Garth Williams Knihy

Rozprávkový príbeh dievčatka Fern, ktoré zachráni prasiatko - nedorasteného krpánika - pred krutou sekerou svojho otca a pripraví tak Wilburovi skvelú budúcnosť. Po tom, ako sa Wilbur ocitne v chlieve na farme pána Zuckermana medzi ostatnými zvieratami bez svojej ochrankyne Fern, cíti sa stratený, sám a opustený, ale prichádza mu do cesty stará pavúčica Šarlota. A Wilbur získa ozajstnú priateľku. Príbeh nádherného priateľstva pavúka a prasiatka i človeka a zvieraťa dobýja srdcia detského i dospelého čitateľa. Takmer neviditeľná pavúčia sieť sa stáva záchrankyňou jedného života a článkom utužujúcim priateľstvo a odvahu obetovať sa kvôli niekomu, kto je blízky nášmu srdcu.

This book presents a little-known aspect of America's World War II aircraft development in emphasizing unique aircraft or modifications for research in support of aviation development, advancing technology, or meeting combat needs. It describes important areas of aviation maturation in wartime... číst celé

Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the students are taller than she is, but every week Almonzo Wilder arrives to take her to her family for the weekend.

A little bunny sets forth to find his very own home.

The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walk home from church with Laura. And Laura, now fifteen years old, receives her certificate to teach school.

V domčeku na Vysokej prérii bolo pekne a útulne, ale malá Laura ho skoro opustí, lebo sa nachádza na indiánskom území. Opäť putuje so sestrou Mary a maličkou Carrie v krytom voze až do Minnesoty. Tam sa rodinka usadí pri riečke so slivkovým sadom a Laura býva v nezvyčajnom domčeku vyhĺbenom v riečnom brehu. Vchod dovnútra zdobia lúčne kvietky a vodná hladina láka k veselým hrám...

An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee

WHEN A MOUSE family finds a helpless, homeless, newborn kitten, they decide to adopt him, name him Mickey, and raise him as one of their own . . . never telling him that he’s actually a cat!

The story of a boy named Almanzo Wilder... While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State, where he and his brother and sisters work at their chores from dawn to dinner most days--no matter what the weather. There is still time for fun, though, especially with the horses, which Almanzo loves more than anything.

Laura and her family are head to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land--and stop moving. The new town of De Smet is filling up with settlers lured west by the promise of free land, and the Ingalls family must do whatever it takes too defend their claim.