Kids Classics Adventure Literature

La lucha de un hombre obstinado contra una ballena Moby Dick es considerado por la critica como una de las novelas mas importantes de la literatura universal ya que aunque aparentemente es la simple historia de un marinero obsesionado por cazar una elusiva ballena, es un inmenso poema lirico que tiene como fondo el ansia de triunfo de todo ser humano.

This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Alexandre Dumas will introduce children to beloved characters from the original novel and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic.

"Hop-o'-My-Thumb" (Hop-on-My-Thumb), or "Hop o' My Thumb", also known as "Little Thumbling" or "Little Poucet" is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in "Histoires ou Contes du temps passé" (1697). "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family, and his greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers, eventually confronting a scary ogre.

Den fattige skrædder Anders sender sine tre nevøer ud i verden for, at de skal lære at arbejde. Drengene finder hver en dygtig læremester. Da læretiden er slut, får de hver en magisk afskedsgave af deres læremester – et magisk bord, et magisk æsel og en tryllekvist. De to første drenge får deres magiske gave stjålet af en krovært, og de advarer deres bror. Mon det lykkes at få de stjålne gaver tilbage?