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Hans Christian Andersen The Candles
The taper, made of tallow, is not as refined as the candle, which is made from wax – there is no doubt that it will be the candle who will have the honour of lighting the ballroom this evening. When the taper is offered to a poor boy, it asks itself if it will ever again have the opportunity of seeing people as happy as those who are going to the ball... Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales...
Engels | 6 minuten (4,2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Hans Christian Andersen The Cripple
Ole and Kristen worked for a lord who was both rich and good. Every year, for Christmas, together with his wife, he welcomed all the poor children of the area to the castle and treated them to a great celebration with gifts and feasting. As Ole and Kristen worked very hard, their children received more gifts than the others, even Hans, who was called the Cripple because his legs were too weak to carry him. But this year, while his brothers and sisters received warm clothes, Hans received only a story...
Engels | 17 minuten (12 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Hans Christian Andersen Aunty Toothache
Aunt Mille has always told me that I have the soul of a great poet. I am not sure about this, but I love her so much that I do not dare contradict her. The reason I love her so much is that she always gave me and my brothers and sisters lots of sweets when we were little. Now that I am a student, I have my own apartment and sometimes Aunt Mille comes to visit. The other night, while she was sleeping in the next bedroom, I received a visit from another, much less pleasant, lady... Since then, I do...
Engels | 22 minuten (16 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess
Sara Crewe is devastated when the news of her beloved father’s death in India reaches her at her boarding school in London. Miss Minchin, the heartless and greedy headmistress, immediately moves Sara to the attic and forces her to become her servant. Despite being used to luxury, Sara quickly adjusts to her new life and never stops being kind and polite to everyone. Little does she now that someone out there is looking for her, and they might be much closer than they think. Author Frances Eliza...
Engels | 7 uur 30 minuten (335 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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Anne Sewell Black Beauty
Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owner, he encounters mistreatment in many forms, but luckily, his journey is not without love either. Being herself an invalid, author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) seemed particularly aware of the importance of kindness toward all living creatures. She wrote...
Engels | 5 uur 38 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Marvelous Land of Oz
Whatever happened in the lands of Oz after Dorothy left? In this sequel to the `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‘, we meet a young boy named Tip, who, unlike Dorothy, has grown up in this magical place. He is under the care (though that is a relative term) of the witch Mombi, but escapes her evil clutches just in time before she turns him in to a statue. Traveling through Oz, Tip meets a bunch of whimsical creatures (some of whom we know already) who join him on an adventurous journey that will conclude...
Engels | 4 uur 28 minuten (210 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Road to Oz
"Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them."A shaggy-looking man, imaginatively called Shaggy Man, asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, but the two of them end up getting lost on their way and decide to proceed to Oz instead. For once not chased by danger, they arrive just in time for Princess Ozma‘s birthday party where a great assortment of colourful characters awaits. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘ starring Judy Garland, perfectly...
Engels | 4 uur 19 minuten (193 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Ozma of Oz
Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster – a huge storm at sea that separates her from her uncle. She washes ashore in the land of Ev, a fairyland that has recently lost its royal family, and Dorothy is once more entangled in the conflicts of a foreign place. Not everything is new however, as Dorothy unites...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (189 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Susan Coolidge What Katy Did
"To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy." Twelve-year-old Katy Carr desperately wants to be good. But being a wild and hot-headed tomboy, it seems so much easier to start being good tomorrow than it does today. Even when her kind and patient invalid cousin comes to visit, Katy‘s resolution to change only lasts a few hours. But soon she will have much more in common with her cousin than she wished and it will confine her to her room perhaps forever. Will it make her finally able to uphold her promise?...
Engels | 4 uur 35 minuten (212 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Enchanted Island of Yew
Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring the surrounding kingdoms is fast and adventurous from the get-go. What unfolds in an interesting story of problems solved by a woman‘s mind in the luxury of a man‘s body. `The Enchanted Island of Yew` (1903) was written by L. Frank Baum, the author...
