Showing results for "Barbara" in Literature & Fiction

Daisy’s hero is Florence Nightingale, and she hopes to one day become a nurse just like her. But as a girl growing up in the East End of London in 1912, it seems like all her future holds is dropping out of school to work a tough job in a factory for very little money.

Join Max Axiom as he explores the science behind plant and animals cells. Max helps young listeners understand how cells are the building blocks of life.

Joey loves to visit with his grandparents to help prepare the vegetable garden for planting corn! He helps his grandfather plant corn in the spring and then returns in the summer to harvest and gather the corn. What fun games can Joey play on the farm?

Sarah and Mama visit the zoo to see Sarah's favorite animal: the polar bear. Sarah tries to squeeze through the crowd to see the bear up close.

Belle vive in un bellissimo castello con una Bestia e degli oggetti incantati che hanno preso vita. Ma non è questa la cosa più strana del castello: petali e foglie di rose hanno iniziato ad apparire in zone casuali del maniero, portando Belle e i suoi compagni, Tockins l’orologio a pendolo e Lumière il candelabro, a intraprendere una caccia all’intruso.

This audiobook examines how autumn brings observable changes in weather, nature, and people.

Join Max Axiom on a dynamic adventure into CHEMICAL REACTIONS! The world’s greatest Super Scientist uses high-tech gadgets to learn how fireworks explode, fireflies flash, and foods ferment.

Explore history without the confines of time or distance. Dr. Isabel Soto is an archaeologist and world explorer with the skills to go wherever and whenever she needs to research history, solve a mystery, or rescue colleagues in trouble. Listeners join Izzy on her journeys and gain knowledge about historical places, eras, and cultures on the way.

Follow Max Axiom on an amazing adventure through plant and animal CELLS! The one-and-only Super Scientist discovers the earliest cells on Earth, shrinks to the size of a cell, and swims among molecules. Max Axiom transforms science topics, like biology, into superpowered adventures.

Join Max Axiom as he explores the science behind chemical reactions. Max helps listeners understand how chemical reactions happen and why they are important.

The highly anticipated follow up to Wish, which has spent six years on the New York Times bestseller list and is beloved by over two million readers. Dream follows a small town girl with big aspirations who discovers that anything is possible with your best friends and an adorable pup by your...

Das magische Buch Libros ist verschwunden und ohne dieses Buch ist Everwish dem Untergang geweiht. Lexi und Milo müssen die größten Kostbarkeiten der Wunschwesen finden, um das Land der verborgenen Wünsche zu retten: eine Lavinafeder, eine Feuerschuppe, Rubintaft und Koro-Eis. Doch nur wenn es ihnen gelingt, auch den geheimnisvollen Raklis aufzuspüren, kann die Macht des Horroxers Tremoris für alle Zeiten gebrochen werden.

Olaf, l'adorabile pupazzo di neve di Arendelle, ama leggere. Un giorno, un messaggio inatteso porta Olaf e i suoi amici, Anna, Kristoff e Sven ad affrontare un'impresa verso un luogo conosciuto come Haus Biblio, descritto come "un mare di storie". Questo Audible Original racconta il viaggio che il gruppo di amici compie alla volta della Haus Biblio, oltrepassando montagne, alla ricerca di mostri sotto ai ponti e chiacchierando con affabili pecore. Nel viaggio, Olaf stringe nuove amicizie e ascolta tante storie entusiasmanti.

Barbara Park’s #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty years. Over 80 million copies in print! Books 17–20 follow Junie from kindergarten graduation through her first...

Seit sie denken kann, hegt die elfjährige Charlie denselben geheimen Wunsch: eine richtige Familie zu haben. Jeden Tag nutzt sie mindestens eine Chance dazu, sich dies zu wünschen, wie z.B. ein gefundener Penny, eine Sternschnuppe oder ein vierblättriges Kleeblatt. Da ihre Eltern nicht in der Lage sind, sich um sie zu kümmern, muss sie zu ihrer Tante und ihrem Onkel, die sie kaum kennt, ins ländliche North Carolina ziehen. Die beiden nehmen Charlie warmherzig auf.

Jo March, the irrepressible tomboy in Little Women, has grown up and married her professor to become Jo Bhaer. Together the Bhaers have established Plumfield - a warm-hearted, informal school where lessons are taught with a dose of laughter. When Nat, a young orphan joins the happy household at Plumfield, he can’t believe his good fortune. Each day is filled with studying and fun - the boys even enjoy Saturday-night pillow fights. But when Nat gets caught stretching the truth, he discovers there is more to learn in his new home than games and schoolwork.

Recently orphaned, young Rose Campbell is sent to the "Aunt Hill", where Uncle Alex, her six aunts, and seven boy cousins live in noisy confusion. It is nothing like the quiet girls’ boarding school that has been Rose’s home for the past year. Surrounded by a bewildering array of pets, relatives, and unfamiliar foods, the fragile girl wonders if she will ever get used to this new life. Fortunately, Uncle Alex is her guardian. He keeps the aunts from coddling her too much, and makes sure that she has plenty of time to play outside with her cousins.

The summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He's growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, and his mother is reeling from the discovery of a family secret. Yet there are good times, too...

Brought to you by Penguin. Little Eepersip doesn't want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild - first in the Meadow, then by the Sea, and finally in the Mountain. Her heartbroken parents follow her at first, bringing her back home to 'safety'...

This delightful collection of 13 children’s classic stories features Alice in Wonderland, The Bell, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Emily of New Moon, The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, Scourge of the Desert, The Secret Garden, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.