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A thrilling WW2 hidden history masterfully told by award winner Daniel Nayeri 1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. Soldiers fill the teahouses of Isfahan. Nazi spies roam the alleyways...

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and...

Magdalys' connection with the dinosaurs has led the US Army to some important victories, but the Civil War's not over yet, and the squad members find themselves fighting deep in the Louisiana bayou. Then General Ulysses S. Grant himself entrusts Magdalys with a top-secret mission - one that the very success of the Union depends on. Because as the friends will soon find out, the United States has more than one enemy.

Magdalys and the squad are flying south on pteroback. South to rescue her older brother. South to war. The squad links up with the dino-mounted troops of the Louisiana Native Guard, an all-black regiment in the Union Army fighting to free their people. They're led by General Sheridan, surrounded by enemy forces in Tennessee and desperate for any edge to sway the tide of battle.

It's 1863, and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South. Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker. Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood. Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactylback, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker.

It is 1909 in the small Sussex fishing port of Aduring-by-Sea where 13-year-old Tom Jupe is in his last year at school. Tom dreams of being apprenticed to a professional photographer when he leaves school but his strict Primitive Methodist parents strongly disapprove.But when the South Seas Film Company sets up camp on Aduring Beach, Tom makes friends with them and is soon secretly involved in film-making - under the pseudonym of Daniel Lyons. But how long can he hide his true identity?

Where did Professor Abner Jefferson go? Can the kids put history back together, find the pieces of the puzzle, and save Professor Abner or will they be stuck in history forever?

April, Henry, and Toad have finally found April and Toad's father, Professor Abner Jefferson. He's hiding in a barn in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Revolutionary War is about to start! But April and Toad can't even think about getting their father home to modern-day New York... yet. Because right now, there's a man named Paul Revere roaming about, and he needs to take a very important ride. Can the three kids find the missing pieces to the puzzle... or will they be stuck in history forever?

Professor Abner Jefferson is missing. His children watched him get sucked into a book. Now they must find him. By going back... through History!

April and Toad were hoping to go home to New York with their father. But History had other ideas. This time, the magical book sends April, Henry, and Toad to Colorado where they'll face their most dangerous threats yet: grizzly bears, lightning-fast trains, and snow. Lots and lots of snow! Can the three kids find the missing pieces to the puzzle... or will they be stuck in history forever?

Eleven-year-old Benjamin Putter has a lump in his throat, and he's certain it's a golf ball. He knows it sounds crazy, but everything's been topsy-turvy since his father died last month. And he doesn't know how to fix it. Then, one day, something starts tugging at Ben, telling him to hurry to Augusta, Georgia - home of the most famous golf course in the world.

Karl will Abenteuer erleben wie die großen Ritter. Unbedingt! Auch wenn er nur seinen Esel Willi zum Reiten und ein Schwert aus Holz hat. Eines Tages findet er ein seltsames Ei, aus dem ein Drachenbaby schlüpft. Ein sehr gefräßiges Drachenbaby, das Karl JamJam tauft. Karl bringt es auf die Wimmelburg, aber dort beißt es sich durch alles, was ihm vor die Schnauze kommt. Der König lässt JamJam ins Gefängnis werfen. Nun braucht Karl einen Plan und Mut wie ein echter Ritter, um seinen Freund zu retten.

When Mrs. Lee opens a letter that Zoe, Harvey and Lassie bring her, she learns that she is the last living heir to a former mining concession. When Mrs. Lee lets them read her journal from the period, the kids and Lassie set out in search of the abandoned mine to discover the "magnificent treasure" that the journal hints is hidden there.

The heart-lifting, heartbreaking story by Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller. In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it...

Joel, ein junger Mann, erlebt den Schock seines Lebens: Er erkrankt an Aussatz. Das bedeutet zwangsläufig: Ächtung, Ausschluss aus der Gesellschaft und Isolation. Wie kann er mit dieser hoffnungslosen Situation leben lernen - und was wird aus seiner geplanten Ehe mit Ruth? Doch dann begegnet er einem Mann namens Jesus, der Aussätzige heilen kann, und sein Leben ändert sich radikal. Aber warum wird dieser Jesus so verfolgt? Warum will man ihn kreuzigen?

Voici les aventures d'un héros qui est devenu un personnage légendaire. Il incarne aux yeux de tous la justice et surtout la révolte contre le mauvais usage de la force. Nous sommes en 1830, dans cette riche province de Californie, à cette époque mexicaine... et dans cette ville qui n'était qu'une bourgade coloniale... Los Angeles.

Les aventures de Renard servent à divertir tout autant qu'à instruire. C'est une adaptation d'une des œuvres les plus vivantes de la littérature du Moyen-Age, destinée aussi bien aux enfants qu'aux adultes. Renard est très ingénieux : il arrive toujours à se tirer d'un mauvais pas avec malice. Les ruses de Renard font vite comprendre que l'esprit domine souvent la force, l'intelligence avisée domine la sottise et la violence. Cependant, si Renard arrive à duper les puissants, il échoue régulièrement quand il s'en prend à plus faible que lui.

Es ist eine Katastrophe: Der Drache Ruruck, der im Knusperschloss die Heizungen und Öfen befeuert, ist verschwunden! Der Hofzauberer Simsus hat in seiner Kristallkugel gesehen, wo Ruruck steckt: Ausgerechnet in der Schattensumpf-Burg - einem finsteren Gemäuer mitten im Sumpf. Traust du dich, den geheimnisvollen Schattensumpf-Zauberer herauszufordern - zusammen mit deinem Löwenwandler-Freund Manu und seiner Schwester Salama?...

Ein großer Tag im Knusperschloss: Der Lebkuchen-Prinz Machales feiert seine Verlobung mit Lina, der Tochter der Traumzirkus-Direktorin. Da Manus Vater Sumbasu der Chefkoch des Schlosses ist, seid ihr - der Löwenwandler-Junge Manu, seine Zwillingsschwester Salama und du - natürlich eingeladen. Da gibt es nicht nur ein Schloss ganz aus Lebkuchen zu bestaunen, sondern auch allerhand spannende Gäste: Zauberer, Drachen und Elfen, würfelspielende Füchse und Katzen...

Zusammen mit deinem besten Freund, dem Löwenwandler-Jungen Manu, musst du eine wichtige Aufgabe erfüllen: Seine Mutter hat ihr goldenes Fernglas an die Eisfeen auf dem Echoberg verliehen - und was wäre eine berühmte Luftschiffkapitänin ohne ihr goldenes Fernglas? Gemeinsam reist ihr zwei mit der Sanjada-Dampfbahn zum Gipfel des Echobergs. Unterwegs trefft ihr waschechte Eisbären-Sportstars, und die Eisfeen laden euch zum Schlittschuhlaufen auf der brandneuen Eisbahn ein...