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Nancy Clancy is growing up and ready for a whole new adventure . . . in her chapter book debut! Nancy and her best friend, Bree, have everything they need to solve a mystery, from their totally professional trench coats to their top-secret code. But when crime strikes in their classroom, will...

40 of Aesop's tales, specially adapted for young children. Read by Richard Briers, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Pryce, Alison Steadman, Richard E. Grant, Lindsay Duncan and Brenda Blethyn.

Tara loves doing cartwheels and handstands in her garden, spending every spare moment practising. But with so many other things to learn, like backflips and somersaults, Tara is desperate to join a gym club. When her mum finally relents, Tara signs up for a summer course at Silverdale Gymnastics Club. With a real sprung floor, bars, beams, and a big foam pit, the gym club is everything that Tara has ever dreamed of. After a whirlwind week, Tara can't believe her luck when she's asked to join the acrobatics squad....

Tara has always loved gymnastics, and joining Silverdale Gymnastics Club has been a dream come true. But with the summer holidays at an end, and Tara starting secondary school, trying to juggle her schoolwork, her friendships, and her gymnastics training is proving tricky. When Tara says she can't go to her best friend's birthday sleepover because of her training, her best friend is badly hurt. With an important competition looming, and her friends giving her the cold shoulder, can Tara find a balance between the two most important things in her life?

When Sebby starts quacking loud enough to wake everyone up, Mikey can't just leave him behind. So off they set together.... And that's when the adventure begins.

Anna had never slept over at a friend's house, until now.... Was she brave enough?

It's Saturday morning. Auskick starts soon. But there's something wrong with Brendan's fish.

Jeremy has been looking forward to his 10th birthday for ages. But when his little brother, Oliver. goes missing, Jeremy's birthday seems to be spoiled....

Kirsty Jenkins adores the allotment her grandfather lovingly tends and, just before he dies, he asks Kirsty to look after it for him. But when horrible Mr Thomas from the council insists it must go to the next person on the waiting list, Kirsty is determined to find a way to keep her promise.

Ali has just moved into Lever Tower with his mum. He soon meets Caitlin, Gez, and an Alsatian called Falcon. Together they set out to discover why the foxes have disappeared from the area, why the owls have appeared, and why Miss Osborne has vanished.... With the help of his friends and Caitlin's dad, Ali and his mum begin to feel happy in their new life without Ali's dad.

In this first series of Peacebeams for Kids, we take you on a journey that will help you to build self-esteem, practice kindness to yourself and others, learn how to calm yourself with your breath, and how to take a different perspective on the difficult emotions we all experience from time to time. Designed to be helpful, soothing, and kind, these short meditations will help to lift your spirits and warm your heart.

Jenny finds a big, egg-shaped thing down by the creek. When she takes it home, it soon hatches, and out pops a cute - but very hungry - baby dinosaur!

Acompanhe 11 crianças com dinossauros diferentes e seus pais pré-históricos dando um grande beijo, apagando a luz, guardando rabo e sussurrando "boa noite". Compartilhando maravilhosos detalhes, humor e expressões inestimáveis.

In this second series of Peacebeams for Kids we take you on a journey that will help you to worry less, smile more, and practice kindness to yourself and others. Designed to be helpful, soothing, and kind, these short meditations will help to lift your spirits, warm your heart, and remind you to smile as often as possible!

Tabby Jack watched the hooded stranger. Could he believe what he was seeing? Slowly she uncurled her fingers and there, on her crinkly pale palm, were two tiny creatures, as small as grasshoppers, so delicate a shiver might break them, but undoubtedly dogs! When the dogs arrive there is only one thing the cats can do - fetch Delilah, whose knowledge of magic is a match for anyone...

Now that Lucy's friend 2.15 is the father of three little cubs, he has gone soft and become a vegetarian - not something usually associated with wolves. Then he becomes concerned with acid rain and he's determined to make a safe home for his family.

We are taken to peculiar lands where all the magical things that only seem to happen in dreams really do happen. We meet strange creatures by going the wrong way up a one-way street. We learn about what a peculiar muddle your presents can get into when your birthday cake is baked with a wishing spoon. And if you manage to save the king of grasshoppers from drowning in your soup, what wonderful rewards may come your way! A magical collection of short stories from best-selling author Joan Aiken.

Enjoy this collection of stories about children exploring the world around them. The collection begins with "Nature's Treasures", a poem featuring a young girl who learns about the wonders of the natural world. After this poem, enjoy eight short stories of children looking closer at nature: "Hidden Wonders", "The Building Season", "Weeds and Worms and Things that Squirm"," "A Pond for Maddie", "Flowers that Fly", "The Wasp's Picnic", "Firefly Tag", and "While Alena Was Sleeping".