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The latest hilarious audiobook in the ever-popular Tom Gates series! Working hard on my school project, I've found out ALL kinds of interesting facts I wasn't expecting to. Stuff like: Mum and Dad got together because of cake. (Full story inside). Cats sleep for 70% of their lives. Peppermint ice cream is just wrong. (True.).

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...

Disaster strikes when Nick (a.k.a. Father Christmas) catches the flu just before Christmas day, meaning that it's up to his fun-loving younger brother Harry to save the day in 'Uncle Christmas'. In 'Granny Christmas', Nick and Harry's Granny turns up with her grumpy pet penguin, Percy, causing chaos with her inventions and nearly ruining all the careful preparation the boys have done! Can Granny Christmas prove to her grandsons that her inventions are more helpful than harmful? 

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...

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. 'Wonderful, funny, magical' Chris Evans 'Bubbles with warmth and mischievous humour . . . irresistible' Alexander Armstrong Father Christmas...

Im XXL Spieleland wird es riesig, chaotisch und richtig eklig! Hanna, Julian und Emma stellen sich verrückten Challenges mit gigantischen Brettspielen, fiesen Aufgaben und überraschenden Gegnern. Von ekligen Bohnen über schummelnde Biber bis hin zum großen Oster-Special mit versteckten Eiern – hier ist alles dabei! Wer behält die Nerven und gewinnt die Spiele? Ein lustiges Abenteuer voller Spaß, Chaos und Überraschungen!

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.

Randy and Oliver Melendy awake one morning full of gloom. Their brothers and sisters are away, the house seems forlorn and empty, and even Cuffy, their adored housekeeper, can't pick up their spirits. Will they have to face a long and lonely winter?

Book 11 in The New York Times bestselling Ivy & Bean series. Ivy and Bean are back, and they are funnier than ever. Ivy's worried. She's read a lot of books about only children, so she knows that they are sometimes spoiled rotten. They don't share their toys. They never do any work. They scream...

In XXL Spiele Teil 15 wird es eisig, laut und herrlich chaotisch. Hannah, Julian und Emma spielen winterliche XXL-Spiele mit niemand Geringerem als dem Weihnachtsmann. Ob festgefroren auf der Karotte, schlafend in der Werkstatt oder rutschend auf dem Eis – Teamwork, Mut und eine Menge Spaß entscheiden, ob alles gut ausgeht.

Bei Familie Vogel dreht sich diesmal alles um Julians ganz besondere Superkraft: Pupsen! Ob Furz-Party im Swimmingpool, geheimnisvolle Furz-Krankheit, Schlafwandeln als Pupsmonster oder Raketenstart mit Pupsantrieb – Julian sorgt für Chaos, Lacher und jede Menge peinliche Momente.

Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie—which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog—grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.

Indigo's going back to school after a long bout of glandular fever. He's not looking forward to it, as he knows the bullies will be waiting for him. But he's determined to stand on his own two feet—so when Saffy and Sarah break up a fight in the boys' bathroom, he's furious. Until he meets Tom. Tom is over from the States for a term, staying with his gran while his family sort out their own problems back home. He loves music and joking and is unfazed by the bullies.

While Dad and Gran battle it out in the kitchen, Mum tries to balance the books while serving quiche to hordes of hungry pensioners. Meanwhile Hope's dramatic sister Stacey is determined to turn all of life into a stage and her "wishes-he-was-on-Wall-Street" cousin Connor decides to buy novelty costumes to advertise the business. And then Auntie Rita rocks up. Café Crumble is tipping straight into Café Chaos!

A popular author of fiction and nonfiction works for children, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen can often be found in schools sharing her beloved works with children all across the country. With its clever rhymes and cute-creepy storyline, Quackenstein Hatches a Family is the irresistible tale of a very special duck. Quackenstein has no family or friends to play with, until he finds an egg. But when it hatches, it’s not exactly what Quackenstein was expecting!

Part-inventor, part-dentist, robot builder, and scientist, nine-year-old Matty Bratty just might be a misunderstood genius. Matty Bratty Robots is the hilarious, clever tale of a boy who flunked third grade but is confident enough to think that he can be a scientist. After all, Albert Einstein is his pen pal, although Albert never writes back to Matty. When Matty builds some robots in his bedroom closet science lab, chaos happens.

Faire partie d’une famille nombreuse, c’est toute une aventure ! Du moins, c’est ce que croit Jade, qui a… six frères et sœurs ! Entre les cris, le bruit et le chaos ambiant, pas facile de trouver un peu de tranquillité dans la maison. Trop souvent, la jeune fille a plutôt l’impression de vivre dans un zoo. Quand les parents annoncent que la famille partira pour la première fois en vacances au bord de la mer, l’excitation est à son comble. Mais les enfants Métivier sont loin de se douter qu’ils ne sont pas au bout de leurs surprises.

Gestatten, die vermurksteste Familie der Welt! Das bisher lustigste Abenteuer von David Walliams für Kinder ab 8 Jahren. Zur Familie von Murks gehören die Eltern Mannie und Mollie, ihre Kinder Minnie und Magnus und ihre Großmutter Lady von Murks. Zusammen mit ihrem Butler und ihrem Haustier, dem Vogel Strauß Cedric, leben sie auf dem heruntergekommenen Schloss Murks, das schon seit Jahrhunderten im Familienbesitz ist. Jetzt aber droht die Bank, Schloss Murks zu übernehmen. Um das zu verhindern, muss sich Familie von Murks etwas einfallen lassen.

Nine-year-old MATTY BRATTY may have flunked third grade, but America wants him to be President of the United Sates. And some rich, powerful people are begging him to be their candidate in the national U.S. presidential election. It does not matter if Matty has never worked before. Who cares if he got an F in government? Matty is a celebrity!