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Edith Nesbit The Railway Children
When Roberta, Peter and Phyllis’ dad is suddenly and unexpectedly sent to prison, the children are suddenly pulled away from their comfortable suburban life. They move with their mother to the "Three Chimneys," a countryside house that sits near the railway. As the children settle into their new life, the railway allows them to meet and befriend a series of characters, some of whom need their help, and some whom might just be able to help them. First published in 1905 as a serial, "The Railway Children"...
Engels | 4 uur 58 minuten (216 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Jan Terlouw Oosterschelde Windkracht 10
Oosterschelde Windkracht 10 van bestsellerauteur Jan Terlouw vertelt het verhaal van de nacht van zaterdag op zondag 1 februari 1953, als de Zeeuwse en Zuid-Hollandse eilanden getroffen door de Watersnoodramp die een groot deel ervan onder water zet. In eerste instantie maakte men zich niet zoveel zorgen. Een dergelijke dreiging had het gezin Strijen dat in een boerderij in het dorpje Battenoord op Flakkee woonde wel vaker meegemaakt. Die nacht steeg het water echter veel sneller dan verwacht....
Nederlands | 5 uur 29 minuten (246 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2011
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Thea Beckman Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
In het wereldberoemde boek Kruistocht in spijkerbroek van Thea Beckman geeft de zestienjarige Dolf uit Amstelveen zich op als proefkonijn: hij zal door een materie-transmitter teruggeflitst worden naar de Middeleeuwen om daar één middag een kijkje te nemen. Maar door een foute berekening komt hij in het jaar 1212 terecht in een kinderkruistocht die net uit Keulen is vertrokken en niet op het riddertoernooi in Montgivray in Midden-Frankrijk dat hij zo graag wilde bijwonen. Verbijsterd ziet hij...
Nederlands | 11 uur 26 minuten (534 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2011
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Jan Terlouw Oorlogswinter
Het verhaal van Oorlogswinter van Jan Terlouw speelt zich af in de ijskoude winter van 1944/1945. Nederland is bedekt door een dik pak sneeuw. De Tweede Wereldoorlog is nog in volle gang. In het westen van Nederland heerst grote honger. In een dorpje in de buurt van Zwolle woont de veertienjarige Michiel, die niet kan wachten tot hij iets kan betekenen in het verzet. Dit tot ergernis van zijn vader, die als burgemeester vooral bezig is om escalaties in het dorp te voorkomen. Als zijn buurjongen...
Nederlands | 4 uur 59 minuten (230 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2010
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Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince and Other Tales
"The Happy Prince and Other Tales" (sometimes called "The Happy Prince and Other Stories") is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet, famous for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" to name a couple....
Engels | 1 uur 45 minuten (78 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Edith Nesbit Five Children and It
A family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, the children discover an ancient and rather grumpy, sand-fairy known as the Psammead. The magical being agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day, but those wishes rarely turn out as they expect and they send them on one adventure after the other. Edith Nesbit Bland (1858-1924) was a British author, activist and poet, who published an extensive amount of children’s books...
Engels | 6 uur 12 minuten (269 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden
"Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it." When her parents die, Mary, spoiled, yet unloved, is shipped from India to England to live with her absent uncle. When she discovers a secret garden, and starts to tend to it, like the flowers, she comes to life. One day she hears a cry from within the mansion, and soon learns that she is not the only one in need of some fresh air. `The Secret Garden‘ (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is among the most...
Engels | 6 uur 55 minuten (308 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Amy le Feuvre Probable Sons
Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and she is sent to live with her bachelor uncle, Sir Edward Wentworth. The latter has no use for children, especially of the female variety, but as the days go by he is warmed by his niece’s bright and endearing personality. She loves to tell him stories from her daily life and of her friends the Maxwells, who live in the forest. Milly is also a fierce believer and this makes her uncle realise just how much he has lost touch with his own...
Engels | 2 uur 7 minuten (94 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Amy le Feuvre Teddy's Button
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield. He wants to become a soldier just like him. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Nancy is just as selfishly proud as he is and from the beginning, they are enemies. Yet as time passes, they learn to put their prejudices to the side, allowing a new friendship to bloom. Amelia Sophia Le Feuvre (1861-1929) war born in Lee, Kent, the daughter of an H. M. Customs surveyor and granddaughter...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (109 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Edith Nesbit The Story of the Amulet
Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane are "the sort of people that wonderful things happen to." And the children have yet more adventures ahead of them. Following up on "Five Children and It" and "The Phoenix and the Carpet", they once again meet the wish-granting Psammead fairy. This time, he guides them to an ancient Amulet that will help them find their hearts' desire, but it is only half an amulet, and the search for the other half will have them whizzing about through time. Edith Nesbit Bland (1858-1924)...
