Welcome To God's Balcony is an invitation to visit a magical place, where Thomas The Bird, Charlie, Possum, Ollie & Beth, the Clouds, Big John the Giant, and others excitedly await your arrival for a magical day of fun and storytelling. Their stories foster a deeper understanding in all of us that when we connect with nature, it can nurture, heal and inspire us. They can hardly wait to meet you, and they promise not to start until you come!
Der kleine und der große Hase erkunden die Natur, spielen Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst, pusten Löwenzahnsamen-Fallschirmchen in die Luft und verstecken sich im Laub. Sie tollen durch Wiesen und Felder und wiegen sich am Ende des Tages im weichen Blätternest in den Schlaf ...
Voller Geborgenheit erzählt Sam McBratney von großen und kleinen Entdeckungen. Die kurzen Episoden, die musikalisch abgerundet werden, eignen sich wunderbar für die ganz Kleinen. Der Gitarrist Ulrich Steier untermalt klangvoll die Wege der beiden Hasen und komponierte die beiden Lieder Du fühlst es im Bauch und Ganz weit weg.
Mit den Geschichten Im Frühling, Der Versteck-Baum, Im Sommer, Auf dem Wolken-Berg, Das Ganz-weit-weg-Feld, Im Herbst, Zu Hause, Im Winter und Wen hast du am allerliebsten?
Die Theaterfrau Brigitte Werner ist nicht nur eine beliebte und erfolgreiche Autorin, sondern auch eine Lesekünstlerin. In ihren vielen Lesungen ist sie mit all ihren Emotionen bei den Figuren ihrer Bücher, und der Funke springt garantiert über auf ihr Publikum - ob jung oder alt.
Die Gutenachtgeschichten ihres neuen Buches Weißt du auch, was in der Nacht Fledermausi gerne macht? hat Brigitte Werner mit viel Gefühl eingesprochen,
und Sebastian Hoch hat sanfte, lyrische Klaviermusik dazu komponiert, die den Zuhörer einlädt, sich in die Kissen zu kuscheln und die Augen zu schließen. Damit gelingt das Einschlafen der Kinder garantiert!
Als Zugabe gibt es eine Geschichte als Lied: Wenn der Tag ganz müde ist, gesungen von der wunderbaren Sängerin Martina Langenbucher.
Weihnachten? Wer ist das?
Weihnachten steht vor der Tür, sagen sie. Doch als der Hauskater nachschaut, sieht er niemanden. Wer ist dieser Weihnachten, von dem alle reden und den alle außer ihm zu kennen scheinen? Was will er hier - und wo bleibt er nur? Immerhin betreibt die Familie einen Riesenaufwand für ihn. Es wird gebastelt, gesungen, eingekauft und heimlichgetan. Jede Menge köstlicher Kekse werden gehortet und weggeschlossen. Alles für Weihnachten! Der Kater wird immer aufgeregter. Tag und Nacht lauert er dem seltsamen Besucher auf, um ihn bloß nicht zu verpassen.
Ein warmherzige, lustige Weihnachtswartegeschichte für die ganze Familie!
Moongobble and Edward are back for another adventure, this time venturing to the Forest of Night in search of the Weeping Werewolf. The quest is Moongobble's, but what they find will change Edward's life forever. More high adventure and high hilarity for younger listeners. Grown ups will find themselves laughing along as well!
Max and his dad love their weekends together. Weekends mean pancakes, pizza, spy games, dog-walking, school projects, and surprising neighbors! Every weekend presents a small adventure as Max gets to know his dad's new neighborhood-and learns some new ways of thinking about home. Acclaimed author Linda Urban deftly portrays a third-grader's inner world during a time of transition in this sweet and funny illustrated story that bridges the early reader and middle grade novel.
Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being the only Japanese girl in her class. Even when the other kids tease her, she always has had her flowers and family to go home to.
Now, other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor and Sumiko and her family find themselves being shipped to an internment camp in one of the hottest deserts in the United States. The vivid color of her previous life is gone forever, and now dust storms regularly choke the sky and seep into every crack of the military barrack that is her new “home.”
Sumiko soon discovers that the camp is on an Indian reservation and that the Japanese are as unwanted there as they’d been at home. But then she meets a young Mohave boy who might just become her first real friend….
With searing insight and clarity, Newbery Medal—winning author Cynthia Kadohata explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real-life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both.
A castle that is constantly rearranging itself, and a young royal family sworn to protect it... Celie, Rolf, and their beloved Castle Glower are back in this exciting sequel. When her brother Rolf dares her to catch magical Castle Glower creating a new room, Princess Celie takes the challenge! No one knows the Castle better than she does. But as usual, the Castle has ideas of its own.Celie finds the new room first, and inside it is hidden a giant egg. It looks like The Castle wants Celie to care for the egg and whatever creature it hatches! Celie hadn't bargained for a pet, and caring for this one will prove to be especially tricky, once Celie and her siblings realize what else the Castle is hiding....
Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will LOL over Suzanne Selfors's hilarious series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets.
"A delightfully fun read that will leave you in stitches!"-Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat
Wedgie LOVES the new micro-pig next door. And she LOVES him! They both like to go for walks and roll in smelly things. They are going to be in the school pet parade together. They are best friends.
But Gizmo knows the truth. The pig is Wedgie's new sidekick. Super Wedgie and the Toof have teamed up to stop Gizmo from taking over the world.
But they will not win! Gizmo is an evil genius. He is smarter than most comic book villains. And more powerful than even Darth Vader! He ordered a flying machine online and he will use it to set free all the guinea pigs at the pet parade.
Then they will crush both dog and pig and make all humans feel their wrath. Muh-ha-ha!!
Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will love Suzanne Selfors's hilarious new series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets.
When a bouncy, barky dog and an evil genius guinea pig move into the same house, the laughs are nonstop! Wedgie is so excited, he can't stop barking. He LOVES having new siblings and friends to protect. He LOVES guinea pigs like Gizmo! He also LOVES treats!
But Gizmo does not want to share his loyal human servant with a rump-sniffing beast! He does not want to live in a pink Barbie Playhouse. Or to be kissed and hugged by the girl human. Gizmo is an evil genius. He wants to take over the world and make all humans feel his wrath. But first he must destroy his archenemy, Wedgie, once and for all!
Von Elfen, Zauberern und einem Schrat. Seit Jannis den Schrat geweckt hat, weicht Wendel nicht mehr von seiner Seite. Was für ein Pech, glauben Elfen doch, Schrate brächten Unglück. Aber es kommt noch schlimmer: Der Zauberer Holunder lässt einen gewaltigen Sturm durch den Wald fegen. Dabei wird nicht nur Jannis beste Freundin Motte, sondern auch die Elfenkönigin Titania verweht. Wer kann den Elfenwald jetzt noch retten?
