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Alfie the Doorstep Cat – star of the smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller – is back in brand new ALFIE story for a younger readership. Alfie is everyone’s favourite cat. A big ball of grey fur who changes the lives of every family he meets. When the Clover family move into Alfie’s...

Step into history with Zeynep, Tolga, and their clever crow friend, Kara. When the siblings discover a mysterious Time Compass, it whirs to life and opens a doorway to Türkiye’s most transformative years under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the father of the Turkish Nation.

7 wunderschöne neue Ägypter-Geschichten."Du hast dich verhört! Wir haben nur zwei Ziegen, nicht drei!". Pepis Vater ist entsetzt, dass der Junge sich einmischt, als der mächtige Schreiber Mendek die Tiere des Bauern zählt. Doch Mendek ist tief beeindruckt, dass Pepi lesen kann. Er nimmt ihn mit nach Memphis in den Palast des Pharaos und lässt ihn dort zum Schreiber ausbilden.

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your child about Atatürk and the founding of the Turkish Republic? This beautifully illustrated children’s book is the first in an exciting time travel series, where young readers join Zeynep and Tolga, along with their clever crow friend Kara, as they journey through history with the help of the Magical Time Compass.

Belfort und Lupin suchen nach einem Weg, das kleine Murmeltiermädchen wieder in die Berge zu bringen! Lupin ist fest entschlossen, seinem Freund Belfort seinen großen Moment zu ermöglichen. Doch Belforts Schwestern sind harte Gegner.

Ahoi und Leinen los, hier kommen die Jolley-Rogers! Welch ein Glück, dass Matildas bester Freund Jim ein waschechter Pirat ist! Denn das Stadtmuseum von Schnarch am Deich wurde geplündert, ausgerechnet bei Vollmond, wie so viele andere Museen an der Küste auch. Eine Spur führt zum legendären Käpt'n Zwirbelbart und seinen Geisterpiraten. Matilda und Jim schmieden einen cleveren Plan, um den Räubern das Handwerk zu legen.

Kit Tyler must leave behind shimmering Caribbean islands to join the stern Puritan community of her relatives. She soon feels caged, until she meets the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit herself is accused of witchcraft!...

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this fourth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series. Christopher Rowe has no idea who he is. After being shipwrecked in Devonshire, he wakes up alone, his memories gone. Villagers tell him he was...

Anne of Green Gables, one of the most widely read and best-loved stories in the world, is brought to life on this abridged, downloadable audiobook edition by actress Kate Harper. The Cuthberts are in for a shock. They are expecting an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a...

Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite Japan -- or may destroy it. She is torn from her home and what is left of her family, but finds new friends at a school that may not be what it seems. Magical but historical, Risuko follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is.

Inspired by her blockbuster phenomenon Wonder, R. J. Palacio presents an unforgettable story of the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war. In R. J. Palacio's bestselling collection of stories Auggie & Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, audiences were introduced to...

The story of Jim: a very lucky, very special, very grubby dog, who lives, improbably, in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Emma Thompson magically weaves the real-life tale of Jim—beloved dog of Sir Henry Cole who created the first Christmas card—with a fantastically warm and heartfelt Christmas romp.

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block...for the fourth time. California's Newport Beach is her family's latest perch, and she's determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes US headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even mood rings and puka shell necklaces can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home.

Die zwölfjährige Dora zieht nach dem traurigen Tod ihres Vaters zu ihrer Tante Ninette und Onkel Titus in Karlsruhe. An ihre Mutter vermag sie sich kaum erinnern. Zu jung war sie, als diese verstarb. Wegen Überarbeitung wird der Gelehrte Titus samt seinen Büchern, Tante und Dora in die Schweiz zur Erholung geschickt. Dort verliebt sich das Mädchen in den prächtigen Blumengarten der Nachbarn und beobachtet durch die Hecke echtes, herzliches Familienleben, das sie so zuvor niemals sah. Ein schmerzhafter Pfeil wendet das Schicksalsblatt auf sonderliche und schlussendlich wunderbare Weise.

Wickie ist ein 10-jähriger Junge, der im Wikingerdorf Flake lebt. Alle Wikinger sind groß und stark, nur ausgerechnet Wickie, der Sohn von Halvar, dem mächtigen Wikinger-Chef, ist klein und zart. Was Wickie an Muskelkraft fehlt, gleicht er allerdings mit Intelligenz und Einfallsreichtum aus. Wickie reibt sich die Nase, denkt nach und hat die Lösung. Immer wieder rettet der clevere Wickie seinen Vater und dessen wilde Wikingertruppe mit seinen ungewöhnlichen Einfällen aus scheinbar ausweglosen Situationen.

The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young learner as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided.

1945. War has ended, but for sisters Isobel and Flora, the struggles still continue. They've lost their father, had their home destroyed in a bombing raid and now they must go to live with their aunt and her awful husband, Mr Godfrey, in their ancestral home of Splint Hall. From the moment of their arrival, it seems that this is a place shrouded in mysteries and secrets. Who are the strange men who arrive with packages at night? What is the source of the strange blue sparks coming from the ground? And why do the locals seem to hate their family so much?

Theodosia Throckmorton is in a fix. Allowed to attend a reception given by one of the directors of her parents museum, she stumbles across Mr. Tetley of the British Museum in most unusual circumstances! Since Theo has last seen him in a showdown in an ancient Egyptian tomb, his reappearance could mean only one thing: the Serpents of Chaos are back.

Ob unheilschwangere Gewitterlaune, magischer Frühjahrsputz oder kühne Weltraumtour: Mit den abgedrehten Reimen aus Kai Lüftners "Der Gewitter-Ritter" begeben sich Kinder und Erwachsene auf eine abwechslungsreiche Abenteuerreise, die von eingängigen Ohrwurmmelodien und jeder Menge Wortwitz flankiert wird.

Christopher’s homecoming takes a sinister turn when a murderous conspiracy is uncovered in this fifth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series. Christopher, Tom, and Sally are back in London at last. Everyone is relieved at their return—the plague has ended, and the king, pleased...