On March 17, 2009, Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee were working on a documentary about North Korean defectors who were fleeing the desperate conditions in their homeland. While filming on the Chinese-North Korean border, they were chased down by North Korean soldiers who violently apprehended [...]
On March 17, 2009, while filming a documentary on the Chinese-North Korean border, Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee were violently apprehended by North Korean soldiers, charged with trespassing and "hostile acts," and imprisoned by Kim Jong Il's notoriously secretive Communist state. Kept total[...]
Cinderella's fairy godmother grants her wish to go to the ball. She meets the princebut Cinderella does not behave like a princess at all! The fairy godmother must teach her a lesson.[...]
Jack is very poor but an expert at making bean pies. One day he meets a very hungry giant, who, luckily, does not like the taste of people.[...]
What happens when Sleeping Beauty really does sleep for a hundred years? She finds the world a very different place when she finally wakes up![...]
A princess is horrified when a cranky, old king arrives at the palace intending to marry her. She must first pass the frozen peas test to prove she is a real princess. But does she want to?[...]
Forget the huge belly and the jolly old elf stuff because before Santa grew out the beard and shimmied his way down your chimney, he was a swashbuckling young man with a bit of a wild streak-and a talent for wizardry. When St. North's latest invention, The Robot Genie, falls under the spell of The N[...]
The Big Bad Wolf is very hungry...but the Three Little Pigs have got clever and built Wolf-proof houses. Then he had a mad idea to create a very special robot and trap the pigs once and for all! Race Ahead with Reading is the perfect introduction to reading chapters with brand new page turning reads[...]
In this classic fairy tale retold with a twist Hansel and Gretel are greedy and unfit. Their father, the woodcutter plans a trip to the woods, but they soon get lost and discover a hungry, health-conscious witch! Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with hi[...]
The Pied Piper has been asked to rid the town of rats. But when he plays his magic pipe, very strange things start to happen...Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with highly entertaining and original stories, perfect for children starting to read independ[...]
Desperate to escape agonizing memories of Christmas past, twenty-nine-year-old widow Megan Snow builds a snow family outside the mountain cabin she once shared with her husband, realizing too late that she's recreated the very thing she'll never have. Called to life by Megan's tears, snow god Owen W[...]
In Norway, the cold winds blow from the north. But when the wind blows away the flour carried by the baker's young son, he sets out on a journey to insist it be returned. Themes: perseverance, intelligence.[...]
Miltä tuntuisi maailma ilman ylenpalttista luonnonvarojen kulutusta, saastuttavia autoja ja orjuuttavaa halpatuotantoa? Maailma, jossa pakastimet ovat yhteisiä, Pohjola on kylmennyt jälleen ja vaatteita tuunataan uudelleen? Jossa jääkaapilla käynnit tallennetaan ja koulussa pidetään moraalit[...]