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When 12-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that dark secrets haunt this house. Prince Lev is the only one who can set them free. Will he be the hero his family needs?

Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling of the Cinderella story. Now this award-winning author turns her attention to two more classic fairy tales, and deftly turns them upside down and inside out with her trademark wit and hilarity.

Cédric vit avec sa mère à New York dans l'harmonie et l'insouciance de l'enfance. Un jour, il apprend qu'il hérite, de son père, d'un titre de noblesse et d'un domaine en Angleterre. Il part donc immédiatement vivre sa nouvelle existence. Mais à son arrivée, il se heurte à la...

“In every nook and cranny, high and low, they sought for him…he had vanished as a star vanishes when it drops from its place in the sky.” From the author of such children’s classics as The Secret Garden and A Little Princess comes this enchanting story of a young boy discovering his true...

In this unusual spin on an old favorite, Cinderlla is a boy! He's Cinderellis, and he has two unfriendly brothers and no fairy godmother to help him out. Luckily, he does have magical powders, and he intends to use them to win the hand of his Princess Charming - that is, Marigold. The only problem is - Marigold thinks Cinderellis is a monster! Gail Carson Levine is the author of Ella Enchanted, a spirited retelling of the "real" Cinderella fairy tale and a 1998 Newberry Honor Book.

Lucy has been forced to run away from home, as she fears for her safety from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr Dee, court magician, upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily, even down to advising the date of her coronation. The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue.... And she has more than enough to satisfy her: Lucy stumbles across a plot to assassinate the queen and has to find means to warn her....

From the palaces of Austria to the mirrored halls of Versailles, Marie Antoinette led a charmed life. She was born into royalty in 1755 and married the future king of France at age 15. By 21 she ascended to the throne and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of masquerade balls, sky-high wigs, and...

La novella narra la vicenda di una principessa che supplica un ranocchio di recuperarle la preziosa palla d'oro che le è scivolata nelle acque tenebrose di uno stagno. In cambio, promette la propria amicizia all'anfibio. Dopo essere stata esaudita, tuttavia, la fanciulla rinnega l'impegno solenne. Ma suo padre, il re, è un uomo d'onore e quando apprende del patto fra la sua nobile figlia e il viscido abitante dello stagno, impone alla giovane di accettare la sua amicizia....

Die "drehbühne berlin" produzierte 2004 eine Bühnenversion des Kleinen Prinzen...

Poppy and Honey play together every break time until the day when Poppy decides to join the Blossom Tree Club. She simply can’t wait to be one of the gang but Honey is not so keen, she is perfectly happy playing fairy princesses with Poppy. Things soon go wrong when the club members start picking on Honey and when they not only break the blossom tree but smash the school green house during Poppy's induction into the club.

Practice your math skills while enjoying this quirky take on "The Princess and the Pea". The king and queen and their three sons are on the search for a real princess, but it is only the queen who knows the secret.

Beatrice Clay's retelling of Arthurian tales remain as vibrant today as when they first became a popular success eighty years ago. Sir Galahad, Sir Launcelot, Queen Guenevere and Morgan Le Fey, all these beloved characters are brought together for a vibrant recreation of life in the Middle Ages. This great treasure-house of stories is to English culture what the stories of Ulysses and Aeneas were to the Greeks and Latins, a national inheritance of which they should be, and are, proud.

Der siebenjährige Cedric Errol erfährt zu seiner Überraschung, dass er eines Tages Erbe der Grafschaft seines englischen Großvaters sein wird. Nun soll er seine Heimatstadt New York verlassen, um sich mit seinem zukünftigen Amt als Graf von Dorincourt vertraut zu machen. Die Heirat zwischen Cedrics früh verstorbenem Vater und Cedrics amerikanischer Mutter hatten den Großvater einst veranlasst, seinen Sohn und dessen Familie zu verstoßen. Hass und Vorurteile gegen die junge Frau sind seitdem nicht verebbt.

From Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of The Gruffalo, comes Princess Mirror-Belle and the Flying Horse, the exciting adventures of a princess with a difference. Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror. But Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference! She...

Eine der schönsten Geschichten der Weltliteratur! In einer wunderbaren, ungekürzten Lesung von Ulrich Mühe und seiner Tochter Anna Maria Mühe. Mit musikalischer Untermalung von Jürgen Treyz.

Which king liked to bathe while the band played Rule Britannia? Which queen was so fat she needed a hoist to get on the throne? Which prince shut his wife out of Westminster Abbey to prevent her from being crowned? Who was the blood-thirstiest monarch of them all? Kings and Queens of England is a no-holds-barred account of the British monarchy with the gossip and gore left in, and nothing left out! It leaves no stone unturned in its mission to portray kings and queens as they really were, warts and all.

Poor Poppy is feeling very down in the dumps - so much so she doesn't even believe she is a true princess any more. She is envious of her best friend because Honey is being taken on loads of fabulous outings by her parents, Dad is working really hard, Grandpa always seems to be busy with his vegetable garden and Mum is tired all the time because of her big baby bump! To make things even worse, Poppy is convinced that everyone likes Honey more than they like her.

Der Kleine Prinz, ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur, erzählt vom Flug des Kleinen Prinzen von seinem Asteroiden, wo er eine erst erblühte Rose zurücklässt...

A malevolent fairy casts a sleeping spell on a princess - a curse that only a prince can break. Charles Perrault's classic tale is brought to life with the music of Tchaikovsky.

Featuring music from Tchaikovsky's ballet of the same name, Bart Wolffe reads Sleeping Beauty.