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L'hiver et son manteau se sont posés sur la forêt, et le jeune Bartholomé Renard ne saurait être plus impatient : dans quelques jours, ses parents, Pimprenelle et Séraphin, reviendront de leur périple dans le Grand Nord pour les festivités de Yule ! Mais, une fois sur le quai de la gare et la foule dispersée, nulle trace du couple d'explorateurs. Déterminés à les retrouver, Bartholomé et son oncle Archibald s'embarquent à bord du mythique train à vapeur l'Étoile de Bellécorce.

Les festivités d'automne débuteront bientôt à Bellécorce. La forêt prend des airs de fête et tout le monde s'y prépare. Mais, chez Archibald Renard, arrive soudain un visiteur qui risque bien de gâcher les réjouissances : Célestin Loup prétend, documents à l'appui, être le véritable propriétaire de la librairie, qui aurait appartenu à son grand-père.

Jerome is looking forward to collecting words this holiday season! Words of hope, love, and joy to share with his loved ones. But as he begins his search, he discovers that inspirational words are hard to come by. In the end, Jerome finds a way to connect with his community and join together in sharing the greatest gift of all: the gift of words.

Babies could learn how to cook; they could learn how to sew; they could learn to drive baby cars to and fro! From running barber shops to styling everyone in the latest diaper fashion, just think of all the chaos babies could cause if we let them loose in the library! Books can teach us anything we want to know. Can we really trust babies with that power?

Join Paddington for a hilarious World Book Day challenge in this wonderful new picture book story based on the animated series of The Adventures of Paddington! Everyone is very excited about World Book Day! Everyone except Mateo, that is. When Paddington discovers his friend has lost his love of reading, the young bear is determined to help rekindle it again so he can take part in the Windsor Gardens World Book Day fancy dress competition!

Forced into stealing valuable books from a rich widow, Willis takes refuge on an abandoned island populated by robots in this new middle-grade novel by acclaimed writer Cary Fagan. For fans of The Wild Robot. It isn't bad enough that Willis has to live with his cold uncle Tod in a dusty old...

Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life–and changed her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the original tale has become desperate. When he finds...

A remarkable tale of books and reading, now in a bilingual Spanish-English edition. On most days, teacher and librarian Luis Soriano Bohórquez packs his two burros, Alfa and Beto, with books and makes his way over mountains and through valleys to visit children in far-flung villages in rural...

In this story the Child is invited on a fantastical journey to their local library. The adventure that the library offers is brought to life in this story. Magic, creativity, and imagination, are a few elements embodied by libraries and they are celebrated in this book.

Eine Reise voller Wunder, Mut und Magie. Eine Welt, in der Bücher und Geschichten verboten sind: für die Geschwister Robert und Rachel ist sie traurige Realität. Bis ihr Vater den beiden eines Tages das Buch der gestohlenen Träume anvertraut, das ihr Leben für immer verändert. Denn der böse Präsident Malstain ist auf der Jagd nach ebendiesem Buch und wird nicht ruhen, ehe er die Kinder gefunden hat. Ein Roman über den Zauber von Sprache – inspiriert von David Farrs jüdischen Großeltern, die vor dem Nazi-Regime nach London flohen.

Melvil Dewey loved order (Organize mother’s jelly jars), efficiency (Why spell his name Melville when Melvil has fewer letters and sounds the same?), and keeping records (Height! Weight! Earnings!). Melvil also loved books and numbers and decimals. When he realized every library organized their books differently (Size! Title! Color!), he wondered if he could invent a system all libraries could use to ORGANIZE them EFFICIENTLY.

Pierwsze spotkanie Oli i Pani bibliotekarki wywołało zupełnie nieoczekiwane wydarzenie, które zakłopotało dziewczynkę. Jednak wrażliwe, pełne empatii dziecko nieświadomie zaczyna pomagać kobiecie pokonać alergię na... dotyk! Dzięki wspólnemu spędzaniu czasu obie dowiadują się o sobie nowych rzeczy i przez to mogą bardziej wpłynąć na swoją przyszłość. Czy może istnieć przyjaźń między dzieckiem a dorosłym? Czego w takiej relacji może nauczyć się dziecko od dorosłego, a czego dorosły... od dziecka?

As soon as artist Robert McCloskey saw the ducks in Boston Public Garden, he knew he had to write about them. But how? Studying stuffed birds didn’t help. Would inviting some into his apartment work? What? Was he quack-ers? For months ducklings slept on his sofa and swam in his bathtub, making incredible messes. Quack! Quack! His roommate was not amused and his neighbors complained, but Robert did not give up. As the ducklings grew, he got down on his hands and knees and followed them with pad and pencil.

Sandro ha una compagna di classe molto simpatica, con cui condivide l'amore per la lettura. Un giorno decidono di scrivere una lettera al loro autore preferito, che però risponde in modo antipatico, dandosi un sacco di arie. I due ragazzini perciò decidono di non leggerlo più e di cimentarsi loro stessi nell'impresa di scrivere un romanzo. Aiutati dalla sorellina di Sandro, Luisa, che ha solo 6 anni ma in tante cose è più sveglia di loro, passano tutti i pomeriggi delle vacanze estive a scrivere le avventure e disavventure di un bruco innamorato di una farfalla.

Becky und ihre Freunde trauen ihren Augen kaum: Alle magischen Wesen in der Bücherwelt sind in einen tiefen Schlaf versunken! Wer steckt nur hinter dieser schwarzen Magie? Schnell fällt der Verdacht auf die dreizehnte Fee, die vor vielen Jahren schon den Dornröschenschlaf heraufbeschworen hat. Becky, Hugo und Ben brauchen dringend Verbündete, um sie aufzuhalten. Sollten sie die Fee nicht überlisten können, droht der magischen Welt ein ewiger Schlaf...

Whilst leaving footpaths should never be done, Straying from stories is all sorts of fun! Little Red Reading Hood loves reading books and making up stories of her own. When she meets a cunning wolf while on her way to the library, he convinces her to stray from the path and read for a little...

School libraries are the hub for learning, community, and creating. Kid-friendly text highlights all the things a library can be.

Tras la gatera empieza un viaje de aventuras en Imaginaria. La abuela Amelia es una escritora muy famosa. Lucas, Zoe y Marina están impacientes por leer su nuevo libro pero, cuando asisten a la firma en una librería, empiezan a suceder cosas muy raras. Enciclopedias que hablan, hojas que salen del suelo... y unos seres muy traviesos que quieren provocar el caos en el evento. Si no fuese imposible parecería que la librería está embrujada.

Frederik ist vierzehn Jahre alt und liebt Fantasy-Romane. Er träumt davon, ein Held zu sein, hat aber wenig Selbstvertrauen und hält sich für schwach und feige. In der Schule gilt er als Nerd und kann sich nicht durchsetzen. Eines Tages findet er eine Möglichkeit, in die fabelhafte Welt eines Buchs zu gelangen. In einem mittelalterlichen Dorf mit einem Drachen steht er plötzlich zahlreichen Gefahren gegenüber.

Uncover the mystery of Nancy Drew and how the beloved teenage detective came to be in this new addition to the What Is the Story Of? series which follows the same format as the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series. When the very modern character of Nancy Drew first appeared in 1930, no...