Ein glückliches Ende ist ihnen ja fast nie zugedacht - umso mehr muss man sie ins Herz schließen: die kleine Seejungfrau, den standhaften Zinnsoldaten, das kleine Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern und all die anderen wunderbaren Figuren des Hans Christian Andersen. Im April 2005 feiern wir den 200. Geburtstag des berühmten Dänen - mit einer schmucken Ausgabe seiner bekanntesten Märchen in der klassischen Übersetzung von Heinrich Denhardt.
The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish author, playwright and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death."The Birthday of the Infanta" is a historical fiction short story for children by the Irish author Oscar Wilde. It was first published in the 1891 anthology House of Pomegranates, which also includes "The Young King', "The Fisherman and his Soul" and "The Star-Child".The action of "The Birthday of the Infanta" takes place in Spain at an unspecified point in the past. It is the twelfth birthday of the Infanta, the only daughter, and only child, of the King of Spain. For her entertainment, an ugly young dwarf dancer is brought to the court. The Dwarf is completely unaware of how hideous he looks and does not realize that the reason that others laugh in his presence is because they are mocking his appearance. When the Dwarf sees his own reflection for the first time in his life, the consequences are severe.
One day, a young girl named Alice suddenly spots a frantic White Rabbit, wearing a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch. She follows the hurried creature down a hole into the magical world of Wonderland. While there, Alice meets more crazy creatures, including the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, and the Cheshire Cat, and plays a twisted game of croquet with the Queen of Hearts. But when the Queen turns against her, this dream-like world quickly becomes a nightmare. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic new covers.
Publikácia vydaná u príležitosti výstavy k jubileu Dušana Kállaya.
Dobšinského ľudové rozprávky vyšli postupne v mnohých vydaniach a ilustrovali ich viacerí naší významní ilustrátori. V prvom trojdielnom ilustrovanom výbere zažiaril v nich Martin Benka. V tomto výbere sú po dvadsiatich rokoch tie najskvostnejšie a najpôsobivejšie, ktoré ilustrujú i tie najkrajšie a najpôvabnejšie rozprávkové príbehy.
