This box set brings the Bard's timeless tales to life for a younger generation, with wit and panache. Samantha Newman's cleverly reworked text retains many of Shakespeare's own inimitable turns of phrase, while simplifying and clarifying the language and plots to make stories accessible to children. Perfect for children aged 7+.

Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a series of daring adventures. Priceless jewels disappear from a hotel suite, a monstrous hound is spotted on the moors and a woman is murdered in a locked room. Can our brilliant hero solve these mysteries and more before disaster strikes? This thrilling collection brings 16 adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous detective to life, adapted by award-winning children's fiction author Alex Woolf.

Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck - he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first-class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever.

I'm spending the day with my best friends, Frankie and Robin, and - ugh - snobby Penny. I'm not expecting anything magical to happen, until Frankie falls into a mysterious hole behind Penny's house...and we all wind up in the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! I've visited fairytales before. But, in Wonderland, everything is topsy-turvy. There are potions that make you grow, cakes that make you shrink, bossy caterpillars, and a horrible Queen of Hearts who wants to put us on trial.

Abby and her kid brother, Jonah, are just regular kids...until they find a magic mirror in their basement. The mirror is a portal that leads them into different fairy tales, from Snow White to Cinderella to The Little Mermaid. But in each story, nothing goes as planned, and it’s up to Abby to try to fix the happy endings - or maybe, sometimes, create better ones!

Beatrix Potter's amazing universe of animals dressed in human clothing has taught and entertained children for over a century. This volume brings together 21 of Potter's tales and verses in one audiobook. Hear Peter Rabbit outwit old Mr. McGregor, and Squirrel Nutkin come within a tail's length of being an owl's dinner. Listen as a family of mice save the kind tailor of Gloucester, and as Peter and Benjamin Bunny battle a barn cat. Learn how one fierce rabbit is set on the road to honesty.

Before their experiments, inventions, and discoveries that changed the world, the world’s most celebrated scientists had regular-kid problems just like you. Stephen Hawking hated school and preferred to spend his free time building model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails into her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope.

Mr. Putter is tired of living all alone, with no one to share his morning English muffins or his afternoon tea. He has many wonderful stories to tell, but no one to tell them to. What Mr. Putter needs is some good company. But good company is hard to find. This first adventure in award-winning author Cynthia Rylant's popular series introduces readers to a pair of friends who are just perfect for each other.

新型コロナウイルスのパンデミックに始まり、「敗北宣言」無き異例の大統領選で幕を閉じた2020年。激動の一年の重要な出来事をVOA（米国国営放送）発信のニュースで振り返ります。

Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings the world of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to life for children. Features four classic Holmes mysteries.

People who do amazing things in the world - developing a new cancer drug, creating award-winning ads, helping their communities - may seem to have all sorts of advantages. But they don’t have any more hours than the rest of us. Instead, they may be allocating their hours in interesting ways that the rest of us can learn from. In this workshop, time management expert Laura Vanderkam explains about how broadening our perspective on time will help us be more intentional with the hours we have, and shares the simple, practical steps your team can take to start making time work for them.

Franny K. Stein isn't a fan of glamour. She doesn't style her hair, the thought of wearing makeup makes her want to gag, and she couldn't care less about wearing dressy dresses when she'd much prefer her lab coat. But sometimes Franny wonders if her mom wishes she were different. Which gives Franny an idea...for an experiment! What if she can turn the beauty products her mom loves into something more exciting? Every experiment has its experimental error, and when Franny's hair takes on a life of its own, Franny must save the day (and her hair).

Eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley has just arrived at Green Gables, and already her guardians want to send her back. First, she's not the boy the Cuthberts expected. Second, she talks too much. And even with her generous spirit, the redhead's a trouble magnet. She gets the neighbor drunk and nearly poisons the pastor!

E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

A.J. and the other students at Ella Mentry School brave trick-or-treating at the school secretary's house, even though it is supposedly haunted. Mrs. Patty, the secretary, gives out the best Halloween candy in the history of the world! But her house is haunted! People say she's a witch and her husband is a ghost. Is it worth A.J.'s risking his life for the best candy ever?

