Ivan Karpenko-Karyy (1845—1907) is an outstanding Ukrainian playwright whom I. Franko called "one of the fathers of modern Ukrainian theater." Karpenko-Kary's dramatic skill allowed him to perform with great success in all classical genres. But he reached the highest level...

Ellen Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943) was a popular English children's writer and talented artist. As long as she could remember, she always loved to draw, and she also loved animals and drew them endlessly. In her drawings, the fluffy...

Five on Treasure Island is the first book in the Glorious Five series. Three cousins - Julian, Dick and Ann - came to Georgie, a girl with a wayward character, who looks like a boy in everything. At first, the...

Ellen Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943) was a popular English children's writer and talented artist. As long as she could remember, she always loved to draw, and she also loved animals and drew them endlessly. In her drawings, the fluffy...

"The Wizard of Oz" - the first book in the series about the heroes of this fairyland - was published in 1900. It tells the story of how one day a hurricane lifted the cabin with the girl Dorothy and...

At the very beginning of spring break, Julian, Dick, Ann and George and their dog Timmy go to Kirin Cottage to take a break from their studies. Suddenly, a terrible bad weather destroys their plans, and the children are sent...

New Adventures of the Glorious Five (1943) is the second book in the series. Due to the illness of Julian's mother, Dick and Anne, the Glorious Five had to go to Georgie's parents at Kirin Cottage for the Christmas holidays....

Our edition includes the most outstanding works of the classic of Ukrainian literature and outstanding world-class film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko (1894-1956): "Ukraine on fire", the authorized version of the film story "Enchanted Desna" and the short story "Unforgettable". The central...

Holidays are the best time to do something exciting with friends. So seven inquisitive and very clever children - brother and sister Peter and Janet and their friends Colin, Barbara, Pam, Jack and George - founded a secret society called...

The Glorious Five set out for Lake Merran in two comfortable vans. How wonderful it is to travel completely without adults! Julian, Dick, George, and Ann park near the traveling circus in which their acquaintance, a boy named Nobby, works....

Fleeing from the hated Stick family, who have occupied Georgie's house, taking advantage of her parents' absence, the glorious five once again set out for Kirin Island, where last year they found a treasure - gold bars. However, this time...

Ellen Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943) was a popular English children's writer and talented artist. As long as she could remember, she always loved to draw, and she also loved animals and drew them endlessly. In her drawings, the fluffy...

The novel "Red and Black" is one of the best works of the writer. The main character, Julien Sorel, entered world literature as the personification of unruly, freedom-loving youth. He entered upon an independent life after the fall of Napoleon,...

What do members of a secret society do if there are no secrets and nothing to investigate? Sit back and hope for a miracle? Of course not! One should improve one's skills by practicing observation, - so decided the head...

The Secret Seven are on vacation again! While playing with his friends, Colin, sitting in a tree, noticed a very strange man climbing over the high wall of the Milton estate. Who is he and why was he so scared...

The fairy tale "The Wonderful Land of Oz" (1904) is the second book in the series about the heroes of this magical land. In it, young readers will learn about how a boy named Tip made a wooden person with...

It seems that the Secret Seven have competitors: Jack's restless sister Susie, offended that she was not accepted into their society, decided to create her own - the "Glorious Five". And to make fun of her brother and his friends,...

Due to the sweltering heat, the members of the secret society "Secret Seven" decided to change their meeting place from the suffocating barn to a treehouse in the Windy Forest. One day they found a stranger in their hiding place...

Ellen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was a popular English children's author and talented artist. As long as she could remember, she always loved to draw, and she also loved animals and drew them endlessly. In her drawings, the fluffy little animals...

Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880‒1951) is an outstanding Ukrainian novelist and playwright. In the Ukrainian literature of the beginning of the 20th century, Vynnychenko initiated the trend of neorealism. He was one of the most influential political figures of his time. He...

The fairy-tale story "The Charm of Oz", published in 1919, tells the story of a girl Dorothy and her friends: Captain Beale, Trotta, the Glass Cat, who decided to give Ozma of Oz an unusual birthday present. To do this,...

The storyteller Lyman Frank Baum mentions the Mechanical Man - Tik-Tok in many of his books. However, in this story, the author decided to pay much more attention to the beloved character, making him one of the main characters. Because...

In the story that Lyman Frank Baum tells this time, there are many events that readers have been waiting for a long time. Finally, Dorothy becomes a resident of the Land of Oz. What's more: from now on she will...

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) is a popular American writer, a world-renowned classic of children's literature, who created the magical land of Oz. His books have been filmed several times, more than one generation of children around the world grew up...