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The Islands of Chaldea

The brand new and final novel from the magical pen of 'the Godmother of Fantasy', Diana Wynne Jones; co-authored with her sister Ursula Jones.How are you supposed to turn into a Wise Woman if your powers just won't show up? Aileen is convinced she'll never become as magical as her Aunt Beck.Then one day her aunt is set a seemingly impossible mission. She must go to the island of Logra and rescue the kidnapped High Prince from the enemy, and Aileen must go with her. They set off along with Ivar, Aileen's spoilt cousin, and Ogo his clophopping servant, recruiting on their way a huge and elusive cat, a monk with an uncannily wise parrot, and a boy inventor who keeps a pet lizard up his sleeve. But this is no band of mighty warriors, and the evil Lograns and their wizards have blocked their way with an invisible barrier in the sea. Aileen doubts that even with all the magic in the Islands of Chaldea, including Aunt Beck's, they will be able to penetrate it.But Aileen is about to discover that she could be more important to the mission than she realises. Perhaps it is her, above all, who is being drawn to Logra, and for a very special purpose...

Diana Wynne Jones (Author), Ursula Jones (Narrator)

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Lost and Found

See the boy and the penguin dramatically spring to life in this fantastic pop-up edition of the award-winning, best-selling picture book Lost and Found, by the internationally renowned author/illustrator Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy... and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him. But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn't what the penguin was looking for after all...

Oliver Jeffers (Author), Paul McGann (Narrator)

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The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Roll up, roll up! Meet the Incredible Book Eating Boy... See his fantastic feats leap off the page in this stunning pop-up edition. Henry loves books... but not like you and I. He loves to EAT books! This immensely popular picture book follows the trials and tribulations of a boy with a voracious appetite for books. Henry discovers his unusual taste by mistake one day, and is soon swept up in his new-found passion - gorging on every delicious book in sight! And better still, he realises that the more books he eats, the smarter he gets. Henry dreams of becoming the Incredible Book Eating Boy; the smartest boy in the world! But a book-eating diet isn't the healthiest of habits, as Henry soon finds out... Enjoy this spectacular pop-up novelty edition - a must-have gift for all ages.

Oliver Jeffers (Author), Jim Broadbent (Narrator)

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Untamed City: Carnival of Secrets

An extraordinary new world, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series. Warriors Kaleb and Aya will stop at nothing to destroy their competition. But when Kaleb finds his fate entwined with that of Mallory, a seventeen-year-old human girl, he can't seem to separate the vicious Carnival contest he's entered from his sudden devotion to her. He and Aya may be prize fighters from the otherworldly Untamed City, but his strange, obsessive connection makes staying away from the witch-ruled human world, and Mallory, harder every day. All Mallory knows of the Untamed City is what her elders have told her - that it's full of debauchery and daimons looking to destroy her. But she knows she's being pulled toward Kaleb with an emotion so fierce that it's utterly foreign. The two are forced apart by Mallory's overprotective witch father, stranded by necessity between warring populations that can't coexist. But when The City's ruler raises the stakes of the Carnival's prize, there's nothing Mallory, Kaleb, or Aya can do to stop the two worlds colliding. Mallory's about to discover her true identity - and stumble into a fate she'd die to avoid. Fans of The Hunger Games will devour this tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny from the bestselling author of Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr.

Melissa Marr (Author), James Masters (Narrator)

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Stichkopf und der Schausalfinder (ungekürzt)

Nahe dem abgelegenen Örtchen Rafferskaff liegt Burg Grottenow. Dort gehen merkwürdige Dinge vor: Professor Erasmus erfindet Monster! Der kleine Stichkopf ist seine erste Kreatur, wurde aber von neuen Monstern immer mehr zur Seite gedrängt. Seit Jahren fristet er nun in den Schatten der Festung ein vergessenes Dasein und hält dem Professor heimlich den Rücken frei. Als eines Tages eine Freakshow in das Örtchen kommt und der Zirkusdirektor ihn entdeckt, wird ihm eine große Karriere im Rampenlicht angeboten. Doch Stichkopf hat seinem Freund Ersasmus ewige Treue und Loyalität geschworen und entscheidet sich am Ende für die Freundschaft. Ein neuer Held, liebenswert bis in die letzte Naht, erblickt das Licht; Katharina Thalbach dazu: 'Das ist ja ein feines Projekt!'

Guy Bass (Author), Katharina Thalbach (Narrator)

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Die schwarzen Brüder (gekürzt)

Das Tessin in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Not leidenden Bergbauern verkaufen ihre Kinder nach Mailand. Zwanzig Franken bekommen Giorgios Eltern dafür, dass ihr Sohn als 'spazzacamino', als lebender Kehrbesen, durch die Kamine kriecht. Von der Familie seines Meisters wird er gequält, von anderen verspottet. Vor allem eine Straßenkinderbande macht es den Kaminkehrerburschen schwer. Doch die wehren sich und gründen den Bund der 'Schwarzen Brüder' ... Lisa Tetzners Klassiker hat auch nach Jahrzehnten immer noch nichts von seiner Ausstrahlung verloren. Wie die 'Schwarzen Brüder' sich in ihrer Verzweiflung wehren und gegenseitig Halt geben, berührt den Hörer zu tiefst.