体系的に歴史を学ぶのに最適の教材は、教科書です。必要不可欠の情報がコンパクトにまとまっていて、とてもスムーズに歴史を学ぶことができます。この作品では、文部科学省検定日本史教科書を六つの時代に分け、全史を総時間数12時間47分で構成しています。 1.古代編:人類の誕生、ローマ帝国の興亡、ビザンツ帝国、唐帝国 2.中世編:イスラーム世界の拡大、ヨーロッパ中世社会、ビザンツ帝国の興亡、モンゴル帝国・明帝国の成立・発展 3.近世編:大航海時代・ルネサンス・オスマン帝国・ムガル帝国・清帝国の時代 4.近代編:産業革命・アメリカ独立革命・フランス革命、アジア・アフリカ・ラテンアメリカの変貌ぶり 5.現代編:第一次世界大戦~第二次世界大戦 6.戦後編:冷戦体制の成立~現在まで ・・・世界史学習の際の良き協力者としても、また、時事問題を読み解くための幅広い教養を身につけるためにも、通勤・通学途上や様々な学習の場面で、「聞く教科書」を活用してください。高校生・受験生や学校関係者はじめ、広く一般社会人の方にも是非聞いていただきたい作品です。 「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

In the first book in this series, eight-year-old Drake is snatched up by King Roland's soldier and taken to the castle. He is to be trained as a Dragon Master. At the castle, he is joined by three other young Dragon Masters-in-training: Ana, Rori, and Bo. The Dragon Masters must learn how to connect with and train their dragons - and they must also uncover their dragons' special powers.

体系的に歴史を学ぶのに最適の教材は、教科書です。必要不可欠の情報がコンパクトにまとまっていて、とてもスムーズに歴史を学ぶことができます。この作品では、文部科学省検定日本史教科書を六つの時代に分け、全史を総時間数12時間47分で構成しています。 1.古代編:人類の誕生、ローマ帝国の興亡、ビザンツ帝国、唐帝国 2.中世編:イスラーム世界の拡大、ヨーロッパ中世社会、ビザンツ帝国の興亡、モンゴル帝国・明帝国の成立・発展 3.近世編:大航海時代・ルネサンス・オスマン帝国・ムガル帝国・清帝国の時代 4.近代編:産業革命・アメリカ独立革命・フランス革命、アジア・アフリカ・ラテンアメリカの変貌ぶり 5.現代編:第一次世界大戦~第二次世界大戦 6.戦後編:冷戦体制の成立~現在まで ・・・世界史学習の際の良き協力者としても、また、時事問題を読み解くための幅広い教養を身につけるためにも、通勤・通学途上や様々な学習の場面で、「聞く教科書」を活用してください。高校生・受験生や学校関係者はじめ、広く一般社会人の方にも是非聞いていただきたい作品です。 「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

体系的に歴史を学ぶのに最適の教材は、教科書です。必要不可欠の情報がコンパクトにまとまっていて、とてもスムーズに歴史を学ぶことができます。この作品では、文部科学省検定日本史教科書を六つの時代に分け、全史を総時間数12時間47分で構成しています。 1.古代編:人類の誕生、ローマ帝国の興亡、ビザンツ帝国、唐帝国 2.中世編:イスラーム世界の拡大、ヨーロッパ中世社会、ビザンツ帝国の興亡、モンゴル帝国・明帝国の成立・発展 3.近世編:大航海時代・ルネサンス・オスマン帝国・ムガル帝国・清帝国の時代 4.近代編:産業革命・アメリカ独立革命・フランス革命、アジア・アフリカ・ラテンアメリカの変貌ぶり 5.現代編:第一次世界大戦~第二次世界大戦 6.戦後編:冷戦体制の成立~現在まで ・・・世界史学習の際の良き協力者としても、また、時事問題を読み解くための幅広い教養を身につけるためにも、通勤・通学途上や様々な学習の場面で、「聞く教科書」を活用してください。高校生・受験生や学校関係者はじめ、広く一般社会人の方にも是非聞いていただきたい作品です。 「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

First published in 1912, Daddy-Long-Legs is an epistolary novel that follows orphan Jerusha "Judy" Abbott through her college years through a series of letters written to her anonymous benefactor, whom she nicknames "Daddy-Long-Legs." As Judy learns to navigate the complex world of studies, social life, and romance, her letters convey her growth and address the increasingly complex questions that preoccupy her.