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Discover what James Patterson calls “the coolest library in the world” in the New York Times bestselling, award-winning Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series! "A worthy successor to . . . Willy Wonka." —Booklist, starred review LISTEN to the books, PLAY the games, and SOLVE the puzzles in...

Der 13jährige Ferdinand wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als Schriftsteller zu werden. In den Augen seines Vaters ist die Schriftstellerei jedoch kein ernstzunehmender Beruf, was zu häufigen Streitereien führt, die Ferdinand sehr belasten. Unterstützung findet er nicht nur bei seinem besten Freund Rasmus und der rätselhaften Thea, sondern auch bei seinem Onkel Phil. Von diesem erfährt er, dass in der Vergangenheit seines Vaters Geheimnisse liegen, die er vor seiner Familie verbirgt.

Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe Conroy love reading and having fun more than anything else. So the sisters are horrified when they learn that their parents are sending them away to Cumbria for the summer, to stay with their fearsome grandmother, but worst of all, she refuses to let the girls read any books. Determined to enjoy their summer, the sisters decide they aren't going to put up with their grandmother's tough regime, and in doing so, they somehow manage to cause inordinate amounts of chaos.

Leave the lights on for this first book in a new thriller series! The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Pendragon invites you to enter The Library, where the stories you can’t finish just might finish you. There’s a place beyond this world where spirits tell their tales—stories...

Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he’s managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now that he’s in middle school, avoiding reading isn’t as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he’s tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe finds himself resorting to desperate measures to keep his perfect record intact. This is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he’ll go to get out of reading a book.

Ein Buch, ein Wunsch und tierisches Chaos! Noah findet in seiner Schultasche ein seltsames Buch – voller (un)heimlicher Wünsche. Und eine Botschaft: "Erfülle Malees Wunsch – dann hast auch du einen Wunsch frei! Du darfst dir alles wünschen, was immer du willst!" Leichter gesagt als getan. Denn Malee wünscht sich eine Safari! Aber Noah wohnt nicht in Afrika. Wie soll er das schaffen, ganz ohne Magie? Eine verrückte Erfinderin, zwei ausgebuffte Ganoven und jede Menge Tiere machen das Chaos komplett.

When Señor Fuentes asks Dominguita to run a very important errand to put an order in at the local butcher shop for his granddaughter Leni’s upcoming quinceañera — Dom is happy to help. But when Señor Fuentes discovers his order has gone missing and the food for the party has been sold to someone else, it becomes Dom’s next mission to find out what happened.

Die Hüter des magischen Schlosses sind in großer Sorge: Wenn sich nicht bald wieder ein Kind findet, das die wunderbaren Kinderbücher mit Begeisterung liest, werden die Bücher zu Staub zerfallen und die Geschichten werden für alle Zeiten verloren sein. Doch ob ausgerechnet Becky, die mit ihrem Vater ins Schloss zieht, die Richtige ist? Zum Glück gibt es noch Hugo und seinen Hund Watson, mit denen sich Becky anfreundet. Zusammen mit dem Streifenhörnchen Lotti wollen sie die Bücher retten.

Alex is a typical kid—funny, curious, a little forgetful, and always hungry. His world is turned upside down when he finds a monster in his bedroom. Where did it come from? From The Book of Monsters, of course! That’s where the little monster lived before the evil Dr. Brut chased him out. Mr. Flat wants to return to the book he came from, but first he must find it! Alex, who has never paid much attention to books, is drawn by his new friend into a captivating world of stories and adventure.

Polly loves words. And she loves writing stories. So when a magic book that can make everything she writes happen in real life appears on her doorstep, Polly is certain all of her dreams are about to come true. But she soon learns that what you write and what you mean are not always the same thing!

A lonely doll helps a child adjust to a blended family in the first of a charming series about library toys and the children who borrow them, written by Newbery Honoree Cynthia Lord.