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Maya loves to cook with her grandmother - her Halmunee - to connect with the rich family history associated with each dish, a history Maya's mom would prefer stayed in the past. While cooking with Halmunee, something remarkable happens - the food creates such a strong memory that Maya and Halmunee are transported back in time through the memory itself. Halmunee explains that the women in her family have the gift of time travel through food and Maya can do it too, if she practices.

A young unicorn wants a gold horn like his king's, but his is white. The only way to change his horn’s color is to do good and noble deeds for others. The unicorn goes on a long journey seeking to do good deeds. Will the unicorn be able to change his horn?

In this Welsh tale, Nel loves to knit stockings for her brothers as she walks her family’s land. One day, a fairy leaves her a gift—a golden chair! To keep the fairy from stealing it back, Nel must use her wit and knitting supplies to keep her chair safe while she and her family carry it home. Will Nel’s plan work? Or will the fairy steal the gift back?

From Newbery Honor and Walter Award–winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret and The Last Mapmaker. Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class that...

Someone has broken into the Library of Doom! While searching for the intruder, the Librarian is captured by a shadowy figure the Eraser. He has chained the Librarian to a huge golden book. If the Librarian can't escape, all the world's books could be could be destroyed. Listen to the Spanish audio.

When eleven-year-old Jayben finds himself in a fantastical new world, he wonders what it all means: Jayben has blanks in his memory due to his epileptic seizures as a result of brain injury. But when Jayben finds a curved torch in his pocket, an Elf family reveal he is the GREAT NINTH DREAMER. It sounds pretty cool, but The Book of Destiny—which instructs Jayben on his mission—is filled with blank pages... He will have to find out what he needs to do quickly because the residents have been waiting for him.

Coryn, Soren, and the Band preside over a new golden age of the Great Tree under the subtle influence of the ember. All seems well, but beneath the prosperity of peace, Coryn is tortured by the suspicion that his evil mother, Nyra, is a hagsfiend and that his own blood carries the haggish taint. He wanders afar, searching for the truth from hagsfiends themselves - putting the Great Tree in danger. Soren and the Band follow their new king to strange parts to guard him from the consequences of his obsession.

Transported to the land of Tuscia, Sophie accidentally saves the daughter of a wealthy family and is swept along on their journey to the Golden Tower. Now she is the only one standing between sisters Isabella and Bia and the terrible fate their stepmother has planned. Sophie doesn’t think she is brave enough, but with the help of a talking cat, a stableboy and some very tiny mischief-makers, she might be able to save the day.

Acclaimed author Maiya Williams has written and produced several children’s television programs, including Rugrats and The PJ’s. When their mother dies suddenly, 13-year-old Rowan and 11-year-old Nina move in with their aunts. Soon after, Rowan and Nina begin to suspect their aunts possess psychic powers. With friends in tow, the two siblings embark on an adventure through time to discover the origins of their aunts’ strange powers. Kevin Free’s playful narration perfectly suits this mysterious tale.

The eagerly-awaited sequel to the best-selling The Glass Sentence -- a historical, fantastical adventure perfect for fans of Philip Pullman! It is the summer of 1892, one year since Sophia Tims and her friend Theo embarked upon the dangerous adventure that rewrote the map of the world. Since...

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times bestselling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders?...

Als Emily hinter der Bibliothek, in der ihre Oma arbeitet, eine zweite, geheime Bibliothek entdeckt, ahnt sie noch nicht, in was für ein Abenteuer sie geraten ist. In dieser Bibliothek steht nämlich jedes Buch, das je auf der Welt geschrieben worden ist. Und dort steht auch eine magische goldene Schreibmaschine. Emily erfährt: Wenn man auf dieser Schreibmaschine Dinge schreibt und sie in die Bücher in der Bibliothek einklebt, ändert sich deren Handlung – und über diese Änderungen lässt sich auch in die Realität eingreifen.

