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Die Geschichte einer ungewöhnlichen Freundschaft. Eine hinreißende Geschichte, die von einer ganz besonderen Freundschaft erzählt...

"Peter und der Wolf" wurde von Sergej Prokofjew auch ein "musikalisches Märchen für Kinder" genannt. Auf verständliche Weise bringt Matthias Holzmann die verschiedenen Akteure in Verbindung mit Instrumenten, deren Klangfarbe das jeweilige Lebewesen charakterisiert.

Mordicai Gerstein’s portrayal of Philippe Petit’s high-wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Center, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, won the 2004 Caldecott Medal and was among the most admired books of the year. Now comes a memorable new work, a novel of singular insight and...

Mitten im Wald, dort wo er am dichtesten ist, lebt der kleine Fuchs mit Mama Fuchs in einem gemütlichen Bau. Auf seinen abenteuerlichen Streifzügen durch den Wald entdeckt der neugierige kleine Fuchs nicht nur den Weg zum Glück und das Mutigsein, sondern auch wie sich die Liebe anfühlt und wie schön es ist, Zeit miteinander zu verbringen.

Raconté avec la verve de Michel Galabru, le Petit Chaperon rouge raconte l'histoire d'une petite fille qui traverse la forêt pour apporter un morceau de galette, à sa grand-mère.

Cette adaptation légendaire d'une des œuvres demeurées les plus vivantes de la littérature du Moyen-Age est destinée surtout aux enfants de 6 à 12 ans. Les aventures de Renard le Goupil pourront les divertir. Ils goûteront l'ingéniosité qu'il déploie pour préparer ses bons tours ou pour se tirer d'un mauvais pas mais aussi les instruire, car la transposition de la vie féodale dans le monde des animaux est une parodie amusante des caractères de la société d'aujourd'hui !

Dans le conte traditionnel, le loup est vu comme un personnage cruel. Il est là pour faire peur et terroriser ses futures proies. En effet, il se régale des enfants égarés, des grands-mères, mais aussi des animaux plus faibles que lui... C'est pourquoi La Fontaine, les frères Grimm, Charles Perrault et beaucoup d'auteurs entretiennent cette légende terrifiante.

Isla's journey continues into the vast Wildlands as she seeks out her missing brother. As she travels, she finds her path is drawn inexorably toward the Elders, a group of wise and powerful foxes who have mastered the secrets of foxcraft.

Krieg der Tierwandler! Als Ratten seine Mutter entführen und sein Onkel sich in einen Wolf verwandelt, wird dem 12-jährigen Simon klar: Seine Familie zählt zu den sogenannten Animoxe, Menschen, die sich in Tiere verwandeln können. Und schon steckt er im erbitterten Krieg von fünf geheimnisvollen Königreichen. Ob Simon ein Nachfahre des "Beast King" ist, der sich in alle fünf Tierarten verwandeln kann?

"The Wolf and the Fox" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. The story involves a greedy, gluttonous wolf living with a fox. The wolf makes the fox do all his work and threatens to eat him if he doesn't otherwise comply. The fox, in turn, devises a scheme to rid himself of the wolf.

The 300 dogs of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, all know their places. At the top is McKinley, a malamute who’s head dog of the whole town. All of the dogs - and McKinley’s human family - rely on him to protect them and maintain order. Avi, the Newbery Medal author of Crispin: The Cross of Lead, peeks into the secret lives of dogs in this thrilling adventure tale. Robert Ramirez’s narration gives voice to a dog willing to risk any peril to do the good thing.

Tom hates having to spend the summer on a farm . . . until he discovers the midnight fox. No one asked Tom how he felt about spending two months on his Aunt Millie’s farm. For a city boy, the farm holds countless terrors—stampeding baby lambs, boy-chasing chickens, and worst of all...

Isla and her brother are two young foxes living just outside the lands of the furless - humans. The life of a fox is filled with dangers, but Isla has begun to learn mysterious skills meant to help her survive. Then the unthinkable happens. Returning to her den, Isla finds it set ablaze and surrounded by strange foxes, and her family is nowhere in sight. Forced to flee, she escapes into the cold, gray world of the furless. Now Isla must navigate this bewildering and deadly terrain, all while being hunted by a ruthless enemy.

Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture...

A terrible danger is looming on the horizon, and Faolan is the only one who knows how to fight it. Will he be able to claim his rightful place as leader and lead his clan in battle? Unless Faolan can inspire the pack to stand together, it could be the end of the wolves of the beyond.

Faolan's made it back to his clan as a gnaw wolf, the lowest ranking pack member. And the hardships are just beginning. Framed for murder of a wolf pup, he must find the culprit and prove his worthiness in the clan.

No one ever saw Faolan as a leader. Banished as a pup, he survived and returned as a gnaw wolf - the lowest member of the wolf pack. But Faolan wasn't meant to be a gnaw wolf. It's not just his strange, splayed paw, or his uncanny connection with the bears. There's something about Faolan that inspires certain wolves...and leaves others deeply suspicious. Now, with a dangerous threat on the horizon, the pack must make a choice. Will they trust the silver outsider with the task of leading?

A great cold has seized the Beyond. The warmth of summer, the smell of sweet grass, and the great caribou migrations are distant memories. Now the wolves know only ice, dark, snow, and endless cold. The order that kept the wolf clans strong for thousands of years has broken down completely. The wolves have only one chance for survival. They must find their way to a new land, a land of warmth and summer. But the journey will take them over a frozen sea and through thousands of miles of perilous territory. Will the wolves trust young Faolan to lead them?

When Jake follows his grandfather Taw to the Hopi reservation where Taw was born, he finds trouble. The Hopi are upset about a Mexican wolf. Since there are no wolves in Arizona, some believe it's a ghost. Others want to kill it because it's hunting their livestock. Jake is sure of one thing: he must help his grandfather save the lobo. It could be the last of its kind.

The adventures of Julie's wolves continue as a new wolf leader takes over the pack. The black alpha Kapu, whom Julie once nursed back to health, is a natural leader. Kapu is strong and wise, but if his pack is to survive, he must lead it through many dangers: near starvation, rabies, rival wolves, and worst of all, humans. The wolves share a strong sense of community, including a deep love of pups, and an understanding of the ancient ways necessary to their survival.