Eric Kincaid Books

An anthology of poetry that covers the widest range of children's verse from classic, haunting, humorous, epic and magical.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly and spectral.' Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine, Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles follows the infamous Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose dead body is found on the misty and desolate Devon moors. The locals blame his death on the legend of the fearsome phantom hound that they claim has haunted the Baskerville family for generations. When the heir to the Baskerville fortune, Sir Henry, also comes under threat Holmes' detective skills are put to the test as he battles to discover the truth behind the legend and to solve one of the most macabre mysteries of his career.

When the garden was dripping wet, just a few days after the thistledown had drifted up to the sky, out of the fat grey clouds came extra-large, shiny raindrops. Clinging to each raindrop was a new Rainy Day Fairy. Have you ever wondered how Rainy Day Fairies get such beautiful wings? Then read on...

Aimed at children aged 4-6, the four stories in this collection combine simple, repetitive text with large. easy-to-read type and fun illustrations. '

Adapted by Lucy Kincaid. Illustrated by Eric Kincaid. Brimax Books 1987. A4 Glossy hardcover large print. The stories are:HANSEL AND GRETELTOWN MOUSE AND COUNTRY MOUSETHUMBELINATHE WIZARD OF OZCINDERELLAPINOCCHIOTHE LITTLE MERMAIDALADDINTHE SNOW QUEEN

'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Dodgson, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. In the nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom, order is turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig; time is abandoned at a tea-party; and a chaotic game of chess makes a 7-year-old a Queen.

HarperCollins is proud to present its news range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There is no harm in a man's cub.' Best known for the 'Mowgli' stories, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book expertly interweaves myth, morals, adventure and powerful story-telling. Set in Central India, Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves. Along the way he…

Encompasses witchcraft, bloody murder, and ghostly apparitions. This work tells the tragedy of a good, brave and honourable man turned into the personification of evil by the workings of unreasonable ambition.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.' Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC, Aesop was said to be a slave and story-teller. His much-loved, enduring fables are revered the world over and remain popular as moral tales for children. With infamous vignettes, such as the race between the hare and the tortoise, the vain jackdaw, and the wolf in sheep's clothing, the themes of the fables remain as fresh today as when they were first told and give an insight into the Ancient Greek world.

Pipkin is helping grandmother rabbit with the laundry and it is a very, very windy day.

Diese bezaubernde Sammlung von Märchen bietet eine wunderbare Einführung in Geschichten, die unzählige Generationen von Kindern unterhalten haben.

Join in the delights and disasters on the riverbank with Mole and friends. If you like great adventures, then The Wind in the Willows is for you! Not only does this edition include the unabridged text, it is also full of extra material to help you get the most from the story and gives lots of recommendations for other things you might enjoy.

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell lead the three Darling children over the rooftops of London and away to Neverland - the island where the lost boys play. Magic and mischief is in the air but if villainous Captain Hook has his way, before long someone will be swimming with the crocodiles . . .

Geschichten aus dem Tante Mathildas Schaukelstuhl - bk1521; Pestalozzi Verlag; Lucy Kincaid & Eric Kincaid; Paperback; 1993

Karlchen Kaninchen erlebt, wie gefährlich das Überqueren der Straße besonders für junge Kaninchen ist. Da hat Opa eine gute Idee. Liebevoll gemalte Bilder und ein knapper Text erzählen, wie diese verwirklicht wird.

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Pohádky, plné kouzel a kouzelníků, bojů obrů a příšer. Boje mezi chytrostí a hloupostí, neposlušností a tupostí.

Na Zemi žijí tisíce druhů zvířat, z nichž mnohá se stala hrdiny literárních příběhů. Tato kniha nabízí fascinující povídky, které zachycují zvířata v dramatických situacích. Dozvíte se o koni poslaném do války, slonu stopovaném bílým lovcem v Africe, a o bílé velrybě, která se obrací proti svým pronásledovatelům. Příběh vědecké expedice, prchající před prehistorickým monstrem, vás také nadchne. Kromě těchto vzrušujících příběhů zde najdete i historky o jiných zvířatech, jako je žába, která prohraje závod kvůli podvodu, a pes, jenž riskuje život, aby zachránil svého pána před utonutím. Příběhy pocházejí z různých koutů světa, od Afriky po Aljašku, a napsali je mistři jako Kenneth Grahame, Mark Twain, Jack London a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Prostřednictvím těchto povídek se seznámíte s množstvím zvířat a jejich životy, zatímco hrdinové příběhů zažívají neuvěřitelné cesty a dobrodružství. Všechna zvířata a lidští hrdinové vás potěší a přinesou vám jedinečné zážitky.

Krátké pohádkové příběhy ze života zvířátek i lidí jsou doplněny moudrým ponaučením.