While on a fishing trip, with their parents and grandparents, to their camp in the Adirondacks, Michael and his little sister Lousia are told a story by the fishing guide, Mr.Green. The story is about two Indian children who wander into the sacred forest and come upon the secret of the first pine tree, the magical mother of all the great White Pine tree's of the forest.

These are two of Andersen’s best loved fairy tales for kids, which are brought up to date and refreshed for a whole new audience. Both of these stories are at once sweet and uplifting. Generations of children and adults alike have been charmed by these classic fairy tales. Each is unique in its own right, and yet they complement each other perfectly.As bedtime short stories, both have undeniable charm and power. While The Princess and the Pea is above all fun and jolly, The Little ...

When a boy is given a box by an angel who asks him to care for it, the task shapes his entire life.Originally published in DRAGONS AND DREAMS (edited by Jane Yolen) this is one of Bruce Coville's personal favorites among all his stories.

It took Daniel, a young Brit visiting the Basque city of San Sebastian, all of three days to fall in love with the cityand never want to leave.But who - or what - has fallen in love with him?

Девочка Пель - Шель - маленькая, пятилетняя девочка, которая живет во вполне обычной сказочной стране, в самой обыкновенной семье из пяти человек. Хотя никто, конечно, не решится при ней назвать ее маленькой.

Сборник русских народных сказок от Animedia Company состоит из 11 сказок, записанных выдающимся собирателем фольклора Алесандром Афанасьевым.Сказки «Василиса Прекрасная», «Ивашко и ведьма», «Марья Моревна», «Сказка об Иване-царевиче, жар-птице и о сером волке», «Пойди туда — не знаю куда, принеси то — не знаю что», «Морской царь и Василиса Премудрая», «Пёрышко Финиста ясна сокола», «Соль», «Сестрица Алёнушка, братец Иванушка», «Белая уточка», «Царевна-лягушка» красочно иллюстрирова...

Miss Justine thinks learning should always be fun! After she takes a new teaching job at an Indian reservation, Miss Justine decides to use the beach as her outside classroom. Her students head to the beach with boxes to hold all their collected treasures, and they soon discover that math, history, and science can be exciting.After the students gather rocks, feathers, and shells, they return to the schoolhouse with Miss Justine where they begin discussing all their treasures. Sorti...

The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow is the final thrilling instalment in award-winning author Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles trilogy. Is their inherited magic enough to battle against the most powerful mythical forces that Egypt's gods have to throw at them?CARTER AND SADIE KANE, descendants of the magical House of Life, are in pretty big trouble.Despite their bravest efforts, Apophis, the giant snake of Chaos, is still threatening t...

The stakes have never been higher for the young Blue Bloods of Manhattan. After their brief yet beautiful bonding ceremony in Italy, Schuyler Van Alen and Jack Force depart for Egypt, desperate to find the elusive Gate of Promise before Jack must face his twin, Mimi, for a blood trial. A blood trial that only one of them can survive. But everything Schuyler thought she knew about the gate turns out to be a lie, and they soon find themselves ensnared in a deadly battle against the demon-bor...

Mina Hamilton's parents want her dead. (Or undead to be precise.) They're vampires, and like it or not, Mina must decide whether to become a vampire herself. But Mina's more interested in hanging out with best friend Serena and trying to catch the eye of the too-hot-for-high-school Nathan Able than in the vampire training classes she's being forced to take. How's a girl supposed to find the perfect prom date and pass third-year French when her mom and dad are breathing down her neck--liter...

For anyone who dreams of dragon riding...Jace, a high-wire acrobat in a traveling circus, thought he knew the thrill of adventure. But when he meets Belen, a strange girl with no memory of her past, he soon discovers how much more adventure--and danger--awaits him. Not long after Belen joins the circus, a wizard arrives and stops the show--not by magic, but by accusation. Belen is not human, he says: she is a shapeshifting dragon, who destroyed a nearby town. As Jace and Belen set ...

杨家将是以中國宋朝為歷史背景的系列故事小說及戲曲劇作，以北宋楊家的楊業、楊延昭和楊文廣楊家三代戍守北疆及精忠报国的抗遼/西夏之人物事迹為原型藍本，經過漫長的發展，歷朝眾人所改編杜撰虛構添加人物及情節演譯而成。原本載於史實上北宋楊家三代主要三位將領被鋪寫成了五代數十位男女英雄﹔原本只是男兒的鐵血沙場，又融入了佘太君、穆桂英等女英雄。這些小說和戲曲與歷史事實出入已經很大，成了英雄傳奇。