Roberta, Peter und Phyllis sind mit ihrer Familie aufs Land gezogen und leben dort im Exil seitdem ihr Vater wegen angeblicher Spionage im Gefängnis sitzt. Am liebsten halten sich die drei am Bahnhof auf und erleben dort allerhand Abenteuerliches. Auch einen alten Gentleman lernen sie kennen, der für die Zukunft ihrer Familie noch eine wichtige Rolle spielen wird.

Diese Lektüre enthält:

• Ausführliche Informationen über Autorin Edith Nesbit
• Hintergrundinformationen zur Geschichte
• Glossar von schwierigen Wörtern...

The Red House is a romantic novel by Edith Nesbit. It is a story of a newly-wed couple that moves into a new house, adjusting to the new life and each other. Yet, some strange things happen in the place, and the protagonists get to know that their new home is gossiped to be haunted. Yet, to great surprise, the haunting ghost is not as they imagined it, and the story receives an unexpected ending.

The House of Arden - Two impoverished children, Edred and Elfrida Arden, inherit the decrepit Arden Castle and start the search for the lost family fortune that will allow them to rebuild the castle. With the assistance of the magical Mouldiwarp, they travel back in time to earlier periods of English history, searching for clues. Harding's Luck tells the story of Dickie Harding, a little disabled boy who leaves his harsh caretaker only to take up with a traveling beggar. Dickie manages to travel back in time and meet up with the Arden family (Edred and Elfrida). Together they continue to...

Four children on a holiday at the seashore find out that the local circus has a mermaid captured and they decide to set it free. They organize a very brave rescue mission at midnight and manage to perform the escape. As a sign of appreciation, the mermaid takes the children to the hidden underwater kingdom for new adventures. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.

After Philip's older sister and sole family member Helen marries, he goes off to live with his new step sister Lucy. He has trouble adjusting at first, thrown into a world different from his previous life and abandoned by his sister while she is on her honeymoon. To entertain himself he builds a giant model city from things around the house: game pieces, books, blocks, bowls, etc. Then through some magic he finds himself inside the city, and it is alive with the people he has populated it with. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of...

When the Stanmore parents leave for India, their children, Charles, Caroline and Charlotte, go to their great uncle for a summer holiday in his old house. They find out that one of their ancestors was a witch, the uncle tells them about her lost magic book called The Language of Flowers, and the Three C's start looking for it willing to try different magical charms and spells. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.

The Enchanted Castle is a country estate in the West Country seen through the eyes of three children - Gerald, James and Kathleen, who discover it while exploring during the school holidays. The lake, groves and marble statues, with white towers and turrets in the distance, make a fairy-tale setting, and then in the middle of the maze in the rose garden they find a sleeping fairy-tale princess. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.

Five Children and It begins with a group of children that move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb - are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead or sand-fairy, who has the ability to grant wishes. The Phoenix and the Carpet follows the further adventures of Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace one from the nursery that they have destroyed in an accidental fire. The children find...

The Book of Beasts Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger The Deliverers of Their Country The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told The Island of the Nine Whirlpools The Dragon Tamers The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.

Wir kehrten nach der Brücke zurück, die über den Graben führt, und schauten nach dem großen Haus hin. Ehe der Efeu es bekleidet hatte, musste es sehr hässlich gewesen sein. Ich glaube, mein Onkel ließ ihn früher alljährlich beschneiden und die Mauern gelb tünchen. Denn wie hätte sich mir sonst das abscheuliche gelbe Bild aus meiner Knabenzeit einprägen können, das sich durch den Nebel der dazwischenliegenden Jahre unverändert erhalten hatte? Das rote Haus selbst war ein viereckiges hohes gelbes Gebäude. Es besaß zwei lange niedrige rot getünchte Flügel, die in viereckige,...