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It’s a sunny afternoon on Mossy Bottom Farm, and competition between the sheep and the pigs is almost as hot as the weather as they play a new game called Piggy Stomp. May the best tail win!

George Henry Alexander is a huge fan of baseball. His favorite team is the New York Yankees and his favorite player is Babe Ruth. George plays baseball during his free time and he listens to the games on the radio with his dad. Everywhere he goes, he carries his Babe Ruth baseball card. On his birthday, George's parents surprise him with two tickets to watch the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees - his first real game!

Princess Ellie always wants to sneak off to the stables - and especially when she realises something's wrong with her pony, Starlight. But Meg the groom won't tell her what it is. To take her mind off it, Ellie goes for a ride on the beach. But then disaster strikes, and she's stuck! How will she get back to her beloved Starlight?

Suddenly, something big and white bumps up against the car, and I jump. I think I must be dreamin’, ’cause I just saw a horse run by. When Cole’s mom dumps him in the mean streets of Philly to live with the dad he’s never met, the last thing he expects to see is a horse - let alone a stable full of them. He may not know much about cowboys, but what he knows for sure is that cowboys ain’t black, and they don’t live in the ’hood. But here, horses are a way of life, and soon Cole’s days of skipping school and getting in trouble in Detroit have been replaced by shoveling muck and trying not to get stomped on.

David und Michi nehmen an einem Fußballcamp teil, Kaiser Franz will endlich auch einmal Fußball spielen, anstatt nur zuzuschauen, Paula wird in die Mädchenmannschaft der Deutschen Fußballjugend aufgenommen, Temeo spielt in Afrika Fußball und Pixi mit seinen Freunden im Wald. 5 spannende Geschichten über Tore, Sieger und Spaß am Spiel.

Clayton Hollow does the best snowboarding tricks! But someone's playing a trick on him by stealing his snowboard. Can the Aldens help him?

Kayla's the star soccer player in town, but someone is trying to ruin her chance to go to the big tournament in Brazil! Can the Boxcar Children help her in time?

Turneringen er i gang, men problemerne tårner sig op for FC Fodboldvenner. En af deres vigtigste spillere bliver skadet, og han er ikke sådan lige at erstatte. Og det bliver ikke lettere af, at deres modstandere ligner kæmper. Så nu gælder det mere end nogensinde om at stå sammen som et hold, især hvis man har høje ambitioner - og det har Ronaldo og FC Fodboldvenner.

Sommerferien nærmer sig for Dreamteam-drengene. Kun Nick og Manolo skal ingen steder. Men så får P en genial idé: Hvorfor ikke tage de to venner med hjem på ferie i Danmark? Desværre er tingene derhjemme ikke, som de plejer at være. Der er kommet en ny dreng på P's gamle hold - og han bryder sig ikke om at få konkurrence. Især ikke, da de tre drenge bliver inviteret med til en sommerturnering.

Ronaldo skal på efterårsferie med familien til Barcelona, hvor de blandt andet skal ind og se El Clásico på Camp Nou. Desværre bliver billetterne stålet, og Ronaldo bliver væk, men fodbold er heldigvis det samme sprog i hele verden, så da Ronaldo møder nogle drenge på stranden, lader han fødderne tale... "FC Fodboldvenner"-serien - er for alle, der elsker en god historie og et godt kammeratskab.

Ronaldo og Valde er begyndt at drømme stort. FC Fodboldvenner er ikke kun tæt på at vinde hele turneringen, der går også rygter om en talentspejder, der hverver spillere til fodboldakademiet. De nye ambitioner sætter dog også tanker i gang hos Ronaldo, for kan man tillade sig kun at kæmpe for sig selv og stadig være en god ven?

Pog vennerne fra Dreamteam er taget til Madrid for at spille indendørsturnering. Og det går godt! Spillet flyder, fødderne flytter sig, og Nick viser endnu engang sit talent mellem stængerne. Men han er ikke den eneste på holdet, der har talent. En talentspejder har meldt sin ankomst, hvilket burde motivere Dreamteam-drengene endnu mere, men når man ikke ved hvem han kigger på, kan man jo fristes til at gå solo...

