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At first, Jim is excited by the new job his friend Magda offers him. But when the job is done, they meet a stranger on the road. Someone who turns everything upside down. Listen, enjoy and learn through story. "English shorts – Stories to improve your English" come in three levels. This story...

The year is 2425. Centuries after a catastrophic meteor collision, nature has retaken the earth. In a small town in what was once England, young Ocean Mooney and the monkey-owning Duke Smiff have just dug up a 400 year-old tablet computer. Meanwhile, in the present day, Thomas Reeve and his genius cousin Kylie create the Time Tablet – a device which they hope will allow them to communicate with the future. But when the Time Tablet malfunctions live on television, Thomas and Kylie are sucked into the year 2425 – and have only 24 hours to return home, and save the future of humanity.

Eko is in trouble! The dark wizard Maldred has trapped her with a powerful spell. To free her, Drake and Rori must find the Time Dragon. But a sneaky imp sends Drake traveling back in time! Will Drake be able to save Eko...or will he be stuck in the past forever?

The land of Jarell's ancestors is still not safe, and he must return if he is to stop the sorcerer Ikala from gaining power. Together with the help of Kimisi and their new ally Bo-de, the trio must journey to a city of clay if they are to find what they need to defeat their enemy.

An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time, she imagines...

Unlikely hero Jarell has proven himself a warrior -- defender of the Kingdom of Ulfrika. He's gathered three of the four iron animals of the staff of Kundi which will unlock the powers he needs to defeat the evil wizard Ikala. There's only one way to save the legendary kingdom -- beat Ikala in the god Oufula's deadly competition and win the prized Iron Eagle, defeating the wizard once and for all. Can Jarell rise to the greatest challenge yet to rescue his friends and the magical land he loves from certain doom?

When Jarell discovers that the fantasy world he is obsessed with doodling is actually real, he is launched into an incredible adventure. Ulfrika, the land of his ancestors, is in trouble and he is the hero they need. In this second book, he must return to Ulfrika to prevent the rise of the sorcerer Ikala. Kimisi takes him to the court of the river goddess and they strike a deal. If they help her by finding a cure for a terrible curse, she will give them the Iron Crocodile for the staff of Kundiata.

Jarell has never quite known where he belongs. He's ignored at home and teased at school for wanting to draw instead of playing sports with the other boys. The only place he's ever felt truly at ease is his local barbershop where the owner hangs Jarell's art up on the walls. When Jarell discovers a hidden portal in the barbershop, he's transported to a magical world that's unlike anything he's seen before. But it's not just the powerful gods and dangerous creatures that makes this world different—it's that everyone believes Jarell is the hero they've been waiting for.

Brought to you by Puffin. A laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure featuring Trixie Pickle, the Banksy of her school. Trixie loves art and hates bullies - and so decides to become an Art Avenger, righting wrongs at her school through art. She uses Picasso, Pollock and Ofili to teach bullies a...

It's 1996, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM. Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on--and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future. Everybody wonders...

Jules y sus amigos están muy emocionados por participar en un concurso para diseñar la Ciudad del Futuro, en la que los jóvenes quieren plasmar todos sus deseos y ambiciones. Sin embargo, los enemigos del progreso intentarán por todos los medios que no entreguen el proyecto. Por si fuera poco, los aventureros del siglo XXI están convencidos de que el padre de Caroline es uno de los miembros de la Orden Contra el Progreso. Una extraña muerte, una carta falsificada y un hospital psiquiátrico siniestro complicarán aún más las cosas.

Dive into the heartbeat of a cultural revolution with Hip Hop for Our Future, an audiobook that explores the transformative power of hip hop music and its profound impact on generations past, present, and future.

James Ponti's City Spies meets Stuart Gibbs's Spy School in this fun, action-packed sequel that follows young inventor and secret Illuminati spy Maddie on a thrilling new adventure. Super spies reporting for duty! When Maddie Robinson and her team are assigned a new super secret mission to...

*Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Award* "Delivers all the joys of a classic new-kid-at-school story. . . . Wu liu may be an invented martial art, but Lien's descriptions of fantastically beautiful complicated moves and spins will doubtless inspire many young readers to wish it were real."...

La casa era disabitata da anni, per lo meno da quanto ricordavano Greg e i ragazzi. Sarà stato per questo che in città si raccontavano strane storie su Villa Coffman, che avevano per protagonisti fantasmi inconsolabili o crudeli assassini assetati di sangue che in quelle stanze si erano macchiati di efferati delitti.

"McDonald has a wonderful sense of how eight-year-olds think and behave, and the irrepressible Judy is completely believable.” ( Booklist); >“Established fans and new readers will enjoy this adventure. Amusing black-and-white watercolors capture the humor and the girl’s inimitable spirit. Prediction: another winner starring Judy Moody.” ( School Library Journal); “Judy Moody Predicts the Future is the famously temperamental third-grader’s fourth adventure.... Here Judy, equipped with a mood ring, convinces herself and her classmates...."

Imagining The Future is coming!

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In this family created comedy by Emmy nominated screenwriter/actor Rob Tinkler & his kids (Snoopy In Space, Cyberchase, Cat In The Hat Knows a Lot About That), two children come from the future to visit their lazy and flawed future father to try and "fix" all of his faults before they are born! Discover our other family friendly series at www.herocomplex.ca INSTAGRAM: @herocomplex.ca

Get whisked away through time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in the #1 bestselling series--and meet famous Founding Father and inventor Ben Franklin! Jack and Annie know all about Ben Franklin. He was a Founding Father, a journalist, and a famous inventor! When the magic tree house...