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Dory is brand-new to her neighborhood, so it's a good thing she has a pet monster to keep her company. When she tells the mailman about her monster, he doesn't believe her. Dory begins to get angry that he's not taking her seriously, so she opens up the mailbox to show him the monster—only to find that the mailbox is empty! Is Dory's monster real, or part of her imagination?

This collection of spine-chilling stories is sure to scare you silly. A movie about alien invasion transforms into real life. A hunt in a snowy forest suddenly turns dangerous when a monster appears. A great-aunt comes back from the dead, just in time for a little girl's birthday party.

A game of tag turns monstrous one night in the forested village of Pine Bluff, where kids who are "it" for too long transform into something terrifying. When little Mateo goes missing after being "it," the kids begin to worry who the next victim will be—only to discover that the truth may be scarier than they thought! Follow along with Mateo and others in this collection of scary stories.

Having grown up watching her dad tend their lawn, Lisa has always wondered: Where does the poison in weed killer go after the weeds die? When Lisa has a dream one night about a monster that lives below their yard, she doesn't think anything of it - until she goes outside sees a grass goblin and plants with teeth and horrible, gleaming eyes. Is Lisa doomed forever or will she stop the yard madness?

Siblings Kareem and Amina are dreading a night with their neighbor and babysitter Old Mrs. Heeley. The only good thing is, she always brings cupcakes. But when they go to get a tasty treat, Kareem and Amina find that the cupcakes seem to be devouring one another. Will Kareem and Amina be able to stop the madness before the zombie cupcakes take over?

A strange, silent girl who only appears in phone pictures. A school prank with a Christmas elf that goes terribly wrong. A piece of chalk that draws frighteningly fast. A boy's bone-tingling encounter with the world's most awesome toothpaste!

In this collection of spine-chilling tales, a doll comes to life and haunts a little girl, a young writer only has one hundred words to let others know about an approaching danger, and a boy is trapped in an underground bunker with spooky people who have been missing for years and years.

An engrossing collection of stories from one of Australia's most loved fantasy writers and creator of the acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles. A girl is sent across the world to discover her destiny in the dark tunnels of the Metro. Another seeks a lost sister in a park where winter lasts forever. A young man fulfils a dying wish. A mother works magic to summon a true princess for her son. A man seeks an ending to his story. An old man goes in search of his shadow. This is a world of desire and transformation, the real and the not real, from the queen of modern fantasy.

This bundle includes The Wicked Cat, The Deadly Past, and The Hidden Beast.

This bundle includes Aliens in the Sky, The Cold People, and The Witch's Revenge.

This bundle includes The Dark Corner, Pan's Realm, and The Wishing Stone.

A young school teacher learns about strange lights in a foreboding marsh; a nurse in a remote outport visits the baby she delivered weeks before to find a devastating change; a woman meets a mysterious funeral procession late one evening; a musician falls thrall to a group of strange little people and can’t stop playing. The stories in Spirited Away are populated by the fairy-led, by changelings, by people who stray onto fairy turf and experience unnerving events.

O noapte de vară, un luminiș într-o pădure întunecată, o bătrână misterioasă lângă un rug arzând și, în fața ei, câinele Rocky, Sânziana și prietenii lor curajoși. Au trecut prin probe de foc și pericolul încă pândește pe tărâmul fermecat al Pădurii Negur. Vor reuși ei să-și descopere puterile și să învingă forțele răului? Citiți aici noile aventuri ale teckelului Rocky și ale protejatei sale, care e un pic mai mult decât o simplă fată de doisprezece ani.

Anna's science teacher really gets on her nerves – but is that a good enough reason to turn her into a giant rat? With a big, angry rat on the loose, Anna soon realises she's made a bad mistake. How will she turn it back into her teacher? And can she do it quickly, before anyone finds out that she's an apprentice witch? Anna can't admit what she's done, so no one can help her with her big, furry problem – or can they? Sometimes even witches need a little help from their friends!

This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen best-selling middle-grade authors - including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jennifer A. Nielsen - who have created original short stories and modern-day fairy tales based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: They have very big hopes and dreams, and they are all cancer patients.

Mais voilà que sa cousine, la princePeste égoïste Marie-Contensuisse débarque au château. Elle a un projet maléfique qui risque de mettre en péril le fragile équilibre de la nature. L'arbre cinq-centenaire, le serpent de mer, et les abeilles qui font du bon miel dans les jardins du château vont appeler Lola-Loup au secours ! Lola-Loup a trois nouvelles copines formidables grâce auxquelles elle est devenue responsable et respectueuse du monde qui l'entoure.

Bliver Raritys butik i Canterlot en ægte succes? Hvordan lykkes det Applejack og Fluttershy at løse et venskabsproblem i Las Pegasus? Får Cutie mark-klubben nogensinde deres Cutie Marks? Og lykkes det for Twilight Sparkle og Starlight Glimmer at redde Krystalhjertet, så den første naturligt fødte Alicorn i Equestria kan blive krystaldøbt? Få svaret på dette og meget andet i disse 12 korte historier, der bygger på afsnit fra den elskede tv-serie om My Little Pony.

La princesse Élisabeth est belle et vit dans un château. Elle doit épouser le prince Ronald. Mais un dragon détruit son château, brûle sa jolie robe et emporte le prince. Élisabeth va flatter la vanité du dragon pour s'en défaire et délivrer Ronald. Sera-t-il digne d'elle ? Un classique en Amérique du Nord.

Francesca Cavallo, una de las creadoras del fenómeno Cuentos de buenas noches para Niñas Rebeldes, les habla en este libro a todos, pero en especial a los niños. El mundo futuro es también de ellos. Por eso necesitan historias nuevas que les ayuden a darle forma. Este libro ha llegado desde los rincones más apartados del universo, ahí donde sólo llega tu imaginación.

Jim May grew up in the 1950's, among farm people who had lived along Illinois's Nippersink Creek for generations. Stories told around the kitchen tables, front porches, and horse-trading barns brought laughs, inspired love, and helped ease the sometimes tragic turn of life's events. Speaking in the familiar voice of a longtime neighbor, May shares humorous and affecting events, as well as his Chicago Emmy Award winning tribute to his father, "A Bell for Shorty".