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Code Name Bananas, from Children's author David Walliams. 1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of My Brother's Name is Jessica written by John Boyne, read by Joe Jameson. Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother...

The King and Queen realise they need to call the Little Princess by her real name now that she's actually not so little any more. But there's trouble...the Princess' real name is so awful that nobody can pluck up the courage to tell her what it is! The Princess is determined to find out her true name. But what will happen when she does?

Splat the Cat's friends Spike and Plank are coming over to play games. Splat is excited to play with them . . . until everything starts to go wrong! First he trips and falls in Mouse, Mouse, Cat—and then he can't find a good hiding spot in hide-and-seek. Readers will delight as Splat finds a...

When intrepid investigators Cass and Max-Ernest set out to discover the history of the mysterious Symphony of Smells, they become embroiled in a dastardly experiment involving kidnapped children and the secret of eternal youth. Together they must come up with a plan to rescue their classmate from a hideous fate and escape the eerie pyramid of the Midnight Sun.

What happens when a talking fish, a runaway dog, and a herd of hog-like creatures descend on the woods behind Cody Brachman's house? An absolute nightmare! His friend Sam wanted to stay inside and play video games all day, but Cody insisted they go wading in the creek. What starts as a fun morning in the water quickly turns into the scariest day the two friends have ever experienced.

Non-stop action, terrifying dinosaurs and a race to save the world… ‘I’m sorry,’ I said, sure I hadn’t heard her right. ‘Do you mean you are still bringing dinosaurs back to life?’ Were people really still resurrecting the creatures responsible for nearly wiping out the human race?...

Goa es una adolescente que acaba de cumplir 12 años y ve cómo su vida da un giro inesperado de la noche a la mañana: sus padres se han separado, ahora tiene dos casas y toda su vida repartida entre ellas. Además, su padre va a tener un hijo con su nueva pareja, o sea que... ¡tendrá un hermanito! Cuántas cosas para tener solo 12 años. Goa solo quiere estar tranquila y que le dejen un ratito con la tablet para expresar todo lo que le pasa por la cabeza en un diario que graba en vídeo para sí misma. ¡Porque crecer no es nada fácil!

Das verrückteste Kinderbuch-Abenteuer seit es Drachen gibt. Wie ein kleiner Ritter auf den Hund kam, und er all seinen Mut zusammennahm, wie ein Pups fiese Außerirdische bezwang, und die Freundschaft des edlen König Arthur und seinem Hund Furz begann. Das alles wird im Buch beschrieben; lustig gereimt – ihr werdet es lieben! – liebevoll illustriert zum Staunen und Lachen, das verrückteste Abenteuer seit Ritter und Drachen. Ja, es wird gepupst und es geht drunter und drüber. Jeder tut´s, aber nur dieses Kinderbilderbuch redet darüber.

Un inicio de curso lleno de emociones para Goa y para sus amigos, un grupo que será clave para surfear todo lo que pasa cuando tienes 12 años. Goaseguirá compartiendo sus pensamientos y emociones en el diario en vídeo que graba para sí misma. ¡Ojalá la vida tuviese un manual de instrucciones!

On Christmas Eve, Oliva the Maid must clean windows, dodge leprechauns and rescue the family cat while everybody in the house watches from the family room by the fireplace. With the help of Grayson the Butler, Danforth contends with a gang of escaped cows whose misconduct is accounted for with lots of nasty details. And Santa Claus makes a memorable entrance in this unusual story of adventure and Christmas wonder.