FOREIGN RIGHTS
Patricia is in the fourth grade and lead singer in the “Ryki z Kostaryki” band. This red hair girl disregards fashion trends but loves helping people. One day a banner appears on Ray Street: “All children should be carted off!”. Over the following days more banners appear along similar lines. All showing hatred towards children. Who is behind it? Brave and innovative Patty kicks off her investigation with the help of her classmates. Throughout the exploration she befriends a wicked neighbor, promotes a healthy lifestyle, organizes a street festival in her neighborhood… Even the local newspaper describes her antics, leading to even more adventures.
Kacper is ridiculed and bullied by his school mates. At home, he writes a diary, designs super-modern jets and dreams of becoming a commando. He has a head full of great ideas, but unfortunately putting them into practice usually ends in complete disaster… His life changes when he meets a witch who turns out to be a former maths teacher. His new friend wears army boots and camouflage, practices yoga and lives in the forest. They are both different, and not everyone likes it. Together they can do something really good (and not at all weird). A spiritually uplifting book. A must-read for everyone who is not always accepted or understood.
Jonathan and Luke are in the same class, but they don’t like each other. They will be brought together by a book they read and a proposal from Ronnie the Raven. This will help them sort out their problems. But at what price? The boys don’t think too much about that. All the more so because some amazing adventures await them, sometimes dreadful and sometimes funny. There’s fun to be had when aliens land outside and decide to go to school. The Kingdom of Crunch with its master and dungeons is just plain awful. Will the boys come to realise what is really important in life? The text is accompanied by colourful illustrations by Marcin Minor, which wonderfully reflect the spirit of this story.
It was no longer safe in Machinesville, the angry wail of police sirens could be heard more and more often, and botcops in pursuit of robots breaching the peace had almost become a everyday event. All because of a virus for which an effective cure had yet to be found. The authorities try to cover up the problem and promptly remove any infected unit. Machines showing symptoms of the disease are sent to Workshop, a forbidden place from which no one had yet returned. Screwy’s father is also among the infected. The young robot wants to save him at all costs. Can he find a way? Does he stand a chance? The mission seems impossible…
A young man has something to sort out in his hometown. Unexpectedly, he stays overnight with someone from high school he didn’t use to get on with. They spend the long hours until dawn in dramatic conversation. They return to their school years that were marked by the shadow of tragedy: a mate of their named Maciek, rejected by the class and bullied, committed suicide. He was the only student to stand up to the omnipotent class tutor, known as the Queen Mother. The others more or less obediently tried to fulfil her ambitions to create the best class. She broke the kids down, bribed them, maintained an army of spies – to achieve her objective whatever the cost. The whole town was afraid of her. The exceptions were Maciek and an English teacher, adored by the students, a lady who respected and understood them, and who also lost in a confrontation with the Queen Mother. It turns out that the disliked classmate, currently working in a corporation, also has memories of those years. They relive old emotions; new facts come to light and secrets are revealed. The classmate confesses that Maciek had a crush on him.
Marek Emanuel Snarski, a resolute thirteen-year-old, doesn’t want to be a child anymore. He yearns to embark on a new stage in life – wouldn’t it be great to become an adult all in one go? This proves to be no easy task, so the boy decides to get himself some help. He starts by writing a blog. Then, from a mysterious magician he meets on the Internet, he buys some special adult pills. Unfortunately, the problems don’t go away; quite the contrary – they grow to monstrous proportions. A coming-of-age novel full of adventures. A wise message lies behind the fast action and humour. It is not about being an adult, but about being mature. Mark’s troubles only cease when he stops selfishly viewing the world as if it revolved around his bellybutton – when he observes that other people also need a little help and understanding sometimes.
One day, a crazy plan is born in the heads of three friends. They have had enough of their boring lives and bad treatment. They decide to rent a canoe from a nearby rental shop and paddle off
into the distance to explore the world and get a taste of freedom. There is only one problem: Bessie, Daisy and Annabelle are… cows. But, as we all know, where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Therefore, despite all odds, they embark on an adventurous journey which rewards them with a whole lot of new friendships… This unusual book drew inspiration from the true story of cows
which escaped from their pasture and, after a long journey, joined a herd of European bisons. They lived happily among them and even had offspring! It is hard to imagine these real-life escapees
using canoes or some other means of transport – but… who knows how it really was?
Vampires, shapeshifters, werewolves, and other creatures from the crypt form a tight-knit, camouflaged and colourful community not far from where people live. Some of this book’s heroes are well over 200 years old. They can levitate, keep bats as their beloved pets, but apart from these small details, they are extremely similar to humans. They also have butterflies in the stomach when they fall in love. They might tease each other at school, and they would do anything for their friends.
Enjoy the tales of Vampian, Bighter, White Lady, McMarshy, Poison Granny and Grandad Gravesy, and learn all about the obstacles that thwart the music career of teen band The Cryptles.
