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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Happy Prince and Other Tales
B.J. Harrison reads "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" which consists of various children’s stories by Oscar Wilde. Originally published in 1888, the work includes five memorable stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend" and "The Remarkable Rocket". It features unforgettable characters, such as the happy prince who has never experienced sorrow and a nightingale who accepts a rose for the ultimate sacrifice. These tales have inspired countless...
Engels | 52 minuten (38 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend
“The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories:...
Engels | 28 minuten (21 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Augusta Huiell Seaman The Slipper-Point Mystery
When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them! Augusta Huiell Seaman (1879-1950) was a prolific American author of children's literature. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (143 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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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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Merel van Vroonhoven De stap
Hoe mijn weg naar de top me naar het klaslokaal bracht
Jarenlang bekleedde Merel van Vroonhoven directiefuncties bij Nationale-Nederlanden, ING, NS en de Autoriteit Financiële Markten. In 2012 werd ze gekozen tot Topvrouw van het Jaar. In De stap laat ze zien hoe ze als jonge vrouw de top van bestuurlijk Nederland bereikt, hoe ze steeds op weer een ‘hogere’ positie terechtkomt in een tijd waarin neoliberalisme de moraal bepaalt. Met tomeloze inzet en ambitie weet Merel haar onzekerheid te overwinnen. Wanneer de twijfel toeslaat, vechten bewijsdrang...
Nederlands | 9 uur 11 minuten (794 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2021
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Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped
Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to sea to be sold as a slave in America. So begins Robert Louis Stevenson‘s adventure novel, Kidnapped (1886), a breathlessly exciting story for fans of action and suspense, and a story about two very different types of Scotsmen. Robert Louis Stevenson...
Engels | 8 uur 8 minuten (371 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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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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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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Tosca Menten Koning Snert
Woerden voor vreemde eenden
Dertig bijzondere verhalen, anekdotes en oude en nieuwe nieuwtjes over de stad Woerden. En ook nog veel grappen en weetjes over koeien. Voorlezen vanaf ca. 7 jaar, zelf lezen vanaf ca. 9 jaar.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 176 pagina's (ePub2) | Van Goor, Amsterdam | 2022
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Wouter Klootwijk Hoog in de boom begint de zomer
In het dorp waar Jet woont, kent iedereen elkaar. Als je iets wilt weten hoef je alleen maar naar die ene winkel: daar weten ze het antwoord op al je vragen. Lo is op vakantie in het dorp. Samen met Jet beleeft hij avonturen: ze redden een schaap, ze timmeren een ladder, ze klimmen in een boom. Dan ontmoeten ze Fien. Zij zit in een wagentje. Daar willen Lo en Jet ook graag in rijden. Als het wagentje stuk gaat, kan Fien niet meer terug naar huis. Maar daar weten Lo en Jet wel een oplossing voor....
Fictie
Nederlands | 76 pagina's (ePub3) | Leopold, Amsterdam | 2022
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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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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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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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Ruta Sepetys Ik moet je verraden
Ik moet je verraden van Ruta Sepetys (winnaar Beste Boek voor Jongeren 2021 met Stilte heeft een eigen stem) geeft een inkijk in het communistische Roemenië vanuit de ogen van een 17-jarige jongen. Als geen ander verpakt Ruta Sepetys historische feiten in weergaloos spannende romans! Roemenië, 1989. De 17-jarige Cristian Florescu droomt ervan om dichter en filosoof te worden. Maar Roemenen zijn niet vrij om te dromen. Het land is in de greep van een maniakale dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, die...
Fictie
Nederlands | 304 pagina's (ePub2, 17 MB) | Uitgeverij Luitingh-Sijthoff, Amsterdam | 2022
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Mackenzi Lee De queeste van Adrian Montague
de heimelijke onderneming van een getekende jonge erfgenaam
Een politiek schrijver, verloofd met een activiste en de enige erfgenaam van zijn vaders landgoed, heeft een geheim dat alles zou kunnen verwoesten. Vanaf 15 jaar.
Fictie | Avonturenroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 400 pagina's (ePub2) | Blossom Books, [Vleuten] | 2022
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Astrid Sy Noem geen namen
Noem geen namen is de indrukwekkende roman van historicus en presentator Astrid Sy over drie jonge vrouwen die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog Joodse kinderen uit handen van de nazi’s redden. Astrid kwam op het idee voor dit boek toen ze las over de moedige jonge vrouwen en mannen die in de oorlog betrokken waren bij het smokkelen van opgepakte Joodse kinderen in de Crèche tegenover de Hollandsche Schouwburg in Amsterdam. Rosie is kinderverzorgster en woont bij haar ouders in Amsterdam-Oost, een levendige...
Fictie
Nederlands | 310 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | Luitingh Sijthoff, Amsterdam | 2021
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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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