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Sandy Fin and his best friend Lily are enjoying life by the sea, after saving Portwhistle and its marine life from Albo Start's aquapark. Suddenly, odd things start to occur: an escaped convict is on the loose, curious mounds of sand appear on the beach. Strangest of all are reported sightings of the Phantom Diver – a figure of Portwhistle legend, long believed to be a figment of the most inventive imagination! Suspicious, Sandy and Lily dive, snoop and climb their way through the mystery towards the Phantom Diver's true identity.

When her friend Claire begs her to, Margo the octopus agrees to take part in a sea fashion show. But when Margo is nervous, she squirts ink. Will Margo's nerves make her ruin her dress?

The story of a girl whose strange life in a mysterious lighthouse is turned upside down when her mother's murder leads her to a hidden door - and a mission into an alternate world. Hannah Silver has a secret. She can sense things that other people can't, like the cotton-candy smell of a bad sign, or the weightless touch of an approaching storm. Or the warm, smooth voices of people who aren't really there. In the Cliff House, secrets of all kinds float through the air and bounce off the walls.

In the tumult of 1970s New York City, seventh graders are bussed from their neighborhood in Queens to integrate a new school in South Jamaica. Jamila Clarke. Josie Rivera. Francesca George. Three mixed-race girls, close friends whose immigrant parents worked hard to settle their families in a...

December, 1961, Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East—with Marta's home on the Communist Bloc-controlled eastern side. January, 1989, Now a spray-painted concrete monolith, the Berlin Wall bisects the city. Kurt, a young East Berliner, often wonders what those living on the other side must think of their unseen neighbors. Do they hate the people of East Germany as completely as Kurt has been instructed to hate them?

Artem lives in the sleepy city of Stalingrad, which has mostly been cut off from war with Nazi Germany—until the summer of 1942. That July, martial law is declared as the Nazis begin their unprecedented march toward the city. Artem's older brother is a soldier in Stalin's Red Army, so Artem is worried for his brother's safety once he and his family have evacuated the city. Then the announcement comes. Stalin has ordered that no civilians be allowed to leave Stalingrad.

Twelve-year-old Arlo is afraid of fire, creepy TV shows, and even his own shadow—but most of all, he’s afraid of losing his mother to the disease that nearly claimed her life a year ago. During a Thanksgiving road trip, a sudden collision with a strange beast in the middle of the road totals the family’s car, and Arlo, his mom, and his sister end up stranded in a small town called Livermore. But there’s something off about this place.

Le ragazze iniziano la gara ma, superata una curva, scorgono una sagoma spaventosa. Un drago? Un mostro marino? Spaventate si precipitano a casa di Barbie e Skipper, che nel frattempo si stavano godendo un bel bagno in piscina, e raccontano loro l'accaduto. Le investigatrici non si lasciano intimidire e decidono di risolvere il mistero come una vera squadra. Riusciranno a scoprire cosa si nasconde dietro la mostruosa apparizione? Vivi fantastiche avventure con Barbie e i suoi amici!

Muscle Man McGinty can certainly tell some whoppers, but this time he's done the unthinkable. He bragged he can beat the entire block in a game of kickball! On Ramble Street, tough talk about kickball cannot be ignored. For Tamara Ann Simpson, however, this is great news. Now she'll finally be able to prove to everyone what a wormy little runt Muscle Man really is. Of course things would be a lot easier if her best friend Kebsie Grobser were here to help her.

Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than 100 miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of Sicily. There, she took up natural history and solved the two-thousand-year-old mystery of how the argonaut octopus gets its shell. In an era when most research focused on dead specimens, Jeanne was determined to experiment on living animals. And to keep sea creatures alive for her studies, she had to invent a contraption to hold them: the aquarium.

L'audiolibro inizia con la storia di un uomo che 100 anni fa cambiò il clima del suo paese piantando tantissimi alberi. Il protagonista decide di scappare da quel libro ormai dimenticato per diffondere il suo messaggio al mondo e i bambini lo incontrano nel bosco. Prende vita una storia nella storia: un'esperienza realmente accaduta nel bosco con figuranti in carne ed ossa, uno per ogni emozione, nella magia della sorpresa, allestita per i bambini delle scuole elementari. È una favola vera che mira a dipingere un quadro più nitido della conoscenza delle nostre emozioni.

Return to Sunrise Lagoon in this warmhearted sequel, which finds anxious middle child Marina making waves on her journey to trusting herself. If you want to get to know Marina Ali-O'Connor, you need to know three things: One, despite her name, Marina is secretly afraid of the water. Two, she...

From Case Closed author Lauren Magaziner and artist Mirelle Ortega comes the first book in a new middle grade fantasy series. Full of action, adventure, and friendship, a team of five girls must stop a powerful villain by finding their mythical familiars. It’s Pairing Day in Terrafamiliar!...

Te presentamos a Popocha, una niña tierna y solidaria. Seguramente mientras estés leyendo esta historia, te sentirás identificado con ella, ya que aprenderás que en la apertura y aceptación del otro, con paciencia y amor, es como se crean verdaderos momentos de paz y armonía...

Friendships are forever. Love knows no bounds. The supernatural graces the everyday in unexpected ways. These themes have made Alice Hoffman a cherished best selling author across the country.

When Lillie spends the summer in Wales with her family, she can’t help but feel like the baby of the group. Her big sister Frankie would rather spend time with their older cousin Lana than play with her, and no one else seems to notice how lonely she is. Then during a boat trip, Lillie spots a young dolphin swimming alongside them and for a short while all her worries melt away.

Supposedly an escape from Ocean World can never happen, but a group of injured and physically challenged marine mammals recuperating at the park wants to go home. Against all odds, with an outrageous plan and teamwork, they miraculously escape to freedom. On a journey filled with danger, the escapees encounter a couple of adventurous children, a magnificent sea creature, and her unpredictable twin. This unlikely group of characters forms a unique family and ends up on a challenging mission with a vital message they must share with the world.

Dina and Lightbulb find a cleaning station where small fish don't get eaten by predators. They learn the importance of working together to keep everyone healthy.

In this classic story from Eric Carle, Hermit Crab grows out of one house after another as he searches for the perfect home. Children who must change schools, move to a new town, or even graduate to a new grade in school will relate to Hermit Crab’s situation and take heart as they see that growing up isn’t really so scary after all.

Este es un libro muy especial y muy espacial, ya que toda la acción transcurre en el espacio y además los protagonistas son solo niños. Pero no son niños a lomos de una vaca con alas ni sufren pesadillas producidas por una indigestión de melocotones porque su autor, Luis Ruiz de Gopegui, es un científico. Este es su primer libro dedicado a los niños y en él nos cuenta todo lo que razonablemente habría que hacer para llegar al planeta Marte. Luis lo sabe bien porque siguió desde la estación espacial de la NASA en España las operaciones que hicieron posible la llegada del hombre a la Luna.