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Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an extraordinary audiobook featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra...

Explore the life and career of Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King-awarded author and illustrator Kadir Nelson.

Award-winning creator Kadir Nelson delivers the perfect gift for basketball fans of any age—a beautifully illustrated history of the game and its key players over the years—in this companion to his bestselling We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Basketball has evolved by...

Un joven descubre una amenaza monstruosa en la librería de un amigo: el diabólico Hombre Lomo, una criatura espeluznante formada por los lomos de libros misteriosos. Solo el Bibliotecario de la Muerte tiene el valor de salvarlos, pero nadie sabe dónde se encuentra el héroe y ¡los Hombres Lomo están listos para atacar!

El libro más aterrador de la Biblioteca Maldita contiene solo una frase, pero quien la lee, se desvanece. El libro está perdido en un pequeño pueblo, en el suelo de un autobús donde cualquiera puede encontrarlo y abrirlo.

After Quentin's bike breaks down in a strange town, he and his friend become surrounded by feral cats.

Whenever Mark puts his new, ultra-rare trading card into play, bad things happen to his opponents after the game has ended.

As Damon helps pack up his sickly grandfather's belongings, he stumbles upon a strange map that leads directly to a nearby graveyard.

Join us for a delightful tale of Tommy, a wealthy boy from Virginia who has always reveled in the joys of Christmas abundance. However, when he realizes that his toys fail to bring him true happiness, he begins to empathize with his less fortunate neighbor, Johnny. Through this heartwarming journey, Tommy learns that genuine joy comes not from receiving, but from the act of giving. - Summary by Miles Smith

Nelson Schreck hält sich für das gruseligste Gespenst der Pumpkin High. Doch sein Widersacher Amadeus van Thom ist da ganz anderer Meinung und fordert Nelson zu einer Mutprobe heraus: Er soll beweisen, wie Furcht einflößend er ist, indem er mit einem der unsichtbaren Aufzüge der Gruselbehörde in die Menschenwelt fährt und dort ein Kind erschreckt. Leider geht das gehörig schief! Denn Nelson wird von Lilly entdeckt, die ihn überhaupt nicht schaurig findet. Als sie ihm dann auch noch in die Geisterwelt folgt, ist das Chaos perfekt.

Alcune delle più antiche storie africane vengono restituite con voci nuove ai bambini dell'Africa e del mondo, dopo aver viaggiato per molti...

Cat Wilcox has left chilly Boston for sunny Mexico and a summer of girl bonding with her best friend, Sabrina. But Sabrina has a surprise. She is accompanied by her boyfriend—a boyfriend Cat didn’t even know existed. So rather than Sabrina and Cat spending their study-abroad semester working...

In this intimate and inspiring novel about the power of art and the value of community, award-winning author and former New Yorker Colleen Nelson brings life and liveliness to an eccentric cast of New York City neighbors. Middle-schooler and New Yorker Roxy Markowski wants to tell the truth fearlessly and powerfully, just like her idols at Veracity News.

Jessica a 10 ans, son père est gardien de prison. Mais pas de n'importe laquelle... tout près de chez elle est enfermé Nelson Mandela. Quand son ami, David, est victime de l'apartheid, elle comprend que ce vieux monsieur représente l'espoir d'un monde plus juste. Une adaptation immersive, tout en musique et en sons, de la collection Romans Doc histoire à destination des petits mais aussi des grands.

Eine dreistimmige Lesung so kraftvoll und emotional wie ein Raketenstart. Die USA fiebern dem Start des Spaceshuttles Challenger entgegen. Gleichzeitig besuchen drei Geschwister in Delaware, Texas, die 7. Klasse und sind auf ihren eigenen Umlaufbahnen unterwegs: Der zwölfjährige Fitch verbringt jeden Nachmittag mit Flipperspielen und kämpft gegen sein explosives Temperament. Bird, seine Zwillingsschwester, träumt davon, die erste Shuttle-Kommandantin der NASA zu werden. Und ihr dreizehnjähriger Bruder Cash droht, ein zweites Mal in der 7. Klasse durchzurasseln.

This is a story from the Famous People in History collection.

A book at bedtime - or any time of the day! Danny Stack reads out the novelisation of Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? On their annual summer camp holiday, four misfit kids suspect that the park's mascot has been murdered! But no-one believes them so they start to investigate... Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?

Help your children grow closer to the Lord with Every Day with Jesus, the first devotional for children from beloved pastor Dr. Charles Stanley. In his first-ever devotional for children, Dr. Charles Stanley takes young readers his message to spend time each day with Jesus to develop a strong...

Partons à l'aube pour une balade dessins-musique dans le grand blanc et sous le ciel glacé. À travers les paysages de neige pure, d'arbres pastels ou toujours verts, on entend parmi les bruits et le silence de la neige, les chansons et histoires slamées de Nelson. Comme des contes originels, elles sont peuplées d'une faune tranquille, magique et maline, d'humains qui parlent l'inuktitut, et de belles louves qui chantent à la lune. Et, sous les étoiles, on dansera autour du feu pour fêter la nature préservée.

The kids in room 207 don't know how lucky they are to have a nice teacher like Miss Nelson - until their misbehavior causes her disappearance, and they get Miss Viola Swamp for a substitute.