Cette série est centrée sur un éléphant au grand cœur dont l'engagement inébranlable à protéger les plus vulnérables forme le cœur de ses aventures. Qu'il s'agisse de défendre un grain de poussière abritant une minuscule civilisation ou un enfant perdu, ses actions soulignent le pouvoir de la compassion et de la ténacité. Ces récits mêlent fantaisie excentrique et leçons de vie profondes sur la responsabilité et sur le fait de faire ce qui est juste, quelles que soient les circonstances. Ils touchent les lecteurs de tous âges, célébrant l'empathie et le courage de défendre les plus petits.
Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit on Mayzie bird's egg while she goes on holiday. Horton's kindness and faithfulness are sorely tested when he, and the egg, are kidnapped and sold to a circus - but his reward for being faithful is more wonderful than he could ever have dreamed!
Horton the elephant bravely defends first one, then all of the inhabitants of a speck of dust. Zany rhyming story. 5 yrs+
Experience the magic of Dr. Seuss with this brand new collection of newly-discovered stories featuring old friends and new faces! Everyone loves Dr. Seuss, and this collection of four wonderful new stories will delight his fans of all ages. The collection contains four stories, originally published in magazines in the 1950s, and up till now, largely forgotten. Now collected together and with freshly-coloured artwork, and with characters from Horton the elephant to a Grinch, this really is a book to read again and again and to treasure forever.
Bajkowy słoń Konstanty składa obietnicę wykonania bardzo odpowiedzialnego zadania: musi wysiedzieć jajko. Nie wie jednak, jak wiele czasu musi temu poświęcić i z jakim wiąże się to poświęceniem. Kto taki mógł poprosić Konstantego o pomoc i czy wierny słoń poradzi sobie z zadaniem? Legendarne postaci stworzona przez Dr. Seussa są świetnie znane amerykańskim czytelnikom, a dzięki znakomitemu tłumaczeniu Stanisława Barańczaka mają szansę bawić także polskie dzieci. Książka zawiera suplement z tekstem bajki w języku angielskim
A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.
The wonderful Seuss classic now in a beautiful picture book format. Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving the tiny Whos who live on a speck of dust - no one else believes they are there! But Horton eventually convinces everyone that, `a person's a person, no matter how small'!
