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At last, Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's irrepressible little brother, gets a chance to tell his own story. From his first days at the hospital, through his Terrible Twos, to his first days at nursery school, we see what Sam is really like. But things are never quite what they seem.

Lauren and her best friend, Tara, have always done everything together. So when they don't have any classes together in sixth grade, it's disastrous. The solution? Trying out for the school play. Lauren, who loves to sing, wonders if maybe she will be the star instead of Tara this time. But when the show is cast, Lauren lands in the ensemble, while Tara scores the lead role. Their teacher explains: Lauren just doesn't look the part of the all-American girl. What audience would believe that she, half-Jewish, half-Chinese Lauren, was the everygirl star from Pleasant Valley, USA?

Je voulais la vérité, je l'ai eue ! Et qu'est-ce que ça a donné ? Un grand BOOM dans ma vie ! Jamais je n'aurais cru qu'apprendre la vérité bouleverserait autant le monde qui m'entoure. Mon cerveau déborde de questions ! Comment vais-je aider Tom à retrouver le sourire ? Pourquoi Cassandre refuse-t-elle de me laisser entrer dans sa vie ? Que lui est-il arrivé de si terrible pour qu'elle se braque ainsi ?

Jay reads Braille. Sam uses a wheelchair. Ben has Down syndrome. In this series, young listeners can learn more about how to be a good friend to friends with different capabilities and conditions.

Every family is unique and special. Some families are large. Others are small. But all families are special. Find out what makes a family.

Smile big and take a good look at your teeth. How much do they really do? What are they made of? And why do they fall out? Young listeners will learn all about their teeth.

Everyone's mouth is full of teeth, and all of them have a job to do. Discover what different types of teeth look like, what they do, and how to keep them healthy.

It's the turn of the 20th century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters. Follow along on their adventures and experience their holiday fun.

After moving uptown to the Bronx, the charming All-of-a-Kind Family has a new home, new neighbors and a lot going on! Ella misses Jules, who is fighting in World War I, Henny spills tea on a dress she borrowed without asking, Sarah works to win a prize at school, Charlotte takes the elevated train without paying her fare, Gertie make a pancake, and little Charlie is terrified when he meets Santa Claus. In true family spirit, they all come together to keep the house running smoothly when Mama goes into the hospital to have her appendix removed!

Jay reads Braille. Sam uses a wheelchair. Ben has Down syndrome. In this series, young listeners can learn more about how to be a good friend to friends with different capabilities and conditions.

Yo finds a big worm in the garden and Grandpa tells him why these worms are so helpful.

A young girl learns the value of sharing and making friends.

In the third book of Sydney Taylor's classic children's series, Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny disagrees with Papa over her curfew. Thus continues the tale of a Jewish family of five sisters, Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie, living at the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side. Entertaining and educational, this audiobook brings to life the joys and fears of that time and place.

In this fresh, funny new middle grade series, best-selling YA author Sarah Mlynowski writes for a younger audience for the first time! In each audiobook, Abby and her younger brother Jonah visit the magic mirror in their basement at night, and the mirror transports them inside a different fairy tale. In the first magical adventure, Abby and Jonah find themselves tangled in Snow White's story. Once there, they accidentally change key events in the tale! In order for Snow White to get her happy ending, it's up to Abby and Jonah to make things right.

Step inside. Don’t look back. Forward is the only way. His Dark Materials meets Mad Max in this unforgettable blockbuster adventure about the world between worlds. When a fierce quake strikes the remote island of Bluehaven, and her father disappears, Jane Doe is thrown headfirst into an epic quest to bring him home. But this ain’t no ordinary rescue mission. Her father is lost in a place between worlds - a dangerous labyrinth of shifting rooms, infernal booby traps and secret gateways. And Jane has to find him fast, because someone else is searching for him, too. A man who knows her father’s secrets. A man who has an army.

Poppo's mind wandered. And Poppo wandered, too. Sometimes. Not often. Not yet, anyway. Arlo's grandfather travels in time. Not literally - he just mixes up the past with the present. Eleven-year-old Arlo holds on as best he can - because his grandfather is all the family he knows. Arlo fixes himself cereal for dinner and gives money to the owner of the corner store for the sausages Poppo takes without remembering to pay. But how long before someone finds out that Arlo is taking care of his grandfather instead of the other way around?

Jeg ved ikke, om du har en søster, du elsker? Sådan en, som du bare er klar til at gøre ALT for? Sådan en søster har jeg. Hun hedder Isabel, og hun er gudeskøn, og alle er helt vilde med hende. De fleste synes, det er mig, det er synd for. Fordi jeg ikke er som hende. Men sådan er det ikke. For Isabel er forelsket, og jeg har fucket det hele godt og grundigt op. "DEN SOM ALLE SER" er historien om tvillingerne Anna og Isabel. De ligner hinanden bortset fra en enkelt lille ting: Anna sidder i kørestol. Nå ja. Og så er der også lige den detalje med Said, som Isabel er forelsket i.

Ein Abenteuer unterm Sternenhimmel! Tonis Freundin Cora-Lee hat nur noch für eins Augen im Kopf: die bunten Blumen auf dem abgezäunten Baugrundstück auf dem Weg zur Schule. Denn die sind voller Schmetterlinge und Bienen. Genau solche bräuchten sie für ihren Stadtgarten! Als dann die Bagger anrücken, ist das Insektenparadies in Gefahr. Toni und ihre Freund*innen müssen die Blumen retten! Doch das geht nur heimlich und in tiefster Nacht. Toni und ihre Freund*innen setzen sich für das Insektenparadies ein: Die Stadtgärtnerin.

Prisvindende Mette Vedsø skriver hjertevarme og indlevede historier om nogle af de børn, mange overser i mængden. Og sådan en dreng er Kaj - ikke specielt synlig, vild eller opsigtsvækkende, men alligevel helt sin egen. Det kan være svært at gå i klasse med en masse modige børn, der alle sammen kan lide at råbe højt og rækker hånden op i timerne. Heldigvis har Kaj en sten, som han har fået af Pedro. Når den er varm, er den magisk og hjælper Kaj.

Warum verliebt sich kein Mädchen in Robbi Ziegler? Kurz gesagt: Ich bin zu mickrig. Die Muskeln fehlen. Da kann ich meine Arme tausendmal anspannen, es will einfach kein Bizeps hervortreten. Vermutlich hab ich gar keinen. Alles an mir ist irgendwie zu lang und zu dünn, sogar die Finger. Robbi beschließt sein Leben völlig unzukrempeln. Ab sofort will er jeden Tag Liegestütze machen. Und seine blonden Locken müssen auch ab! Ob es dann mit den Mädchen klappt?