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Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling wishes for a more exciting life. So when an opportunity to travel to Never Land on a pirate ship presents itself, Wendy makes a deal with the devil. But Never Land isn't quite the place she imagined it would be, and a little pixie named Tinker Bell seems less than friendly. Then Captain Hook reveals some evil plans for Never Land, and it's suddenly up to Wendy and Tinker Bell to save Peter Pan and his world.

Discover what would have happened if a kiss from the Prince didn't wake up Sleeping Beauty in this Twisted Tale.

Animals in Barnyard Meadows are glued to their phones. But Little Red Hen doesn’t just want to watch internet videos. She wants to make them too! Unfortunately, her friends aren’t eager to put in the hard work of creating an online baking show. When each step of the process reveals the wild side of their quiet town, will Red’s friends realize all the fun they’re missing, and can the hen become a video star?

NAMED A ""FALL 2020 MUST-READ"" AND ONE OF THE ""BEST BOOKS OF FALL 2020"" BY TIME, VULTURE, THE BOSTON GLOBE, WIRED, COSMOPOLITAN AND MORE Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of...

As ancient immortals are left reeling, a modern Athena and Hermes search the world for answers in Ungodly, the final Goddess War novel by Kendare Blake, the acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood. For the Goddess of Wisdom, what Athena didn't know could fill a book. That's what Ares said. So...

It’s the new normal at the Garber household in Connecticut: Glen, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. Waiting for Sheila’s return, with their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Adding to the tragedy, the police claim Sheila was responsible. Glen knows it’s impossible.

Best friends Gabby and Kaden do everything together: hoverboarding, robot-building, and virtual reality gaming. Then one day Kaden goes off alone and gets his hands on experimental VR tech. When he powers on the headset, a rogue AI called S.N.O.W. takes hold of his mind and locks the boy deep in her digital realm! But Gabby isn’t about to abandon her best bud. Can she enter the game, fight through the levels, and solve the final puzzle to save Kaden before he’s lost to S.N.O.W. forever?

Frankie Flip Phone knows he’s about to be recycled by his owner, so he runs away to the town of Bremen to start a band instead! Soon, he’s joined by other tossed-out devices eager to become famous musicians. But their dreams are put on pause when they visit a repair shop and discover hackers trying to shut down the internet!

Ant is a planner. He is convinced the world is going to end, so he’s building a bunker. Grasshopper can’t help but be annoyed. But all that changes when disaster strikes! Is it the end of the world? Can Grasshopper convince Ant to help him?

Chicken Little and her friends are part of the final frontier, living on the moon base. One day, Chicken Little notices a small dip in the oxygen levels. She’s afraid the moon base may be in big trouble. Back when they lived on Earth, Chicken Little had thought the sky was falling when an acorn hit her on the head. Because of that mistake, none of her friends believe her now. Can she convince them she’s right in time to save the moon base, or will this be a real disaster?

An injured (and gassy) goose has crashed onto the Worthington estate, and no one cares except for young Valeria. That all changes when the bird starts laying solid-gold eggs! But as soon as the Worthingtons try to force the goose to lay a fortune, the egg comes out totally ROTTEN. Can Val help her feathered friend escape before the greedy family tries something extreme?

After a chemical spill in Dr. Frankenstein's lab, Rapunzel's hair has grown to extreme lengths . . . and it's alive! But her long locks weren't the only thing animated that stormy night. A lightning strike also shocked life into a clay figure. Now Frankenstein is locking the two away, promising to cure Rapunzel while secretly plotting to use his creations to become famous.

Ava is frustrated and bored with fairy tales. They are all the same! But when she falls into the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, she realizes she has a chance to make some important changes! As soon as she meets Briar Rose, Ava takes action. She teaches Briar Rose how important it is to be assertive and question things.

When Kaita falls into the book Cinderalla, she is NOT impressed. Why is Cinderella the only one cleaning? Why are Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters so mean to her? Why doesn’t her dad speak up? And what in the world is happening at this upcoming ball? Needless to say, Kaita has a lot to teach Cinderella before she finds her way out of this fairy tale.

Detective Princess King is taking on her toughest case yet: find the "pea"—a priceless emerald that's disappeared from Mrs. Snell's jewelry collection. But as Princess searches for clues, she discovers that Snell Manor holds many mysteries—from secret passageways to a towering bed of stacked mattresses.

Little Johnny Slimeseed isn't like the other monsters living in Nightmare. The gentle swamp creature hates scaring human kids and wishes his fellow ghouls would find another hobby. So he comes up with a brilliant plan—fill the land with oozy, goopy slime trees! If he can plant enough seeds, the monsters won't frighten anyone because they'll be too busy having fun in the sludge! Can Johnny achieve his freaky forest dream?

For most kids, catching fireflies is a fun summer activity. For twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng, it's a matter of life and death. That's because Serwa knows that some fireflies are really adze, shapeshifting vampires from the forests of Southeastern Ghana. Adze prey on the blood of innocents, possessing their minds and turning them into hulking monsters, and for generations, slayers like Serwa and her parents have protected an unknowing public from their threats.

WHEN MALEFICENT PUT A CROWN ON AURORA’S HEAD, SHE DIDN’T THINK SHE WAS PUTTING HER IN DANGER. Ruling a kingdom is challenging under any circumstances. But Aurora—queen of Perceforest and queen of the Moors—is reigning under the weight of two crowns. Caught between the prejudices that...

Cariche di innovazione e non sempre convenzionali, le novelle di Hans Christian Andersen non sono "fiabe della buonanotte" e non sono adatte a un pubblico di ascoltatori o lettori molto piccoli, benché ognuna di esse porti effettivamente un messaggio, una morale, di indubbia saggezza e di chiara utilità educativa.

I più noti capolavori del grande autore danese. Cariche di innovazione e non sempre convenzionali, le novelle di Hans Christian Andersen non sono "fiabe della buonanotte" e non sono adatte a un pubblico di ascoltatori o lettori molto piccoli, benché ognuna di esse porti effettivamente un messaggio, una morale, di indubbia saggezza e di chiara utilità educativa. Abbiamo voluto raccogliere quaranta novelle, scegliendo tra le più famose e le più significative delle 156 che scrisse nel corso della sua vita.