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A heartwarming Christian Christmas picture book for kids to celebrate unity, kindness, and the miracle of the Nativity. On a peaceful night in Bethlehem, a stable full of animals is about to witness a miracle. But can they put aside their differences in time to welcome a very special guest? The...

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Mystery and danger are abound in book two of The Inkwell Chronicles, featuring magic Ink, a secret society, and siblings on a quest to protect the world's source of creativity from those who wish to blot it out for good. In book two of The Inkwell Chronicles, Everett and his little sister Bea...

Mats und Mathilde setzen ihre abenteuerliche Reise fort. Auf der Suche nach dem Ort, wo die Sonne untergeht, entdecken sie neue Freundschaften und meistern gemeinsam unglaubliche Abenteuer: Ob die Fahrt auf einem Geschichtenschiff, dessen Segel sich aufblähen, sobald der verrückte Kapitän seinen Seemannsgarn erzählt. Die wilde Jagd nach Sternen in einem fliegenden Himmelbett. Ein atemloser Lauf durch den Dschungel der 999 1/2 Gefahren und die Begegnung mit einem fauchenden Föhn in der Wüste Sahaara. Mats und Mathilde müssen einander ein ums andere Mal retten, doch sie verlieren nie den Mut.

“Open the cover, fasten your seat belt, and get ready for a rip-roaring ride!” —Ridley Pearson, author of the New York Times bestselling series Kingdom Keepers Will Wilder is back to protect the town of Perilous Falls from another ancient evil—the fearsome demon, Amon, in this series...

Former Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye delivers her latest collection, subtitled Poems About Families. They’re mostly focused on her relationship with her mother. Nye has a comfortable, unaffected delivery. Her voice has an unstudied tone, but, make no mistake, every syllable...

Wo eine Mama ist, da ist ein Zuhause. Und Mathilde weiß, ihre Mama – das Mädchen, das sie zum Leben erweckt hat – lebt an dem Ort, an dem die Sonne untergeht. So macht sich die Vogelscheuche abenteuerlustig auf den Weg, gemeinsam mit Mats Piep. Mats ist ein Schwatz (halb Schwalbe, halb Spatz) und hat wegen seiner Flugangst den Vogelzug gen Süden verpasst. Auf ihrer Reise erleben die beiden viele bunte Abenteuer an fantastischen Orten, und bald werden der Vogel und die Vogelscheuche die allerbesten Freunde.

Pelle Hermannin hulvaton matka maailman ympäri isää etsimässä! Sirkuspelle Hermanni saa kuulla isänsä joutuneen pulaan ja lähtee pitkälle etsintämatkalle ympäri maailmaa. Hän kohtaa lentorosvoja, eksyy lumimyrskyyn ja päätyy jopa vankilaan! Onnistuuko Hermanni löytämään isänsä ja pelastamaan tämän pulasta? Kirja sisältää 12 vauhdikasta tarinaa Hermannin yrityksestä löytää isänsä.

With feudal wars raging through the Japanese countryside, it is no place for children, particularly homeless orphans like six-year-old Saru, who grow up fast and hard in the cold city. When begging does not fill his stomach, stealing and cunning do the trick. The only warmth Saru knows is from a kindly priest who allows him to sleep under his little Shinto shrine in the winter, and Neko, his adopted kitten. Living day-by-day, Saru gives little thought to the future or the course his life might take.

Den ukueligt optimistiske Anna begiver sig ud på en episk rejse for at finde sin søster Elsa, hvis isnende kræfter har fanget kongeriget Arendal i evig vinter. Anna får selskab af bjergvandreren Kristoffer og hans trofaste rensdyr Sven. De strider sig gennem snedækkede bjerglandskaber, møder mystiske trolde og en sjov snemand ved navn Olaf i deres kamp mod både tiden og elementerne for at redde riget.

