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Penguin presents the audio CD edition of Ladybird Favourite Stories read by Daniel Weyman. This gorgeous Ladybird treasury of eight classic, traditional tales is guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Each favourite fairy tale or story has been sensitively retold for modern readers...

Read by actress Noma Dumezweni. Meet a little girl who loves running in this magical adventure from the brilliant Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard. With funny rhyming verse, The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes is loved by children and parents alike –...

The charming, eccentric, heartwarming tale of a friendship between a lonely old coffin maker whose family is gone and a little boy in need of safe harbour. Everybody on the wonderful Italian island knows Alberto. The old man has made coffins for the great, the good, the poor and the rich for as long as they can remember. They know, too, that ever since his wife died and his children left, he's withdrawn further and further into himself. Indeed, he's become positively grumpy.

Brought to you by Ladybird. Discover six new tales of wit, courage and power in this new treasury from Ladybird Books. Join six kings, queens and warriors from around the world as they battle for crowns, vanquish dark forces and claim their thrones in this colourful illustrated collection of...

A stunning new story from the bestselling, prize-winning David Almond, unfolding the magic of the everyday. Mina, from the unforgettable Skellig and My Name is Mina, journeys to Japan and discovers the wonders of the world around her. Kyoto, Japan. Mina is on a bus. Everything is strange and...

In this “breathless…entrancing” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) companion to the New York Times bestselling Once There Was that’s perfect for fans of Impossible Creatures, Marjan travels around the globe in search of a mythical bird in terrible danger, whose fate could determine the...

A veces, se necesitan dos pueblos ... Bienvenido de nuevo a Isla Pájaro, una pacífica comunidad de pájaros felices, gracias a Red, Bomb y Chuck, que salvaron a todos sus amigos emplumados de una guerra total con el rey Leonard y los cerdos. Bueno, la guerra terminó, o así parece al menos...

A girl's quest to save a forest kingdom is intertwined with her exploration of identity in Every Bird a Prince, a gorgeous middle-grade contemporary fantasy by Jenn Reese, the award-winning author of A Game of Fox & Squirrels, perfect for fans of Josephine Cameron and Barbara O'Connor. The only...

In this historical fantasy novel, praised as a “rich, omen-filled journey that powerfully shows love and its limits*” and “propulsive, wise, and heartbreaking,”** Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness—even facing the Angel of Death himself. From Sydney...

It is post-World-War-One Britain, and a ten-year-old boy finds himself mysteriously transformed into a blackbird whilst exploring a sinister part of his local woods for a dare. As he desperately tries to find his way back to his family and friends, he navigates the perilous dangers of life as a bird and develops newfound appreciation for the natural world around him. Told through the voice of a grandfather to his grandchildren, Bird Being is a heartwarming tale of youthful independence, flight, adventure, and human respect for nature.

When a lonely king sends his sons on a quest to find the magical, wonderful Bul Bul Bird, they mysteriously vanish, leaving their courageous sister to embark on a perilous journey to uncover the truth and restore joy to the kingdom.

Als eine Vogelscheuche über den Gartenzaun klettert und der zwölfjährigen Zita Bridgeborn einen Brief überreicht, beginnt das Abenteuer ihres Lebens. Sie soll ein Schloss geerbt haben und nicht nur das: Eine Hexe soll sie auch noch sein! Doch Zita kennt weder praktische Zaubersprüche, noch hat sie einen fliegenden Besen. Sie weiß auch noch nicht, dass sie bald auf uralte Familiengeheimnisse, Geister und allerhand magische Kreaturen stoßen wird.

The Blue Bird of Happiness by Georgette Leblanc is a beautifully whimsical children's tale inspired by the original play The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Alberto lives alone in the town of Allora, where fish fly out of the sea and the houses shine like jewels. He is a coffin maker and widower, spending his quiet days creating the final resting places of Allora’s people. Then one afternoon a magical bird flutters into his garden, and Alberto, lonely inside, welcomes it into his home. And when a kindhearted boy named Tito follows the bird into Alberto’s kitchen, a door in the old man’s heart cracks open. Tito is lonely too – but he’s also scared and searching for a place to hide.

Sylvia is the only dragon in the whole world, and she is very lonely ... until one day, she meets Bird. Tiny and chirpy, so different from the huge dragon, Bird somehow changes Sylvia’s life for ever.

A scarecrow discovers he can be anything he wants to be. What will he be to find his way home? A child will learn to use his or her imagination and conquer fears.

استعادت جزيرة الطيور إيقاع الحياة الهادئ بفضل جاسر ومندفع وبومبة، فقد تمكنوا من إنقاذ جميع الطيور والبيض من الخنازير ذات الرائحة الكريهة وملكهم ليونارد. استمرت...

في جزيرة الطيور، الحياة سعيدة وخالية من الهموم، لا يعكر صفو حياتهم سوى "جاسر" هذا الطائر الأحمر الغاضب ذو الحواجب العابثة دومًا، لقد كان غاضبًا بشدة ويثير المتاعب...

ابتسمت سوكا وهي تنظر إلى الطيور الصغار الثلاثة أمامها ثم قالت: - لديَّ قصة حدثت منذ زمن قديم جدًّا جدًّا فيها مغامرة مثيرة". ارتفعت نظرات الطيور الصغيرة الثلاثة لها...