Энн М. Мартин – лучшие книги

Это была блестящая идея! Или, по крайней мере, Кристи так думала. Собрать всех своих подруг – Клаудию, Мэри Энн и Стейси – и организовать клуб нянек. Люди со всех концов города звонят им, чтобы попросить посидеть с их ребенком в выходные или после школы. Девочкам нравится их подработка, хотя иногда ситуация и выходит из-под контроля. Но подруги точно знают: они все преодолеют, если будут держаться вместе и не терять оптимизма!

It all began with a great idea...…

In her most powerful novel yet, Newbery Honor author Ann M. Martin tells the story of girl with mental/emotional challenges and the dog she loves. Rose Howard has OCD, Asperger’s syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms (even her name is a homonym). She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms, is very special. Rain was a lost dog Rose’s father brought home. Rose and Rain are practically inseparable. And they are often home alone, as Rose’s father spends most evenings at a bar, and doesn’t have much patience for his special-needs daughter. Just as a storm hits town, Rain goes…

It's Thanksgiving - and Karen's hoping to be the star of Miss Colman's play. But, oh no - Karen's going to be...the turkey! Now everyone'll laugh at her in her silly brown suit! Karen's not happy! But then Karen gets an idea. Nobody wil laugh now. Not when they see her bog surprise.

Stacey doesnt like to tell everyone that she has diabetes. Her friends in the Baby-sitters Club are supportive, but Stacey has lost friends who didnt understand her condition. Staceys parents dont seem to understand, either; theyre constantly taking her to new doctors. The truth is, she likes her doctor and just wants to spend her time living her life and hanging out with the club. Can Stacey find the courage to be honest—with everyone?

Семейство хрупких фарфоровых кукол Долл вот уже сто лет живет в Кукольном домике, тщательно соблюдая Кукольный Кодекс. Аннабель Долл — восемь лет, в ее жизни было мало приключений, ведь она сидит в одном и том же домике день за днем целых сто лет. Неожиданно у них появляются соседи — пластмассовые куклы в пластмассовом доме, обустроенном по-современному. Жизнь семейства Долл начинает круто меняться, а у куклы Аннабель появилась подруга.

Теперь Аннабель знает, кто поможет ей разобраться в одном очень странном происшествии: почти полвека назад при совершенно непонятных обстоятельствах пропала одна из кукол кукольного домика.

When Kristy Thomas has a great idea to form a BABYSITTERS CLUB - a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends - she has no idea how much the club will change everything. Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients . . . running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey, are sure they can handle anything. But only if they stick together . . .

11-year-old Rose is autistic and struggles to understand her classmates. But when her father gives her a stray dog, which she names Rain, the dog becomes her best friend, her anchor in a confusing world. So when Rain goes missing during a storm, Rose refuses to stop looking for her…

A touching story from the bestselling author of The Babysitters Club.

Meet Annabelle Doll, Tiffany Funcraft, and their families in the first three books in The Doll People series by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, with illustrations by Caldecott Medal winner Brian Selznick. Two paper dolls based on the characters are also included in this boxed set. THE DOLL PEOPLEAnnabelle Doll is eight years old-she has been for more than a hundred years. Not a lot has happened to her, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll family, day after day, year after year . . . until one day the Funcrafts move in. THE MEANEST DOLL IN THE WORLDIn this sequel to The Doll People, Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft hitch a ride in Kate's backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives: a day at school! But when an attempt to return home lands them in the wrong house, they're in far deeper trouble than they imagined. Along with a host of new doll friends, they also encounter Mean Mimi, the wickedest doll of all. THE RUNAWAY DOLLSBest friends Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft have an unexpected visitor, a new doll named Tilly May. She's arrived in a mysterious package from London, but her face looks so familiar . . . could she be Annabelle's long lost baby sister? With time running out before the package is sent back to England, Annabelle and Tiffany resort to the only course of action they can think of-running away. But how will Annabelle and Tiffany find their way back home . . . and what will happen to Tilly May?

Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein), which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands Rose's obsessions, her rules, and the other things that make her different – not her teachers, not other kids, and not her single father.

When a storm hits their rural town, rivers overflow, the roads are flooded, and Rain goes missing. Rose's father shouldn't have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search.

Hearts will break and spirits will soar for this powerful story, brilliantly told from Rose's point of view.

Best friends Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are back, and this time they've got an unexpected visitor, a new doll named Tilly May. She's arrived in a mysterious package from London, but her face looks so familiar... . Could she be Annabelle's long lost baby sister? Annabelle is convinced it absolutely must be so-but her parents refuse to believe her. With time running out before the package is at risk of being sent back to England, Annabelle and Tiffany resort to the only course of action they can think of-running away. But life on the road is fraught with its own pitfalls, from a foreboding wooded park to a close call in a department store. How will Annabelle and Tiffany find their way back home and what's going to happen to Tilly May if and when they do?
In this masterfully plotted third book in the Doll People series, Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, with the help of Brian Selznick's captivating black-and-white illustrations, take the reader on another exhilarating adventure from a doll's-eye view.

Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are two dolls who have been best friends since they met in Kate Palmer's house at 26 Wetherby Lane. In this sequel to The Doll People, they hitch a ride in Kate's backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives, a day at school! But when an attempt to return home lands them in the wrong house, they're in far deeper trouble than they imagined. Along with a host of new doll friends, they also encounter Mean Mimi, the wickedest doll of all. Mean Mimi is mean-really mean-and she's determined to rule all of Dollkind or else destroy it. Will the world ever be safe for dolls again? In this masterfully plotted sequel, Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, with the help of Brian Selznick's ingenious black-and-white illustrations, take the reader on another nonstop adventure from a doll's eye view!

Hattie Owen enjoys peaceful Millerton summertimes with houses nodding in the heavy air, being in charge of Miss Hagerty's breakfast tray at her parents' boardinghouse, and drinking lemonade on the porch after supper. Yet this year, it's different -- Hattie's uncle Adam is coming home. Returning from a Chicago school that's just closed and whose existence is kept quiet by adult family members, Adam is a 21-year-old man with a child's mind, having a knack for talking quickly, a savant-like ability for remembering weekdays, and a passion for I Love Lucy. Hattie and Adam wind up spending precious time together -- including a visit to the recently arrived carnival with Hattie's new friend, Leila -- which makes her feel soulfully connected to her uncle, especially when he declares that she's one of the people who can lift the corners of our universe. But when Hattie takes Adam on the Ferris wheel one night, it sets off dramatic events that lead Hattie's family to strengthen its bonds and changes her life's outlook forever.

Read by Lynn Redgrave
Approx. 3.5 hours
2 cassettes

The 100-year-old Doll family—beautifully crafted china dolls passed down through four generations of girls in one American family—meet their new neighbors, the Funcrafts, a doll family made completely of plastic and delivered straight from the factory shelves.

Annabelle Doll is eight years old—she has been for over a hundred years. Not a lot has happened to her, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll people, day after day, year after year…until the Funcrafts move in. Now Annabelle has a friend. Sure she's made entirely of plastic and she's living in the scariest room in the house, but she's an adventurer, and after a hundred years of boredom, that's just what Annabelle needs.

The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition invovles schizophrenia and autism.
Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family - her parents and grandparents - have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, and that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability.

Maggie's taking care of her four-year-old sister for a week. On Monday morning, she puts Courtenay on the bus to school. That afternoon, Courtenay doesn't come home. She never made it to school that day. She's missing.

The detectives looking for Courtenay have hardly any clues. Then Maggie starts getting threatening phone calls...and she thinks she's being followed. Whoever took Courtenay is after her, too.

One thing's for sure: If the police don't find Courtenay soon, Maggie will be the next one missing.