This sequel to Five Children and It sees the four children finding a carpet - and then being told by a phoenix that it is a magic carpet. It means a series of adventures. Anna Bentinck reads the tale with great charm. With delightful music of the period.
A gang of unlikely friends are thrown together one wet summer in the small town of Elbow, famous for only two things: chilli pickle and rain. Already bored, they hope something will turn up, but what none of them expect is a real-life dead body with a missing eyeball! Soon the mystery of who killed Herman, owner of the giant pickle factory, becomes a crazy adventure.
When Bobby Pendragon first arrives on the tropical world of Ibara, he finds paradise. As he works to uncover clues about the turning point this seemingly idyllic territory will soon face, all he can determine is that the people of Ibara are blissfully happy. It's not long before Bobby discovers, however, that they are blissfully . . . oblivious. The leaders of Ibara are keeping a devastating secret from their people, one that gives Saint Dane all the opportunity he needs to launch his final assault on Halla.
The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr - Greg was sure the kids had no right being in control of a planet; after all what had they learned about life? Still, what had he learned?
The old ship wheezed and clattered into the landing slot. Greg was an expert pilot, but skill was no substitute for outdated equipment. He unstrapped the safety webbing and eased himself out of the cabin, cluttered with its worn and scarred electronic gadgetry. With the handcrank he opened the airlock. Rusting metal screamed as the panel slid back into the hull. Greg found himself panting from the sudden muscular effort in the heavier atmosphere of the earth.
I'm an old man, he thought bitterly—old at forty; as antiquated as my ship, and as much in need of repair. But no one can do anything for either of us. I gave them the stars, and in twenty years they've forgotten. They've made me a museum piece, these pampered, undersized kids of the new generation.
Greg walked down the ramp. He hadn't been home for seven years, but he was still surprised that no flight inspector met him with the officious clipboard of check-out sheets. The landing fields in the colonies were far more efficiently supervised.
Greg saw a light in the field control building and walked toward it. The field, sprawling for miles across the California desert, was empty, a mocking moment to the magnificent dream the new generation had rejected. Behind him Greg saw the long rows of landing slots, towering metal shafts raised against the night sky. Only four ships rested in the slots, his and three other rusting cargo carriers. In front of the unlighted terminal building the passenger liners stood untended, decaying hulks that would never lift again. Fifteen years ago—even as recently as ten years ago—the California field had hummed with activity.
One of the struggles of parenting can be bedtime. Children need a lot of sleep, but often resist going to bed. Bedtime can be a hectic time, especially when both parents work full time and kids are busy with after school activities like sports. After dinn
The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart brings imagination, adventure, and humor to a swashbuckling full-color chapter book!
Who needs a treasure map when you have a pirate pig with a nose for gold? Stout Sam and his deckhand, Pip, find a pig washed up in a barrel on the beach. They want to keep her as a pet, but they soon realize Julie is no ordinary pig. She can sniff out treasure! What happens if Barracuda Bill, the greediest and meanest pirate who ever sailed the seas, hears about Julie's special talent?
Cornelia Funke's charming and fun chapter books are available to an American audience for the very first time.
The first thrilling tale of adventure, friendship, and discovery in the Pirate Princess series.
When Lotty, a brave, young orphan, and her cheeky dog Mr Jacks are shipwrecked, they encounter ruthless pirates, hidden treasure, and discover the exciting truth about Lotty’s golden locket. The mystery will change her life forever!
An exciting read for 6-12-year old children full of adventure, friendship, humor, and pirates!
2019 Bronze Medal Winner in the Miami Readers’ Favourite Literary Awards and 2020 winner Book Excellence Award for Children's Fiction.
The Pirate Princess and the Sirens’ Song.
Book two in the Pirate Princess Series
Can Lotty save her friends in another exciting adventure?
When a fierce storm pushes the pirate ship Annie's Revenge into the path of three mythical Sirens, Lotty must use all her courage and skill to overcome her fears and master the challenges ahead.
Can Lotty solve the Sirens' riddle and discover what they most desire? Will she rescue her shipmates in time, or will they be stuck on the mysterious island?
Follow Lotty and her cheeky little dog Mr Jacks on another inspiring adventure full of discovery, friendship, and pirates!
