Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) was one of the greatest filmmakers of his time, renowned for films like Pather Panchali, Charulata, Aranyer Din Ratri and Ghare Baire. He was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in 1992, and in the same year, was also honoured with the Bharat Ratna.
Ray was also a writer of repute, and his short stories, novellas, poems and articles, written in Bengali, have been immensely popular ever since they first began to appear in the children’s magazine Sandesh in 1961. Among his most famous creations are the master sleuth Feluda and the scientist Professor Shonku.
A CLASSIC COMING-OF-AGE STORY WHICH HAS HELD GENERATIONS OF READERS SPELLBOUND
Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned, and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the bazaar, Hindu festivals and other aspects of Indian life, Rusty is enchanted . . . and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the European community.
This special edition marks the 60th anniversary of this award-winning book, written when the author was just seventeen. Poignant, heart-warming and an absolute classic, this book is forever a joy to read.
Revive 'El Cuento de los 3 Cerditos y el Lobo' narrado e interpretado íntegramente por niños. Había un vez, en un pueblo muy bonito, 3 hermanos Cerditos que vivían muy felices y contentos. Pero un día apareció el malvado Lobo que se los quería comer. Descubre como los Cerditos intentan huir de las garras del Lobo, escapando con su moto a toda pastilla. ¿Conseguirán los 3 hermanos diseñar un plan audaz para poderle vencer? No te pierdas esta tierna, pero trepidante aventura, repleta de valores como el amor, la unión y la amistad.
Come on a merry adventure down the jolly highway! Join the unquenchable Toad, the kindly Mole, the steadfast Water Rat, and the irascible Badger in their spectacularly charming adventures along the waterfront. Each character is brought to life in this enchanting presentation of Kenneth Grahame’s seminal work of fantasy fiction. Don’t miss it!
The harsh realities of child poverty come to light in this short story by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The tale follows a barefoot girl trying to sell matchsticks on a frigid New Year's Eve. As the night grows colder, she lights the matches for warmth and has visions of her dead grandmother. Feel the cold seep into your bones as you read this tale that has haunted readers for over a century.
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness. Readily accessible by children, they present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity that appeal to mature listeners as well. This collection of twenty-five tales includes The Wild Swans, The Little Mermaid, and The Snow Man.
In "The Naughty Boy," an old poet welcomes a wet and shivering boy into his home to warm up, not realizing that the boy has an ulterior motive-and a bow and arrow. This short tale ruminates on the naughtiness and ubiquity of Cupid
In "The Happy Family", a pair of snails lives inside a burdock forest near an old manor house. They remember the old days when their kinfolk were served on platters in the old house and suspect the house has since been abandoned. Deciding to grow their family, they adopt a common snail and must arrange a marriage for their new child.
In this fable about what happens to liars and boasters, a gentleman's collar decides to marry and proposes to various female objects, embroidering his accomplishments and good qualities at every turn.
Los mejores libros jamás escritos. Entre el viaje iniciático y la novela de aventuras, la obra maestra de Kipling es una de las grandes narraciones de todos los tiempos. «La selva tiene muchas lenguas. Yo me las sé todas.» La presente edición reúne los dos libros que conforman una de las colecciones de cuentos más famosas de la historia de la literatura: El libro de la selva y El segundo libro de la selva, que Kipling escribió para su hija. La historia de Mowgli, el niño criado por una manada de lobos, ha fascinado y encandilado a los más jóvenes (y no tan jóvenes) generación tras generación. Mowgli, el oso Baloo, la pantera Bagheera, el tigre Shere Khan, la serpiente Kaa y el lobo Akela nos han hecho soñar con un mundo exótico, lleno de maravillas y peligros, transmitiendo valores como la amistad, la lealtad, el amor y la unidad de la manada. Este tomo se abre con una magistral introducción de Kaori Nagai, profesora en la Universidad de Kent y reconocida experta en la obra de Rudyard Kipling. Como apéndice, añadimos el relato «En el rukh», del volumen Muchas fantasías (1893), que supone la primera aparición literaria de Mowgli si bien la acción se sitúa cronológicamente hacia el final del primer Libro de la selva. Salman Rushdie dijo...«Ningún otro escritor occidental ha entendido la India como Kipling.»
Fall in love with this Shakespearean comedy about finding and losing love. A host of characters try to act as matchmakers for a young couple, while another couple is to be married. But everything doesn't go as planned when a meddling villain schemes to ruin the wedding.
Come along as four young adventurers go exploring in a magical meadow, only to find out that there is more mischief afoot in this Fairy Wood than they might have expected. Hilarious mayhem abounds in this introduction to Shakespeare's classic comedy.
