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Created by award-winning, bestselling duo Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, Snowball is a brilliantly funny audiobook. This hilarious rhyming story is perfect for Christmas! A lonely young snowball, stuck at the top of a mountain, decides to visit the local town for a bit of fun – but on his way he...

Have you ever had a pet puppy? Well I've been told they like to poop a lot! But surely they wouldn't poop for long? So getting a puppy can't be wrong! Well find out what happens to a puppy that can't stop pooping! What on earth shall we do? Are you daring enough to find out? Listen to this book to see what happens.

When a kind young boy helps a strange-looking bird, a beautiful friendship forms. But what these two friends don't realise is that one is a young knight . . . and the other a young dragon! What will they do when they discover they are enemies and destined to FIGHT? The Dragon and the Nibblesome...

Quel che oggi c'è non sempre c'è stato, ci son tante cose per cui hanno lottato, donne che hanno rotto le regole scritte, mettendo a posto cose che non erano dritte! Tante sono le donne che hanno cambiato il mondo con le loro azioni, con il loro esempio, con le loro vite controcorrente. Donne che hanno aperto la strada a tutte coloro che sono venute dopo, indicando la direzione giusta. Alfonsina la ciclista, Kathrine la maratoneta, Fiorenza la pilota, Vittorina la motociclista e Valentina l'astronauta, con le loro tute e le loro divise, hanno esplorato le strade del mondo.

Featuring some of Lewis Carroll's most famous and best-loved poems - including "Jabberwocky" (1871) and "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876) as well as lesser-known gems such as "Brother and Sister" and "My Fairy" (1845) - this production wonderfully illustrates Carroll's fondness for impish satire, verbal wizardry, and pure imagination. The selection ranges from pieces written when Carroll was just 13 to his mature work and is read with great character and charm by Roger May.

A powerful novel in verse from Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning author Margarita Engle about the friendship between a young girl and the poet Gabriela Mistral that leads to healing and hope for both of them. Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she...

This is a first person narrative from Saint Nicholas' point of view of the Christmas classic. The line about his pipe has been deleted (he gave it up when it was learned to be a health hazard). A few words have also been updated. (How many people today know what "sugar plums" or "coarsers" are? How many use the word "droll"?) 

Ivan Krylov (1768-1844), famoso autore di favole, si dedicò totalmente a questo genere letterario dal 1808 in poi, dopo scarsi successi come commediografo. In questo campo ottenne grandi successi in patria e all'estero. Le sue favole, in versi, sono qui presentate nella traduzione di Federico Verdinois. Cornice musicale: "Album per la gioventù" di Schumann.

Can oodles of doodles replace fun with real friends? Casey will learn that his imagination can get carried away , and will miss play dates with his friends. Eventually he will to be around real life friends.

A collection of poems for children aged 5-11. Lively rhythm and rhyme, carry children off on a captivating journey. There they meet their pets, toys and many more interesting things.

"I love you like a skipping stone...I love you like a doggy's bone..." Celebrating the love between a parent and a child, this rhyming book features a host of animals and the things they love about each other. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and as a reminder to the big kids in your life.

Tante rime allegre e spensierate per divertirsi insieme all'orsetto Teddy. Tante filastrocche in rima semplici e divertenti, per conoscere il mondo del dolcissimo orsetto e tutti i suoi personaggi.

What is the noise coming from under Annie's bed? It's a little white goat, says her mother. Together, mother and child create a fantastical adventure in an imaginary world.

A little frog called Zog is tired of his life in the bog. He wants to see more of the world, so one day, he packs a bag and heads out to see what he can see, and he doesn't tell his mom! He has an amazing adventure along the way. 

Classic Poems for Girls is a collection of over 25 funny, whimsical and moving poems for 5- to 10-year olds, designed to fuel the imagination. From the adventures of the Jumblies, who sail away in a sieve; to the sticky end of a girl named Matilda; to the courtship of a maiden who lived long ago, in a kingdom by the sea, there’s a poem to suit any feeling or mood. Seasoned Naxos AudioBooks readers Laura Paton, Anne-Marie Piazza, Benjamin Soames and Roy McMillan work their magic on the works of Edward Lear, Louisa May Alcott, Christina Rossetti, and many more.

Serhan Kansu, yaşanmış bir olaydan esinlenerek kaleme aldığı Sırtımdaki Okyanus isimli kitabında, yavru kaplumbağa Gambi’nin bir okyanus kadar derin düşünceleriyle buluşturuyor bizi. Gambi, yaşamın merkezindeki özgürlük, iyilik, kötülük, insan, doğa, dünya, para ve sevgi gibi kavramları tatlı tatlı sorgularken, terk edilmişlik duygusu ve gerçek dünyayla yüzleşiyor. "Özgürlük nedir Rafi, daha büyük bir akvaryumda olmak mı?" Minik kaplumbağa Gambi, sırtında bir okyanus taşıyor. Şaka yapmıyoruz canım! Gerçekten uçsuz bucaksız bir okyanus var orada.

Samed Behrengi'nin hemşerisi, uzman eczacı ve dilbilimci Anooshirvan Miandji'nin Farsça orijinal baskısından çevirisiyle Türkçeye kazandırdığımız, dünya edebiyatının en ünlü kitaplarından biri Küçük Kara Balık. Küçük Kara Balık, amaçsızca yüzmekten sıkılan bir balık. Günün birinde özgür denizlere açılmak istediğini söyler. Ancak bu fikrine kimse sıcak bakmaz ve herkes onu vazgeçirmeye çalışır. Küçük Kara Balık bunları dikkate almaz ve serüvenlerle dolu bir yolculuğa çıkar. Küçük Kara Balık'ın düşlerini gerçekleştirmek için çıktığı bu yolculuk sizlerde derin izler bırakacak.

“Kurtarılmak için prens mi beklemeli? Bu bekleyişe bir son vermeli! Benim aklıma çok güzel bir fikir geldi. Madem Pamuk Prenses’in yediği elma zehirli, bu zehri boğazından çıkarmak gerekli. Şimdi hep beraber düşünmeli, bir çözüm üretmeli. Vakit, birlik olma vakti.” Nardaniye Hanım’ın Pamuk Prenses’e, Mercimek Çocuk’un Parmak Çocuk’a ya da Tulpar’ın Pegasus’a benzediğini biliyor muydunuz? Yoksa bu benzetilen kahramanları hiç duymadınız mı? Karışık Kuruşuk Masallar, zamanında anlatılan ancak zamanla unutulan kahramanlarla tanıştırıyor sizi.

From the creators of Odyssey Honor award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga comes this companion book of truths about the history, contemporary laws, policies and struggles, and victories of Native Americans, presented in lyrical verse by 12 children, and each with the powerful refrain: We Are Still Here.

In this story the child is invited on a journey where the narrator must find courage to take on a new challenge. The Animal Kingdom characters of Bravery and Bolder are called in to assist and model strength for the child. "The Away Cast” plays on the meanings of the word "cast." It is used as term for the cast of a play and also as a to examine the idea of the fear related to being "cast out." The story unfolds with the narrator auditioning for a play even though it creates some anxiety and discomfort.