Era uma vez uma professora – essa que está dentro deste livro – que tinha um jeito todo seu de entender o mundo e um modo que todos achavam muito maluquinho de mostrá-lo aos seus meninos e meninas. Ao evocar a Professora Maluquinha, o autor coloca nos olhos do leitor algumas lágrimas de emoção e de saudade. Humana, compreensiva, às vezes mal interpretada, a Professora Maluquinha, mais do que ensinar, dá a seus alunos a oportunidade de aprender com alegria, de guardar para sempre um grande amor pela leitura.
An absorbing, deeply moving adventure story from the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Matchlock Gun
When John Haskell’s father dies, he leaves behind a mountain of debt for his family to overcome. John had never given much thought to his father’s financial iniquities, but now he finds himself faced with the responsibility of paying back those who are owed.
With the aid of an Indian trapper, John sets about the hard work of clearing his family’s name. Through two harsh winters he goes fur trapping—and emerges a man on the other side.
“His story has the quality of good homespun, a valuable quality in these days of sleazy fabrics. There is in it the same simplicity and craftsmanship, and the same durability.”—New York Times, 1943
This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short easy to understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom back ground music.
Sir Michael Morpurgo retells two of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew, in this stunning audio collection in association with the RSC, featuring readings by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Michael himself.
Translating these iconic plays into thrilling prose, the nation’s favourite storyteller preserves all the imaginative genius and spark of the originals, while bringing a contemporary and vibrant voice to their retelling. The stories are revealed in a fresh, exciting and entertaining way, providing both an entry point for child readers and a fascinating dialogue with the original texts that will intrigue any Shakespeare scholar.
Each tale, directed by Hal Chambers and Aaron Parsons, is introduced by Michael and includes incidental music composed by Phil James.
Look out for the other instalments of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth and Hamlet, King Lear and Henry V, and The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest.
Det är konstigt med Lotta på Bråkmakargatan, hon kan nästan allting! Denna samling innehåller julberättelsen Visst kan Lotta nästan allting, och den klassiska Visst kan Lotta cykla.
When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles upon the Tuck family's disturbing secret, she is forced to come to terms with her conflicting emotions. She feels drawn to the loving, gentle and rather eccentric Tucks, but what they tell her is too incredible to be believed. Doomed to—or blessed with—eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family tries to make Winnie understand that the terrible magic of the forest spring can never be revealed. The consequences to the world could prove to be disastrous!
But then an unexpected complication arises when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to sell the spring water and make a fortune.
När vargen en natt river fåren i den lilla byn Kapela blir de fattiga byborna förtvivlade, inte minst Stina Maria och hennes farfar. Kort därefter lockas den lilla flickan ner till de underjordiska. Där återförenas hon med fåren, men är nu fånge bland de skugglika figurerna...
Chicago 1931. El alcohol está prohibido y los gánsteres se han hecho los dueños de la ciudad. El dinero ilegal obtenido por el tráfico de whisky es capaz de comprar a muchos corruptos, da igual de qué estamento sean. De vez en cuando, una matanza cambia las tornas y un nuevo jefe se alza con el poder, pero todo sigue igual. ¿Es posible que triunfe el amor en un ambiente así, lleno de asesinatos y venganzas? ¿Heredan los hijos los pecados de los padres? Annie solo tiene 18 años y ya es una experta conductora en atracos; después de todo, su padre, víctima en la matanza de San Valentín, le enseñó todo sobre coches. Y Júnior, con sus 22 años, es el niño mimado de su padre, Frank Nitti, el lugarteniente de Al Capone. ¿Qué futuro puede esperarles a dos jóvenes como ellos por muy enamorados que estén?
Grabado en español ibérico (España).
When Annette gets Lucien into trouble at school, he decides to get back at her by threatening the most precious thing in the world to her: her little brother, Dani. But tragedy strikes. Annette knows she can never forgive Lucien for what he did to Dani, and she is going to make sure that no one else does either. She is so filled with rage that she sets out to alienate and humiliate Lucien at every turn. But then some surprising things began to happen to both of them.
Patricia St.John's stories are classics of their time and have been enjoyed by generations of children. This edition of Treasures of the Snow combines her superb skill as a storyteller with language sensitively adapted to a new generation of children.
"Pamela Garelick makes Annette, her little brother, Dani, and her nemesis, Lucien, seem like real people...[her] delivery transports the listener to the mountains of Switzerland."-AudioFile
Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared with illustrations by many leading artists, but none so apt as Peake's--first published in 1949 and out of print until now.
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas . . .
Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of Captain Flint's treasure, Young Jim sets sail for Treasure Island. But the crew of the Hispaniola are not what they seem. Revealing themselves as another gang of cut throats, led by the villainous Long John Silver, they are hell-bent on seizing both the ship and the treasure. Will they succeed? The struggle of Young Jim and his friends as they do battle on the high seas is thrillingly played out.
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