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Dora the Explorer and her best friend Boots go to the boardwalk for a carnival!

Brady Steele watches in awe as a fireball comes crashing through the roof of his house. Brady immediately calls up his cousin, Quinn. They both love all things extreme, and this is the most extreme thing ever! Fred, as Brady names his space rock, turns out to be one of the rarest meteorites ever found. Brady is discovering he's able to do strange and wonderful feats that shouldn't be possible.But he's developing some frightening symptoms. Could he be infected with long-dormant microbes from space?

Experience the adorable first adventures of childhood with this book from bestselling author Charles Ghigna and celebrated illustrator Lori Joy Smith. From the first slip down a slide to the first time picking out a book to read, this rollicking narrative takes listeners on a journey of discovery into the memorable firsts in a child's world. A story that will be enjoyed by the whole family, from the youngest, eager to experience their own adventures, to the oldest, so proud to watch them grow.

Just as Theo is about to turn thirteen, everything he knows is turned upside down. At the stroke of midnight, he awaits his Apto—the animal guide meant to mark his future as an Archemist. But instead, a fire fox appears: the rare, fierce, and fiercely loyal companion of the Alkrem. In that moment, Theo discovers a shocking truth—he isn’t an Archemist at all, but an Alkrem. Members of this persecuted group once wielded powerful weapons and brewed magical potions, until they were betrayed and nearly wiped out by the Archemists, who now rule with iron control.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" began as a story told by Englishman Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to three children in a boat, one of which was called Alice and enjoyed it so much she asked him to write it down for her. He did so, under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll. He was thus releasing a striking tale of fantasy, games with logic, and a wildly original play on narrative structure. Today, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is the sixth best-selling single-volume book of all time.

If you think you know Oliver Twist, think again.... The world according to Oliver Twisted is simple: Vampyres feed on the defenceless, orphans are sacrificed to hungry gods, and if a woe-begotten catches your scent it will hunt you forever. When a talking corpse reveals that Oliver will find his destiny in London, he sets out to find the truth - even if it means losing his soul.... A monstrously good story for older children, Oliver Twisted is a terrifying take on Dickens, with added zombies, vampires, and werewolves.

No mundo da mágica, nem tudo é o que parece. Pedro sabe disso muito bem, afinal, sempre foi fascinado por ilusionismo. Só não imaginava que ia entrar para valer nesse universo por causa de um crime terrível. Depois que seu melhor amigo é vítima de um mágico sinistro, Pedro decide encontrar o culpado a qualquer custo. Assim, o garoto reúne Pipa, Analu e Miloca, seus amigos de escola, para formar o Esquadrão Zero — e juntos desvendarem o caso.

The Jungle Book is a collection of amazing stories written by the famous Rudyard Kipling. The timeless stories enjoyed by both children and adults alike were first published in magazines in 1893-94 and reveal much of Kipling’s India, the country of his birth and where he spent the first six years of his life. The tales in the book are fables where the main characters are animals that teach timeless moral lessons.

Cuando un pobre molinero falleció, dejó en herencia a sus hijos sus bienes, pero al más pequeño no le dejó más que el gato del granero. El joven no estaba muy contento con su herencia, pero el gato cuando lo vio triste de dijo.

"Le petit Poucet" : "Être rusé et astucieux vaut aussi bien que d'être un joyeux héritier." Un jour, des parents décident d'abandonner leurs sept enfants au plus profond de la forêt, leur misère ne leur permettant plus de les nourrir.

A son décès, un vieux meunier laisse à ses trois fils l'intégralité de ses biens. L'aîné hérite du moulin, le cadet de l'âne, et le benjamin du chat. Sans un sou en poche et ne sachant que faire d'un tel cadeau, ce dernier songe à le manger mais le chat s'avère doué de parole. Contre un sac et une paire de bottes, et avec beaucoup de ruse, l'animal est désormais déterminé à faire la fortune de son maître.

A cause de la famine et de la misère, un bûcheron et sa femme se résignent à abandonner leurs sept enfants dans les bois. Heureusement, le plus petit des enfants, celui que l'on surnomme le Petit Poucet, surprend la conversation de ses parents, et réussit à déjouer leurs projets grâce à des petits cailloux.

"Little Thumb" is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family. His greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers. After being threatened and pursued by an ogre, Poucet steals his magic seven-league boots while the monster is sleeping.

La famille du Petit Poucet va-t-elle mourir de faim dans la forêt ? L'ogre va-t-il manger les 7 enfants ? Et que sont ces "fameuses bottes" de sept lieues ?

Misère et famine règnent sur le pays. Un bûcheron et sa femme n'ont plus de quoi nourrir leurs sept garçons.

Trop pauvres pour nourrir leurs sept garçons, les parents du Petit Poucet décident d'abandonner leurs enfants dans la forêt. La ruse et la finesse du Petit Poucet lui permettront de sauver ses frères et de changer le cours de leur vie.

Le Petit Poucet et ses six frères sont abandonnés dans la forêt par leurs parents, trop pauvres pour les pouvoir nourrir. Afin d'échapper aux loups, ils trouvent refuge dans la maison d'un Ogre. Mais dès le retour du maître des lieux, un autre danger les menaces.

"Hop-o'-My-Thumb" (Hop-on-My-Thumb), or "Hop o' My Thumb", also known as "Little Thumbling" or "Little Poucet" is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in "Histoires ou Contes du temps passé" (1697). "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family, and his greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers, eventually confronting a scary ogre.

"Y ahora el rey y la reina, habiendo dado un beso de despedida a su hija sin despertarla, abandonaron el castillo y dieron órdenes que nadie se acercara." Dotada de belleza infinita, bendita por hadas provenientes de las esquinas más remotas del mundo y maldita por una antigua magia, presencia el icónico cuento de hadas en su versión original, escrita por el fundador de los cuentos de hadas.

Elle a eu douze ans cette année ; elle porte ses cheveux noirs tressés en deux grosses nattes qui battent l'air autour d'elle chaque fois qu'elle tourne la tête un peu brusquement, ce qui arrive souvent car elle n'a rien perdu de sa vivacité et ses yeux sont toujours aussi francs. Aujourd'hui, elle est un peu inquiète. Pourra-t-elle revenir l'année prochaine, ou bien, comme les fillettes du village, devra-t-elle descendre à Ragaz pour entrer en service ? Le grand-père et le docteur n'ont jamais parlé devant elle de son avenir.