With the discovery of her birth father, 12-year-old River has definite thoughts about how her life should turn out - and that certainly does not include any of the challenges that keep popping up! It's not easy to decide if she should live with Gram, who has been her family for the past 10 years, or with her father, who she's over-the-moon to have just met but knows little about. When River gets diagnosed with scoliosis, she fears it will impact her hopes and dreams. River decides to ask God for help.

Havfruen Ariel lever i havet med sin familie og sine venner, men hun kan ikke lade være med at drømme om, hvordan det må være at leve på land. Da hun redder en flot prins fra at drukne, bliver hendes ønske endnu stærkere, og hun kontakter den eneste, der kan hjælpe hende: havheksen Ursula. I et kapløb med tiden må Ariel nu både vinde prinsens kærlighed og redde sin fars kongerige.

From David Baddiel, the brightest new star of children’s books and winner of the LOLLIES award, comes a laugh-out-loud adventure for every child who ever wondered what it might be like to be a bit of an animal… Malcolm doesn’t like animals. Which is a problem because his family love them...

From Laura Obuobi, author of Black Gold and NAACP Image Award nominee, comes a whimsical bedtime story about the love between a Black father and his daughter. This tender tale with pure Black joy captures love’s vastness, showing us its greatest form is often the one between parent and child...

Piotr hat einen Wunsch frei. Immerhin hat er Jürgen, dem Astronauten, das Leben gerettet. Doch was wünscht sich ein 7-jähriger Tabotare, der mit Mutter und Großvater auf einem Schiff wohnt? Einem Schiff, das an einem See liegt, dem das Eigentliche fehlt, nämlich Wasser. Kein Wunder, dass Piotr nur eines will - dass das Schiff wieder schwimmen und der Großvater wieder fischen kann. Jürgen ist ratlos. Ein unerfüllbares Verlangen! Doch man soll nie nie sagen, auch im dritten Jahrtausend nicht.

Whitney has been in so many foster homes that she can give a complete rundown on the most common varieties of foster parents - from the look-on-the-bright-side types to those unfortunate examples of pure evil. But one thing she doesn't know much about is trees. This means heading for Foster Home number 12 (which is all the way at the top of the map of California, where there looks to be nothing but trees) has Whitney feeling a little nervous. She is pretty sure that the middle of nowhere is going to be just one more place where a hyper, loud-mouthed kid who is messy and small for her age won't be welcome for long.

The Great Bear Rainforest is a majestic place full of tall trees, huge bears and endless schools of salmon. Award-winning photographer and author Ian McAllister tells the story of a lone wolf who swims to one of the small islands that dot the rainforest's coast. The island provides him with everything he needs—deer, salmon, fresh water—everything, that is, but a mate. When a female wolf arrives on the island's rocky shores, she and he start a family and introduce their pups to the island's bounty.

Fish and herons, turtles and dragonflies, beaver lodges and lily pads—a multitude of wonders enchant both the child narrator and any other nature lovers along for the ride in this tender book. Baby ducklings ride their mama’s back; an osprey rises with a silver fish clutched in her talons; a loon cries in a star-flecked night. Rhythmic, rhyming quatrains carry the story forward in clean paddle strokes of evocative imagery.

A celebration of #GirlDads everywhere by The Dad Gang CEO, Sean Williams! A fun read-aloud written in upbeat rhyming verse, Girl Dad is a book that honors the strong men who raise, love, and uplift strong girls. Perfect for fans of Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry and Made for Me by Zack Bush...

Die Abenteuer gehen weiter. Kali das Erzähl-Kamel, Sem der Esel und Bruni die Goldfischdame erreichen endlich das Meer, wo sie im Hafen den Hamburger Seemann Jörn treffen, bei dem Bruni vor langer Zeit in der Schiffskajüte in ihrem kugelrunden Aquarium gewohnt hatte. Endlich ist Bruni wieder zu Hause. Jörn lädt die drei zu einer kleinen Fahrt auf seinem Kutter ein. Am nächsten Morgen erzählt Sem von einem komischen Traum. Da gab's doch schon mal einen, der Träume deuten konnte! Und Kali beginnt zu erzählen.