Ronaldo og Valde er begyndt på fodboldskolen, men det er ikke helt som forventet. Selvom det er sjovt, nyt og spændende, er der mere konkurrence, end drengene er vant til. De to venner starter godt ud, men må snart sande, at det kræver hårdt arbejde at udvikle sit talent. Og at de skal leve 110 % op til deres træners store forventning. Må Ronaldo og Valde sætte deres venskab på spil - for selv at opnå succes?

Luke Bledsoe has a wicked fastball. But he shouldn’t be pitching, or even playing ball—especially not left-handed. That’s the side of the devil, says his pa‚ a fundamentalist preacher. But Luke’s new-found friends and left-handed uncle say he’s blessed with God-given talent. Luke doesn’t know who to believe anymore. All his life, this young teen’s been trying to please his pa. Now it’s time to sort out what he wants for himself.

Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along with everyone in her class. Trouble is, Lu's old friends have been changing lately - acting boy-crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend is fellow runner Belinda Gresham, but in 1970 Red Grove, Alabama, blacks and whites don't mix. As segregationist ex-governor George Wallace ramps up his campaign against the current governor, Albert Brewer, growing tensions in the state - and in the classroom - mean that Lu can't stay neutral about the racial divide at school.

Muscle Man McGinty can certainly tell some whoppers, but this time he's done the unthinkable. He bragged he can beat the entire block in a game of kickball! On Ramble Street, tough talk about kickball cannot be ignored. For Tamara Ann Simpson, however, this is great news. Now she'll finally be able to prove to everyone what a wormy little runt Muscle Man really is. Of course things would be a lot easier if her best friend Kebsie Grobser were here to help her.

Jack B. Ninja! Jack, be quick! Jack, jump over the bamboo stick! Secret mission starts tonight. Hide in shadow, out of sight. In this imaginative ninja fantasy inspired by the classic nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble", cheer on Jack as he sneaks over castle walls, swims through hidden tunnels, and uncovers a secret treasure - all while avoiding detection. But when Jack unwittingly springs a trap in the middle of his mission, will he be able to use his ninja skills to escape the bandits and make it back home?  

Casey Quinn has got to dance. It’s in her bones. She’s got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, though you’d never guess it from her skinny white chicken-legs and her hand-me-down ballet shoes. When Casey shuts her eyes, she sees the bright lights of the New York City stage. She’s going to get there. Somehow.... A funny, fantastic story about a young girl with high hopes who is determined to live her dreams, from debut novelist Sarah Rubin.

Die Griesheim Gang - das sind Clemens, Flo, Azim, Jo und Toni (die eigentlich Antonia heißt, aber auf keinen Fall so genannt werden möchte). Gemeinsam sind die fünf unschlagbar... nur nicht beim Fußball, denn da versagen die Hobbykicker regelmäßig auf ganzer Linie. Doch die Tage dieses Dream-Teams sind gezählt: Flo wird nach den Sommerferien mit seiner Mutter in eine andere Stadt ziehen. Um ihre Freundschaft zu besiegeln, beschließen die fünf eines Abends, eine "Erinnerungskiste" neben dem Vereinsheim ihres Fußballclubs zu vergraben und stoßen dabei auf einen merkwürdigen Pokal, gefüllt mit schwebenden Kugeln, die mit einem spektakulären Aufleuchten vor ihren Augen zerplatzen.

In Missee Lee, the original cast of the famed series is sailing under the stars and the command of Captain Flint in the South China Sea when Gibbet, their pet monkey, grabs the captain's cigar and drops it in the fuel tank. In minutes, the ship is ablaze (and doomed), and our seven luckless protagonists are adrift in two small boats. They make their way to land, only to find themselves the captives of one of the last remaining pirates operating off the China Coast. However, Missee Lee, as it turns out, is no ordinary pirate....