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There are too many dragons in Skoki's world for her liking. Luckily, she meets a new friend who introduces her to a different creature.

Kitsune are fox spirits that take on human form and play tricks on people. One such man fell in love with a kitsune disguised as a beautiful woman.

Obwohl Prinzessin von Geburt, lebt Aedlyn in Armut von ihren Schneiderarbeiten. Die Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben ergibt sich, als sich der wohlhabende Prinz Jarus auf die Suche nach einer Braut macht. Aber bösartige Rivalinnen und die absonderliche Erbsenprobe drohen, das Glück zu vereiteln.

Tamitha has been kidnapped by a dragon! Now she is stuck in his castle and has to do all of his chores. Tamitha meets all of the other animals that are stuck in the castle, and together they come up with a plan to escape the castle and teach the dragon a lesson!

Mikoto is turning 10, which means she finally gets her own dragon! There’s only one problem—will her dragon be red like her American father's? Or blue like her Japanese mother's? As Mikoto waits for her dragon to arrive, she thinks about her identity and culture from Japan. Will her dragon help her accept who she really is?

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!

Tamitha is watching a horror movie marathon when there is a strange knock on her door. After finding a vampire outside, Tamitha is forced to turn him away. Now she must spend the rest of the night battling the vampire's silly attempts to come into her house. After many disguises and ruses to get inside, Tamitha finally agrees to allow him inside. Will she regret her actions? Will she be able to finish her horror movie marathon? By the end of the night, Tamitha finds a new friend and the vampire finds a new lease on life.

In this sci-fi mystery story, a gang of crime-fighting kids try to figure out who stole a shipment of iMod devices on the moon. These private investigators visit the megastore chain Star Mart, where they suspect one of the workers on the loading dock is guilty of the crime.

Megan, her brother Zack, and their dog Tobi are camping in the forest when Tobi chases a squirrel away. Megan follows Tobi into the woods and see a large shadow of a shaggy-haired creature…

Do you know how a star is born? Meet Stella, the star! Follow her as she shows you how stars form, live, and eventually go supernova! You will learn these processes as you meet her family—the Sun, Big Blue, and Supergiant. You will see how these different kinds of stars are able to use forces, such as gravity, atoms, and different elements help to create the beautiful night sky. Stella will help you understand how the millions of stars are able to dazzle you every night.

Yuka discovers a book that can bring a dragon to life!

Jaina has a problem. It's a big problem. It's a rumbling, grumbling problem. There's a dragon in her tree house!

The lamiak are part-humans believed to possess gold. In this folktale, a midwife helps deliver a lamia's baby. In return, the lamia offers her gifts that will bring her good fortune. But the midwife's human flaws get the best of her.

Until she finishes her laundry, Anna won't be chased away by an ice troll!

A pine tree is unhappy with its needles and wishes for different types of leaves instead. A fairy grants the tree its wishes, but the results are disappointing.

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...

Hop in your rocket ship for a trip to the stars! In this fantasy rhyming poem about flying through space, listeners will visit Mars, the purple kitties of the planet Fuzz, and an asteroid inhabited by dinosaurs—all in plenty of time to return home for lunch!

Forfatteren Maria Gripe fortæller i Skarnbassen flyver i skumringen historien om de tre teenagere Jonas, Annika og David og deres sommerferie i en lille by i Smålandet, hvor de passer et gammelt hus for en aldrende kvinde. Sælsomme ting sker i huset og de oplever lidt af hvert - en båndoptager med hviskende stemmer på, en gammel dame der vil spille skak i telefonen, en mystisk egyptisk statue og en blå blomst, der har sit eget liv.

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.