We warn you that this book is so dead engrossing that you’ll forget about the entire world, or you might even die laughing, but there’s no way you’ll ever die of boredom.
HAPPINESS – IS there anyone who does NOT dream about it? That’s the story of two Australian animals – a Platypus and A KANGAROO. They set off in search of IT. The Platypus slowly traces each word of this book, making new friendships, but the Kangaroo only jumps impatiently around selected words, disregarding the others and trying to guard his happiness so that it WILL NOT RUN AWAY…
Two stories intertwine throughout the text, showing two completely different approaches to life. The Kangaroo’s wild pursuit of the elusive and the quiet, mindful journey of the Platypus who finds
beauty in everything encountered along the way.
The illustrations by Piotr Fąfrowicz, inspired by Aboriginal art, correspond with this beautiful story
King, queen, crown, treasures, castle, mystery… The royal crown has gone missing. The ruler has sent out search parties but to no avail. Fortunately, two little kitchen hands get embroiled in the case and start an investigation with the king’s consent. Who would steal the crown, and why? To look pretty at a fancy dress party? To get rich? To take power? How about making a planting container for water cress out of a crown? Almost everyone is a suspect.
The crazy and humour-packed adventures of Halszka and Florek, who go to see a museum and find themselves travelling – quite literally! – in time. The places they visit include Grunwald, medieval Kraków, and Gdańsk on the threshold of a new era, where they learn about historical figures and events. The heroes, although they are siblings, mainly disagree on everything. However, in moments of danger, they come to each other’s defence.
The whole story is made even more attractive thanks to some wicked illustrations by renowned illustrator Ignacy Czwartos.
Sonia sat on the bed and cried as loud as she could. So that everyone could hear. Mum just told her that Genius’s grandmother was going to a health resort for three weeks and Sonia would be
looked after by someone else. The other grandmother. Sonia didn’t like the other grandmother.
These contemporary stories teach sensitivity and empathy. The author opens up the readers’ eyes and hearts by presenting issues relevant to them: how hard it is to be a younger brother, what a “little fella” feels when his friends laugh at him, whether it is good to be a spoilt only child, or how to survive when your best friend moves to another country. And it shows that what is most important is to try to understand each other. These beautiful, touching and wise stories can be used as a springboard for further conversation.
Various animals – tailed, hoofed and winged – met in the bakery. What made them flock here in such great numbers? And why does this story have more than one ending?
A feel-good book, and one that at the same time trains logical thinking and cultivates perceptiveness. To be read as many times as there are rolls, croissants, pretzels, challahs and pastries in a bakery!!
As a few-year-old detective, Frankie Lightning has already shown that he knows how to act effectively (Part 1 of the adventures of „Frankie Lightning”). Now it’s time for more tasks, because a little brother has just arrived in his life! From this point on, the challenges begin to multiply dangerously: the adults get weird – they start talking as if they have toffee candy in their mouths. The washing machine won’t stop running, and it’s at top speed, feeding on socks in the smallest possible size. The idea of feeding a baby salami clashes with toothless reality. However, taming the monster of jealousy proves to be the hardest part.
Frankie passes the big brother test with flying colours. His practical, but often crazy ideas may prove helpful to other children in a similar situation. And parents will do well to look at the world through their children’s eyes.
With lightning speed, Frankie climbed the Hail Hill, where a general with a coal-black poodle was waiting for help in solving a case from the last century. A minute later, the boy… was sitting in his bed, trying to write down all the details of the meeting. You’re wondering why, since it was probably just a dream? Frankie had over a decade of experience in dreaming, and understood that it couldn’t be just an ordinary dream if he was dreaming it every night.
He was convinced that his unusual dreams were the real deal for a detective. It all started when he and his schoolmate Sandra, whose brain resembled an Internet search engine, his brother Leon, who seemed to be leading them to the best clue, and his mother, who was relentless in solving puzzles, found clues in the immediate surroundings… The deal might just be a one too complicated and doomed to failure. But Frankie knew that if he tried to unravel it, he had a chance at the adventure of a lifetime and the eternal gratitude of the general in love with Mary Ann.
This book is Part 3 of the adventures of Frankie Lightning, well-known to the readers from previous two books. The boy is getting older, so his adventures are age-appropriate – both for the main character of the book and for the readers of the series.
Wanda? Sophie? Babs?
Jewish? Polish?
She will tell you her story.
A story that should not have happened and cannot be repeated.
A book of many themes with no one storyline that can be summarized in just a few words. The many twists and turns include stories of unearthly silver-maned Arabian horses, a house elf who can take on human form once in a hundred years and grant three wishes, a poor girl who falls in love with the son and heir to the manor who are then separated by war but come together years later, a herbalist and her magical tea, talking cats, two old fuddy-duddies, children from an orphanage who find their home in Goldsville, and many more magical touches and moments. You might imagine this world, this atmosphere, a little like the novel ‘Chocolate’, but in Goldsville only good people live, while the bad ones live in Dumptown.