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Rifka's parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York's Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place - the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century - made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl.

Get Up, Stand Up! for the king of reggae music! Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to...

Nothing in wrestling can match the excitement of the main event. It's the match that everyone wants to see, the match that will have fans talking the next day. Author Patrick Jones takes listeners deep inside the world of pro wrestling and shows how its stars - and the wild characters they portray - have turned pro wrestling into a billion-dollar industry. Take a seat and gear up for the greatest show in wrestling - the main event!

The big dog hits the big top and this is no time for clowning around. Clifford needs to save the circus and rescue Emily Elizabeth.

Who doesn't love Lucy? The legendary actress, producer, and comedian steps into the Who Was? spotlight. Much like her hit TV show, I Love Lucy, Americans in the 1950s fell in love with Lucy. Born in New York in 1911, Lucille Ball was always a natural performer. She danced in the chorus of...

Gezegenindeki çiçeğiyle pek anlaşamadığı için biraz uzaklaşmaya karar veren, yolculuğu sırasında Dünya’ya da uğrayan Küçük Prens Sahra Çölü'nde bir pilotla karşılaşır. Kimdir Küçük Prens, neden sürekli sorular sorar, çiçeğiyle neden anlaşamamıştır, gittiği diğer gezegenlerde kimlerle karşılaşmıştır ve neler öğrenmiştir? Bu öyküyü dinlerken Küçük Prens'in yaşadıkları ve öğrendikleri sayesinde hayatımıza tekrar bakıyoruz ve yaşamı anlamlandırmada "ne kadar da büyüdüğümüzü" görüyoruz.

Silvina Masa, Übersetzerin dieser zauberhaften Geschichte, hat aus der Katzen-Liebesgeschichte ein magisches Hörspiel auf Spanisch gemacht. Kurzerhand hat sie in Argentinien insgesamt drei Tangos komponiert und eingespielt. Zusätzlich enthält das Hörbuch eine deutsche Sprachversion, gelesen von Benita Brunnert, sowie alle Lieder zum Hören und selbst Singen. Mia Miau ist eine Tangosängerin aus Buenos Aires. Kommt mit in die wunderbare Welt von Mia und folgt, wie Mia, der Melodie eures Lebens.

Spielerisch entdecken die Kleinen in diesem Hörspiel alles rund um Bewegung im Kinderalltag. Dabei darf natürlich Musik nicht fehlen: Stampfen, klatschen und mit Instrumenten musizieren macht allen Spaß. Vom Kinderturnen über Yoga, Ballett oder Kinder­tanz bis zum draußen Toben - bei diesem Hörspiel kann jedes Kind mitmachen! Altersgerechte Fragen und Antworten, authentische Geräusche, viele Mitmach-Aktionen und Musik machen die Reihe "Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? junior" zu einem Hörerlebnis für die Kleinsten.

Al Teatro Rossini di Pesaro si prova "La gazza ladra"; il teatro è aperto alle scuole, e così quella mattina Cecilia, Chiara e Giovanni, anziché in classe dietro i banchi, si ritrovano seduti in platea. Mentre sul palco si svolge lo spettacolo, i ragazzi lasciano i loro posti e si mettono a girovagare per i corridoi deserti: nessuno dei tre può immaginare lo strano incontro che li attende dietro la porta del palco 25. Sarà quell'incontro fuori programma a farli entrare a mano a mano nel mondo di Rossini, delle sue opere e delle messe in scena, e a svelare loro tutto il fascino del teatro.

Après un mois particulièrement mouvementé à apprendre le patinage artistique, voilà que Billie s'apprête à découvrir un nouveau sport: la natation artistique! Billie ne connaît pratiquement rien à cette discipline, mais elle a déjà hâte de monter une routine avec ses camarades. Pour y arriver, elle devra travailler sa force, son endurance et sa souplesse. Malheureusement, un triste accident impliquant son amie Hanna, qui habite toujours chez elle pendant l'année scolaire, viendra assombrir son entraînement.

On peut dire qu'il y a de l'action au camp Danse ta vie ! Ateliers stimulants, moniteurs amusants, entraîneurs exigeants, il y en a vraiment pour tous les goûts! Mais Billie est inquiète: le comportement de Julien laisse un peu à désirer depuis son arrivée. Parviendra-t-elle à l'aider à retrouver un peu de sérieux?

À quelques semaines de la compétition provinciale, Billie rencontre enfin son nouvel entraîneur. Alors qu'on le décrivait comme un être cruel et menaçant, la jeune fille s'étonne de découvrir un homme gentil, drôle et incroyablement généreux. Chez Danse-Élite, tout le monde se réjouit de la situation. Tout le monde...sauf Julien, qui reste sur ses gardes. Pourquoi le garçon doute-t-il de Raoul? Que s'est-il passé entre eux pour qu'il lui en veuille à ce point? Billie est inquiète. L'entraîneur représente-t-il un atout ou un danger au sein du groupe?

Billie est trop contente! Sa meilleure amie Maya est admise au sein de Danse-Élite! Avec le beau Julien, la danseuse est convaincue qu'ils sauront monter des numéros du tonnerre. Mais, alors, que la troupe se prépare pour sa première compétition, Billie s'inquiète pour son entraîneuse.

Enfin, c'est la rentrée! Bonne nouvelle: Danse-Élite va présenter le numéro d'ouverture du Grand spectacle des Étoiles! Wow! Billie a déjà hâte de monter sur scène! Mais pour cela, elle devra s'entraîner fort malgré les mauvais coups de Victoria, les incertitudes de Maya et le mystérieux secret de son ami Julien.

Billie Jazz est une jeune fille de dix ans joyeuse et dynamique. Elle est aussi une grande passionnée de danse, tout comme sa meilleure amie, Eva. En plus de faire partie d’une troupe, les deux jeunes filles passent la majorité de leur temps à fabriquer des costumes et inventer des chorégraphies. Dans leurs têtes, elles sont des danseuses étoiles et présentent des spectacles partout à travers le monde!

"We can all be heroes" is the message of this biography series from #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brad Meltzer. “Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it,” Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to biography—for his own...

Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.

Before Harry Houdini (1874-1926) became the greatest magician in the world, he was just little Ehrich Weisz, a Hungarian-born immigrant who moved to America with his family and performed stage tricks for a little extra cash. He started off with card tricks and then eventually began performing the escape acts that would make him famous. Known for his daring and death-defying illusions, he would do some of the greatest tricks ever: escaping from a milk can, being buried alive, and being locked inside a crate and thrown into a river.

When Luna’s family won an island, their dreams came true - Luna opened a donkey sanctuary, her sister flew a plane and her brother won a sheep pageant. But Luna’s new donkey has a mortal fear of beaches, her mum’s goat-yoga business is on the rocks, and her brother is weirder than ever! Luna’s got a brilliant plan to solve her family’s problems - it’s time to enter the movie-making business.

It's April 1940 and German troops are pouring onto the streets of Denmark. 12-year-old Bamse is ordered by his father to keep his head down and stay out of trouble. But Bamse and his daring friend Anton can't resist playing the occasional practical joke on the invading soldiers. When it becomes clear that the trouble isn't just going to pass them by, the people of Denmark decide to take action and Bamse and his eccentric family are about to take part in one of history's most dramatic rescues - smuggling Denmark's Jewish population, across the water to Sweden and safety.