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A horrible tempest hurls an abandoned ship against the shoal rocks with the force of a hurricane. Once the tremendous storm passes, a family appears from within the crushed vessel. Now a father, a mother, and their four sons must carve out a new life for themselves on an unchartered tropical island. Come and join the Swiss Family Robinson, as they learn how to survive while battling the savage forces of nature and discover the wonders of their own paradise.

James’ brother Baby Burp is missing. James is not supposed to leave the house. But now he has to go into the village to look for Baby Burp...

Hay Man tries to guard the field. But the crows are mean. And there are too many to fight...

Als der achtjährige Jonte in der Vorweihnachtszeit seltsame Geräusche auf dem Dachboden hört, ahnt er nicht, dass sein Leben sich für immer verändern wird. Zwischen alten Kisten und vergessenen Erinnerungen entdeckt er eine winzige, verborgene Tür – und dahinter eine Welt, die nur diejenigen sehen können, die an Magie glauben. Dort begegnet er Nisse, einem Wichtel mit großem Herzen, spitzer Zunge und einer Menge Geheimnisse. Gemeinsam stürzen sie sich in ein Abenteuer, das Jonte tief in das Reich der Wichtel führt.

"Fee-fi-fo-fum!" Those four words have echoed through the centuries, but you’ve never heard them quite like this. When Jack trades his family’s only cow for a handful of "magic" beans, it looks like a foolish mistake - until a literal stairway to the heavens sprouts overnight. In this...

Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. As they struggle to survive in the wilderness, the Robinsons discover their own amazing ingenuity and courage, each of the sons utilizing his own unique nature as...

Discover the joy of gift-giving in the top-ten bestselling Christmas stocking-filler from bestselling author, Ben Miller. All Tog wants to do is work in Santa's workshop and one wonderful day, the letter from Santa arrives: Tog has been selected as an apprentice elf! Making toys is a lot more...

In der KiTa Sonnenschein ist immer etwas los! Emma und ihre Freunde erleben jeden Tag neue, verrückte Abenteuer: Ein chaotisches Bällebad sorgt für Aufregung, ein geheimnisvoller Fremder schleicht durch die KiTa und eine wertvolle Halskette bringt plötzlich alle in Gefahr. Zwischen Spiel, Spaß und Spannung beweist Emma immer wieder Mut und Einfallsreichtum. Doch wird sie es schaffen, jedes Problem zu lösen?

Familie Vogel begibt sich auf eine spannende Reise nach Afrika, die schon am Flughafen voller Aufregung beginnt. Zwischen Koffern, Durchsagen und ersten Missverständnissen startet ein großes Entdeckerabenteuer. Vor Ort tauchen die Kinder in eine faszinierende Welt ein: Sie begegnen Elefanten, Giraffen, Löwen und vielen weiteren Tieren, lernen ihre Lebensräume kennen und staunen über die Natur, Geräusche und Farben Afrikas.

Discover the joy of gift giving and meet Santa himself in the perfect stocking filler from the million-copy selling actor, author and comedian, Ben Miller. It's business as usual in the run up to Christmas at Santa's Workshop - and toy elves Holly and Tog are busy making gifts for children all...

Julian träumt davon, ein großer Rapstar zu werden. Doch seine Karriere startet alles andere als glatt: Cringe-Auftritte, Ärger in der Schule und peinliche TikTok-Videos sorgen für Chaos. Als er plötzlich viral geht und sogar ein Manager auftaucht, muss Julian entscheiden, was wirklich zählt – Ruhm oder Familie?

Following up on the classic children's novel The Saturdays, Elizabeth Enright continues the engaging tale of the Melendy family (Mona, Rush, Randy, Oliver, Father, and Cuffy, the housekeeper) and their move from an old brownstone in New York City to a charming house in the country. Called the Four-Story Mistake for its odd look and confused architectural history, the house offers the Melendys wonderful quirks and surprises.

With Father in Washington and Cuffy away visiting a sick cousin, almost anything might happen to the Melendys left behind at the Four-Story Mistake. In the Melendy family, adventures are inevitable: Mr. Titus and the catfish; the villainy of the DeLacey brothers; Rush's composition of Opus Three; Mona's first rhubarb pie and all the canning; Randy's arrowhead; the auction and fair for the Red Cross.

Nine-year-old MATTY BRATTY invents a time machine that runs on fart gas and the heat of taco sauce. Matty travels back to way before yesterday, to the Age of Dinosaurs so that his stuffed dinosaur, Dino, can visit his family. Like Superman, Dino was saved by his parents when the ICE AGE was coming. Dino’s parents put him in a time capsule and sent him forward in time. The time travel caused Dino’s body to change into sponge and cloth. Matty flunked third grade, but he is a genius. Just ask him.

Jack, Kate, their parents, and pet cat Bruce Lee the Scar-Faced Ninja Attack Kitty from Japan (Who Smells Like Poop) went to bed one night like normal. But when they woke up, everything was not normal. They had been pulled into the kid's favorite video game: Minecraft! Join them in their hilarious adventures!

The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase.

Everything is humming at the Heartwood Hotel one year after the forest fire. Yet Mona the mouse feels like something is missing. Something besides the Golden Acorn—a legendary treasure buried and forgotten long ago. When a stranger turns up at the Heartwood with a map, suddenly the whole forest is taking part in a big treasure hunt and the hotel's regular activities are turned upside down.

Five siblings live a happy life out of an abandoned camper in a national forest - cooking by the fire, foraging their own food, washing their own clothes, tending their own camp - the only problem is, they aren't sure where their parents are, and they've caught a mysterious shadow watching them from the edge of the woods. They've gotten on this far by staying together, cooperating, and making it work - but as the problems pile on, will this family of children, with the eldest member no older a middle grader, make it out together?

Jack, Kate, their parents, and pet cat, Bruce Lee the Scar-Faced Ninja Attack Kitty from Japan (Who Smells Like Poop), went to bed one night like normal. But when they woke up, everything was NOT normal. They had been pulled into the kids' favorite video game: Minecraft!

Two quirky and hilarious stories from the bestselling Diana Wynne Jones. Two groups of children learn that while you can choose your friends, dealing with your family can make you wish you could choose a different one… THE FOUR GRANNIES. Two children are left alone for a couple of days, while...