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Learn all about the ice age and wooly mammoths in this prehistoric themed instalment of DKs' new educational fiction series for children. Meet the Secret Explorers - a band of brainiac kids from all around the world. Everyone in this diverse group of young experts has a speciality, from outer...

This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Alexandre Dumas will introduce children to beloved characters from the original novel and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic.

After reading about Amelia Earhart in her friend’s scrapbook, 12-year-old Ginny Ross decides to become a pilot. It’s 1930, and luckily, the airstrip in her hometown of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, is a popular launching point for intrepid aviators setting out on transatlantic flights. But how will Ginny’s dream take flight when her mother—and society in general—so fiercely believes a woman’s place is in the home?

This stunning audiobook from the survival story master, set along a rugged coastline centuries ago, does for the ocean what Hatchet does for the woods, as it relates the story of a young person’s battle to stay alive against the odds, where the high seas meet a coastal wilderness. When a...

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray...

Amunet es una niña que vive en El Cairo con sus padres y su perrito Bisu. Una mañana cuando va a dar de comer a su cachorro, en vez de a su perrito se encuentra con un señor gordito y calvo con bigote que le dice: -Mi nombre es Bes, aunque tú y tu familia me llamáis Bisu. En realidad, no soy ningún perro, soy un dios menor que desde hace siglos tiene como misión proteger a los niños de todo mal. Me envía Isis la diosa egipcia, que necesita que la ayudes a proteger a su marido Osiris de una conspiración para matarle.

Bloomsbury presents When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr, read by Maya Grant. WINNER: Wales Book of the Year 2023 A STIRRING HISTORICAL MYSTERY SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF LOST SECRETS The First World War has ended, but it hasn’t gone away...

It's 1940, and Britain is on the brink of invasion. Londoner George has been sent to live in the countryside while his brother and guardian, Charlie, trains to be a pilot - but he's very far from safe. An ancient burial ground nearby contains a priceless treasure, a magical Anglo-Saxon crown Hitler is desperate to possess. Alongside Kitty, the granddaughter of a Jewish archaeologist, George must find and protect the crown from the Nazi invaders before it’s too late.

Tiggy has always had the ocean in her blood, and lately, she's been dreaming of mermaids, but she's a highborn girl on the Isle of Fortune, forced to wear dresses, attend balls and (worst of all) comb her wild curls. But then the Pirate King strikes, wielding deadly turquoise magic, and Tiggy's younger brother is stolen along with every boy on the island. Tiggy knows it is time to claim her destiny, take to the high seas and rescue the boys of Fortune....

England, 1605. Twelve-year-old Tom must save his father from being hanged. He falls in with a mysterious stranger, the Falcon, who promises to help him in exchange for his service. But on the long journey to London, Tom discovers the Falcon's true mission - a plot to blow up king and Parliament with barrels of black powder! Now Tom faces a terrible decision: secure his father's release or stop the assassination of the king....

In 1607, a year after the Virginia Company was granted a charter to establish a settlement in North America, 104 men set sail on a voyage to a new land. Among the brave adventurers who make the journey is a young boy named Samuel Collier, the page of famed Captain John Smith. Disease, famine, and continuing attacks by neighboring Algonquin Native Americans take a tremendous toll on the settlers. Samuel is one of the few to survive the harsh realities of the New World during the first few years of Jamestown. 

From the award-winning author of The Garden of Lost Secrets and The House of One Hundred Clocks, A.M. Howell, comes a gripping new adventure filled with buried secrets and dark lies, set against the evocative backdrop of the Edwardian era. MAY, 1910. As the blazing Halley's comet draws close to...

Il giovane Ilani è destinato a diventare il prossimo Re d'Assiria, padrone del più grande impero dell'antica Mesopotamia. Ma lui non vuole essere il Re spietato che desidera suo padre. Con l'aiuto di Napirasu, una giovane prigioniera dall'animo indipendente, affronterà un pericoloso viaggio dal soffocante palazzo reale fin lungo il fiume Tigri, arrivando alla Grande Palude, dove vivono liberi gli ultimi leoni. Ilani si ribellerà al padre, affronterà nemici e la natura selvaggia per salvare gli animali e scoprire sé stesso.

In this thrilling installment of Lauren Tarshis' New York Times best-selling I Survived series, one child finds safety only to head back into the treacherous waters to make sure his neighbors are safe.

Britain, 1962. Nothing ever happens in World's End Close. So when Stevie discovers a runaway girl in her coal shed, the first thing she does is fetch her best friend, Ray. Both are dying for a bit of adventure, and when the girl begs for help, they readily agree. Yet they soon realise they've taken on more than they bargained for. The girl, Anna, reveals she's on the run from people who are trying to poison her. Meanwhile, on the news, the Americans and Russians are arguing over missiles in Cuba.

Katinka Dashkova is running for her life because everything she knows is changing. Katinka, a dazzling ballerina with a hunched back, and her friends, Alexei the Giant and Nikolai the dwarf, are different. That's why they are part of Peter the Great's Circus of Curiosities. But the Tzar is dead, and they must flee the Winter Palace. Guided by a special map, they set out across Russia running for their lives.

In der Reihe "Abenteurer unserer Zeit" erzählen wir euch diesmal über Wyatt Earp und Doc Holliday - die zwei berühmt-berüchtigten Revolverhelden des Wilden Westens. In dieser zweiten Folge hört ihr "Wyatt Earp und Doc Holliday in Bedrängnis" und "O. K. Corral".

In der Reihe "Abenteurer unserer Zeit" erzählen wir euch diesmal über Wyatt Earp und Doc Holliday - die zwei berühmt-berüchtigten Revolverhelden des Wilden Westens. In der ersten Folge hört ihr "Wyatt Earp räumt auf" und "TOMBSTONE!".

Ein spannendes Abenteuerhörspiel von Hans Paulisch über den berühmten Büffeljäger und Wildwest-Show-Begründer Buffalo Bill!

In der Reihe "Abenteurer unserer Zeit" erzählen wir euch diesmal über Buffalo Bill - den berühmtesten Büffeljäger der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im 19. Jahrhundert. In der zweiten Folge hört ihr "Wie aus Bill Cody Buffalo Bill wurde" und "General Custers Ende am Little Big Horn".