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October 9, 2023

Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter (von Autorin und Illustratorin Sophie Havard)

Es war einmal ein Baum, er lebte friedlich. Aber etwas hatte er, was die anderen nicht haben. Er hatte das ganze Jahr über grüne Blätter. Er wollte aber wie alle anderen sein. Darum ging...

October 9, 2023

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (by Sophie Havard) – (English)

Once upon a time there was a tree, it lived peacefully. But he had something that the others didn’t have. It had green leaves all year round. But he wanted to be like everyone...

July 31, 2023

Celebrating Harry Potter: A Magical Journey on His Birthday (31.07)

On the 31st of July, we gather to celebrate the birthday of a beloved character who has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions around the world. Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, has...

December 20, 2022

The Three Sisters (Flemish Legends) By Charles de Coster

I. Of the three noble ladies and their great beauty. In the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ 690, lived three maidens, descended, by male issue, from the noble line of the great emperor Octavian....

December 18, 2022

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone,...

December 18, 2022

Where Love is, God is by Leo Tolstoi

In the city lived the shoemaker, Martuin Avdyeitch. He lived in a basement, in a little room with one window. The window looked out on the street. Through the window he used to watch the...

December 18, 2022

Papa Panov’s Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoi

It was Christmas Eve and although it was still afternoon, lights had begun to appear in the shops and houses of the little Russian village, for the short winter day was nearly over. Excited...