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Four hilarious stories with amazing music and sound effects. Henry is dragged to dancing classes against his will; vies with Moody Margaret to make the yuckiest Glop!; goes camping in France; and tries to be good like Perfect Peter, but not for long.

Teil 1 und 2 der Stardust Academy -Reihe von Francesca Peluso in einer Ausgabe Teil 1: Hüter der Sterne Eigentlich hat Aaron keine Lust auf das Sommercamp, in das er jedes Jahr geschickt wird. Doch dieses Mal passiert etwas Seltsames: Der 12-jährige entdeckt am Nachthimmel, dass sich die Sterne an einer Stelle bewegen, als würden sie tanzen. Als das Camp kurze Zeit später von dem sehr lebendigen Sternbild Widder angegriffen wird und auf Aarons Stirn ein leuchtendes Zeichen erscheint, ändert sich sein Leben schlagartig. Er wurde auserwählt, die Stardust Academy zu besuchen.

The final collection of four brand-new, utterly horrid stories in which Horrid Henry triumphantly reveals his guide to perfect parents, reads an interesting book about a really naughty boy and conjures up the cannibal's curse to deal with his enemies and small, annoying brother. Read by Miranda Richardson.

Criminal mastermind Cynthia Cyber recruits a videogame super-villain named Bandora Bandit to battle The Gamer. When the Bandit tracks down The Gamer, she transports him to her own videogame world for a Wild West showdown! Will The Gamer defeat the super-powered villain and find his way back home?

A new supervillain named Mutiny Doom has come to town and kicked Cynthia Cyber out of her evil lair! Mutiny plans to do the thing that Cynthia can't do—defeat The Gamer once and for all! But when The Gamer is overwhelmed by Mutiny and his monsters, an unexpected team-up may just save the day!

Criminal Cynthia Cyber finds the most sinister video game monster and pulls him out of the digital world into reality! As the Terror Beast tears down buildings all over the city and creates nightmares for the citizens, the Gamer must use new strategy to beat his fears and stop Cynthia's latest threat!

Evil Cynthia Cyber is robbing banks with her latest creation, a villain named Currency. The stolen money will go toward building a machine that can capture people in a simulation program. There she could control every victim’s life. It's up to the Gamer to stop Cynthia Cyber from taking over the world!

Imogen should be nice to her little sister Marie. She should be nice to her mum’s boyfriend, too. And she certainly shouldn’t follow a strange silver moth through a door in a tree. But then...who does what they’re told. Followed by Marie, Imogen finds herself falling into a magical kingdom where the two sisters are swept up in a thrilling race against time - helped by the spoiled prince of the kingdom, a dancing bear, a very grumpy hunter...and even the stars above them.

Imogen and Marie return through the door in the tree to a whole new Yaroslav. Miro is king but hates it. Anneshka is no longer queen...and hates it. When Anneshka hears a prophecy that she will rule the Greatest Kingdom, she seizes Marie, believing her to be key to fulfilling it, and heads over the mountains. Imogen and Miro chase after them in hot pursuit. But what they find in the lands beyond will change everything again, and see them facing dangers they could never have imagined, both human and otherwise.

Silverspun Stories Volumes 1 & 2 offer a treasure chest of eight delightful tales—forest animals and magical creatures, lonely children and caring, magical helpers, opening deep worlds of self-discovery.

Il profumo dei cedri libanesi, il colore ocra del tardo pomeriggio afghano, il sorriso di un uomo siriano che in silenzio studia un’ospite straniera per capire se raccontarle la propria storia. Sono solo alcune delle nitide immagini che vedremo attraverso lo sguardo oltre il confine di Francesca Mannocchi, giornalista di guerra sul campo che da molti anni porta nelle nostre case la cronaca di ciò che succede attorno a noi, nelle regioni di Iraq, Libano, Afghanistan, Libia, Siria, fino alle città dell’Ucraina.

Francesca Cavallo, una de las creadoras del fenómeno Cuentos de buenas noches para Niñas Rebeldes, les habla en este libro a todos, pero en especial a los niños. El mundo futuro es también de ellos. Por eso necesitan historias nuevas que les ayuden a darle forma. Este libro ha llegado desde los rincones más apartados del universo, ahí donde sólo llega tu imaginación.

Four fabulous new stories: Horrid Henry builds himself a time machine and tricks Perfect Peter, Perfect Peter strikes back, Henry eats snails at Restaurant Le Posh, and is dragged out on a horrendous hike.

Aaron steckt voller Vorfreude: Das zweite Jahr an der Stardust Academy beginnt. Ausgerechnet sein bester Freund Louis wurde genau wie er vom Planeten Erde auserwählt, was ihre Freundschaft auf eine harte Probe stellt. Denn nur einer von ihnen kann zu einem wahren Asteria werden. Doch das wird zur Nebensache, als etwas Schreckliches geschieht: Die vier Asteroiden Ceres, Pallas, Juno und Vesta wurden angegriffen! Sie stürzten auf die Erde und verloren dabei ihre Talismane. Aaron und seine Freunde müssen dabei helfen, die Artefakte wiederzufinden, doch das ist leichter gesagt als getan.

When Horrid Henry gets nits and his little brother Peter Perfect doesn't, he makes sure that everyone else gets them too. After that, he can turn his attention to sabotaging the school trip, ruining his parents' dinner party, and terrorizing Peter.

Horrid Henry tries to fool the Tooth Fairy into giving him some money despite the fact that his teeth appear to be "superglued to his gums"; Henry creates havoc as a pageboy at a wedding; Henry gets rid of Moody Margaret, an unwanted guest, and he "breaks in" the new teacher.

Four complete stories enhanced by Miranda Richardson's award-winning reading and really horrid music and effects: Horrid Henry encounters the babysitter from hell, traumatises his parents on a car journey, goes trick-or-treating at Halloween and sabotages his school project. Four stories, as brilliant and inventive as ever. This audiobook includes the following stories: 'Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats', 'Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter', 'Horrid Henry's Raid' and 'Horrid Henry's Car Journey.'

Twelve classic Horrid Henry stories - perfect lockdown listening for children who love mischief and mayhem! Horrid Henry has been up to no good in these 12 mischievous stories. He's planned a not-so-great escape, started a money-making scheme, outwitted a demon dinner lady and annoyed his little brother!

Here is a long audiobook of stories for 0-5-year-olds, about the pets who live in the houses along Buffin Street: the witch's cat, the old sea-captain's parrot, the snake, the hamster, the new puppy, the pony, the gerbil, and so on.

Snakes and snails and spiders for dinner! Kate was having a bad day. Her first morning at her new school and already her clothes have gone missing, her best friend has disappeared, and her new teacher is a comic-reading gorilla. Something is very wrong! Francesca Simon brings every child's worst nightmare to life in this funny, original story.