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At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen in the city park on a pedestal of ice. The doctor says his heart is beating, but no one can wake him. Finn’s big sister, Bianca, suspects the beautiful sparkling book Finn got from the library has something to do with it all but the mysterious book has vanished and no one will listen. As more children are frozen, Bianca realises she’s running out of time.

Banished! Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly about on her broomstick crying "Heh-Heh!" and casting abracadabras, but now she has been sent away, by two young girls. Amy and Clarissa love to tell stories about Old Witch, until one day they decide she is just too mean and wicked. Drawing a rickety old house upon a barren glass hill, the girls exile Old Witch there with the warning that she'd better be good - or else no Halloween.

Ein Fantasieabenteuer voller Liebe, Magie und lustiger Begegnungen. Ideal auch fürs Vorlesen geeignet. Die Geschichte ist eigenständig und kann gelesen werden, ohne den ersten Band gelesen zu haben. Auch der zweite Band des magischen Adventskalenders ist abenteuerlich und spannend und garantiert nichts für kleine Angsthasen. Inhalt: Ein Jahr ist seit dem ersten Abenteuer vergangen und Paolo und Lara können es kaum erwarten, das erste Türchen des magischen Adventskalenders zu öffnen. Doch es gibt wieder unerwartete Schwierigkeiten.

Cat and her friends are preparing for Halloween night in Clonbridge. While they are planning their routes for trick-or-treating, a troop of fairies and supernatural creatures are also making plans for their annual Revels at Ráth Glas, a ringfort outside Clonbridge. These fairy folk enjoy mischief and chaos and have a tendency to steal human children and swap them with fairies or Stocks. As Cat and her granny have the gift of Sight, they’re aware that something special is happening in the town this Halloween.

'Twas the night before Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge was alone, when suddenly he heard a ghostly moan. A ghost it was, took him back to the past, then to the present and future days in hope that Scrooge would mend his ways.

The Snow Queen is one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales. When young Kay is stolen away and cursed with a frozen heart, his closest friend Gerda must make her way across the daunting landscape (with the help of a strange assortment of people and animals) to free him from the palace of the Snow Queen.

Papà, mamma, figlio, figlia, un cane o un gatto. Il tutto tenuto insieme da una colla invisibile. È questa la famiglia terrestre secondo gli abitanti del fluorescente pianeta Ottta, che vivono immersi nella tristezza e sono destinati a completa solitudine. Decisi a salvare la loro civiltà dal declino, gli Otttiani mandano in missione il giovane Lotsi sulla Terra, durante la notte di Halloween, quando il suo aspetto da alieno passa del tutto inosservato. Lotsi si aggrega a due sorelle, Luna e Clio, e insieme a loro passa di casa in casa per chiedere: "Dolcetto o scherzetto?".

"Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte: Die Schneekönigin" erzählt von der Schneekönigin, die einen kleinen Jungen Karl entführt und das Mädchen Gretchen, die viele spannende Abenteuer auf der Suche nach ihm erlebt. Es ist eine weihnachtliche Geschichte über das Gute und Böse. Für Kinder, wie auch Erwachsene durchaus hörenswert.

Step into the enchanting world of “T’was the Night” where Christmas comes alive in the heartwarming embrace of the Townsend family. This delightful tale invites listeners to experience the magic of the holiday season through the eyes of a family whose traditions and love shine as brightly as the twinkling lights on the tree. As the family slumbers in the wee hours of the night, the ornaments spring to life, embarking on a journey of discovery to learn the true essence of Christmas.

Der Tannenbaum, das ist ein ganz ausgebuffter. Der reißt sich mit seinen Wurzeln aus dem Boden und läuft davon. So können ihm die Holzfäller nichts tun. Doch: so entwurzelt wird er nicht weit kommen. Er wird Wasser brauchen und der Boden ist hartgefroren und guter Rat gefragt, wie er da so durch den Wald läuft. Viele Freunde wird er finden, aber auch so manches Abenteuer überstehen. Und am Ende kommt alles ganz anders als erwartet. Aber das ist noch ein Geheimnis!

Travel with the author in this delightful children's adaption of The Carol and the True Folk Legend of Jack Frost as he goes back in time to heaven and witnesses the herald angels, created for the sole purpose of making up hymns to herald the coming of Christ.