Something extraordinary is going on ... even more extraordinary than usual in the Wishfingers household! Things keep disappearing and then reappearing in the strangest of places!
Dad can’t find his lawnmower, until it mysteriously appears in an upstairs hallway. Norman’s fish tank vanishes from Ruby’s bedroom, only to turn up in the kitchen all by itself! And how on earth does Dad’s jar of treats keep finding its way into little brother Jellybean’s cot?
With Dad as nutty as a fruitcake and finger-nibbling Jellybean throwing terrible tantrums, all poor Mum can think about is a holiday. It’s up to Ruby to find out what’s going on.
Get ready for the greatest game of hide-and-seek in this next adventure of Ruby Wishfingers.
An Australian chicken breeder, Mr McFowler, fails to win competitions with his prized chicken, Hector, mainly because Hector had a nose pecking habit and an inability to remain still when being judged. Mr McFowler was downcast as he felt Hector was the best bird he had ever bred and his greatest chance of winning Champion Bird of the Show.
Mr McFowler, of Scottish descent loves to play old Scottish songs in his shed and sometimes dance to them. One day Hector starts dancing with him to his records. Mr McFowler sees an opportunity and he and Hector train the other chickens to become Highland Dancers. Mr McFowler is a resourceful man and makes things to aid with training. He dusts off his bagpipes and provides the music for the troupe.
It was a difficult task for Hector to mould the sometimes-reluctant individual chickens into a precision team. He eventually succeeds and they perform at local agricultural shows, the the Sydney Royal and finally get an invitation to perform at the famous Edinburgh Tattoo in Scotland, where they woo audiences with their amazing precision performance. They are feted and Mr McFowler is very proud that his prized chicken, which failed to become a champion show bird, was now a champion leader of a successful highland dance troupe. Mr McFowler, a romantically naïve bachelor, even makes a surprising romantic connection!
For Pluto, summer has always started with a trip to the planetarium. It’s the launch to her favorite season, which also includes visits to the boardwalk arcade, working in her mom’s pizzeria, and her best friend Meredith’s birthday party. But this summer, none of that feels possible.
A month before the end of the school year, Pluto’s frightened mom broke down Pluto’s bedroom door. What came next were doctor’s appointments, a diagnosis of depression, and a big black hole that still sits on Pluto’s chest, making it too hard to do anything.
Pluto can’t explain to her mom why she can’t do the things she used to love. And it isn’t until Pluto’s dad threatens to make her move with him to the city—where he believes his money, in particular, could help—that Pluto becomes desperate enough to do whatever it takes to be the old Pluto again.
She develops a plan and a checklist: If she takes her medication, if she goes to the planetarium with her mom for her birthday, if she successfully finishes her summer school work with her tutor, if she goes to Meredith’s birthday party . . . if she does all the things that “normal” Pluto would do, she can stay with her mom in Jersey. But it takes a new therapist, a new tutor, and a new (and cute) friend with a checklist and plan of her own for Pluto to learn that there is no old and new Pluto. There’s just her.
Un viatge per la costa espanyola que canviarà la relació que té amb les seves mares, amb el món i amb si mateixa. Corre l'any 1986 i la Mar, de deu anys, comença un trajecte en cotxe fins a Andalusia. Una de les seves mares es queda a Barcelona, mentre l'altre agafa la carretera amb la Mar. Pel camí recolliran un jove autoestopista, cantaran cançons de pop i discutiran per bajanades. Durant aquestes vacances, la Mar aprendrà més de si mateixa, dels seus sentiments i de la vida.
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Muriel Villanueva (Valencia, 1976) és escriptora i professora. Es va llicenciar en Teoria de la literatura i va estudiar també educació musical. Ha treballat com a mestre d'ambdues disciplines, però actualment compagina el seu treball d'escriptora amb la docència literària. Ha publicat més d'una vintena d'obres de poesia i narrativa, sobretot dins la literatura juvenil i infantil.
Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Brice Hamilton has been subjected to her mother’s new way of life ever since her parents’ divorce two years earlier – a move to a lower tax bracket in Chicago, an undesirable school, and her mother’s newest boyfriend – Phil. Jennifer rebels. Her mother’s answer to the “handful-slash-Jennifer” is to pack her up and send her to her grandma’s, whom Jennifer has not seen in almost three years. Her mother’s lusty plan is for Jennifer to reside there till Christmas. Jennifer captures her life in Flamingo Junction, Florida with her grandmother in an ongoing diary of sorts – a sketchbook that she has titled JENNIFEROLGY – THE STUDY OF JENNIFER. Jennifer’s grandmother, Mama Rudeen, lives in a retirement community called Camelot in north Florida. Mama Rudeen is not what Jennifer expected, nor are her grandmother’s friends – the gals: Miss Maggie Pearl, Miss Addie, and Miss Gaynell…and the guy – Sir Stuckie. Jennifer envisioned octogenarians sitting around waiting to take their last breath. She discovers that retirees have a zest for life. And, more importantly, they defined to Jennifer what unconditional love truly means. Maybe it takes a retirement village to raise a child.
Verrückt, verhext und voller Tempo
Emma Charming hat dreizehn Jahre lang darauf gewartet, endlich eine Schule besuchen zu dürfen. Als junge Hexe darf sie erst unter normale Menschen, wenn sie ihre magischen Kräfte völlig unter Kontrolle hat. Das hat sie natürlich! Hofft Emma jedenfalls. Hoch und heilig verspricht sie, in der Schule auf jegliche Magie zu verzichten. Doch schon am ersten Tag geht alles schief - so wird sie nie Freunde finden! Und wenn sie doch ein kleines bisschen nachhilft? Was mit einer 'Verbesserung' des eigenen Tanztalents ganz harmlos beginnt, stürzt Emma schnell von einem magischen Fettnäpfchen ins nächste. Am Ende wird sie die Drachen, die sie rief, buchstäblich nicht wieder los ... Kann Emma das Chaos noch aufhalten, ohne sich selbst zu verraten?