Lisa Tetzner (Author), Dietmar Bär (Narrator)

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Der kleine Hase, Der kleine Hase kommt in den Kindergarten

Der kleine Hase erobert Kinderherzen im Sturm! Heute ist ein besonderer Tag: Der kleine Hase kommt in den Kindergarten! Und weil alles so neu und aufregend ist, muss er unbedingt sein liebstes Spielzeug, Kalle Pferd, mitnehmen! Aber Kalle Pferd macht Faxen: Erst trödelt er auf dem Weg so lange, dass sie fast zu spät kommen, dann kann er beim Vorlesen nicht stillsitzen und als sie gemeinsam einen Kuchen backen wollen, kann er sich nicht benehmen und springt mitten in den Teig! Der kleine Hase hat alle Hände voll zu tun, um seinen Freund zu bändigen. Vielleicht sollte er am nächsten Tag mal ohne ihn zum Kindergarten ... Liebevoll produziertes Hörspiel Empfohlen ab 3 Jahren

Harry Horse (Author), Bert Franzke (Narrator)

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Der kleine Hase, Der kleine Hase läuft weg

Der kleine Hase erobert Kinderherzen im Sturm! Der kleine Hase hat genug: Als Mama und Papa wieder mal mit ihm schimpfen, beschließt er wegzulaufen. Er schnürt seinen Ranzen und macht sich auf den Weg. Unterwegs trifft er Molly Maus, die auch von zu Hause weggelaufen ist. Gemeinsam beginnen sie ein Haus zu bauen und richten es sich gemütlich ein. Doch eines Abends beim Einschlafen hören sie seltsame Geräusche, wer mag das sein? Der kleine Hase und Molly Maus fürchten sich und wünschen sich sehnlichst nach Hause ... Liebevoll produziertes Hörspiel Empfohlen ab 3 Jahren

Harry Horse (Author), Bert Franzke (Narrator)

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Der kleine Hase, Der kleine Hase wird großer Bruder

Der kleine Hase erobert Kinderherzen im Sturm! Der kleine Hase kann es kaum erwarten, dass sein Geschwisterchen endlich auf die Welt kommt! Doch als er Mama das erste Mal im Krankenhaus besucht, liegen 3 gleich drei Häschen kleine Racker bei ihr im Bett - Drillinge! Der kleine Hase stellt bald fest, dass das Leben als großer Bruder gar nicht so einfach ist und dass die Kleinen als Spielgefährten noch nicht so recht taugen ... Ein liebevoll produziertes Hörspiel nach den Bilderbüchern von Harry Horse (Boje Verlag) Empfohlen ab 3 Jahren

Harry Horse (Author), Bert Franzke (Narrator)

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Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?

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! Soft-hued, adorable pen-and-ink and watercolor paintings adorn this winsome story that shares the familiar experience of not really losing something after all. "Good fun." --Booklist "What makes this version particularly enjoyable are offbeat touches that mirror a preschooler's precipitously escalated emotions. . . . Bunting and Ruzzier work together well, capturing preschool fears and uncertain sentiments but, in the end, making it all O.K." --The New York Times Online "With its simple vocabulary and Seussian rhymes, this would be a fine choice for an emerging reader to read aloud." --The Wall Street Journal "The sonorous, Seussian cadence of Bunting's rhyming text lends itself to reading aloud, but older beginning readers up to a few challenging vocabulary words might also successfully tackle this on their own, especially once they've heard it read a few times." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/21/2013 pg. 68 (EAN 9780547752679, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2013 pg. 71 (EAN 9780547752679, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2013 pg. 82 (EAN 9780547752679, Hardcover) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 03/01/2013 pg. 108 (EAN 9780547752679, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 03/01/2013 pg. 70 (EAN 9780547752679, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2013 pg. 455 (EAN 9780547752679, Hardcover)

Eve Bunting (Author), Michele Medlin, Michelle O. Medlin (Narrator)

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Tuesdays at the Castle

Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing. No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one-other than Celie, that is-takes the time to map out the new additions. But when King and Queen Glower are ambushed and their fate is unknown, it's up to Celie, with her secret knowledge of the castle's never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom. This delightful book from a fan- and bookseller-favorite kicks off a brand-new series sure to become a modern classic.

Jessica Day George (Author), Suzy Jackson (Narrator)

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Rush Revere and the First Patriots: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans

Rush Revere rides again! Saddle up with Rush Limbaugh's really good pal for a new time-travel adventure."Whoa there, young historians! Before we go rush, rush, rushing off anywhere, I'd like a moment. I'm Liberty, Rush Revere's loquacious equine companion-his trusty talking horse! Always at the ready to leap from the twenty-first century into America's past, that's me. When he says 'Let's go!' I'm so there. I'm jazzed, I'm psyched, I'm-""Ah, excuse me, Liberty?""Yeah, Rush?""Usually you say 'oh no, not again!' and 'while we're in colonial Boston, can I try the baked beans?'""Okay, fine-you do the talking. I'll just be over here, if you need me...."Well, he's sulking now, but I couldn't be your tour guide across time without Liberty! His name says it all: the freedom we celebrate every July Fourth with fireworks and hot dogs (and maybe some of those baked beans). But how did America get free? How did thirteen newborn colonies tell the British king where he could stick his unfair taxes?Jump into the bustling streets of Boston in 1765, where talk of revolution is growing louder. I said LOUDER. You'll have to SHOUT to be heard over the angry cries of "Down with the king!" and "Repeal the Stamp Act!" that fill the air. You'll meet fierce supporters of liberty like Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and my idol, Paul Revere, as they fearlessly defy British rule. It's an exciting, dangerous, turbulent, thrilling time to be an American...and exceptional young patriots like you won't want to miss a minute. Let's ride!

Rush Limbaugh (Author), Rush Limbaugh (Narrator)

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