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Mitten in der kugelrunden Stadt Käsebrot lag ein großer grüner Platz, mitten auf diesem großen grünen Platz stand ein buckliger brauner Baum...

Lillis Arbeit als Tierdolmetscherin im Zoo macht ihr unglaublichen Spaß. Mit ihrer Gabe, mit Tieren sprechen zu können, hilft sie vielen ihrer vierbeinigen Freunde und ist genau in ihrem Element. Aber seit die Bewohner der neuen Pinguin-Anlage eingezogen sind, geht es im Zoo drunter und drüber. Ein ganzes Gehege voller Problemkinder! Vor allem der kleine Brillenpinguin Yuki macht Lilli Sorgen: Er würde so gern fliegen - wie ein richtiger Vogel. Aber Pinguine können nun mal nicht fliegen!

Bei dem großen Scheunenfest soll das wichtigste Tier einen Preis bekommen. Die Aufregung ist natürlich groß: Lulu will die beste Witze-Erzählerin werden, Kriemhild hält sich für einzigartig und auch die eingebildete Gans rechnet sich gute Chancen aus. Doch dann sind auf einmal alle Küken des Bauernhofs weg. Sie wollten allein in den großen Wald! Angesichts dieser Gefahr kommt es plötzlich gar nicht mehr darauf an, wer der Wichtigste ist. Denn nur gemeinsam können die Tiere die kleinen Ausreißer finden.

Einmal richtig fliegen, das wünscht sich Flora schon so lange! Aber natürlich hat sie keine Flügel, so wie ihre Zaubereule Goldwing. Da hilft auch alles Wünschen zu Weihnachten nichts. Als Flora mit ihrem Papa einen Tannenbaum im Wald aussucht, kommt plötzlich Goldwing angeflattert und führt sie zu einem verletzten Reh. Doch dabei machen die beiden eine unglaubliche Entdeckung: Kann Floras Weihnachtswunsch vielleicht doch in Erfüllung gehen?

In this much-anticipated sequel to the internationally best-selling picture book Lost and Found, we re-visit the boy and the penguin after their trip to the South Pole… The boy and the penguin still enjoy spending all their time together… That is, until the penguin starts to dream of flying...

"The Six Swans" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. An evil stepmother uses witchcraft to turn the six sons of her daughter-in-law, the Queen, into swans. The curse can only be broken if their sister sews six nettle shirts and remains silent for seven years. She retires from the world and starts her work, but another King is stricken by her beauty and wants to marry her.

For the past four years, Rick Walker has been shuffled between foster care and group homes. At 14, he’s a kid nobody wants or cares about. Now he’s headed for Blue Canyon Detention Center. For Rick, life is a maze full of dead ends. But when he is threatened at Blue Canyon and runs away, Rick finds himself in a real maze - the enormous rocky expanse of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. There, Rick meets a biologist who has devoted his life to reintroducing the condor to its natural habitat. As Rick joins him to protect the giant birds, the teenager will begin to see choices instead of dead ends.

Snow! Cookies! Candy! Mouse loves snow days. When he's accidentally swept out the door and into the snow, Mouse has a blast ice-skating, sledding, and building snow animals - always just one step ahead of sly Cat. But above Mouse on a wire sit three cold birds who warn Mouse of Cat's approach. Now it is Mouse's turn to do something nice for his new friends.

Sammy Jay is a blue jay who, like most blue jays, is mischievous. He delights in making trouble for other creatures of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest. Sammy really doesn't want to see them hurt, he just wants to make torment them. Enter Chatterer the Red Squirrel, who also lives in the Green Forest and can be as troublesome as Sammy Jay. In The Adventures of Sammy Jay, Chatterer and Sammy Jay match wits and show off their bad attitudes toward one another.

Five little penguins slipping on the ice. One fell down - oh no! Now there are only four penguins left! What will Mother penguin do?

Tyrannosaurus Rex wants breakfast. He stomps and he roars and he gnashes his pointy teeth - and he scares all the other dinosaurs right out of the forest. Only Edna, the very first chicken, stands her ground. T. rex may have mighty claws and terrible jaws, but Edna has a mighty beak and terrible flapping wings. And sometimes, all it takes to defeat someone big and fierce is someone small and brave.

Did you know that an albatross can fly 15 million miles in a single lifetime? Or that flamingos can eat only when their heads are upside down? Narrator Jason Zenobia takes us on a captivating trip through the life of the bird as we learn fascinating facts about subjects as diverse as mythical birds, parrots, seabirds and much more. So if you want to know the collective noun for thrushes or how deep a penguin can dive, then this is the perfect audiobook for you.

This exciting, emotionally rich middle grade fantasy continues the adventures of Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle—which has been compared to Harry Potter, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Gabriel Finley is longing to find his mother, who vanished...

When a migrating stork gets tangled in a net in the fish ponds on Maya’s kibbutz, Maya wonders what to do. Can she and her father find a way to nurse it back to health and send it back into the wild? Set in Israel, one of the bird capitals of the world with the highest number of migrating birds anywhere, this story brings the beauty of nature in Israel to life and highlights an unusual part of Israeli life - the kibbutz.

What is a bird? Parrots, bluebirds, ostriches, and many other creatures are all birds!

What do a penguin, a pigeon, and a peacock have in common? They’re all birds! But do you know what makes a bird a bird? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about reptiles, insects, mammals, and other animal groups in the Meet the Animal Groups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high energy, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

The Burgess Bird Book for Children introduces children to the fascinating subject of bird life in storybook fashion. Thornton Burgess uses Peter Rabbit as a means for younger children to learn about birds in the Green Forest and Green Meadows. On the journey through the book, Peter learns a great deal from sassy Jenny Wren and other neighbors. Listeners learn about common birds' physical appearance, eating, nesting habits, and songs and calls.

What do a penguin, a pigeon, and a peacock have in common? They're all birds! Learn about the characteristics that all birds share.

What animal has feathers, a round body, and a head that bobs when it walks? Pigeons! But do you know how fast pigeons fly? Or where pigeons build their nests? Listen to this audiobook to find out!

What does it mean to migrate? Discover which animals migrate and why they migrate through detailed, simple text.