Fox Child

The Brothers Grimm, or Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, knew how to spin a good fairy tale. In this story, a fox and a horse team up to convince a farmer that the horse still had a lot of strength left in him. Students will read the story and answer questions on the theme, the language, and the plot.

Flightless, helpless and often, frankly, more than a little silly, chickens are no match for the cunning, merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they? Thanks to a careless farmer and generations of determined foxes, the chickens on Foxearth Farm have evolved into quick-witted, long-legged, high flying fox dodgers. Then, just a week after a vicious fox ambush in the water trough, three sisters are hatched. And Ransome, Sims and Jefferies are no ordinary chicks: they grow up determined to fight back.

Unisciti a Felix, la volpe, nella sua primissima avventura di Halloween! Vestito con il suo scintillante costume da stella, Felix è entusiasta ma un po' nervoso per ciò che la notte porterà. Ma con i suoi amici al suo fianco, Felix scopre che Halloween non è affatto spaventoso—è pieno di divertimento, amicizia e sorprese magiche!

Future Humans 2: Mixed-Time Children spins an enthralling tale of hope, innovation, and resilience. Engineer Jace's tales of his escapades through time confound even his closest kin. But when an invitation from the future beckons, the family witnesses realms they've never fathomed.

Foxes: Photos and Fun Facts for Kids is book 23 in the Kids Learn with Pictures series. This book is around a clear concept: see pictures of foxes. This is a stock photo book of animals that ask questions of the pictures shown to the child to encourage interaction and responses from the child.

This is a silly book that makes children laugh. I have three little ones who laugh and joke about toots all day long, and they unknowingly gave me the idea for this book. This story is about a fox who has dreams to one day become a cop, but he is self-conscious about having a case of the toots. He soon learns that nothing should stand in his way of following his dreams.

Every state has an urban legend that evokes fear and curiosity in equal parts, and we've chronicled all of these logic-defying horrors here in the Haunted States of America anthology. From the Jersey Devil to La Llorona, each story included introduces a new chill inducing, stomach churning monster, specter, or poltergeist certain to keep you up at night. A broad ranging collection of authors, including seasoned veterans and some first timers making a fright-tastic debut, have all united to unearth the scariest lore from each state in the US, as well as D.C. and Puerto Rico.

The Whimsy Carnival didn’t arrive like normal circuses did. It didn’t come by train or truck. It didn’t announce itself with flyers or marching bands. It simply... appeared. One morning, the field at the edge of Dull grave , a town so quiet the birds forgot to chirp there, was empty. By sundown, it had exploded into life. Enormous tents, painted in strange shades of twilight blue and starlight silver, stood where there had only been weeds and whispering wind.

Dilahs größter Traum ist endlich wahr geworden. Er hat das Tor zwischen den Welten durchschritten und wurde als Mensch wiedergeboren. Doch in der Menschenwelt bleiben Dilah und seine Freunde nicht lange, denn erneut warnt sie der Mondstein vor großer Gefahr. Jemand muss das mächtige Halsband der Wiedergeburt gefunden und damit Böses im Sinn haben. Und tatsächlich: Die Rote Königin, Herrscherin des Unterwasserreiches, führt mit dessen Macht ihr Volk an die Oberfläche, um einen tausend Jahre alten Krieg erneut zu entfachen.

Polarfuchs Dilah folgt dem Ruf des magischen Mondsteins, der ihn und seine Freunde zu einem sagenumwobenen Schatz führen soll. Mit diesem kann Dilahs größter Traum endlich wahr werden: sich in einen Menschen zu verwandeln. Auf ihrer Reise stoßen die Tiere auf ein düsteres Geheimnis, das die uralte Legende umgibt. Sie müssen schwierige Prüfungen bestehen und sich erbitterten Feinden stellen, die hinter dem mächtigen Erbe her sind. Dilah kämpft für seinen Traum und steht dabei vor der schwierigsten Entscheidung seines Lebens! Teil 2 der berührenden und actionreichen Tierfantasy.

