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Chicken Little is NOT afraid of anything. Well, okay, maybe a mysterious BONK to the head can produce panic. But only momentarily. It's not as though she meant to send the barnyard into a tailspin, thinking that the sky was falling. How ridiculous! But can she calm her feathered friends with facts and reason?

Join Katie, Eva and Alex on their adventures, as they're whisked away to a magical woods alive with animals, where they're no longer girls but animals. This collection contains the first six books of the series: A Magical Beginning, To the Rescue, Lost and Found, The Birthday Party, Save the Day and An Enchanted Wedding.

At rare intervals, great floods fill the desert basin of Lake Eyre in Central Australia, and for a while, wildlife teems along the shore. But the miracle is short-lived. In the fierce summer heat, the lake shrinks, the water turns to brine and the fish die. Birds such as pelicans then face a vast flight across the desert to the southern coast, and many die along the way.

Olga is an orphan and a thief, relying on trickery and sleight of hand to make her way in the world. But it’s magic, not thievery, that could get her into trouble. When Olga and her partner-in-crime Pavel learn of a valuable jewel kept in a secluded castle, Olga sees an opportunity to change their lives: a prize so big, they’d never have to steal again. But the castle is not as it seems, ruled by an enchanter who hosts grand balls every night, only for the guests to disappear each morning, replaced by swans.

Tag med på spændende eventyr i skoven med Fido Fasan. Lyt til fem gode historier om Fido Fasan, som holder fødselsdag, leger med de andre venner i skoven og meget mere.

Tag med på spændende eventyr i skoven med Olrik Ugle. Lyt til fire gode historier om Olrik Ugle, der bliver klog, hjælper Lulu Los og meget mere...

Bertils nabo Harry har et kukur. Harry er rigtig glad for det. En dag går der kuk i kukuret. Det siger ikke den rigtige lyd længere. Nu får Harry brug for Bertils hjælp til at få kukuret til at virke igen. Bertil er god til at hjælpe andre. Det er heldigt. Der er nemlig tit nogen, der har brug for hans hjælp. Bøgerne om Bertil er skrevet for børn fra seks år og er nemme at læse. Jørn Jensen, født 1946, yderst produktiv og prisbelønnet børnebogsforfatter, uddannet guldsmed og lærer.

Un mattino, sulla spiaggia, Mandy e Norman incontrano un pinguino. "Probabilmente è scappato dallo zoo", dice Mandy. "Dobbiamo riportarcelo". Norman, però, non vuole portarlo indietro. Vuole dargli una nuova casa, la sua. Ma non tutto va secondo i piani.

How is Rooster able to deceive all the other animals? Should he really be king of all the animals? If anybody can discover his secret, it must be the clever Fox.

El jaguar - La iguana - El dolfí - El babuí - La hiena - El cigne.

Die Wildgänse ziehen auf ihrer abenteuerlichen Reise mit Nils Holgersson weiter nach Norden und erreichen schließlich die moorigen Wälder des Kolmarden. Während sie am Rande eines Waldsees ausruhen, streift Nils durch die Gegend. Er wird von der Natter Hilflos angegriffen und erschlägt sie mit einem Stein. Ohne es zu wissen, hat er damit allen Tieren des Waldes geholfen. Was es mit der Natter auf sich hatte und wie sie den Waldbewohnern geschadet hatte, erfährt Nils, als er zu den Gänsen am See zurückkehrt.

Der Mälarsee, Stockholm und die Schären vor der Küste liegen unter den Wildgänsen. Zu ihnen hat sich inzwischen auch die junge Gans Daunenfein gesellt, die in Martin, den weißen Gänserich, verliebt ist. Auf einer der Schären wollen die Gänse Daunenfeins Eltern einen Besuch abstatten. Alle hätten glückliche Tage auf der Insel verbringen können, wenn nicht Daunenfeins Schwester Flügelschön finstere Pläne geschmiedet hätte, denen Martin beinahe zum Opfer gefallen wäre. So stiftet sie ihn zu einem Kampf mit dem Adler Gorgo an; mit Mühe gelingt es Nils die beiden auseinanderzubringen.

Have you ever had someone say you had an eagle eye? This saying comes from the fact that eagles have excellent eyesight. An eagle can spot prey from up to one mile away! Eagles also have sharp talons and can fly at jaw-dropping speeds to capture prey. Listeners will learn about what makes eagles such deadly predators, from their hunting styles to what they like to eat. Fun Facts and an Amazing but True section will thrill listeners and give them a closer look at the lives of these awesome creatures. 

Penguin must learn to say please. 

When Callum and his friends find Iona on Callum's farm, they try to chase her back into the village. But Iona runs from them up into the hills. It is late and dark, and snow lies in the mountain gullies. Worried for Iona's safety, Callum follows to find her shivering with cold but refusing to leave. She is guarding a secret hidden in the forest above the dark waters of the loch. So they make a deal. Iona shares the secret, and in return, Callum allows her back onto the farm. 

Follow Little Owl as he explores new experiences and faces childhood fears under the careful guidance of his mummy. Together, they make bathtime and bedtime fun, make a new friend and go to school for the very first time. Little Owl may be nervous but it doesn’t stop him from overcoming new challenges and having fun along the way.

Homing pigeon Homer and his parrot friend Lulu learn something is afoul when they witness four-legged criminals stealing valuables from both the animal and human communities. Lulu and Homer track down the bandits, but need human help to stop them for good. Can they lead their human keepers to the culprits’ hideout and stop the thieves? Award-winning author-illustrator Henry Cole offers a fun, action-packed middle grade mystery that will keep listeners guessing if the crime-solving pigeon will get his guy

Odd things are being stolen all over town—a bicycle, swimming trunks, the school's tractor mower. Nine-year-old Callie Major has other things to worry about: number one being her dreaded new hearing aids—or, as she prefers to call them, 'the Slugs'. But when she meets Bo, an abandoned Mynah bird, she discovers something amazing. Without her hearing aids, all the sounds Bo makes are merely chirping; when she's wearing them, though, she can hear him talk to her! Can she use her magical Slugs to help catch the thief and save the day?

A trip to the fairground turns into a rescue mission when Fliss finds herself in a strange forest. She watches an owl and three owlets by a stump, what must once have been a tall tree housing their nest. The mother gathers her chicks and flies away—but the smallest can't quite manage to leave the ground, and is left behind! Fliss knows she has to save the abandoned owlet. But with night drawing in and dangerous creatures all around, Fliss is going to need her tiny friend's help as much as it needs hers.

Cutie Grackle is used to being different—she lives alone on a mountain with her feeble-minded uncle, and when she’s not sucking pebbles to trick her stomach into feeling full, she’s chatting with a weathered garden gnome for company. But having a flock of ravens follow you is more than just different. Cutie worries the birds are connected to the curse Uncle Horace tends to mutter about. And she’s right. The ravens present her with a fortune from a cookie, and when she touches it, she’s pulled into a vision from her family’s past.