny side of any situation. But when she's orphaned and forced to live with her rigid Aunt Polly, will high-spirited Pollyanna succeed in melting her Aunt's cold heart? Abridged for easier…

Little Men

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This sparkling sequel to the beloved Little Women follows the grown-up and married Jo, mistress of Plumfield, a school for boys (and a few girls, too). The fun begins with a new arrival, Nat Blake; it is through his eyes that we first meet Plumfield's lively residents and experience the cheerful confusion that reigns in the welcoming home. Fans of the first book will happily greet these wonderful…

Frances Hodgson Burnett: A Little Princess

Скачать книгу (размер 779 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 154) Аннотация: Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts, The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve — all at an incomparable price. Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father…

James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This is a fascinating adventure story, grounded in American history. As the French and Indian war rages, the two daughters of a British officer prepare to return home. But when, Cora, Alice and the soldiers who guard them are betrayed by their Native American scout, their safety depends on wily forest tracker Hawkeye and his friends Chingachkook and Uncas — the last of the Mohicans. With Classic…

London Jack: The Call of the Wild

Скачать книгу (размер 779 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 154) Аннотация: Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts, The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve — all at an incomparable price. Here is the ultimate dog story, one filled with emotion,…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Скачать книгу (размер 779 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 154) Аннотация: Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts, The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve — all at an incomparable price. No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive…

Pyle Howard: The Adventures of Robin Hood

Скачать книгу (размер 779 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 154) Аннотация: Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts, The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve — all at an incomparable price. He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, and had…

Sewell Anna: Black Beauty

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.

Grimm Jacob: Grimm's Fairy Tales

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Unabridged Classics are aimed at ages 10 years upwards with more than 330,000 copies sold! The book features many of the Grimms' most popular retellings including The Frog Prince, Rapunzel and many more. It is unabridged with insightful questions for discussion, fantastic artwork, a ribbon marker and high-quality paper. Based on the brothers' first volume of folk tales, Children's and Household…

Swift Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: At once satiric and magical, rich in philosophy and astonishing adventure, Gulliver's Travels transports children into worlds unknown. The entire voyage is seen through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon whose amazing account begins with a shipwreck on the high seas and continues as he encounters a race of miniature people known as Lilliputians; giant Brobdingnagians; the foolish…

Frances Hodgson Burnett: A Little Princess

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

Twain Mark: The Prince and the Pauper

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: One boy, penniless and in rags, forced to beg in the street. The other, a king's son, coddled and given all he could want. What happens when the two boys change clothes and places and learn how the other half lives? Mark Twain's satirical and suspenseful novel about the thin line that separates prince and pauper is a perennial favourite. Abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten, with…

Pyle Howard: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights: Retold from the Howard Pyle Original

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: From the Sword in the Stone and the founding of Camelot to the famed Round Table and the Lake of Enchantment, the legend of King Arthur has held generations spellbound with its magic. With Classic Starts, young readers can experience the wonder of timeless stories — such as King Arthur's winning of Guinevere and Merlin's tragic downfall at the hands of the evil Vivien.

Carroll Lewis: Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Softly realistic, period-style watercolors effectively highlight the mood of each selection... vocabulary or context notes on just about every page, and the book opens with a brief but illuminating biography.

Kido Yukiko: Lowercase Letters

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: The stupendously successful I'm Going to Read! series has already attracted a new generation of readers with wonderful stories and appealing art. And now an exciting new addition — I'm Going to Write! Workbooks — offers parents and children another great way to enjoy interactive, educational playtime together. Picking up a pencil and writing legibly requires good motor skills — and that's what…

Roitman Tanya: Sight Words

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: The stupendously successful I'm Going to Read! series has already attracted a new generation of readers with wonderful stories and appealing art. And now an exciting new addition — I'm Going to Read! Workbooks — offers parents and children another great way to enjoy interactive, educational playtime together. These are the words children have to know by sight — the words that they should be able…

Books Lark: Masters: Glass Beads: Major Works by Leading Artists

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The art of glass bead-making has exploded in popularity during the past decade — and these awe-inspiring examples, exquisitely fashioned by 40 of the world's top creators, reveal why. Explore Bruce St. John Maher's fused and faceted landscape beads, the vitreous painted surface of Bronwen Heilman's glass and Kate Fowle Meleny's luminous electroformed glass beads that seem almost like sculptures.…