Belgium cartoonist Georges Remi first wrote one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, The Adventures of Tin Tin under the pen name Hergé in 1929. Today, this series consists of as many as 24 Franco-Belgian comics in more than 70 languages. Hergé brings young readers from different cultures on all sorts of thrilling adventures with the brave Belgium reporter Tin Tin and his faithful dog Snowy.
children books 9-11 years old
What will you do if your guardian leaves you one day with insufficient money to survive? With the publication of her children’s novel Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage, English author Noel Streatfield shows the world how you can indeed be an imperfect, strong and independent woman who needs no man!
Swallows and Amazons, first published in 1930, is the first book in the Swallows and Amazon series written by English author Arthur Ransome. The story is based on the Lakeland life and adventures of the Walker and Blackett children during the school holidays.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit with no more ambition than he has height. He would probably have spent the rest of his comfortable life tucked away in his little pantry if English author J. R. R. Tolkien hadn’t decided to send Gandalf forward to whisk him away on a dangerous quest in 1937. Today, this story called The Hobbit has become a successful and well-known children’s fantasy novel.