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Jack loves his childhood toy Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens - DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life...even toys. And Jack’s newest toy - the Christmas Pig (DP’s annoying replacement) - has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost and to save the best friend Jack has ever known....

Just when the perfect mystery arises, Simone goes missing. This sounds like a job for Tabitha the Undercover Moth!

When orphaned Anthea Cross-Thornley receives a letter from a long-lost uncle, she wonders if she will finally find a true home. But she is shocked to learn that her uncle secretly breeds horses - animals that have been forbidden in her kingdom for centuries. More alarming is Anthea’s strange ability to sense the horses' thoughts and feelings, an ancient gift called The Way. Confused and terrified, Anthea is desperate to leave, but when her family and kingdom are put at risk, can she embrace The Way and the exciting future it might bring her?

A fun-filled collection of three fabulously funny audio stories, inspired by much-loved classic characters, and brilliantly read by the author himself, Michael Rosen! Ideal listening for children aged 3+, whether at home or on the move! A wonderfully entertaining audio collection of funny...

It is three days since Laura Brooke—aka LB-—and her mother Annie, a pilot for Rainbow International Airlines, moved to Rome, Italy. Homeschooled and traveling is her only education. It's worked for ten years until LB discoveres she has a gift: Conversing with animals.

Dofi le dauphin rose part visiter la mer. Que va-t-il découvrir ? Qui va-t-il rencontrer ? De nouveaux amis et de passionnantes aventures ! Ce conte pour enfants en français raconte les aventures d'un petit dauphin pas comme les autres qui s'en va découvrir le vaste monde. Cela ne se fera pas sans quelques péripéties et rencontres inattendues ! Un conte qui parle de la différence et de l'importance de l'ancrage.

Snow White and Red Rose are two little girls living with their mother, a poor widow, in a small cottage. They are very good little girls, they love each other dearly, and their mother is very fond of them. Dark-haired Red Rose is outspoken and cheerful and loves to play outside. Fair-haired Snow White is quiet and shy and prefers doing housework and reading.

Snow White has lost her teddy bear. Taking the magic talking mirror from the wall, she sets off into the forest to find him, where – one after another – she makes friends with some real bears! The bears offer to help Snow White, but they are much more interested in having fun – will she ever find her teddy? A delightfully funny story packed full of boisterous bears!

A fabulously funny take on a classic story from two giants of children’s books! Little Red Riding Hood – who is not-so-little anymore! – is riding her pony through the woods to visit Granny for a picnic and a surprise. Now that she is bigger, she feels much braver than the last time she...

Titchy-witch loves her pet dragon but she's only allowed to keep him while he's still small. When the dragon begins to grow big, Titchy-witch needs an extra-special spell to save her precious pet.

All is quiet on the farm - until Dog starts to SNORE! Cow and Cat and Sheep and Pig and Dog and all the little Piglets are woken by the noise. Will they ever get back to sleep?

Christmas is coming, and what Leo wants more than anything in the world is a pet hamster. And guess what? He gets one on Christmas morning! Leo names his new pet Hampstead, after an autocorrect mistake on his wish list. Everything is great, that is, until Leo realizes that Hampstead is down in the dumps. What can Leo do to cheer Hampstead up?

The seventh animal in the hilarious AWESOME ANIMALS series – awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. It’s a HUGE surprise when Farmer Palmer chooses Lewie the llama to guard his new lambs. It’s the most important job on the farm and everyone thought he’d pick the biggest strongest...

Israeli Independence Day is coming up and the mayor is planning a celebration. He asks Shmulik to make a mural in the park, and Shmulik agrees. But he can't decide what to paint! Maybe his dog, Ezra, can help!

A fabulously funny take on a classic story from two giants of children’s books! Goldilocks and her little dog are off on an adventure, looking for that house again – the one with the chairs, the porridge and beds. The sound of the sea calls to them and before they know it, they have found...

A family - a mother, a father, and their 10-year-old son - have come all the way from Florida to the Appalachian foothills to experience the wonder of a snowy weekend. But when a blizzard suddenly descends, the family finds themselves trapped outside, disoriented in the whiteout and the waist-deep snowdrifts. Panicked, exhausted, and freezing, they cry out for help.

Rigatoni the Pasta Cat: Rigatoni is a cat that loves pasta. He loves it so much, he eats it every day. But when his owners have to go away, they leave someone else in charge of dinner. Rigatoni doesn’t get any pasta to eat at all. Hampstead the Hamster: Christmas is coming, and what Leo wants more than anything in the world is a pet hamster. And guess what? He gets one on Christmas morning! Leo names his new pet Hampstead, after an autocorrect mistake on his wish list. Everything is great, that is, until Leo realises that Hampstead is down in the dumps.

Told in English and Spanish, Freckles is his little girl's best friend. He is a puppy who loves to play with toys and chase his tail. His next-door neighbors are the dog Carl and a cat named Kitty. Shelley is another dog friend of Freckles. Freckles enjoys bath time and hide and seek.

First published in 1881, the subtitle of this book tells us that it was written “for children and those who love children”. Heidi, a 5-year-old orphan, is handed off by her young Aunt Dete to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Though her new life is foreign, Heidi soon falls in love with her grandfather, and he with her. They share a contented life of goat-herding. But when Grandfather refuses to allow Heidi to attend school in the small village below, quarrels ensue.

A Beatrix Potter Collection, narrated by Trisha Rose, contains 23 stories. Although Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) had a wide variety of interests, she is best known today for her children's stories, featuring casts of animals to be found in the English countryside.