Fans of magic, mystery, and adventure will love the third The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventure-a perfect next step for kids who love the Magic Tree House series, and just right for readers who love Chasing Vermeer, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and Wonderstruck. Sixth Graders Ruthie and Jack return to the Art Institute of Chicago's magical Thorne Rooms. During a school presentation, Ruthie and Jack discover that their classmate Kendra is descended from Phoebe Monroe, the young slave they befriended when they traveled to 19th-century South Carolina. Kendra tells them that long ago her family lost their good name and their business selling herbal remedies when mobsters accused them of stealing the recipes! Only Ruthie and Jack know the truth--because only they know about the secret ledger that Phoebe wrote the recipes in long ago! Ruthie and Jack's mission to clear Kendra's name takes them back to the Thorne Rooms, where a mysterious old coin leads them to 1753 Cape Cod and to Jack's own ancestor . . . the pirate Jack Norfleet! But playing with history can be dangerous! Suddenly, Jack's very existence is in jeopardy! Can Ruthie and Jack find the proof they need to help Kendra? And can they fix the past and save Jack's future . . . before it's too late?
Here's What People Are Saying about The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures!
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"Irresistible."
Chicago Sun-Times:
"Exhilarating."
Chicago Tribune:
"Marianne Malone has tapped into a fantasy that is . . . completely universal."
The Boxcar Children are helping out at a pizzeria. The pizzeria is run by their old friends the Piccolos, who’ve been having lots of troubles keeping their business going. Working at the little restaurant is so much fun, but the children wonder . . . is someone deliberately trying to shut down Piccolos’ Pizzeria?
The Plagiarist From Rigel IV by Evan Hunter - Writing stories was hard work—unless Fred had a typewriter like 'Reggie' that could write by itself! Nonsense? Fred agreed until he met— THE PLAGIARIST FROM RIGEL IV
I bought the typewriter in a pawn shop on Third Avenue.
The pawn shop proprietor was a balding old man with a walrus mustache.
'How much?' I asked him.
'Five dollars,' he said casually.
I glanced at him skeptically. The machine was a Remington Noiseless, with italics, probably worth a little over a hundred new, and it couldn't have been more than a year or two old.
'How much?' I asked.
'Five dollars, is what I said. Five.' He held up the fingers of his widespread hand. 'Five. One-two-three....'
'What's wrong with it?' I asked suspiciously.
The old man shrugged. 'Something has to be wrong with it? Listen, young man, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.'
'How come it's so cheap?'
The old man sighed deeply. 'You try to do a favor, you get all kinds of questions. Would you feel happier if I charged you fifty-five dollars?'
'I wouldn't pay fifty-five dollars. I haven't got that much money.'
'Have you got five dollars? Can you pay that much?'
'Yes. But....'
'All right, take the machine. A case goes with it. Believe me, young man, this is a bargain.'
'Five dollars?' I asked again.
'Five dollars. You want it? Yes or no? I got other things to do.'
'I'll take it.'
The old man smiled. 'Good, you'll never regret it.'
He slid the machine off the counter and put it into its case. He snapped the case shut then, locked it, and handed me the two keys.
The Planet of Illusion by Millard V. Gordon - 'A phantom land and a phantom folk Come sailing out of the deep unknown With a soundless roar and a lightless flash To conquer a void for them alone.'
'Planet sighted!' sang out Kendall, eye glued to the electro-telescope.
'Where away?' rang Fred Broster from his place at the controls.
'Five point on ten left from star. Point three seven above the elliptic,' came Kendall's voice again from the forward observation window.
'You're daft and dreaming. Snap into it and look again,' Broster yelled, staring hard at the automatically-recording space-chart. 'There's nothing here but a particularly empty species of nothingness.'
The captain's keen gray eyes stared carefully at the glowing panel before him. On it shone out tiny points of light which revealed each of the different bodies through whose vicinity the Astralite was passing. A remarkable device actuated by delicate gravital detectors which marked out every body they approached.
And according to this chart, there was no such planet recorded in the depths of the device as that which Kendall had sighted.
'I'm not dreaming. Your chart is wrong if you can't find it there,' Kendall remarked after a pause, still staring through the lens of the instrument.
Broster examined the chart again. No; there positively was no planet circling the star as his observer claimed.
'Come away from there!' he called, straightening up. 'Dr. Seaward, will you please take the observer's place and check.'
Seaward dropped the calculations in hand, walked across the control room of the great interstellar explorer, up to the very tip. Kendall stood aside while the doctor applied his eye to the lens.
'It's there all right, Broster. A little red disk exactly where he called it off; the chart's wrong.'
