Valerie Wilding Knihy

Poznáte najslávnejší príbeh všetkých čias? Máte tušenie, ktorý klasický príbeh svetovej literatúry je najnapínavejší a najslávnejší? Že by to bola Cesta okolo sveta za osemdesiat dní od Julesa Verna? Alebo je to Veterná hôrka - príbeh tajomstva a lásky medzi ohnivým Heathcliffom a romantickou Katarínou, odohrávajúci sa v pochmúrnej atmosfére? Môže to však byť aj nejaký iný príbeh. To zistíte, keď si prečítate túto knižku, v ktorej vám navyše predstavíme zopár krvilačných pirátov. Aj klasické príbehy môžu mať svoju desivú stránku!

Toby can't wait to be catapulted back in time again to become his own ancestor! This time Toby is plunged back to Ancient Greece, into Niko's life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey "It's hardly a good idea to head-butt a donkey, and I'll never know what made me do it this morning. One minute I was standing there wondering which of the stubborn creatures to take to market, the next I was cross-eyed with my nose pressed up against a donkey's rear end. Not the nicest thing I've smelled today! Melissa the bee woman keeps well back because, she says, she doesn't want to catch my fleas. They're not my fleas. They're the donkeys."

It's 1670. When Susannah and her brother are orphaned she is forced to live on the charity of distant relations in England while he seeks his fortune in America. But when news arrives that her brother is dangerously ill Susannah will stop at nothing to get the money she desperately needs to save his life...

A fun, feminist and colourful picture book celebrating the young Princess who grew up to be England's longest-reigning monarch - Queen Elizabeth II.

Who needs a Prince Charming when you're busy running the world? From ancient empresses and warrior queens, to fearsome pirates and modern-day monarchs, Fabulously Feisty Queens explores the lives and legacies of history's most powerful women. Made of stronger stuff than beauty and grace, discover just how bright, brave, brilliant and clever the world's female rulers have been throughout the centuries. With a foreword by historian and Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley and illustrations by Pauline Reeves.

WARTIME PRINCESS is for everyone who loves a royal wedding. It's 1939 and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. War breaks out across Europe and Philip is sent to serve in the Navy and Elizabeth convinces her father the King to allow her to sign up to the war effort. Will she see her prince again?

From a feast for monkeys in Thailand to gifts from Grandfather Frost in Ukraine, twenty children from around the world introduce us to their favourite feasts, festivals and celebrations.

It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action she refuses to sit safely in England, and determines to do something to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud and horror of the battlefields of France, driving an ambulance transporting the wounded of the trenches...

Tilly lives in turbulent times. It's the 1550s; when Queen Mary ousts Lady Jane Grey to win the throne, her executioners are kept busy. Even Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower. As Tilly watches the plots and politics of the Tudor court unfolding, she waits for her chance to deliver a very important letter . . .