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Skandar lebt in Margate, England. Ein England, wie auch wir es kennen, allerdings mit einem Unterschied: Die Briten mussten schmerzhaft erfahren, dass es Einhörner tatsächlich gibt – und dass sie kein bisschen süß oder glitzernd sind. Im Gegenteil: Die Kreaturen sind tödlich. Und sie können nur von dem Reiter gezähmt werden, der sie aufzieht. Der dreizehnjährige Skandar Smith wollte nie etwas anderes werden als ein Einhorn-Reiter, und endlich ist er alt genug, sein Aufzuchts-Examen abzulegen.

With a sense of déjà vu, Agnes packed her things. She was going to be staying with her grandmother in Hova again. She picked up her fully packed suitcase and as she started to go downstairs, the thoughts began running through her head. It was as if something was missing, something she ought to remember. Something hideously black. But for the life of her, she couldn’t remember what. In the top of the tower on the smaller of the islands that made up the Samloqs sat that night’s watch. He looked up at the starry sky through the opening that was the tower’s only window.

Das actiongeladene Abenteuer geht weiter! Skandar kann nicht fassen, dass er tatsächlich ein Einhornreiter geworden ist! Nicht mal in seinen Träumen hätte er sich vorstellen können, wie aufregend das Leben auf der geheimnisvollen Einhorninsel sein würde. Gut, er und sein Einhorn Schlitzohr besitzen das verbotene Element, was vielen Angst macht, und auch der gefährliche Weber ist ihnen entkommen, aber Skandar startet voller Zuversicht in sein zweites Jahr. Denn zum allerersten Mal hat er Freunde gefunden. Doch als plötzlich wilde Einhörner sterben, wird Skandar zum Hauptverdächtigen.

Hver dag arbejder feerne hårdt for at bringe skiftende årstider til Fastlandet, hvor menneskene bor. Og deres liv på Ønskeøen er noget ganske særligt. Hør 18 herlige historier om Klokkeblomst, Iridessa, Rosetta, Silvia og de mange andre skønne Ønskeø-feer.

Skandar sogna da sempre di diventare un rider, di essere uno dei predestinati ad accedere all'Isola per far schiudere un uovo di unicorno vincolandolo a sé. Questo è infatti l'unico modo in cui le feroci creature, tanto potenti da piegare gli elementi al proprio volere, possono essere domate evitando di trasformarsi in mostri selvaggi e crudeli. Ma proprio quando il sogno di Skandar potrebbe avverarsi, la sua vita prende una piega più pericolosa di quanto avesse immaginato.

In the quiet Scottish seaside village of Dunlyre, Finn is enduring a winter holiday with his annoying new stepmother, wishing things could go back to how they were, while Sage is enjoying her new home, wishing things would stay as they are. Finn has seen mysterious swimmers in the Firth late at night. Then, from the clifftop, first Sage, then Finn, hears an eerie song. Could the local legend of merfolk living amid the waves actually be true?

Lewis and his best friend Rhona find themselves caught up in a dangerous adventure to save the world's last herd of wild unicorns. Fighting against dark forces, battling the wild landscape, and harnessing ancient magic, can they rescue the legendary creatures in time?

1666. When 11-year-old bookish Gil finds a strange ‘heaven stone' by the Thames, he never thought it would hatch. Or that so soon after the Great Plague, a small fire in London would become a deadly inferno. Soon Gil, his phoenix, and his spiky friend Jennet must cross the burning city, avoid a terrifying mob, and find a place where they can all be safe.

After his dad's death, Konrad stops speaking. Not a word at home or school. But that begins to change when he meets Maya on the beach he loved to explore with Dad. She doesn't mind his silence. It gives her a chance to be heard, because at home no one seems to notice her. When the pair go on a last visit to Konrad's family bookshop before it's sold, they soon get lost in the pages of Konrad's favourite book of folk tales. Whisked back in time to quest with a dragon, they must find themselves and their voices, as well as a happy end to the story in the book and in real life.

Deep in the Himalayas, the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. Agatha Farlingham is introduced to a family of motherless yetis and devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to talk, tells them stories and insists on polite manners. But as time passes, tourists and yeti-hunters arrive in to the mountains. Agatha knows that there is one place where they would be protected - at her home in England. So begins a hugely entertaining road trip half way across the world...

"The Wind in the Willows" is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley. The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river bankers saved Toad from his excesses.

Grace has proved to the kingdom of Wondermere that when it comes to courage, determination, playing Troll-O on unicorn-back and being a brave knight, she's just as good as any boy! But now wondermere is expecting a very important visitor: the Mermaid Queen of the Outer Ocean. That means frilly dresses and best behaviour - and absolutely no rule breaking. But when a purple dragon egg falls into the moat of Wondermere castle, Grace and her sister, Princess Portia, find themselves babysitting a big secret.

Two intrepid girls go from ladies-in-waiting to knights-in-action when they rip up the rule book and go searching for adventure! Wondermere is the luckiest kingdom in the land, all thanks to the dragons that nest on top of the castle. Nobody wants them to fly away, so everyone has to follow the rules and make sure everything stays the same to keep the dragons happy. Grace hates the rules. They stop her doing everything she loves, like playing trollo and wearing trousers and training to be a brave knight.

Crumble cakes! When Betsy joins Myrtle the mermaid in her underwater world, she discovers there may be monsters...shipwrecks, lost treasure and secret cities. A seapig's prize seahorse, Pudding Pie, has been stolen by a cantankerous giant octopus and Betsy and Mr Tiger must go to the rescue in their new submarine. But what happens when a tiger's whiskers and tail are simply too long to squeeze into forgotten dark caverns where even the moon cannot shine, and Betsy has to take the final steps of the adventure on her own?