Join Emery as she takes you on a day in her life. Meet animals, play in the park, and greet a few of her favorite things!
Hello & Goodnight gives you a look at a day in the life of a toddler, through the eyes of a toddler! Engaging you with fun rhymes, beautiful imagery, and adorable humor, Hello & Goodnight is sure to become a bedtime favorite.
National Book Award Winner
Coretta Scott King Award Winner
Newbery Honor Book
Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book
¿Qué significa crecer en dos lugares y no pertenecer completamente a ninguno? Jacqueline Woodson creció entre Carolina del Sur y Nueva York y siempre se sintió a medias en ambos. Estos poemas, conmovedores y poderosos, lo reflejan; así como reflejan la experiencia de ser una niña afroamericana en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, de una infancia vivida entre los residuos de las leyes de Jim Crow, de su aprendizaje constante sobre el movimiento de derechos civiles. Cada verso es una mirada al alma de alguien que, desde muy pequeña, busca su lugar en el mundo.
Tal vez lo encontró en su propia voz al escribir. La elocuente poesía de Woodson es tambiénuna celebración de la escritura pues, a pesar de que tuvo dificultades con la lectura cuando era niña, su amor por las historias inspiró las primeras chispas de la talentosa escritora que es hoy. Este libro es resultado de eso. Es el universo de una niña morena que, contra todo y contra todos, se atrevió a soñar.
Vom Wiederfinden des Glücklichseins
Die kleine Olive sieht graue Tiere überall da, wo Menschen traurig sind. Immer begleitet diese Leute ein graues, müdes Tier, das jede Bewegung schwerfällig macht. An der Seite ihres Vaters nimmt sie einen Elefanten wahr, der Papa lähmt und betrübt. Mit Hilfe von Opa und Arthur, ihrem besten Freund, entwickelt Olive einen Plan, um ihre Familie ein für alle Mal vom Elefanten zu befreien. Und dabei lernt sie, dass bereits kleine Dinge Berge versetzen können ... oder auch Elefanten.
Mit kindgerechter Weisheit begegnet der preisgekrönte Autor und Illustrator Peter Carnavas den Themen Traurigkeit und Depression und er zeigt, wie viel Stärke und Hoffnung man daraus ziehen kann, jemanden wieder glücklich zu machen.
Natalia Belitski erzählt mit kindlichem Staunen und tiefer Zuversicht von großer Traurigkeit, aber auch von dem glücklich machenden Ende.
It’s 5th Grade, and the Dudes are ready to rule the school.
The mission: Inflate the class economy, rock down the walls, race to the state capitol, and take over the governor’s office!
The Goal: To take possession of the most powerful dart gun ever invented! You won’t want to miss Deven’s hilarious election speech, Jayden’s Dude-themed birthday bash, or the battle with baby-stealing bandits! Sherwood will never be the same as these five friends take on downhill skiing, a talent show, a robot bidding war, and a spy mission to the principal’s office. Guard your garden gnome because Dudes are taking over!
The Dudes Adventure Chronicles is a series for kids 8-14 who can’t get enough madcap adventure and hilarious hijinks. The Dudes are a diverse group of preteen boys whose clever mischief turns their suburban neighborhood upside down.
Terrific voice actor, Mark Sanderlin, delivers the funny for the whole family!Classic humor without movie tie-ins or fart jokes! Appeals to middle grade readers who like funny, realistic fiction without a tacked-on message or ripped-from-the-headlines problem.
Praise for Save the Dudes:
'With one priceless, laugh-out-loud scenario after another, the mother and son team of Johnson and Reynolds delivers a fine tale…
'Hilarious comic mayhem, rounded out by affection and insight.' --Kirkus Reviews
Classic middle grade humor with modern kids and realistic misadventures make for better-than-real-life hilarity. If you like Beverly Cleary's Henry Huggins or Barbara Robinson's The Worst Best Christmas Pageant Ever, you'll love the Dudes!
Warning to Parents: Anecdotal evidence suggests that readers of the Dudes may imagine some resemblance between the Dudes’ parents and their own.
El primer libro de la fascinante serie Breadwinner de Deborah Ellis es una novela premiada sobre lealtad, supervivencia, familias y amistad en circunstancias extraordinarias durante el gobierno de los talibanes en Afganistán. Parvana, de once años, vive con su familia en una habitación de un edificio de apartamentos bombardeado en Kabul, la capital de Afganistán. El padre de Parvana - un profesor de historia hasta que su escuela fue bombardeada y su salud destruida - trabaja desde una manta en el suelo en el mercado, leyendo cartas para personas que no pueden leer ni escribir. Un día, es arrestado por el delito de tener una educación extranjera, y la familia se queda sin alguien que pueda ganar dinero o incluso comprar comida. A medida que las condiciones para la familia se desesperan, sólo surge una solución. Prohibido ganar dinero cuando era niña, Parvana debe transformarse en un niño, y convertirse en el sostén de la familia. La edición del 15º aniversario incluye un prólogo especial de Deborah Ellis, así como un nuevo mapa, una nota de autor actualizada y un glosario para proporcionar a los lectores jóvenes un fondo y contexto. Todas las regalías de la venta de este libro se destinarán a Canadian Women for Women en Afganistán. El Fondo parvana apoya proyectos educativos para mujeres y niños afganos.
