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Snöfrid auf Mission im Tal der Riesen: Björns Großtante Betsy feiert runden Kauz-Geburtstag. Und natürlich begleitet Snöfrid seinen allerbesten Kumpel dorthin. Doch bei der Familiensause werden die drei Riesenkäuze vermisst. Sie reagieren einfach nicht auf Snöfrids Rufen. Als auch noch der Pott, ein wertvolles Ausstellungsstück aus der Riesen-Pott-Burg, verschwindet, ist schnell klar, dass wieder einmal ein handfestes Abenteuer auf Snöfrid wartet. Und das führt ihn in einen völlig unbekannten Winkel des Nordlands: in das Tal der Riesen. Dort gehen noch mehr höchst merkwürdige Dinge vor sich.

Josh and Danny are on holiday with their parents in Cornwall - so the last person they expect to see is mad scientist, and next door neighbour, Petty Potts! So when the twins see her on the beach - holding a turtle under each arm - they can't help but wonder what she's up to. The thing is, the boys have got other things on their mind. They've found another mystery marble clue, and need to get out to the ruined fort on the rocky island. But they take too long and the tide comes in, trapping them.

Petty Potts' most recent repto SWITCH spray doesn't seem to be working… not that Josh and Danny were all that excited about being chameleons anyway - alligators would be way better! Plus, they're distracted by the mystery of who is sending them clues to find marbles filled with scientific code. But at school the next day, time seems to be going too fast for the twins, and when one of Danny's eyeballs rolls right round in its socket, they know things are getting weird. How long will it be before the boys are boys again?

Oh no! Mad scientist Petty Potts just turned up at Josh and Danny's Summer Camp, as the new camp counsellor. And she just happens to be hiding some bottles of extraordinary serum inside her raincoat... That can turn them into amphibians! Josh and Danny vow to stay away from Petty's SWITCH formula, but when their new friend Pippa gets into trouble, they know there’s only one thing for it.

Leo never imagined that time travel might really be possible, or that the objects in H. G. Wells’ science fiction novels might actually exist. And when a miniature time machine appears in Leo’s bedroom, he has no idea who the tiny, beautiful girl is riding it. But in the few moments before...

In the third book in the spinoff of the Humphrey series, Og and Humphrey head to summer camp to see what's hopping in the wilderness! Og didn't know where he would end up when school was over, but it turns out Camp Happy Hollow is just about the best place ever. Lovely nature is all around...

The adventures in Humphrey's Room 26 are hopping back into the spotlight, from the perspective of Og the Frog! When Og the Frog first comes to Room 26, he doesn't know what to think. He misses his friends from the pond, there are all kinds of strange noises, and the water is his tank just might...

Greg had started looking around the cafeteria, and everywhere he looked, he saw quarters. He saw kids trading quarters for ice cream sandwiches and cupcakes and cookies at the dessert table. He saw kids over at the school store trading quarters for neon pens and sparkly pencils, and for the...

Im zweiten Teil der Reihe Hörnchen & Bär von Andreas H. Schmachtl entsteht jede Menge Aufruhr im Wald und die besten Freunde Hörnchen und Bär gehen auf Entdeckungstour. Im womöglich besten aller Wälder lockt der Frühling Hörnchen aus seiner urgemütlichen Schlafhöhle. Was taumelt denn da Gelbes durch die Luft? Ein Zitronenfalter! Das muss Hörnchen sofort Bär erzählen. Und so beginnt ein aufregendes neues Jahr voller turbulenter Abenteuer für die beiden Freunde. Gemeinsam finden sie heraus, was es mit der merkwürdigen Wald-Behörde auf sich hat.

Josh and Danny have gone for a nice day out at the zoo. Or, should that be, a nice, experimental day out at the zoo? Petty's developed a new S.W.I.T.C.H. spray for snakes! And Josh and Danny are willing volunteers. Things start to go a bit wrong though when they fail to SWITCH back into boys, and are spotted by a whole class of girls on a school trip! Luckily, Charlie, an old friend from summer camp, is there to help, and the panic subsides. The trouble is not over yet though....

