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Finn is bored! She is stuck inside with her family because of the cold weather. While she tries to convince her family to go to the zoo, her brother tries to teach her about global warming. When Finn is skeptical, her father decides to take the whole family to the zoo to teach them about greenhouse gases and their effect on Earth.

When a young pirate buys a peacock instead of a parrot for his captain, the whole crew laughs. Will the peacock be a good addition to the crew? The crew of the Finicky Fin can’t catch a break when the new peacock seems to cause nothing but trouble, and now the ship is being attacked by a giant sea monster!

All alone at the family trading post, Liza Jean must deal with three smelly bandits who are up to no good. She must outwit them as they steal from the family store and try to find their gold. Will the No-Good, No-Count, Stinky-Breath Gang get what they came for?

During the War of 1812, Rebecca’s father leaves her and her sister to watch their family’s lighthouse while he’s in town. As luck would have it, a ship full of British Redcoats drops anchor nearby and threatens to raid their town! All Rebecca has at her disposal are a fife, a drum, and her cleverness. How can she use them to protect her home?

Alex and her grandfather traverse their backyard trails to discover the source of a strange sound.

It's the Hill family annual stargazing party! With camping and hot cocoa, the thirteen cousins observe the night sky together.

Siblings Michelle and William are out on a caving adventure when they end up losing their way.

This pirate ship crew is about to discover its most valuable resource: Fern the Mighty!

It's a race against time to stop twins Deidre and Maisie from drifting away in their canoe.

In this fifth and final book in The Girls Who Changed the World series, Ming Qong discovers who she is, and that she, too, will change the world. Ming has travelled through history to meet girls who have changed the world. However, this time is different as Herstory, History's sister, promises...

Quante prime volte per Princess! È la prima volta che abita in paese, la prima volta che dorme in una casa, la prima notte senza i rumori degli animali e il loro odore rassicurante. Dopo una brutta lite col direttore, infatti, lei e sua madre hanno lasciato il circo in cui è cresciuta, e si sono trasferite da Andi. La scuola è quasi finita, ma per fortuna Princess si fa due nuovi amici, pronti a partire con lei alla ricerca di Mr. Orange. Perché il direttore ha anche venduto il vecchio e amatissimo boa della nonna e lei deve assolutamente ritrovarlo.

Mice squeak and bears growl! A young child uses his imagination to dress up and play as animals with his parents. Kids will love these playful rhymes as they learn the color brown.

En ny fodboldtræner formørker den tolvårige Lena Lids målmandsliv. I nabohuset spekulerer Theo på, hvordan han skal gøre indtryk på den nye pige i klassen. Og på havet jagter farfar de store fisk, uden at bekymre sig om at han er ved at blive gammel. Dette år må Lena, Theo og farfar kæmpe hårdt, både med sig selv og naturkræfterne. For hvad skal man gøre, når alt er modvind, og ingen forstår sig på det, man virkelig kan? Man skal i hvert fald ikke give op. Som Lena Lid siger i pressede situationer: Nu må I saftsuseme vågne lidt op derude!

Brought to you by Puffin. PREPARE FOR PUZZLES, PERIL, AND PLENTY OF CAKE IN THE SECOND THRILLING ADVENTURE FOR ALEJA AND THE CREW OF THE LEGENDARY SHIP OF SHADOWS Aleja and her fellow pirates are eager to embark on a new adventure to find the second piece of the missing magical map. But they...

Twelve-year-old human Sophie Dawes lives a good life in Hopetown. There, vampires and humans live in harmony, and Sophie and her adoptive vampire moms are living (or unliving) proof. There are a lot of rules that vampires must follow to keep the humans they live around feeling safe, but if regular visits from child protective services and abiding by a nightly curfew keeps their family together, Sophie will do anything to stay with her loving vampire parents. But then, normal law-abiding vampires begin to go rogue.

Nella minuscola Baia di Martinfranta la vita del giovane Trille e della sua migliore amica Lena scorre al ritmo di avventure sempre nuove. I due ne combinano di tutti i colori, come quando costruiscono una funicolare tra le loro case e Lena rimane appesa a tre metri d'altezza come un pollo; o quando decidono, come Noè, di far salire su una barca da pesca tutti gli animali in giro nei dintorni. La catastrofe è annunciata ma per fortuna arrivano sempre i grandi a tirarli fuori dai guai.

Cléo hat die Aufnahme in die sagenumwobene Gletscherakademie geschafft und ist überglücklich! Dort angekommen, fühlt sie sich jedoch verfolgt. Hat es etwa jemand auf ihre eismagischen Fähigkeiten abgesehen? Denn die braucht es, um die Kräfte des Eissplitters zu erwecken, der aus der Akademie gestohlen wurde.

Es gibt keinen Fleck auf der Erde, an dem die zwölfjährige Cléo noch nicht war. Seit sie denken kann, tingelt sie mit ihrem Musiker-Papa durch die Weltgeschichte und fühlt sich nie richtig zugehörig. Nur einen einzigen Ort würde ihr Vater niemals betreten: Cléos Geburtsort in den französischen Alpen. Von dort verschwand ihre Mutter Dana vor zwölf Jahren spurlos. Nachdem ihr Vater einen Unfall hat, wird Cléo von ihrer Großmutter ausgerechnet dorthin geholt: in eine geheimnisvolle Akademie auf einem Gletscher mitten in den Alpen.

Todo lo que necesitás saber sobre literatura para la infancia no es solo un libro; es el lugar de encuentro de aquel abuelo, hermano, padre, docente, bibliotecario con la historia que, en alguna oportunidad, le acercó a un niño y que, sin saberlo, puso la llave indicada en la cerradura de la memoria lectora de ese pequeño. Esa chispa bastó para encender la llama de la lectura.

Los cinco primos vuelven a pasar un verano en Martín Muñoz de las Posadas y tienen que descubrir nuevos misterios. En esta ocasión hay un rebaño de ovejas y un cardenal que aparecen y desaparecen ante sus ojos. ¿Serán fantasmas? ¿Visiones alienígenas? Y entretanto surgen los amores, las salidas con la pandilla, algún que otro enfado.