Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. This hardback version of Puss in Boots is based on the original Ladybird retelling by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail.
Popular Illustrated Classics is a series of masterpieces from world literature. It includes the works of English authors such as William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens as well as authors such as Cheklov and Maupassant in translation. Realising the importance of the line drawings in enhancing the intimacy of the reading experience, it has been conceived as an illustrated series. For the first t…
A Christian at age twenty-two, J.C. Ryle went on in later life to become the first Bishop of Liverpool. Loved and looked up to by the children in his congregation he took their teaching and spiritual lives very seriously. Children will enjoy reading these stories but this is also an interesting and intriguing book for any involved with children at home or at church. Ryle's stories open a win…
Although she ruled England for less than two weeks and was executed for treason at the age of sixteen, Lady Jane Grey has been admired for generation for her courage and faithfulness to the gospel. In this addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, Simonetta Carr tells Lady Janes Grey's story of intrique and explains its context: te tumultuous politics of Reformation Englan…
Even as he said this, Robin was aware of armed men wearing the Sheriff's livery who were closing in round the tree, and of the Bishop of Peterborough with his followers riding through the forest towards where he was. 'A trap!' thought Robin, and in a moment he had dropped out of the tree and was running his hardest down the hill while Worman shouted: 'After him, men! It is Robin Hood! This …
The Evening arrived; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper, his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver, while his next neighbours nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with…
How does the church reach the unreached? We live in an increasingly post-Christian culture. More and more we find ourselves on the margins as less and less people have any intention of ever attending church. What used to work doesn't work anymore and we need to adapt. Helping us to see the way forward, this book offers practical ideas and personal stories for engaging with Western society…
Can business activity in itself be morally good and pleasing to God? Sometimes business can seem so shady-manipulating the "bottom line," deceiving the consumer, or gaining promotions because of whom you know. But Wayne Grudem introduces a novel concept: business itself glorifies God when it is conducted in a way that imitates God's character and creation. He shows that all aspects of business,…
David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few crusts of bread, his two aching feet, and some vague advice to seek re…
Doktrin Kristen merupakan kebutuhan bagi kehidupan Kristen." Ini adalah "salah satu titik pertumbuhan terpenting dalam kehidupan Kristen," tulis Sinclair B. Ferguson. Dari titik awal inilah Kehidupan Kristen menjelaskan tema-tema kunci ajaran AIkitab seperti anugerah, iman, pertobatan, kelahiran baru, dan jaminan keselamatan. Ferguson melakukannya dengan begitu jelas dan begitu menyentuh pribad…