Engels | 6 uur 57 minuten (302 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Frances Hodgson Burnett Little Lord Fauntleroy
"It had never occurred to his honest, simple little mind that there were people who could forget kindnesses." Shortly after his father’s death, the sweet and optimistic boy, Cedric, and his American mother discover that he is a lord and heir to a large fortune. His grandfather invites them to stay with him in England but wants nothing whatsoever to do with them. It does not take long for the loving boy to warm his grandfather’s bitter heart, however, but conflict lurks just around the corner. Someone...
Engels | 5 uur 56 minuten (270 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley. The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has...
Engels | 6 uur 39 minuten (312 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book
Who could have known that when Rudyard Kipling wrote these Jungle Book stories in 1893-94, they would eventually inspire the Oscar nominated song "The Bare Necessities" – one of the most recognizable tunes of all time? The adventures of the young boy, Mowgli, raised by wolves in an Indian jungle, have been praised since their publication and adapted numerous times. Most people know the 1967 animated movie with Phil Harris as the charismatic bear Baloo. 2016 saw Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, and...
Engels | 5 uur 24 minuten (237 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Lewis Carrol Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
Once again, Alice finds herself in a peculiar place. In this sequel to `Alice Adventures in Wonderland‘, Alice has climbed through a mirror and arrived in a world in which everything is reversed, like a reflection – including logic. It makes for another absurdly funny story full of wonder and snark that, like the first book, never talks down to its young audience. The popular Tim Burton movie, `Alice in Wonderland‘ (2010), starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anne Hathaway, to name is...
Engels | 3 uur 6 minuten (139 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Off with her head!" yells the Queen of Hearts, one of the many peculiar creatures Alice encounters after falling down a rabbit hole and into an absurd fantasy world of Mad Tea Parties, nonsensical trials, and talking animals. Published In 1865, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland became an instant success, and author Lewis Carroll broke ground with his unique take on children‘s stories: Instead of the overly simplistic and sometimes dry tales that characterized the genre in the Victorian age, Carroll...
Engels | 2 uur 40 minuten (124 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Hinke van Abbema Ik geloof in jou
‘Ik geloof in jou’ van Hinke van Abbema is een prachtige nieuwe young adult dat het verhaal vertelt van de islamitische Aicha en de christelijke Sara. De zeventienjarige Aicha zit in het laatste jaar van de havo. Ze is goed bevriend met Youssef, en haar ouders zien een relatie tussen de twee wel zitten. Maar dan ontmoet Aicha op een dag de christelijke Sara, die doet wat ze wil. Als Sara haar op een dag vertelt dat ze lesbisch is, weet Aicha niet zo goed wat ze met haar gevoelens aan moet. Kan ze...
Fictie
Nederlands | 210 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB) | KokBoekencentrum Jeugd, Utrecht | 2021
E-book
Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories for Little Children
The "Just So Stories for Little Children" is among Kipling's best known and loved work. The stories focus on different animals, and how they got their distinctive features. You will for example discover why the elephant's trunk is so very long, and how the leopard got its spots. Written originally for his own daughter, the author's pleasure in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident, and adds to the adults' enjoyment of these children stories. This playfulness is also dramatically...
Engels | 3 uur 57 minuten (173 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Edith Nesbit The Book of Dragons
A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins ‘The Island of Nine Whirlpools‘, one of Edith Nesbitt’s eight dragon stories in ‘The Book of Dragons’ (1899). The tales may be over a hundred years old, but they contain a timeless quality that ignites the imagination and creates a sense of wonder. Child or adult, these stories are written with such warmth and wit, anyone will find themselves laughing...
Engels | 4 uur 6 minuten (188 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Marloes Kemming De laatste tovenaar
Resa is de gevaarlijkste vijand van het Stelsel en ontsnapt met hulp van een mysterieuze handlanger. Isa, Nobel en oom Arnold vertrekken naar Ierland om opnieuw de strijd aan te gaan met de duistere koningin. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.
Fictie | Avonturenroman | Sprookjes
Nederlands | 188 pagina's (ePub2, 4 MB) | Moon, Amsterdam | 2023
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Ineke Kraijo Het zwarte jaar
Het is 1847. Ierland wordt al jaren geteisterd door een vreselijke hongersnood… De zestienjarige Nora woont in een dorpje in het westen van Ierland. Als Nora’s vader op een dag met zijn laatste geld naar de stad vertrekt om graan te kopen, keert hij niet meer terug. Samen met haar zusje Anne besluit Nora naar hem op zoek te gaan. Dat is het begin van een gevaarlijke reis dwars door het geteisterde Ierland, waar de mensen omvallen van de honger en misdadigers vrij spel hebben. Tijdens haar zoektocht...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 5,8 MB | KokBoekencentrum Uitgevers, Utrecht | 2020
E-book