Petty's been kidnapped! Josh and Danny have already broken into her secret lab looking for her, and now they're going to brave all her anti-intruder traps and break into her house. There's no sign of Petty, but there is a very interesting little box…containing the best SWITCH spray ever.

Unable to resist the temptation, the twins head to the park to try out alligator SWITCH spray. But before they make it to the river, they're roped into being in the audience of a touring chat show, with some VERY interesting guests...

Petty Potts has vanished - at least it seems that way to Josh and Danny. In actual fact, she's just relocated her secret lab… to the very pink and very girly Princess Land! Reluctantly, the twins fight their way through hordes of excited girls dressed as fairies to the back of the shop, where a single door stands between them and Petty's new lab. SWITCH-ing into geckos, the boys have no problems getting under the door and up the walls. It's on the way out that things start to get really tricky.…

Diebstahl im Wiesental: Das gibt's doch nicht: Die Bergtrolle machen das Wiesental unsicher! Eigentlich leben sie ausschließlich im legendären Norden jenseits der Berggipfel. Doch jetzt klauen sie im Wiesental alles, was ihnen unter die Pfoten kommt. Ganz klar: Das ist ein Fall für Snöfrid! Er macht sich auf den Weg zu König Rasmus und den Feenmännlein. Und dort beginnt eine nicht ganz ungefährliche Expedition: mitten hinein ins Gebiet der Trolle und Drachen. Die gleichnamige Buchausgabe erscheint im Arena Verlag.

Das Filmhörspiel mit den Originalstimmen aus dem Kinofilm. Die Schwestern Livi, Tessa, Malea und Kenny sind das personifizierte Chaos. Dabei könnten sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Es scheint, als ob ihre einzige Gemeinsamkeit der Nachname Martini ist. So versuchen sie, sich größtenteils aus dem Weg zu gehen und so wenig wie möglich miteinander zu unternehmen – schließlich kann man sich seine Familie nicht aussuchen. Als auf einmal der tanzende Pinguin Paul in ihr Leben tritt, müssen sie ihre Ausweichstrategie überdenken.

It's spring break, and Stink is faced with a difficult choice: hang out at home with his sister, Judy, or become a Shakespeare Sprite with his friend Sophie of the Elves. Hanged be! When Sophie tells Stink that there will be swordplay and cursing at Shakespeare camp, his choice is made. But wait! How now? The eager young thespian hadn't counted on Riley Rottenberger being a Sprite, too. And he positively had not counted on being the only boy! Fie upon't!

Yes, Jack Plank started out to be a pirate. His shipmates all liked him, and their ship, the Avarice, was certainly very beautiful. But after a while it was clear that he wasn’t much good at plundering. He just didn’t have the knack for it. So what to do? Jack did the only thing he could...

In the second book in the Og the Frog spinoff of the Humphrey series, Og is ready for adventure and is jumping at the chance to help kids be brave! Og loves the kids in Room 26, but he's awfully curious about the human world outside his tank! His friend Humphrey has no problem getting out and...

Father-and-son writing team Gary and Jim Paulsen pick up where their Road Trip left off. Ben has been invited to try out for a special hockey academy. But Dad wants Ben to catch up to the school field trip instead. So Ben, Dad, and their dogs, Atticus and Conor, jump into their truck. Ben...

In der Nähe des Städtchens Trennverflixtnochmal, es liegt irgendwo oder nirgendwo, befindet sich eine große Mülldeponie auf der sich seltsame Dinge ereignen. Sie ist das Revier der Müllhexe Rosalie und des wunderschönen Enterichs namens Anton. Tagsüber wird geschlafen und nachts sorgen die beiden für die Erweiterung der Deponie. Die schönsten Fundstücke holen sie aus dem Schloss­garten von König Blitzeblank.