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На дворе начало XX века. Десятилетняя Мэри прибывает в Великобританию из Индии и оказывается в поместье своего старого дядюшки, которому нет до девочки никакого дела. Дядя после смерти жены вообще ничем не интересуется, ушел в себя, возвращаться не собирается. Впрочем,...

Многим полюбился шоколадный дедушка, поэтому на мировой арене не замедлила появиться мармеладная бабушка - встречайте! Бабушка в связях с дедушкой не замечена, она самодостаточная женщина, а книга - самостоятельное произведение без кроссоверов. Действие происходит теперь не в Норвегии, а в...

Мне кажется, историю страны можно выучить по учебникам, но прочувствовать ее можно только через истории конкретных людей. Особенно когда ты еще не очень взрослый и всё примеряешь на себя, по-другому пока не научился. Вот 20 миллионов репрессированных - все знают,...

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Retelling 4.5 billion years of history is such a drag: well, first there was a spectacular explosion, everyone knows that, then the Earth is a solid ocean, then something unintelligible began to appear in the water, then it slowly crawled...

Given: a fighting girl from a large family and a marginal almost grandfather who lives in a bus reforged into a motor home. They get to know each other on the basis of their love for books, although this acquaintance...

Life is a long journey, and it pays to choose carefully what to take with you and what will only get in the way. The book "What they don't teach at school" captivates at first sight: large, A4 format, on...

This book is good for everyone: language, atmosphere, humor, illustrations and quality of publication, but there is an aspect in it that just warms the heart and causes white envy. And it seems incredibly surprising, given that the story was...

Do you miss the good old pandemic? She came to you in a detective story! In the Far Forest, which we already know well, a new disease is progressing: the beast feels an irresistible desire to bite its neighbor by...

Not the Nutcracker alone - Hoffmann has other tales as well. One of the most significant is "The Golden Pot" about a young man who finds himself at the junction of two worlds - real and fabulous, their boundaries are...

Tell - don't tell, tell - don't tell?. It's hard to write about this book without spoilers. There is only one storyline, but a huge number of events, the retelling of which would mean depriving readers of intrigue. In my...

Now this series is insanely popular, but the first books, which appeared ten years ago, for some reason did not shoot. They came out with illustrations by the amazing artist Igor Oleinikov. Usachev plus Oleinikov plus seals - it would...

One day a dwarf came to Dr. Korczak and fulfilled his cherished wish - he made him a child again. This book lacks what children love so much: no exciting adventures, no magic, no humor. But surely the child will...

The new book by the modern Swedish writer Frida Nilsson, like her previous works, is distinguished by a non-trivial plot, philosophical depth, and a rather gloomy atmosphere. We learn about the hard fate of the two main characters - brothers...

In Italy, the Befana fairy brings presents to children under the Christmas tree. In this tale, she is only a little sorceress - she flies on a broomstick, but otherwise she is an ordinary, rather strict old woman. Befana is...

The Snow Queen came out before the new year 2021, and who would have thought then. Lomaev really wanted to draw this fairy tale, but for a long time he could not figure out how to make his own voice...

We are at the villa "Nightmare", the owner of which the black magician Beelzebub cheated on the black lord himself. According to the contract, Beelzebub was supposed to send epidemics, destruction, misfortunes to all living things during the year, but...

Wherever and for whatever reason people move, adaptation to a new place will take time - from a year to several years. The family of the author of the book "Anya here and there" Maria Danilova experienced this firsthand when...

"Everything - forward, everything - into the distance! You go - do not fall, if you fall - get up, if you hurt yourself - do not whimper. Everything - go ahead! Everything is far away! With these words, the...

"Madiken" is similar to the beloved "We are all from Bullerbu", only here we are not talking about a group of children, but about two girls - seven-year-old Madiken and her younger sister Lisabeth. They live on a farm, grow...

Tales of Bazhov. After all, you would never guess that they were written in such a dark time for Russian history - the 30s of the twentieth century. Bright, iridescent with the brilliance of precious stones, breathing with the richness...