Książki dla dzieci po angielsku

„The Story Girl” is a beautifully-written classic by L. M. Montgomery. A perfect piece of literature that could be enjoyed by anyone, young or old. It narrates the adventures of a group of young cousins and their friends who live in a rural community on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The book is narrated by Beverley, who together with his brother Felix, has come to live with his Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec King on their farm while their father travels for business. The narrati...

„Further Chronicles of Avonlea” is another wonderful collection of charming Avonlea short stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, ranging from the humorous to melodramatic, and every bit as enticing and delightful as the first book, „Chronicles of Avonlea”. Published in 1920, it includes fifteen short and entertaining, funny, and romantic stories relating to the inhabitants of the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea and its region, located on Prince Edward Island. The author bri...

On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was no shortage of wonderful stories. In „Chronicles of Avonlea”, a delightful collection of twelve short stories about the inhabitants of Avonlea and other nearby villages, we meet lovely new characters and relive many stories that inspired various episodes on Road to Avonlea. Focusing on universal themes about mankind, the book conveys the flaws of critical behavior that is sure ...

A chronicle of Anne’s early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together in the little „house of dreams” in the picturesque, lonely and sometimes wild seascapes of Four Winds Harbour. A tale uniting the much-loved characters also brings a farewell to Anne Shirley and officially welcomes Anne Blythe. It also introduces intriguing and entertaining new characters – Captain Jim, the tragic Lesley, the outspoken and warmhear...

„Anne of Windy Poplars” is the fourth book in the „Anne of Green Gables” series by L. M. Montgomery. In this book, 22-year-old Anne Shirley has left college to serve as principal of Summerside High School and settles down in Windy Poplars. Here her biggest challenge is the high-status Pringles family who are not what one would expect them to be. The novel features a series of letters Anne sends to her intended, Gilbert Blythe, who is completing medical school. Anne’s sweet ...

Anne, now Mrs. Doctor Blythe, is still sometimes as impetuous as when she was the girl from Green Gables. But with six lively children and hard-worked Gilbert to look after – not to mention Gilbert’s disapproving aunt, Anne has to be practical too. She suddenly began to worry that perhaps her adored Gilbert no longer loved her. But how could he not? After all, she may have been older, but she was still the lively, irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead the wonderful Anne of G...

Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley is an orphan girl in need of a family and the novel follows her adventures over the next five years. She may be scrawny and freckled with red hair but she’s also loving and bright with imagination, smart, dutiful and hardworking. When she’s mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, elderly siblings who plan to adopt a young boy to help around their farm in Canada’s Prince Edward Island, Anne faces the prospect of securing a home and a lov...

„Anne of the Island” was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling „Anne of Green Gables.” This book tells the story of Anne Shirley’s and her friends’ college years. As the security of home and childhood comforts fade, each must face the trials of being on their own. The novel kicks off when Anne decides to pursue her dream of a higher education, and subsequently leaves her two year teaching position at the school in Avonlea and begins her studies at Redmond Col...

Anne’s back! She older and wiser and more beautiful with the additional charm of growing womanhood than that gangly red-headed girl that first came to Avonlea. This book follows Anne Shirley from the age of 16-18 during the two years she teaches at the Avonlea school. Anne discovers all of the joys and struggles of being a teacher and continuing her studies and friendship with Gilbert. To top this off, she must aid Marilla in the caring of two children whom Marilla has chos...

W tym tomie serii polsko-angielskiej przeczytacie dwa opowiadania świetnego współczesnego autora Pawła Beręsewicza. Główny bohater Adam przypadkiem ląduje w bibliotece. Nudzi się tam niemiłosiernie aż do chwili spotkania z pewnym smokiem… W drugim opowiadaniu chłopak maszeruje z ojcem na naprawdę męczącą Wielką Górę. Adam idzie z myślą, że w schronisku czeka go góra ukochanych naleśników z bitą śmietaną. Wychodzi inaczej, a nasz smakosz jest naprawdę zaskoczony. Wy też byśc...

Tym razem w wersji polsko-angielskiej przeczytacie dwa opowiadania współczesnego, uwielbianego przez dzieci pisarza - Grzegorza Kasdepke! Magia w kolorze lilaróż to dwie zabawne historie z życia chłopca o bardzo rozbuchanej wyobraźni. No bo kto posądziłby uroczą koleżankę o rzucanie czarów albo wpadł na pomysł, by ulubionego kolegę, którego przeniesiono do innej klasy, zastąpić balonem?

This is a collection of five short stories (The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket), that are fairytales like moral fables, not only for children, but drenched in subtle hints aimed at the older readers. Each little story is a beautifully told allegory touching to the heart. Each tale in this compilation is different but there is a strong lesson that could be seen in all. This is the lesson of love an...

Tom Sawyer is the story of a young, mischievous boy and his comrades in the antebellum south. Tom (and Huck Finn, who you’ve also probably heard of before reading the books) gets himself into all sorts of shenanigans before ultimately becoming the most popular boy in town after accidentally witnessing a murder and finding a bunch of stolen money. He has a love interest, gets into some fights and annoys his aunt on nearly every page.In the end, Tom and Huck trap Injun Joe in...

Fenimore Cooper is known for everyone who were interested in Indians and their life in childhood. Almost everyone knows the name of Cooper’s favorite hero, wandering from novel to novel – Natanael, Bampo. The hero of „The Last of the Mohicans” is Hawkeye. The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans – Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye – live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British ...

Dwujęzyczna adaptacja powieści „The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Przygody Tomka Sawyera” to atrakcyjna pomoc dla uczących się języka angielskiego. Śledząc losy bohaterów, możemy na bieżąco porównywać tekst angielski i polski. Adaptacja została przygotowana z myślą o czytelnikach średniozaawansowanych, jednak dzięki dwujęzycznej wersji z książki mogą korzystać czytelnicy dopiero rozpoczynający naukę angielskiego.   Odnośniki umieszczone przy każdym akapicie ...

Tematycznie dobrane i pięknie ilustrowane wiersze najwybitniejszych polskich poetów: Jana Brzechwy, Wandy Chotomskiej, Konstantego Ildefonsa Gałczyńskiego, Ludwika-Jerzego Kerna, Marii Konopnickiej, Juliana Tuwima, ks. Jana Twardowskiego i innych. Wiersze do antologii zostały wybrane tematycznie, zgodnie ze świętami i ważnymi datami kalendarza szkolnego. Adresatem antologii są dzieci w wieku od 5 do 9 lat, ich rodzice i nauczyciele. Antologia podzielona jest na 25 rozdział...

Przygody Alicji Pod Ziemią to pierwowzór książki Alicja w Krainie Czarów, którego faksymile Lewis Carroll zdecydował się opublikować w 1896 roku. Oryginalny rękopis, który autor podarował Alice Liddell, dziewczynce na której wzorował tytułową postać, pozbawiony jakichkolwiek ingerencji redakcyjnych czy sugestii wydawcy, został przetłumaczony na język polski z zachowaniem wszystkich oryginalnych detali, które w późniejszych wydaniach uległy zmianie.Czym i jak bardzo Przygody A...