Tanzen gegen alle Widerstände. Billy Elliot ist der jüngste Sohn einer Bergarbeiterfamilie. Vater Jackie schlägt sich durch, so gut er kann, während er mit anderen Kumpels gegen die drohende Schließung der Minen demonstriert. Billy soll sich durchsetzen können, soll wie alle Männer in der Familie boxen lernen. Doch der entdeckt in der Sporthalle seine Vorliebe fürs Ballett - ein Skandal in der rauen Arbeiterwelt. Fast schon gibt Billy seinen Traum vom Tanzen auf. Als dann aber ein Stipendium für der Royal Ballet School winkt, steht er vor der Entscheidung seines Lebens.
Highlights presents Billy and the Bully written by Della Cohen. The new boy, Walt, starts picking on Billy. Billy's friends quickly size up Walt as a bully. They start chanting 'Halt, Walt' and attract the attention of Mrs. Solomon. Mrs. Solomon tells Walt that acting like a bully isn't the way to make new friends. Then she enlists Walt in a secret class project that may help spark a friendship between the boys.
Joe Spud hätte eigentlich allen Grund, glücklich zu sein. Genauer gesagt Billionen Gründe, denn er ist der reichste Zwölfjährige der Welt. Sein Vater hat das Hintern-Abwischen revolutioniert und mit ausgeklügeltem Klopapier viel Geld gemacht. Joe bekommt alles, was man sich nur vorstellen kann: einen Formel-1-Wagen, 500 Paar Turnschuhe, einen Orang-Utan als Butler. Aber etwas ganz Entscheidendes fehlt ihm: ein Freund. Daher bittet er seinen Vater um das Unvorstellbare - auf eine ganz normale Schule gehen zu dürfen, inkognito. Damit beginnen natürlich jede Menge urkomische Verwicklungen, die am Ende zeigen, dass Geld und Reichtum allein nicht glücklich machen.
David Walliams' Geschichte für Kinder bezaubert mit einem Außenseiter, dessen gutes Herz ihn zu wahrer Größe erstarken und das wirklich Wichtige im Leben erkennen läßt.
A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and one of the fastest growing children's author across the globe.
Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land.
But Joe isn't happy. Why not? Because he's got a billion pounds... and not a single friend. But then someone comes along, someone who likes Joe for Joe, not for his money. The problem is, Joe's about to learn that when money is involved, nothing is what it seems.
The best things in life are free, they say - and if Joe's not careful, he's going to lose them all...
These heavy mammals carry up to 30-pound horns on their heads. Even the bones in their bodies do not weigh that much! Climb through the mountains with these agile animals in this informative title.
Eleven-year-old Sam has a problem. Well, quite a few problems. So when he sees a shooting star, he naturally wishes on it--for a million wishes. Of course, he doesn't expect the wish to come true, but somehow it does. Sam has fun experimenting with wishes--he can change anything he wants. But when he discovers that changing things has consequences that aren't always good, he begins to think again.
It's Discovery Week at the Zigzag Afternoon Center! Everyone writes their discoveries on a big sheet of paper in the hallway. But Destiny Washington can't think of anything new to discover. Before she knows it, Destiny has told a BIG whopper. And snooty Gina, who's great at discovering things, knows all about it. Destiny has to find a way out of the whopper. In the end, she makes the best discovery of all.
Hitch a ride with eleven-year-old Hazmat and her dad in their eighteen-wheeler, Leonardo, for a feel-good road trip across America that keeps on trucking!
Life on the road with Daddy is as good as gets for Hazmat. Together, they’ve been taking jobs and crisscrossing the US for years. Now Daddy’s talking about putting down roots—somewhere Hazmat can go to a real school and make friends. Somewhere Daddy doesn’t have to mail-order textbooks about “nature’s promise to all women.” Somewhere Mom’s ashes can rest on a mantel and not on a dashboard.
While everything just keeps changing, sometimes in ways she can’t control, Hazmat isn’t ready to give up the freedom of long-distance hauling. Sure the road is filled with surprises, from plane crashes and robo trucks, to runaway hitchhikers and abandoned babies, but that all makes for great stories! So Hazmat hatches a plan to make sure Daddy’s dream never becomes a reality. Because there’s only one place Hazmat belongs: in the navigator’s seat, right next to Daddy, with the whole country flying by and each day different from the last.
Award–winning author Louise Hawes writes with an easy, conversational voice and an “I’ll never grow up” spirit that cheerfully thumbs its nose at traditional coming-of-age narratives. This heart-tugging, laugh-out-loud portrait of a father and daughter is a satisfying journey across modern America you won’t want to miss.
The old witch wants a pumpkin pie. First she plants a pumpkin seed. She weeds and waters and waits. A tiny sprout pokes through the ground, and soon a small pumpkin appears. It grows, and it grows some more. When Halloween is only hours away, the witch decides it is finally time to bake the pie. But first she must somehow pull the huge pumpkin off the vine. With her fun-filled tale, popular children's author Erica Silverman teaches a gentle lesson in friendship and cooperation. Narrator John McDonough's lively portrayal of the old witch and each of her spooky companions will have youngsters laughing out loud. And beginning readers will enjoy the humorous illustrations as they follow along in the book.
