Bird For Children

The Banks family are searching for a nanny. Macaw the parrot helps out at the fish and chip shop and a stonecutter dreams of becoming an emperor.

Homing pigeon Homer and his parrot friend Lulu learn something is afoul when they witness four-legged criminals stealing valuables from both the animal and human communities. Lulu and Homer track down the bandits, but need human help to stop them for good. Can they lead their human keepers to the culprits’ hideout and stop the thieves? Award-winning author-illustrator Henry Cole offers a fun, action-packed middle grade mystery that will keep listeners guessing if the crime-solving pigeon will get his guy

La vida en la jungla nunca es aburrida. Desde el momento en que nació, la curiosidad de Jasper lo ha consumido. Con su hermano Willie, hicieron nuevos amigos y aprendieron más sobre la selva amazónica. Los jóvenes se han acercado. El trabajo principal de Jasper es asegurarse de que su hermano esté a salvo, pero es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo: la jungla está llena de peligros, y si no tienen cuidado, las cosas pueden salirse de control rápidamente. Siempre hay nuevos desafíos a la vuelta de la esquina.

Are the snowy owls in trouble? Venture into the Alaskan arctic and the summer realm of these predator birds to find out. Discover the diverse species necessary to owl survival, how climate change is affecting the landscape of their nesting site of past millennia, and what it takes to do field research in this action-packed addition to the award-winning Scientists in the Field series.

Die beliebten Hörbücher und Lieder der kleinen Eule endlich in einer Sammelausgabe. Diese Sammelausgabe enthält die Geschichte von Sophie, die krank das Bett hüten muss und lauscht, wie Mama ihr zu jedem ihrer Kuscheltiere eine Geschichte erzählt. Außerdem enthalten sind die Abenteuer der kleinen Eule auf ihrem Weg zu den Sternen, wie sie einen Freund findet und versucht einzuschlafen. Mit dabei sind alle beliebten Hits vom Hummer, dem Fuchs, dem Bär, der Maus, dem Bieber und dem Einhorn.

Five-year-old Dove is ecstatic about everything around her, particularly the forest near her home. In her town, however, nature is outlawed from praise and exploration. She gets sent away for 10 long years when the King finds out she is fascinated by nature. He considers this to be a spell of insanity and a risk to the entire town. Later in this exile, her little sister gets banished to the forest where she finds Dove. They stay together until the King sends for Dove, but she doesn’t know why.

I should have seen it coming. A long time before it came I should have known.I was six or seven years old and there was a girl living next door named Peggy. She was a year older than me and a lot stronger and we were wrestling and she held me down.... All of a sudden it seemed there was something about girls that wasn’t all bad. I didn’t know what it was but I should have known that this first feeling with Peggy Ollendorfer meant that down the road, later, I was in for a big surprise. Afterward, when I was a little older, if you’d asked me what the surprise was like, I’d have said it was about like getting hit by a train.

Welcome to the rugged and whispering shores of Maine, where the Atlantic's breath frosts the pine-clad edges of a world both wild and serene. Here, where the horizon kisses the sea, begins the tale of Bert, a seagull whose wings were touched by the spray of adventure and whose heart beat in rhythm with the lapping tides. Bert was no ordinary bird. Born atop the craggy cliffs of Milbridge, his life was a mosaic of oceanic wonders—a living tapestry of blues and greens that stretched as far as his keen eyes could see.

In this new original Christmas story Santa finds himself on his worldwide gift giving spree traveling in a new Spacecraft Sleigh. However, when trouble happens over the south pole it will be up to 2 young penguins to help save the day.

In The Shoe Bird, Jim Dale brings to life a flock of unforgettable bird characters: Arturo the parrot, Gloria the goose, Minerva the owl, and even the extinct Dodo! This is Eudora Welty's fantastical story of how some feathered friends made a fateful switch from flying to wearing shoes, little knowing that they would soon become the prey of Freddy the Cat!

When history-loving Ajay discovers an amazing old book in the library, with a beautiful map of Willow Wish Woods, he knows it's something special. It tells the story of the Red-Winged Prince, who cared for the forest long ago and looked after the animals. When Ajay sees that the woods are being damaged by a gang of older boys, he decides to be brave like the prince and stand up for what is right.

The Ballad of Tom the Turkey is a collection of funny and action-packed adventures told in rollicking rhyme.

It is an incredible adventure between a girl and an eagle, where love and gratitude will be expressed to its fullest extent.

When her best friend is left behind by his flock, a young chickadee named Katie decides it's her job to help him, even if it means flying all the way to Winterland, far off to the south. That's what friends are for after all. There's just one problem: Black-capped Chickadees don't migrate. Katie has to overcome her natural instincts as she departs on a wild cross-country adventure, all while helping her little brother through a truly unique identity crisis.

Эрнест Сетон-Томпсон (1860-1946) - канадско-американский писатель, художник-анималист, естествоиспытатель и общественный деятель британского происхождения. Один из основателей движения скаутов в США. Сетон-Томпсону была по нраву жизнь вне городских стен, в лесах и прериях.

Árni is about to leave his burrow for a four-year adventure out at sea. But Árni doesn’t want to go, at least not today. You see, he wants one more day to play with his best friend Birta, but she can’t be found. Summertime in Iceland means nearly 24 hours of glistening sunlight each day - perfect for lighting the way for adventurous little puffins. While Árni searches Iceland for Birta, his mother and father are searching for him. Little pufflings shouldn’t be wandering about all alone!

Ein neues geheimnisvolles Abenteuer für Flora und ihre Zaubereule Goldwing wartet! In Band Zwölf der Kinderbuch-Bestsellerreihe gerät die Freundschaft von Flora und ihrer Zaubereule Goldwing ernsthaft in Gefahr! Denn Flora und ihr neuer Eulenfreund Jona möchten den magischen See am Ginkgobaum für ihre eigenen Wünsche benutzen. Goldwing ist jedoch besorgt: Verstößt das nicht gegen die Gesetze Athenarias? Als die Gruppe der Spur einer Eulen-Versammlung in ein altes Kloster folgt, geschieht das Undenkbare: Goldwing hat ihre magischen Kräfte verloren!

Der elfte Band der Kinderbuch-Bestsellerreihe führt das magische Duo, das allen Tieren und Menschen hilft, zu Burg Federstein. Dort soll ein junger Waldkauz leben, der seine Eltern verloren hat und sich ziemlich komisch benimmt. Keine Frage: Flora und Goldwing müssen den Kleinen retten! Zusammen mit ihrer Zaubereule Goldwing macht sich Flora auf die Suche nach den verschwundenen Waldkauz-Eltern. Ihr Weg führt sie tief in den Wald - wo ein uraltes Geheimnis der Zaubereulen auf sie wartet.

It's the fall season and time for Ossie to make his annual southern migration from Portland, Maine to his winter nest down in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Ossie meets up with a variety of whimsical and zany friends, but needs to navigate around obstacles, foes, severe weather, poacher,s and pollution if he is to reach his southern home. At an air show, Ossie meets a female osprey named Onida....

Though it's tough to fly with a handicap, Horatio the hawk keeps going, with new eyeglasses on, even when all odds are against him.