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Children Stories – ebook
Charles Dickens
Here are 10 stories to introduce readers of all ages to Charles Dickens and his Victorian England filled with orphans, expectations, and Christmas spirits, including adaptations of Dickens geared toward young readers, engaging looks into the author’s life, and a few kid-friendly classics straight from the author’s quill. The most famous and funny short stories include the „Child’s Story”, „The Cratchits’...Data dostępności:
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus – ebook
L. Frank Baum
Every child knows about Santa Claus, the jolly man who brings gifts to all on Christmas. There are many stories that tell of his life, but the delightful version relayed in „The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” is by far the most charming and original of all. Orphaned at an infant Claus is found and raised in the magical Forest of Burzee by a wood-nymph Necile, who convinces the great Ak to allow...Data dostępności:
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Opowieść wigilijna – ebook
Charles Dickens
Opowieść wigilijna (tyt. oryg. A Christmas Carol) - opowiadanie Karola Dickensa nawiązujące do Wigilii Bożego Narodzenia. Książka ukazała się po raz pierwszy w grudniu 1843 roku, z ilustracjami Johna Leecha. Tłumaczona wielokrotnie i wydawana jako Opowieść wigilijna (częściej) lub zgodnie z oryginalnym tytułem jako Kolęda prozą. Opowieść wigilijna była niespodziewanym sukcesem Karola Dickensa. Napisał...Data dostępności:
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Kitty’s Class Day and Other Stories – ebook
Louisa May Alcott
Originally published under the title „Proverb Stories” in 1882 by Louisa May Alcott, this collection of sweet stories with a high moral tone includes: „Kitty’s Class Day”, „Aunt Kipp, Psyche’s Art”, „A Country Christmas”, „On Picket Duty”, „The Baron’s Gloves”, „My Red Cap”, and „What the Bells Saw and Said”. Using different characters in each story, she has portrayed various aspects of life brilliantly....Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of a Suburbanite – ebook
Ellis Parker Butler
A city man moves to the suburbs with humorous results – gardening, automobiling, and golfing become new avocations. The book „The Adventures of a Suburbanite” includes two chapters on golf: „The Royal Game” and „Advanced Golf.” The subjects of humor in this book are mostly the two neighbors’ opposing opinions about all aspects of domestic and rural life, the gardening, and a variety of slapstick troubles...Data dostępności:
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The Terrible Twins – ebook
Edgar Jepson
The twins are living in relatively straightened circumstances, as their father has died, and get up to all kinds of mischief, while being governed by their own set of values. The children, however, have little dread of poverty, for when ever they desire a luxury, such as a bicycle, or a fur stole for their mother’s Christmas present, they devise some means to raise the necessary funds, and they stop...Data dostępności:
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Mistress Pat – ebook
Lucy Maud Montgomery
This book has a sequel, „Mistress Pat”, which describes Patricia Gardiner’s life in her twenties and early thirties, during which she remained single and took care of her beloved home, Silver Bush. All she could ever ask of life was bound in the magic of the lovely old house on Prince Edward Island. And now there was more than ever to do, what with planning for the Christmas family reunion, entertaining...Data dostępności:
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Jack and Jill – ebook
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott, more famously known for her „Little Women” series, takes a familiar nursery rhyme and creates a whole novel out of it in one of her last books „Jack and Jill: A Village Story”. The story follows the lives of two 13-year-old neighbors, Jack and Jill, in the fictional Harmony Village. They go sledding on the first day of the season whereupon their adventurous natures and competitiveness...Data dostępności:
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