"At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind--she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor...

"A bear finds a piano in the woods, learns to play it, and travels to the big city to become rich and famous, but ultimately discovers that his old friends in the forest back home are still the best audience of all"--

Edna and Richard were now getting a little old, their eye sight was not as good as it used to be, and so they wanted to retire. They had been making Teddy Bears for many years. They had almost completed their last Teddy, and decided to give it to their granddaughter Hannah. Edna felt this last Teddy was very special, and she decided to call him Thomas. This was the beginning of a very exciting life for Thomas, from his first night sleeping in Hannah...

"When Bear rescues Duck from a thicket one late winter day, an unexpected friendship begins"--

Hanan Habibzai is a well-known Afghan-British journalist who fled to Afghanistan in 2008. In 2011, he finished his education at Coventry University in the United Kingdom with a master's degree in Global Journalism. For over ten years, he reported from Afghanistan for BBC and Reuters (2002 to 2009). One of his notable assignments was to cover the invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 for international media. He also worked...

In this traditional Afghan folk tale, all the animals wait in line to buy delicious honey from the bees. Everything is harmonious until a bullying bear begins to cut in line and take honey without paying.

English books for kids. Children’s stories in English.

"Maniye, child of both Wolf and Tiger clans, has been named Champion of her people. But they're unsure if she's an asset - or a threat. To buy time, she joins Prince Tecuman's warband of outcasts and heads south, to help him gain his crown. She wants to discover her true place in the world, but instead heads into the jaws of a fierce new conflict."--Provided by publisher.

French books for kids. Children’s stories in French.

French books for kids. Children’s stories in French.