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Tenero, potente e ironico, un romanzo sulla vita familiare dopo una perdita. Vietato entrare nella stanza del pianoforte. Vietato parlare giapponese. Vietato leggere manga e guardare anime. E, naturalmente, vietato parlare della mamma e del suo Paese natale... Da quando la madre di Élise è morta, il padre ha imposto regole spietate in casa e si è barricato dietro la sua tristezza e una montagna di cipolle. Per fortuna a scuola c’è Stella, strampalata e affettuosa, con il suo viso che attraversa tutte le lettere dell’alfabeto.

Brought to you by Puffin. ‘I’m going to a place called Grand Theatre and I’m going to be a dancer in a pantomime!’ Tess loves to dance, even when everything seems grim. After mum dies and pa leaves, she and her brothers and sisters are all alone, with hardly any food or money. With empty...

Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage, and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This time he caught Peter Driscal in the parking lot and smashed his head against the sidewalk. Now, Peter may have permanent brain damage–and Cole is in the biggest trouble of his life. Cole...

Learn the true stories of Indian boarding school students and their families in this important historical book for young readers. This in-depth history examines letters to and from boarding schools, all compiled and edited by Dr. Brenda J. Child. Firsthand accounts reveal how profoundly entire...

This entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors. Born in 1905, Anna May Wong spent her childhood working in her family's laundry in Los...

As World War II rages across the world, Kannon’s life is torn apart at home. With baseball as his only outlet, he’s left to wonder whether his family will ever be reunited—and whether his world will ever be the same. Kannon has lived his whole life in Hawaii as part of a tight-knit...

In her first book for young readers, National Book Award winner Imani Perry chronicles the history of schools and education in Black America. After emancipation, freed people of all ages wanted to go to school. From the story of John McCline, who learned to read as a boy serving in the Union...

Moments after a fatal car accident, a boy wakes up in the underworld, and an extraordinary journey begins. A unique, gripping and life-affirming children's novel. The last thing Ismail remembers is the sudden flash of headlights through the rain. When he wakes, he is alone, and somewhere very...

Pubblicato a Milano nel 1886, è, dopo Pinocchio, il più celebre libro per ragazzi scritto in Italia e uno dei più famosi al mondo...

Mara lives with her father in a drought-stricken village, where rain comes at a price controlled by powerful cloud-makers. Without enough water, the village crops, animals and people will continue to suffer. When Mara’s father’s illness takes a turn for the worse, she sneaks to The Cloud Factory in the hopes a healthy cloud will help him. But stealing a cloud isn’t simple, as Mara soon finds – and she begins to discover the secrets behind The Cloud Factory.

Having a pet dragon is very fun. You can teach your dragon to sit, stand, roll over, and you can even potty train him.... But what if your dragon is worried about so many things? He worries about the past, and about the future..... What do you do? You teach him about mindfulness - you teach him to be mindful! How do you do it? Get this audiobook now and find out how! Fun, cute, and entertaining, this playful audiobook will teach kids about mindfulness.

Strato Nyman couldn’t be more of an odd-one-out. He’s the only black kid in Hedgecombe-upon-Dray, he knows more about particle physics than his teacher, and he’s constantly picked on by the school bully. One day, Strato picks up a dusty book in a mysterious bookshop and learns how to...

The bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage, delivers a gripping and darkly humorous tale of Maximillian Fly—a human with cockroach features—whose quiet life is upended when he aids two human children in their escape from an oppressive governing power. Perfect for fans of...

First the accident, then the nightmares. The shadowy thief steals all the colours from Izzy's world leaving her feeling empty and hopeless. Will her new neighbour and a nest full of cygnets save Izzy and solve the mystery of the colour thief? After a frightening car accident, Izzy's mum is in a coma. Her family is in pieces. Her best friend at school has dumped her. And her nightmares are haunted by a shadowy man stealing all the colours from her world. She's trying so hard to be brave, but Izzy thinks everything is her fault.

You've probably heard the word 'empire' before. Perhaps because of the Roman empire. Or maybe even the Star Wars films. But what about the British Empire? Why don't we learn much about this? And what even is an empire, anyway? This book will answer all the important questions about Britain's imperial history. It will explore how Britain's empire once made it the most powerful nation on earth, and how it still affects our lives in many ways today - from the words we use, to the food we eat, the sports we play and even to every grown-up's fixation with a good cup of tea.

Simi is sent to stay with her grandmother in a remote village deep in the forests of Nigeria. Witchlike and tightlipped about the past, her grandmother hints at a tragic family secret but won't tell Simi the truth. Simi is desperate to discover it for herself, but it's only when she's caught in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake that her adventure truly begins. Along with new friends Jay and Bubu, Simi must bring her family back together and restore peace to the village.

Sometimes at the darkest hour, hope shines the brightest... When Col's childhood imaginary friends come to life, he discovers a world where myths and legends are real. Accompanied by his guardians - a six-foot tiger, a badger in a waistcoat and a miniature knight - Col must race to Blitz-bombed...

Es gibt neue Westen für die Pfadfinder von Pontypandy. Aber um sie tragen zu dürfen, müssen sich die Kinder erst ein Abzeichen verdienen. Die Aufgabe: Wie kocht man eine Tasse Tee? Peter will den perfekten Tee zubereiten und macht sich mit Mandy und Trevor dafür auf in den Wald. Trevor pflückt in einem Baum Blätter für den Tee, doch da fällt der Wassertopf vom Campingkocher und im Bergsteiger-Erlebnispark bricht ein Feuer aus. Und auch die weiteren Folgen versprechen viel Spannung.

Everyone will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank, a boy struggling to hold his family together when his mom doesn't come home, in this gripping story from Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko. “One of those rare and important books . . . Hank Hooperman may well be the most resourceful...

C'est Cécile de Brunhoff qui est à l'origine de "Babar". Elle a coutume de raconter à ses deux fils les aventures d'un petit éléphant "Babar" qui, après la mort de sa mère, s'enfuit pour échapper aux chasseurs et arrive à Paris et se lie d'amitié avec une vieille dame.