Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children.
One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treasure Island‘s timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert Louis Stevenson penned it in 1881 with the claim: “If th
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map showing the way to Captain Flint's treasure, he and Squire Trelawney set sail on the Hispaniola to search for the gold.
Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.
Roger Lancelyn Green's classic retelling of the adventures of the Greek Heroes has been in print for over 60 years and now a stunning Puffin Clothbound edition is available for readers and collectors.
Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years.
Nach einem Angriff des heimtückischen Tigers Shere Khan bleibt der Menschenjunge Mowgli allein im Dschungel zurück. Ein Wolfsrudel nimmt den Kleinen liebevoll auf; seine Erziehung übernehmen Baloo, der Bär, und Bagheera, der Panther.
Wer kennt sie nicht: den kleinen Inderjungen Mowgli, seine treuen Freunde Balu, Baghira und Kaa und seinen Erzfeind, den hinterhältigen Tiger Schir Khan.
Von den spannenden Geschichten rund um den Jungen Mowgli und seine tierischen Freunde wünschten sich junge Leserinnen und Leser schon bald eine zweite Staffel.
These witty stories were originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are.
Here presented with brand-new illustrations by Ian Beck, these hugely popular tales, inspired by ancient fables and Kipling’s own experiences in India, form a vivid account of the relationship between humans and nature, and will continue to inspire reade