Survival. It makes for exciting TV, but all Josh wants a life that passes for normal. A real house, not a cabin in the woods. Hockey, not hunting to put food on the table. Girls. But his half-brother, Nathan, wants to prove himself in the Alaska wilderness, and their father won’t let him do it alone.

Polarfuchs Dilah wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als ein Mensch zu sein. Daher vermacht ihm seine Mutter etwas ganz Besonderes: den sagenumwobenen Mondstein, der seinen Wunsch erfüllen könnte. Dilah folgt dem Ruf des magischen Steins und macht sich auf eine Reise. Unterwegs muss er sich vor kaltblütigen Menschen in Acht nehmen, aber auch die Natur ist unberechenbar. Und im Dickicht lauern feindlich gesinnte Clans, die es auf Dilah und sein mächtiges Erbe abgesehen haben.

A Child of Szabo is a fast-paced action thriller with a difference for adults. A teenage rebel with a tragic past finds herself on the edge of the abyss. Offered one final chance of redemption by an enigmatic stranger, she is recruited into a secret society of assassins formed by Winston Churchill after the Second World War. It has been operating clandestinely for years. Protecting. Hunting. Killing.

Britain, 1940, the world is at war and 10-year-old twins Harry and Sophie are evacuated from London to live with their Great Uncle. The twins immediately miss home and perhaps most of all for Harry, the tearoom where their mum works, and Harry spends hours watching the professional dancers – secretly dreaming of the day he might do the same.

(/i) I can steal time. The most I can take at the moment is fifteen seconds, which is not a lot. Grandmother took almost three minutes once and she told me she’s done more, but I never saw it. She says there are stories of someone who can take all the time in the world, but how can that be right? (i\) When Alex and his father are forced to flee their home to escape a brutal government, they begin a life-threatening journey across Europe. But when they are separated before they can reach Britain, Alex finds himself alone, with only his extraordinary gift to keep him alive.

Liegt ein Fluch auf den Drachen? Luna-Maie und Ben lassen nicht locker und verfolgen Spuren, die sie in die dunkle, weit zurückliegende Geschichte der katholischen Kirche führen. Ein Kloster, ein Abt, eine Stiftsbibliothek. Und immer wieder die Drachen. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich und finden im Rheintal ihr grandioses Finale. Höre das Hörbuch und helfe Luna-Maie und Ben, die Drachennationen zu vereinen.

Luna-Maie bricht auf nach Amerika. Natürlich mit ihrem eigenen Drachen im Gepäck. Ähem. Auf dem Sitz neben ihr. Eigentlich auf der Flucht vor ihrem Herzschmerz, fällt sie aus allen Wolken, als sie in der verschlafenen Kleinstadt Independence plötzlich auf Ben trifft. Doch warum verhält er sich so abweisend? Ben trifft fast der Schlag, als im fernen Amerika Luna-Maie vor ihm steht. Nachdem er weiß, dass er nicht der Richtige für sie ist, tut er sein Möglichstes, um ihr aus dem Weg zu gehen. Auch wenn es ihm fast das Herz bricht.

Rescued by the US Air Force, Jim, Staci, and Lou are thrust into another agonizing situation. No one finds it easy to be under adult supervision after being on their own for so long, but without the support of the family, can the teens come to terms with the tragedies that have befallen their families and themselves? How will they cope with what is to come? What will happen to the new addition to their group? Uncertainty is all around, but surely God didn't bring them this far together just to separate them all now.

Evie is so excited to spend her Christmas holiday in Lapland – they’re going to visit Santa, go on a reindeer sleigh ride and watch the Northern Lights. She’s even dreamed about seeing her favourite animal – the arctic fox. Evie’s parents say this is unlikely, though, as hunting has left the species endangered. But when she hears a strange whining noise in the middle of the night, she follows the sounds and discovers a little arctic fox caught in a trap. Can Evie rescue him in time?

The eerie sound was first heard in March of 1848 at the home of the Fox family in Hydesville, New York. The family’s two daughters, Kate and Maggie, soon discovered that they could communicate with the spirit that was making these uncanny noises; he told them he had been a traveling peddler who had been murdered. This strange incident, and the ones that followed, generated a media frenzy beyond anything the Fox sisters could have imagined.