Engels | 4 uur 37 minuten (206 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
"There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time," said the Wizard. "As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy." During an earthquake in California Dorothy and her friends are swallowed up by cracks in the earth and find themselves in a whole new land – the Land of Mangaboos. The Mangaboos are a vegetable people, and they accuse Dorothy and her friends of causing the earthquake and sentence them to death. The 1939 movie, `The Wizard of Oz‘...
Engels | 4 uur 23 minuten (208 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..." Dorothy is in a bit of a pickle. Her house has been swept away in a vicious tornado with just herself and her dog inside, and when she walks out the front door again, she finds that she is not in Kansas anymore. She is in the mysterious lands of Oz. Along with her new friends, a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion, she sets out to find the Wizard, who is said to know how to get her home. But the Wicked Witch of the West has other plans for her....
Engels | 4 uur 4 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Bram van der Horst Tilly's rugzak
Tilly, die is opgegroeid in een moeilijke thuissituatie, doet een ontdekking die haar in groot gevaar brengt. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
Fictie | Protestants milieu | Psychologische roman | Thriller
Nederlands | 248 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | De Banier Uitgeverij, Apeldoorn | 2022
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Anja Bout-Monteau Dat maak ik zelf wel uit!
De 15-jarige Maura valt als een blok voor de nieuwe jongen in de klas, ook al zijn haar vriendinnen minder enthousiast. Ze ontdekt dat een relatie best lastig kan zijn. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.
Fictie | Protestants milieu | Romantische verhalen
Nederlands | 224 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Erdee Media Groep – Uitgeverij de Banier, Apeldoorn | 2022
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Janny den Besten Vandaag ben ik de bruid
Alex, Frank, Ruben of Sven ... Wie is de ware? En hoe komt Pam dat te weten? Het leven van Pam is nogal saai. Ze is thuiswonend en single nadat de geplande bruiloft met Jack plotseling niet doorging. Liz haalt haar over om leuke dingen te doen. Samen met haar vriendin gaat Pam weer lekker sporten, gezellig uit met vriendinnen én ze geven zich op voor een groepsreis naar de Dolomieten! Pam merkt dat ze nieuwe energie krijgt van de dingen die ze doet, maar als de een na de ander verkering krijgt,...
Fictie | Protestants milieu | Romantische verhalen
Nederlands | 232 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB) | Erdee Media Groep – Uitgeverij de Banier, Apeldoorn | 2022
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Toon Tellegen Het komt goed
Op een dag komt het weer goed, beloven de dieren elkaar. Ze spreken elkaar moed in als het eens even tegenzit, beuren de ander op in tijden van tegenslag. Of ze bieden steun, zoals het vuurvliegje, dat voor licht weet te zorgen in het plotseling donkere bos. De krekel die een somber gevoel in zijn hoofd heeft, de mier die zich dag en nacht afvraagt waar hij toch altijd zo bang voor is, de muis die zich niet durft uit te spreken, iedereen houdt vertrouwen: het komt goed. In Het komt goed verzamelde...
Fictie
Nederlands | 65 pagina's (ePub2, 1,8 MB) | Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij BV, Amsterdam | 2022
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Arikawa Hiro De kat die bleef
Zeven verhalen over de bijzondere relatie tussen mens en kat.
Fictie | Dierenleven | Verhalenbundel
Nederlands | ePub2, 17 MB | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2022
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Toon Tellegen Als we samen
‘Als we samen nu eens in een boom klimmen, dacht de egel, toen de olifant voor de zoveelste keer uit de top van een boom was gevallen. Dan sla ik mijn voorpoten om zijn middel. Hij gaat op één been staan en draait om zijn as. Hij maakt een hele pirouette, en misschien nog wel een! Hij zal wankelen. Maar hij valt niet. Ik houd hem vast en laat hem niet los.’ Als we samen mogen dansen, als we samen ergens kunnen gaan eten, als we samen zullen feesten, dan komt alles helemaal goed. Om hoop te houden...
Fictie
Nederlands | 62 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Em. Querido's Uitgeverij BV, Amsterdam | 2021
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