A heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for everyone of 10 and older - this book will probably make you cry, and will definitely make you laugh.
Cymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimming
Not ever. Not once.
But how hard can it be? He's Googled front crawl and he's found his dad's old pair of trunks. He's totally ready.
What he's not ready for is the accident at the pool - or how it leads his mum to a sudden breakdown.
Now, with the help of friends old and new, Cymbeline must solve the mystery of why his mum never took him near water - and it will turn his whole life upside down...
'A wonderful story, moving and funny' - Ross Welford
Una novela para descubrir mundos más allá del mundo ordinario que vemos día a día. Brisca, la perrita de Paula, se pierde un día en una excursión al campo. Cuando Paula emprenda su búsqueda, le aguardan muchas sorpresas, y todas agradables...
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.
It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy!
August is for Acrobat...
In the eigth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives - something special is coming to Green Lawn - a traveling circus! But when the performers arrive, they need help. Their show is a mess, and Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy are happy to chip in. They fix up the equipment and find dazzling new acts, but what the show needs most is an acrobat. No one in town is brave enough to go up on the high trapeze, except for one mysterious masked person. If the kids could find out who it is, this might be the best circus ever - but it seems as if this acrobat doesn't want to be found!
Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who loves mysteries!
At Jewish summer camp, Lila struggles to make friends until she meets a mysterious horse in the nearby woods who helps her develop confidence in this fourth story in the American Horse Tales series.
Lila is a young girl attending Jewish summer camp. She doesn't initially connect with the other campers and finds herself alone in the forest, where she encounters Lonny, a beautiful brown horse with white spots on his face. In Lonny, Lila finds a friend who will listen to her problems as she develops the confidence she needs to befriend the other campers. Camp Mah Tovu is part of a series of books written by several authors highlighting the unique relationships between young girls and their horses.
Summer camp turns sinister in Camp Murderface, a spooky middle grade read perfect for fans of scare masters like R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike.
The year: 1983. The place: Ohio. The camp: Scary as heck.
Camp Sweetwater is finally reopening, three decades after it mysteriously shut down. Campers Corryn Quinn and Tez Jones have each had more than enough of their regular lives—they’re so ready to take their summer at Sweetwater by storm.
But before they can so much as toast one marshmallow, strange happenings start…happening. Can they survive the summer? Or will Camp Sweetwater shut down for good this time—with them inside?
It's Ocean's Eleven set in a summer camp as two kids try to one-up each other in a con competition at a camp that isn't quite what it seems…
For Archie, the start of summer means another stint at Camp Shady Brook, where there is a lot more to the camp than meets the eye-just like Archie and his now blended family. But thanks to a con Archie developed last year, he's finally somebody…and he's not going to lose that status to the new girl, Vivian.
For Vivian, thanks to an incident That Shall Not Be Named or Spoken Of, her summer of exotic travels with Mom and Dad has turned into traveling to a dump of a summer camp in the middle of nowhere.
But thanks to perfect timing, Vivian soon finds herself in a ring of kids trying to out-con each other-and discovers Camp Shady Brook is more like Camp Shady Crook. And when one final, massive con could cost Vivian the first friends she's had in a while, can she and Archie figure out a way to make things right?
Nature is a playground of endless possibilities in 'Camping for Kids,' memories are made as fresh, fun, and timeless classic adventures unfold. Fun book for kids that enjoy camping stories.
On your mark. Get set. READ!Get ready for the Summer Olympics and enjoy a laugh-a-mile in this fun tale from a track and field. Include real event descriptions!
Join spunky siblings Nino and Tenna as they visit a nearby track and field for events and even practice some events of their own—classic events like Frog Leap, Rock Toss, and Log Roll! Ever heard of 'em?
They may not have the skills or experience of professional track-and-field athletes yet, but Nino and Tenna know exactly how to make it up as they go. Even when things don't go exactly as planned.
So sit back and let Nino and Tenna relay the HIGHS and HURDLES as they VAULT to a record-setting level of fun! Catch-Up Pants is an engaging story about play, exercise, and keeping a sense of humor about things—a perfect primer to Summer Olympics for young readers!
Stories in the Adventures of Nino and Tenna series offer a positive and encouraging message using creativity, imagination, exploration, and play to entertain and inspire readers.
From the imagination of real young readers!
In Cats in the Crater: My FANGtastically Evil Vampire Pet, the third in the spin-off series to Mo O'Hara's New York Times bestselling My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish chapter books, an aspiring evil scientist and his mostly evil (and totally forbidden) vampire kitten must face a trap-filled Volcanic Lair at Evil Scientist Summer Camp.
Welcome back to Camp Mwhaaa-haa-ha-a-watha!
My epic summer at Evil Scientist Summer Camp hasn't gone quite like I planned, but THIS week I will DEFINITELY be Evil Emperor of the Camp. I've been stocking up on evil inventions and Fang's been sharpening her claws. We're ready for anything!
Okay, so maybe I wasn't really prepared to find out that Geeky Girl's grandmother is actually Madame Mako, inventor of the original volcano lair, and ruler of the most famous evil empire ever . . . but, this is going to be GREAT. Geeky Girl can inherit her grandmother's empire, and I'll come in as Head Partner, and help teach her the best way to be an evil rulerwith an epically evil crown!
Let our Epic Evil Empire begin!
Signed,
The Great and Powerful Mark
In the third book in the New York Times bestselling middle grade series inspired by the life of iconic New York Yankee Derek Jeter, Derek's father keeps his promise to coach his son's youth baseball team.
Derek is sure this will be the best season yet! He has it all planned-his dad will have him start at shortstop, and the team will cruise to a championship. But sometimes life doesn't go according to plan. Change Up focuses on a key life lesson of Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation-Deal with Growing Pains-in the series companion to Hit & Miss and The Contract, about which The Wall Street Journal said, "the play by play action is exciting and the lessons many."
Playing in the World Series is every ballplayer's dream, but no one is more surprised to actually be here than Norbert Doyle a late call-up for an underdog team.Doyle pitched in the minor leagues for years before making it to the bigs. He went to school in the off-season to earn his degree. He raised two kids on his own after the tragic death of his wife. And now he's slated to start game two of the World Series. His feel-good story is a media gold mine. And teen reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson have scored the first in-depth interview with him.At first they're as charmed by Doyle as everyone else it's hard not to root for this guy. But the more Stevie and Susan Carol learn about him, the more conflicting stories they hear. And so Stevie becomes an investigative reporter by day while covering the World Series by night, trying to piece together the truth of one athlete's life. But along the way he has to wonder who will be hurt if the truth is known, and who will benefit, and what does it have to do with baseball? There are a million secrets in any locker room. Which ones need to be told
For Charlie, it's hard work being King of the Ranch. There's napping to do, food to taste, and car rides to take-it's downright exhausting! But it's not all work-there's a lot of play too!
There's always a game to join and a goal to score. From football to soccer to basketball, Charlie is ready to jump in and lend a paw to help the underdogs get the winning point. While Charlie may be an all-star on the field, when it comes to his favorite kind of ball, he has to wait until dinnertime. And at the table, Charlie is the MVP!
Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman herself, delivers a slam dunk with this hilarious new story about Charlie, a basset hound who is truly in a league of his own.
