Bird For Children

What happens when a spunky little girl wishes on a shooting star for a pet of her very own? She wishes for a pet ostrich, of course! Their wildly crazy and fun-filled, feathery shenanigans will keep kids guessing what will happen next.

Initiation aux sonorités des différents chants d'oiseaux. "Tout le monde a rêvé d'être un oiseau. Toi aussi, je suis sûre. Pouvoir échapper au sol, à un ennemi peut-être, pouvoir observer d'en haut la terre, les maisons, les gens, pouvoir parcourir de grandes distances, pouvoir battre des ailes pour aller plus vite ou planer, se laisser porter par le vent, être libre, n'est-ce pas fantastique ?" Marie-Claude Frémeaux.

Will Owl ever get a good night's sleep? He's ready for bed, but as soon as he settles in, he hears a strange noise. He looks everywhere — in his cupboard, underneath the floorboards — even in his walls. He'll never get to sleep unless he can figure out what's going on! But as he's busy tearing his house apart, he doesn't notice one tiny, squeaky, mouse-shaped detail — the culprit!

With fun-loving rhymes and a curious mystery to solve, Bear's New Friend, from acclaimed children's author Karma Wilson, is sure to become a new favorite of kids everywhere. A warm and fuzzy reading from narrator John McDonough makes this a delightful listen for youngsters and adults alike.

Marjan Dastani is successfully leading a double life. Only a few people know that when she’s not in school, she travels the world taking care of mythical beasts, sent on missions by a shadowy organization known as The Fells. In an adventure that takes her across continents and connects her with the wildest of mythic beasts around the globe, Marjan must track down the fabled Bird of a Thousand Stories before someone with more nefarious plans finds it. But the more closely she connects with the world’s mythical creatures, the more danger she’s in of losing her friendships.

When Callum and his friends find Iona on Callum's farm they try to chase her back into the village. But Iona runs from them up into the hills. It is late and dark and snow lies in the mountain gullies. Worried for Iona's safety, Callum follows to find her shivering with cold but refusing to leave. She is guarding a secret hidden in the forest above the dark waters of the loch.

Joe has always loved the moorlands above his home: the wildness, the freedom, the peace. But since his father died, everything has changed, and the moors are no longer a place of refuge. Now the whole community is divided over the fate of the hen harriers that nest up there in the heather and Joe is stuck right in the middle, with a choice to make and a huge secret to keep.

Ladybird: Classic Nursery Rhymes Collection is a beautiful treasury of songs that every young child should own. It contains over 100 rhymes, each one beautifully sung. A gorgeous complete collection, this is ideal for parents to pass on the rhymes they knew themselves as children.

كان صديقنا الدّيك معجبًا جدًا بالنسر صاحبِ الأجنحةِ الكبيرة، وبأسلوبه في الطيران، وأراد أن يكون مشهورًا مثله، فقرر أن يقلده بالطيران، فهل سينجح؟ يتعلم الأطفال من هذه القصة أن يحبوا أنفسهم كما هم، وأن يحاولوا أن يعرفوا قدراتهم وحدودها وأن يستغلوها على أحسن، حتى لا يحبسوا أنفسهم في سجن الآخرين، ويحاولوا أن يقلدوا حياة ليست لهم. استمع الآن

In this historical fantasy novel, praised as a “rich, omen-filled journey that powerfully shows love and its limits*” and “propulsive, wise, and heartbreaking,”** Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness—even facing the Angel of Death himself. From Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack.

A fun-and-friendship-filled follow-up to Maven Takes the Lead in the must-listen middle grade series from Girl Scouts of the USA, starring a group of fifth graders who love making the world a better place. This novel written by New York Times bestselling author Sayantani DasGupta is perfect for fans of The Baby-Sitters Club and American Girl's Girl of the Year series.

Mary Holland captures the first few months of a baby barred owl's life. This story will steal the hearts of listeners as they learn how barred owl parents ready their young owlets for the big world outside the nest. Follow along as Otis learns to eat, fights with his sister, and prepares for flight.

बच्चों के लिए रस्किन बॉण्ड की पसंदीदा कहानियाँ. कोई विवेकवान व्यक्ति अगर अपने भीतर बच्चों-सा उत्साह, वैसी जिज्ञासा, विस्मय और कल्पनाशीलता जगा सके तो वह रस्किन बॉण्ड की तरह बच्चों का प्रिय लेखक बन सकता है. लेकिन यह इतना आसान होता तो रस्किन इतने प्रसिद्ध ही क्यों होते? बड़ों का ज्ञान बच्चे एक दिन हासिल कर लेते हैं, लेकिन बच्चे अपनी नई आँखों से रंग-बिरंगी दुनिया को जैसे देखते हैं, महसूसते हैं और कल्पना के परों पर जैसी उड़ान भरते हैं, वह बड़ों को दुबारा कभी हासिल नहीं होता.

Meet the brash peacock who flew to heaven, the demon serpent, bumbling flying elephants, or even an evil, shape-shifting jinn, on your journey through this delightful story book.

When we last saw our hero Bolt Waddle, he'd narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil Baron Chordata, but not the fate of becoming a half-boy, half-penguin for life. Living with his penguin colony far from other humans, he's adjusting to life as a full-time werepenguin when his bandit friend Annika tracks him down and begs for his help. Her father has been imprisoned by the earl of Sphen, another ruthless werepenguin who rules his small country with an iron flipper.

All orphan Bolt Wattle has ever wanted was to find his true family. When a mysterious baron in far-off Brugaria sends for Bolt, he wonders if he's getting closer to finding his long-lost parents. But Baron Chordata appears to be a 12-year-old boy who wears tuxedos all the time, shouts at everyone, and forbids Bolt from asking questions. Things couldn't get any worse . . . until midnight, when the Baron bites Bolt and turns him into a half-boy, half-penguin. Then things really couldn't get worse - nope, wait, they get a lot worse.

When Bolt, Annika, and Blackburn are given another cryptic clue by Omneseus the Seer, they know the time has come to defeat the baddest werepenguin, "the Stranger", and free the world's penguins from his evil reign. Only a very special tooth can bring the Stranger down, but of course, procuring this precious item is no easy task, and it doesn't help that Bolt can't stop hearing the Stranger in his head, trying to coax him to the dark side.

When Kit’s family move to a crumbling house in the Scottish Highlands, he’s got a lot to deal with–terrible Wi-Fi, a new school in the middle of nowhere, and, as always, his annoying little brother, Jack. But it’s not until the brothers find a strange object on the moors that Kit’s problems really begin. A policewoman comes knocking, and the boys learn that they have found a tracker that has been removed from the leg of a golden eagle. The illegal killing of these majestic birds is all too common, and now a pair of nesting eagles are under threat.

In the land of Tsaretsvo, civil war has divided the human Tsardom from the Republic of Birds. Magic is outlawed, and young witches are sent to a mysterious boarding school from which no one returns. Olga and her family live a life of dull privilege in the capital until her father displeases the tyrannical tsarina. The family is sent off into exile at the Imperial Center for Avian Observation, an isolated shack near the Republic of Birds.

Die Tierwandler sind zurück! Fulminanter Abschluss der Bestseller-Serie Eben noch war der 12-jährige Simon Thorn ein ganz normaler Junge, doch jetzt steckt er mittendrin im unerbittlichen Kampf der fünf Königreiche der Tiere. Zusammen mit seinen Freunden sucht er nach den verschollenen Stücken der mächtigen Waffe des Bestienkönigs, dem sagenumwobenen Anführer aller Tierreiche. Gelingt es Simon schlussendlich, die Königreiche zu vereinen?