Geraldine McCaughrean

Tamo White, el hijo del pirata, decide abandonar la escuela y volver a casa en busca de su madre en compañía de Nathan, quien ha quedado huérfano y desamparado, y de Magda, la hermana de éste. Cruzan el oceano Indico y llegan a Madagascar. En estas tierras lejanas y desconocidas, plagadas de peligros, los tres jovenes encuentran la clave de sus vidas.

''Las profecías de la sibila'': La sibila lo sabe todo. Escribe el futuro de Roma en unos folios y se dirige hacia allí para venderlos a su rey, Tarquino. Pero éste es demasiado orgulloso y prepotente para comprar algo a una anciana loca. La sibila empieza a quemar sus profecías, hasta que sólo queden tres y Tarquino le suplique que deje de destruirlas. Luego, da la orden de que la maten. Pero a partir de este día, cuando ocurre una desgracia, todo el mundo echa la culpa a Tarquino, que no supo agradecer la sabiduría de la anciana. Los gobernadores deciden derrocarle. ''Los gansos guardianes'': Los hombres de Camillus intentan saquear la ciudad de Roma, pero los gansos guardianes del templo de Juno se lo impiden gracias a la fuerza de sus alas. Toda la ciudad les echa maíz en señal de agradecimiento. ''El niño anciano'': Tarquinies encuentra a un niño con aparencia de anciano mientras está arando su campo. El niño se llama Tages, es nieto de Júpiter y sabe cosas que ningún ser humano es capaz de imaginar. Dicta doce libros de secretos y, mientras habla, va envejeciendo delante de los ojos de aquellos que lo escuchan. Un día, desaparece hundiéndose en la tierra, de la misma forma que salió.

Tamo White, el hijo del pirata, decide abandonar la escuela y volver a casa en busca de su madre en compañía de Nathan, quien ha quedado huérfano y desamparado, y de Magda, la hermana de éste. Cruzan el océano Índico y llegan a Madagascar. En estas tierras lejanas y desconocidas, plagadas de peligros, los tres jóvenes encuentran la clave de sus vidas. Visit the source: Libro El Hijo del Pirata de Geraldine Mccaughrean , isbn 9789681661137 en España en tu librería online muchoslibros.com

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

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.

Let the storyteller show you a world where crocodiles and monkeys can be friends and the Sun shows the Wind that kindness is better than rage TreeTops Greatest Stories is a series of timeless classics for children aged 711 Its much loved stories beautiful artwork and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love

Discover the drama and thrill of sixteen classic Ancient Greek myths in this glorious story collection

The epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece...After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves - before he is reunited with his wife and son. Brilliantly retold by award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean.

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.

Novel•la realista i d’aventures i també un relat ple de sentiments i passions.

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

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.

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

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 està furiosa perquè Zeus, el seu marit, l''enganya. Fins on està