Geraldine McCaughrean

When her mother dies from a snake bite, Comity Pinnys life in the middle of the Australian outback changes for ever. Her father, Herbert, retreats into his work trasmitting telegrams, abandoning Comity when she needs him most. Comity turns to Fred, the young Aboriginal yard boy and he becomes her only friend. But then a new assistant arrives who delights in playing cruel games. Soon Comity struggles to hold things together as events begin to spiral dangerously out of control. A gripping tale with an explosive climax from award-winning storyteller, Geraldine McCaughrean. "Geraldine McCaughrean is an awe-inspiring writer with a miraculous talent for bringing to life past times and faraway lands." - The Sunday Telegraph

The first-ever authorized sequel to J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" is now in paperback. Twenty years after returning home, Wendy, John, Michael, and the Lost Boys must go back to the magical place of their childhood and help Peter save Neverland. Illustrations. The first-ever authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's" Peter Pan" In August 2004 the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, who hold the copyright in "Peter Pan," launched a worldwide search for a writer to create a sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless masterpiece. Renowned and multi award-winning English author Geraldine McCaughrean won the honor to write this official sequel, "Peter Pan in Scarlet," Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer and set in the 1930s, "Peter Pan in Scarlet" takes readers flying back to Neverland in an adventure filled with tension, danger, and swashbuckling derring-do

Il mondo degli dei adorati dai romani era affollatissimo e si puo dire che esistessero divinita per ogni momento della vita. La famiglia, i rapporti sociali, il lavoro, il trascorrere delle stagioni, la drammaticita della guerra rinviavano a un universo mitologico parallelo dove dei, dee e altri personaggi divini agivano con logica, sentimenti e comportamenti umani. Si trattava, naturalmente, di divinita spesso importate dal mondo della Grecia antica cui i romani guardavano con rispetto e attenzione, ma v'erano anche numi "locali", recuperati dai popoli che abitavano la penisola da tempi immemorabili. Eta di lettura: da 8 anni.

A favourite bedtime classic, beautifully retold by bestselling and award-winning author, Geraldine MccaughreanThis beloved childhood classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett is now available in a sumptuous gift book edition with dazzling new art. When Mary Lennox is sent from India to live with her uncle at gloomy Misselthwaite Manor, she is the most spoiled and contrary child you could ever meet. But she is also extremely lonely.Until one day, she discovers a walled garden that has been kept secret for years. With the help of a little robin, Mary unearths the key and unlocks the wonder that lies beyond the garden walls - and finds that making friends can be every bit life-changing as a magical garden. A captivating picture book retelling for young children by acclaimed author Geraldine McCaughrean, who has won, among many others, the Carnegie Medal twice, the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the Smarties Bronze Award.Discover more beautiful gift books in the Nosy Crow Classic range including Heidi, The Velveteen Rabbit and Peter PanA timeless keepsake gift with beautiful illustrations by Margarita Kukhtina that will be treasured by generations. With sumptuous details including cloth binding, foil cover, full colour illustrations throughout, textured paper jacket, ribbon marker and head and tail bands.

Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018. Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home. Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they've been abandoned - cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean. How will they survive?

A clear-sighted, beautifully written examination of racism and courage." The Metro When her mother dies from a snake bite, Comity's life in the Australian outback changes for ever. Now the only person Comity can count on is her friend, Fred, the Aboriginal yard boy. But when her father's new assistant, the cruel and sadistic Quartz Hogg arrives, he sets his bloodthirsty sights on Fred, and Comity has to find a way to stop him.

Cissy a dix ans quand sa famille, partie à la conquête de l'Ouest, échoue dans l'Oklahoma, au beau milieu de nulle part. Animés d'une foi sans faille, les pionniers se lancent dans la construction d'une ville qui porte tous leurs espoirs : Florence. Mais un conflit avec la compagnie des Chemins de Fer, qui ne veut plus desservir la gare de leur colonie, menace la survie de chacun. La communauté, avec bonne humeur, générosité et courage, décide de se battre pour aller jusqu'au bout de son rêve... Oscillant entre humour et émotion, un roman inoubliable sur l'Amérique des pionniers. Une galerie de personnages attachants, une formidable leçon de vie et de courage.

King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names from 3000 years of history live again in these 100 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. These stories, many of them virtually forgotten, are Britain's heritage, told and illustrated with such verve and colour that they are the perfect way to give present-day children a sense of the excitement of history.

Zeus i els titans Decidit a governar el món, el poderós Zeus declara la guerra als titans. En sortirà victoriós? La fúria d'Hera Hera est&am

Atena i l'olivera Atena, la deessa de la guerra, i Posidó, el déu dels mars, es barallen per aconseguir que el rei Cècrops els consagri la ciutat que està construint. El judici de Paris Quina és la deessa més bonica de totes? Paris, un príncep troià, ho ha de decidir. La maledicció de Cassandra Apol·lo s'enamora de la bella Cassandra i li concedeix el do de la profecia. Però, qui es creurà els esdeveniments terribles que ella prediu?

Som als anys trenta i el món acaba de passar una gran guerra. Els Nens Perduts ja s?han fet grans i la terra de Mai-més els queda tan lluny com un somni. De cop, però, terribles malsons comencen a es

En los tiempos del Diluvio Universal un hombre con su familia cree seguir los designios de Yahvéh al embarcarse en un arca, dejando a su suerte a muchas personas que le piden ayuda para no perecer. Pero su viaje a la salvación se convertirá en un infierno.