One day I was twelve years old and broke. I set out to mow some lawns with Grandpa's old riding mower. One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about: the beauty of capitalism. Supply and demand. Diversifying labor. Distributing the wealth. "It's groovy, man," Arnold said. The grass grew, and so did business. Arnold invested my money in many things. One of them was a prizefighter. All of a sudden I was the sponsor of my very own fighter, Joey Pow. That's when my twelfth summer got really interesting. Gary Paulsen's comic story about a summer job becomes a slapstick lesson in business as one boy turns a mountain of grass into a mountain of cash.
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Laugh Out Loud by James Patterson, read by Nate Begle.
Jimmy loves reading so much that he's inspired to start a book company for kids - run by kids. It's a big dream for a twelve-year-old boy - some would even say it's laugh-out-loud ridiculous!
But that doesn't stop Jimmy from dreaming even bigger! His company will be as imaginative and fun as Willy Wonka's chocolate factory... with a Ferris wheel instead of an elevator, a bowling alley in the break room, and a river filled with floating books! He just has to believe in himself and his idea. And maybe win the Lottery.
In this hilarious story filled with clever references to children's book favourites, James Patterson shows young readers that anything can be achieved if you believe in yourself no matter what!
The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2012's number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked...War has finally come.But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark - it's a war between Sanctuaries. For too long, the Irish Sanctuary has teetered on the brink of world-ending disaster, and the other Sanctuaries around the world have had enough. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men if they're going to have any chance at all of maintaining the balance of power and getting to the root of a vast conspiracy that has been years in the making.But while this war is only beginning, another war rages within Valkyrie herself. Her own dark side, the insanely powerful being known as Darquesse, is on the verge of rising to the surface. And if Valkyrie slips, even for a moment, then Darquesse will burn the world and everyone in it.
Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His
worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lioness Besa are his only family... and his only friends.
Often in trouble for his thrill-seeking antics and smart mouth, those same qualities make Yared a star player of the underground
augmented reality game, The Hunt for Kaleb's Obelisk. But when a change in the game rules prompts Yared to log in with his real
name, it triggers an attack that rocks the city. In the chaos, Uncle Moti disappears.
Suddenly, all the stories Yared's uncle told him as a young boy are coming to life, of kingdoms in the sky and city-razing monsters.
And somehow Yared is at the center of them.
Together with Besa and the Ibis -- a game rival turned reluctant ally -- Yared must search for his uncle... and answers to his place
in a forgotten, galaxy-spanning war.
From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, comes a hilarious children’s story about a slide made just for lambs.
Nicolette Farmer is running for class president, and the rest of the Farmer family tells her she’ll win by a landslide. A pack of overconfident lambs mistakenly hear lambslide and can’t believe there’s a slide made just for them. But when they can’t find one on the farm, there’s only one thing left to do: take a vote!
They campaign. They bargain. They ask all the other animals if they, too, would like a lambslide.
Will the lambs ever get their special slide?
Sam Campbell's school team, the Laggan Lairds, always loses. When someone suggests that their name be the Laggan Lard Butts, Sam thinks the team should change its name. What is a Laird anyway? The basketball coach agrees, and soon the whole school is involved in an election for a new team name. Sam and his friends nominate the name Lard Butts. When the basketball team starts winning games after a warm-up cheer of "Go Lard Butts!" it seems the Lard Butt campaign might actually win the election.
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Ladybird presents this collection of hilarious audio stories that are guaranteed to raise a smile from little listeners everywhere.
With over an hour of audio, these new tales are filled with funny sound effects, engaging stories and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments that will keep the whole family entertained.
This audiobook is aimed at children aged 5+, for family listening and learning and development for young minds.
Other audiobooks in the Ladybird Audio Original series include Ladybird Stories for Rainy Days, I'm ready for Big School and the Ladybird Audio Adventures.
These Ladybird stories were written by Peter Millett.
