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When Twinkle Twinkle Little Star announces that he wants to be in show-biz, the results are hilarious and quite musical. Read and sing along with Stan Munslow's lovable ball of hot gas and you'll have a twinkling hot time of your own!

Entre comptines et poésies, ces textes courts sont conçus comme de petites friandises qui suivent le rythme des saisons pour situer l'enfant dans le cycle naturel du temps.

Iano, è un orco grande e grosso, mostruoso d'aspetto ma gentile di carattere. E' vegetariano, e vive in armonia con animali e persone in una fetida palude che ama molto. Una terrificante puzza minaccia l'esistenza degli abitanti; Iano decide di scoprirne la causa. Aiutato da un gigantesco serpente, dopo alcune peripezie ne scopre l'origine. Si tratta di un enorme sedere costruito con la terra da un potente mago, che per oscuri scopi vuole inquinare l'aria della palude con i potenti peti del magico sedere.

Un misterioso carro si perde nella fetida palude, inseguito da spietati cavalieri che intendono uccidere gli impauriti viaggiatori. Nuova avventura per l'orco Iano, che spinto dal suo innato senso di giustizia interverrà, scoprendo che i misteriosi personaggi aggrediti sono dei comici della commedia dell'arte, le famose maschere: Arlecchino, Colombina, Brighella, Pantalone. Un Duca prepotente li perseguita e vuole ucciderli perché l'hanno deriso sulla scena. Iano li aiuterà a combattere lo spietato...

Wie Richard einen Geheimgang entdeckt, warum Elisabeth Besuch von Konrad von Felseneck bekommt, wie es bei einem Angriff auf Burg Wetterstein zugeht. Dies und vieles mehr findet sich hier von Rolf Krenzer, der zu einer Entdeckungsreise in die Welt der Ritter und Burgen einlädt.

If there is a crayon in the hand of Casey the Crocodoodle, watch out! He will doodle everywhere...tabletops, walls, streets, even on people! Something has to be done about the mess, and it's not an easy decision for the townsfolk. Malinda Gomez's delightful story offers a gentle moral about boundaries and the consideration of everyone's rights. The tale is perfect for preschoolers at storytime or bedtime; youngsters learning to read will also love it.

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.

Sami and Thomas continue their adventure in this vibrantly illustrated collection of contemporary poems for children. Whether it's celebrating the value of family and friends or trying to quiet kittens with pairs of mittens, these poems will make you laugh, remember and imagine.

In this fourth story of the series, Frizzy, one of Santa's Izzy Elves, styles the hair of Christmas dollies, but misses them dreadfully when Santa takes them away on Christmas Eve. (She suffers from S.A.D.: Seasonal Affection Distress.) Frizzy decides she needs to change her job so she doesn't get so attached to the toys she works on. She starts making something completely different, but soon finds that her plan isn’t going to work out exactly as she intended!

Inside this audiobook, you will find: Funny nonsense from my mind. Zany rhymes and slimy tales.

Set in 1981 Guatemala, a lyrical debut novel tells the powerful tale of a boy who must decide what it means to be a man during a time of war. Carlos knows that when the soldiers arrive with warnings about the Communist rebels, it is time to be a man and defend the village, keep everyone safe. But Mama tells him not yet - he’s still her quiet moonfaced boy. The soldiers laugh at the villagers, and before they move on, a neighbor is found dangling from a tree, a sign on his neck: Communist.

King Rubert the Tubby has a roof with a hole. But repair man old Bloggs has the flu, poor old soul. Pickles the Wizard is asking, "Save the day!" But will all be resolved and work out okay? The Leaky Roof is a fantastic short children's story written in rhyme by its author, Geoff Motley.

"I have lost my new blue socks. Did I put them in my box?" Simple rhymes - including "socks", "box", "fox, " and "ox"! - spin the tale of a small duck who waddles through the countryside, forlornly searching for his blue socks. "I'm trying not to be depressed. / Without my socks I feel undressed." Finally, a sharp-eyed peacock sees a bit of blue peeking out of duck's lace-up shoes and the mini-mystery is solved! This winsome story shares the familiar experience of not really losing something after all.

Torn from the pages of The Minstrel's Tale. Children of all ages will enjoy this fairy tale in rhyming verse.

As the first story in a series of tales, this volume introduces readers to Bumpen the Knight, a fearless defender of children and vanquisher of monsters large and small. We also meet Wit, a reformed monster whose fate is bound by an unforeseen turn of circumstance to that of the tiny knight's. Speaking in brilliant rhyme, Wit serves as the narrator for much of the story, explaining the history of how their unlikely partnership came to be.

Dizzy has worked all year right next to his friend, Tizzy, and heard all about his Great Adventure. The trouble is, Dizzy wants to have an adventure, too! When he sneaks aboard Santa's sleigh, he finds all the adventure he's dreamed of with two little boys, Stuart and Drake. They share a wild joy ride and plenty of fun in this third Santa's Izzy Elves story.

Blizzy, Tizzy's "favorite lass," is the only elf who notices that Tizzy is missing on Christmas morning. When she starts questioning all her friends about when they saw him last, and where Tizzy could possibly be, however, they think she is just being a "worrywart." What Blizzy REALLY is, however, is very, very clever, and she alone figures out the mystery!

Naughty Owen and Alex sneak downstairs early on Christmas morning before their parents are up and open one of their big presents from Santa. They are disappointed to find that it is a bookshelf filled with books - not the electronic games they were hoping for. Their disappointment turns to amazement and concern, however, when they find Tizzy, one of Santa's elves, who has been packed inside the bookshelf by mistake.

Decouvrez les aventures fantaisistes d'un nuage bleu qui a fait un etrange pari, d'un epouvantail qui ne veut plus faire peur aux oiseaux, ou d'une coccinelle qui a egare ses points...

Kathryn Tucker Windham begins this montage of stories with the sounds of summer and ends with a joyful Christmas memory. The mixture of tales, from the mouth-watering description of good Southern food to the story of a governor more familiar with Tom Sawyer than Tom Jefferson, comes together to evoke the image of a happy childhood.