With Ravenskill hosting this year's games, all eyes are on Seven Salazar, Valley Pepperhorn and Thorn Laroux: the most famous Spares in the Twelve Towns. Thorn is ready to compete as a fashion champion, but when a hex is used to turn her fellow champions to stone, suspicion lands on the Witchlings. As the Witchlings attempt to unravel the mystery of the stonifications, future Uncle Seven is harboring a dangerous secret: While she's supposed to be able to communicate with animals, the voices she hears most clearly belong to monstruos, and one spine-chilling voice is the loudest of all.

Arcade, Zoe, and their new friend, Doug, are traveling from New York to Virginia to stay with their cousins and best friends, Derek and Celeste. It's a chance for Arcade to feel normal again after his latest series of adventures. But nothing is normal as long as the Triple T Token is hanging around his neck. Plus, Derek claims he's stumbled upon some troubling information, and now a suspicious person is following him. Arcade wonders if the trouble is related to the token - after all, someone has already tried to take it from him once.

Batu is just an ordinary kid in present-day Almaty, worried about bullies, school, and his mom’s new baby…until the day he meets Aspara, the Golden Warrior. Aspara steps straight out of Batu’s notebook cover—and out of Kazakhstan’s past. Aspara has been waiting hundreds of years to be summoned to the human world and to finally get his chance to search for the Golden Cup, a magical talisman sent down from the heavens. When the Golden Cup was lost, Aspara watched as many of his friends and family were killed or disappeared.

"Und dereinst, wenn die Zeiten dunkel und finster sind, und du weinst, und Angst hast um Frau und Kind. Dann wird er kommen, der Erlöser, und wird vernichten den König, der wurd immer böser und böser." So lautet die Prophezeiung. Und dies ist die Geschichte von Anthony, dem kleinen Zauberer, der, vom Schicksal auserkoren, dieser nicht nur auf einer Welt zur Wahrheit verhelfen soll. Doch zum Glück ist er dabei nicht allein. Denn da wären ja auch noch der bärenstarke Broms, die kleine Sims, die nicht nur so gekonnt ihre Frisur ständig zu wechseln vermag, die so unglaublich kluge Ramshin und ihr aller Diener, Glomp.

Das magische Pony Sternenschweif ist der geheimnisvolle Held der zauberhaften „Sternenschweif"-Welt. Zusammen mit Laura erlebt es fantasievolle Abenteuer und romantische Geschichten, die viel Platz zum Träumen lassen. Bei einem Ausritt entdecken Laura und Sternenschweif eine goldene Feder. Zu welchem Vogel könnte sie gehören?

Jeremias und sein Drache Feuerschatten wurden von den Clans verstoßen. Auf der Suche nach einer sicheren Bleibe treffen sie auf Buckel und Ash, die sie bei sich aufnehmen. Die beiden erzählen von einem protzigen Ritter, dem Goldenen Gilbert, der von Dorf zu Dorf zieht, um im Kampf gegen Drachen seine Hilfe anzubieten. Als kurz darauf eine Mönchshaube die Festung des Murray-Clans in Brand steckt, erfährt Jeremias, dass auch die Clans den Ritter anheuern wollen. Doch Jeremias spürt, dass hier etwas faul ist.

Ein Wintertraum: Jede Nacht fliegen Laura und Sternenschweif über schneebedeckte, glitzernde Baumwipfel. Als ein Schneesturm hereinbricht, brauchen die Tiere im Wald dringend Hilfe. Doch es sind zu viele. Gibt es vielleicht einen Zauber, der helfen kann?

Eigentlich gehört Horoskopie zu Noras Lieblingsfächern. Doch dann kommt es im Unterricht zu einem beunruhigenden Zwischenfall. Noras Erzfeindin Celeste erstellt ein Horoskop für ihren Mitschüler Rune - und das verheißt nichts Gutes: Rune wird erst einen Rüffel bekommen, wenig später eine große Enttäuschung erleben und am Samstag einen schlimmen Unfall haben. Das müssen Nora und ihre Schwester Lucy unbedingt verhindern. Die Kinderhörbuch-Reihe "Die Schule für Tag- und Nachtmagie" von Gina Mayer steckt voller Fantasie und zauberhaften Wendungen.