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Ladybird presents this collection of hilarious audio stories that are guaranteed to raise a smile from little listeners everywhere.With over an hour of audio, these new tales are filled with funny sound effects, engaging stories and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments that will keep the whole family entertained.
This audiobook is aimed at children aged 4+, for family listening and learning and development for young minds.
Other audiobooks in the Ladybird Audio Original series include Ladybird Stories for Rainy Days, I'm ready for Big School and the Ladybird Audio Adventures.
These Ladybird stories were written by Annabelle Sami.
Brought to you by Ladybird.
Ladybird presents this collection of hilarious audio stories that are guaranteed to raise a smile from little listeners everywhere.
With over an hour of audio, these new tales are filled with funny sound effects, engaging stories and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments that will keep the whole family entertained.
This audiobook is aimed at children aged 3+, for family listening and learning and development for young minds.
Other audiobooks in the Ladybird Audio Original series include Ladybird Stories for Rainy Days, I'm ready for Big School and the Ladybird Audio Adventures.
These Ladybird stories were written by Serena Patel.
The Princess and the Pea gets a fresh twist in this charming bilingual retelling, winner of the Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration.
El príncipe knows this girl is the one for him, but, as usual, his mother doesn't agree.
The queen has a secret test in mind to see if this girl is really a princesa, but the prince might just have a sneaky plan, too . . .
Listeners will be enchanted by this Latino twist on the classic story, and captivated by the vibrant culture of Peru.
La entrañable historia de La ovejita que vino a cenar y su esperada continuación, Los lobos que vinieron a cenar, juntos en un audiolibro lleno de emoción gracias a la música y a los efectos de sonido incorporados.
En La ovejita que vino a cenar, descubrirás la historia de cómo un hambriento lobo recibe la inesperada visita de una pequeña oveja y empieza a pensar en un delicioso estofado. Pero la ovejita no quiere ser la cena del lobo, quiere ser su amiga...
En Los lobos que vinieron a cenar, una ovejita, cuatro lobos hambrientos y unos VALIENTES animales del bosque estarán dispuestos a evitar la catástrofe. Pero a veces las cosas no son lo que parecen...
Nuestra ovejita y el lobo se han convertido en los mejores amigos. Pero será complicado hacer comprender al mundo esta insólita amistad... Como cuando la ovejita invita a sus amigos a jugar a casa y estos huyen despavoridos al ver al lobo. O como cuando el lobo invita a sus amigos a cenar y tiene que recordarles, una y otra vez, que la ovejita no es la cena. ¿Entenderá algún día el mundo que un lobo y una ovejita pueden ser... amigos?
Dos cuentos extraordinarios que cuestionan nuestras limitaciones y rompe los estereotipos, lleno de emoción gracias a la música y a los efectos de sonido incorporados.
Había una vez una niña que siempre decía no. Y eso le provocaba muchos problemas. Por ejemplo: no podía pedir ayuda al Mago Sí, por que no sabía decir Sí. ¿Queréis que os cuente la historia de esta niña, que era reina de Pocatarec y a la que llamaban la Reineta Pequeñusa? Si no queréis que os la cuente, ya podéis dejar de leer e iros a jugar a otra parte. Si la queréis conocer, tendréis que seguir leyendo. Una nueva entrega de las aventuras del Mago Sí, que siempre ayuda a los más pequeños a tomar las decisiones importantes.
Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.
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Andreu Martín es un autor español nacido en Barcelona en 1949. Referente absoluto y pilar del género de novela negra en España, ha escrito algunos de los títulos más emblemáticos del panorama hispanohablante en el siglo XX y XXI. Asimismo, ha cultivado la novela infantil y juvenil con series como la del detective adolescente Flanagan. Su obra le ha valido premios como el Hammet, el Nacional de Literatura Juvenil, el Deutsche Krimi Preis en Alemania o La Sonrisa Vertical.
