Jitka Herynková Boeken

Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge. She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings.

Poesie: Linda France, Carol Rumens, Mimi Khalvati, Jo Shapcott, Jackie Kay, Selima Hill, Louise Hudson, Maud Sulter, Carol Ann Duffy, Gerda Mayer a Maggie Hannan. Souběžné texty v originále a český překlad.

Výbor z básní Ono no Komači a Izumi Šikibu. Anglické verze japonských originálů do češtiny převedla Jitka Herynková.

Nenechte Československo na holičkách! hlásaly transparenty demonstrantů v Londýně na podzim roku 1938. A právě na pomoc a práci Britského výboru pro uprchlíky z Československa se soustředil autor této knihy. V aktivitách výboru vyniká pět osob – Doreen Warrinerová, Nicholas Winton, Trevor Chadwick, Bill Barazetti a Kanaďanka Beatrice Wellingtonová. Siru Nicholasi Wintonovi se dostalo za tuto záslužnou činnost náležitého uznání, ostatním však patřičné zásluhy přiznány nebyly. Autorovi se podařilo na základě archivních materiálů a výpovědí pamětníků zcela objektivně zrekonstruovat podíl práce jednotlivých aktérů pomoci a postarat se tak o to, aby jejich práce nebyla zapomenuta.

One of the world's #1 storyteller's most beloved books available as a full-color picture book for the first time Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief--it's Fantastic Mr. Fox Working alone they could never catch him, but now Boggis, Bunce, and Bean have joined forces, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. What they don't know is they're not dealing with just any fox. Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender, and he just happens to have a fantastic plan of his own . . .

Joris (8) heeft een hekel aan zijn grootmoe, die hem altijd pest en bang maakt. Maar op een dag neemt hij wraak. Voorlezen vanaf ca. 7 jaar, zelf lezen vanaf ca. 9 jaar.