My Life as a Stuntboy is the follow-up to the acclaimed My Life as a Book starring the irrepressible Derek Fallon. Janet and Jake Tashjian’s award-winning My Life series, praised by Kirkus Reviews as “a kinder, gentler Wimpy Kid with all the fun”, follows the coming-of-age misadventures of middle-grader Derek Fallon in school and through his attempts to follow his bliss.
Derek Fallon gets the opportunity of a lifetime—to be a stuntboy in a major movie featuring a pretty teen starlet. After accepting the job he learns that he is the star's stunt double and must wear a wig! His friends are never going to let him live this down.
If that weren't his only problem, his parents are threatening to give away his pet monkey, and his best friend just posted an embarrassing video of him on YouTube. Can life get any worse? Still the irrepressible Derek takes it all in stride and even manages to save the day.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
IN THE SPRING what I love best in my garden are the birds
building nests.
In the spring what I love most to do is fly kites.
In this quiet story, a young girl and her older companion describe the garden
they love as it passes gently through the seasons. Originally published in
1960, In My Garden, by beloved picture book author Charlotte Zolotow,
has been freshly reimagined by acclaimed author/illustrator Philip Stead
as an homage to nature, friendship, and the passage of time.
A dirty, skinny dog shows up in Sam and Katies neighborhood. They start to follow it,
and they dont like what they see: the Wilson sisters yell at the dog because it is digging
in their garden and the Tracy twins chase it on their bikes and throw things at it.
Sam and Katie want the dog to know theyll be its friends. They think it should have a
name. Most of all, they want it to like them.
But they make a big mistake, and after that, its hard to make things right. Because how
can you apologize to a dog? Especially one that wont come near you.
How they earn the dogs trust and help it find its place in their town, and how the dog
gets its name, make for a heartwarming story told in two voices using prose and poetry.
Cruz, Sailor, Emmett, and the gang are on their way to Africa when Nebula misses their intended target and someone close to Cruz ends up on the brink of death. Secrets creep out from the shadows and leave Cruz with more questions than answers in this fourth title in the hit series.
A major discovery forces the Explorer Academy into the limelight in The Star Dunes, but Cruz has much more on his mind than 15 minutes of fame. A new face on board the ship brings Cruz's worlds colliding, just as a major close call tears them apart. En route to Africa, Team Cousteau is now down a major player, and Cruz can't help but be preoccupied by the hole in his life. The discovery of his mom's next clue leads him to the most exotic location yet--a vast desert--with no other information to lead the way, while an unlikely ally helps Cruz pursue another piece of the puzzle. Just as things seem like they might turn out alright, Dr. Fanchon Quills has a technological breakthrough which gives Cruz a glimpse into the past and reveals more about his future than he may really want to know.
Max loves stories, especially the fantastical tale Buelo tells him about a mystical gatekeeper who can guide brave travellers on a
journey into tomorrow.
If Max could see tomorrow, he would know if he'd make Santa Maria's celebrated fútbol team, and whether he'd ever find his
mother, who left when he was a baby. Papa refuses to talk about her, so Max has learned to stop asking.
But when Papa is forced to reveal his involvement in an underground network of guardians that led people fleeing a neighboring
country to safety, and the surprising reason Max's spot on the fútbol team may be threatened, everything he knew about himself
and his family is upended.
A treasured compass, a haunted tower, a mysterious stone rubbing, and a peregrine falcon propel Max on a dangerous search for
clues about who he is and what the future holds.
Superfudge meets The Lemonade War in this funny, heartwarming series debut about change, adventure, family, and of course, doughnuts.
Tristan isn't Gifted or Talented like his sister Jeanine, and he's always been okay with that because he can make a perfect chocolate chip cookie and he lives in the greatest city in the world. But his life takes a turn for the worse when his parents decide to move to middle-of-nowhere Petersville-a town with one street and no restaurants. It's like suddenly they're supposed to be this other family, one that can survive without bagels and movie theaters.
His suspicions about his new town are confirmed when he's tricked into believing the local general store has life-changing chocolate cream doughnuts, when in fact the owner hasn't made them in years. And so begins the only thing that could make life in Petersville worth living: getting the recipe, making the doughnuts, and bringing them back to the town through his very own doughnut stand. But Tristan will soon discover that when starting a business, it helps to be both Gifted and Talented, and It's possible he's bitten off more than he can chew . . .
Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin in the most captivating picture book debut of the year! Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
Meet Penguin Blue, in this Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winning tale!
It’s a windy day, and he has a brand new kite – but where’s he going on this maiden flight?
Penguin Blue and his friends go on a gloriously illustrated adventure full of good ideas, homesickness and the perils of kites, from the sparkling new talent Rob Biddulph.
Cuentos breves para escuchar antes de dormir, para pasar el rato durante alguna espera o para compartir con amigos. Cuentos con humor y mucha aventura, con uno de los personajes que más adoran los chicos.
¿Sos tan fan de las historietas de Gaturro? ¿Te encantan las mini historias que hay en cada tira? ¡Anímate entonces a escuchar estos cuentos! Son cortos, divertidos, atrapantes, llenos de aventuras, romance, acción, misterio y suspenso...
När Daring Do smyger in på Botaniska sällskapets bankett så var tanken att hon skulle ligga lågt och samla information om Evighetsblomman - en växt som ryktas kunna göra en ponny odödlig. Tanken var definitivt inte att bli överrumplad av doktor Caballeron och hans hantlangare!
Det visar sig att det inte alls varit en slump att Daring Do fått nys om tillställningen. Någon som känner henne väl har nämligen planerat allt in i minsta detalj! Plötsligt är det upp till henne att ge sig ut på äventyr för att finna både Evighetsblomman och Gallant True - ponnyn som vet allra mest om växten. Som tur är har hon stor erfarenhet av skattjakter från när hon var ett litet föl. Frågan är bara om det kommer hjälpa henne nu?
Allt går enligt planerna för Blair Waldorf. Hon har blivit skolans populäraste tjej, hon styr över sitt gäng med järnhand och hon är ihop med Nate Archibald - skolans snyggaste kille och hennes stora kärlek.
Helt utan förvarning händer dock någonting som gör att hennes så perfekta värld hotar att rasa samman. På skvallerbloggen Gossip Girl, som alla i skolan följer, syns plötsligt nyheten att Serena van der Woodsen är tillbaka på Manhattan. Serena och Blair hade varit bästa vänner innan Serena plötsligt försvann.
Den nykrönte drottningen av Manhattans glamourösa Upper East side riskerar nu att förlora sin krona till sin gamla bästis - och Blair bestämmer sig för att göra allt för att behålla sin tron.
Serien Gossip Girl har sedan böckerna publicerades blivit ett globalt fenomen. Vi möter de rika, snygga och välklädda tonåringarna Serena, Blair, Chuck, Nate och Dan som är uppvuxna i New Yorks glittrande elit. Efter succén gjordes historien om till en tv-serie, som setts av miljontals tittare världen över.
Cecily von Ziegesar är en amerikansk författare, mest känd för sin ungdomsserie Gossip Girl. Hon kommer från en tysk adelsfamilj, men är född och uppvuxen i New York. Hennes populära bokserie har gjort henne till en av de mest framstående författarna av ungdomslitteratur i världen.rn
A Pampelum hi havia una fàbrica de núvols. El senyor Blam n'era el director i en Plub era el pintor de núvols i l'encarregat de la fàbrica. Un dia, però, va deixar de sortir pintura del vaporitzador. No en quedava ni una gota! En Plub estava molt preocupat. Aviat se li va ocórrer una idea, en lloc de fer-ho com de costum, podia pintar els núvols de tots colors. I així ho va fer. Al cap d'uns minuts la fàbrica va tornar a funcionar. El senyor Blam, en veure els núvols de colors, va pensar que en Plub havia embogit i el va despatxar. L'endemà, el senyor Blam es va presentar el primer a la fàbrica, i tot el dia va sonar el telèfon per fer-li comandes i felicitar-lo; fins i tot havia sortit la notícia a la primera plana del diari. Núvols de colors, núvols, núvols, tothom volia núvols! El senyor Blam va anar a buscar el bo i estimat Plub i el va fer sots-director. I des d'aquell dia la fàbrica de núvols va tenir tant èxit que exportava núvols al món sencer. Es va crear l'escola de pintors de núvols de colors a Pampelum, dirigida per en Plub, el gran artista, admirat per tothom. El senyor Blam va treballar amb un nou soci i va arribar a se alcalde de Pampelum.
