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Merri loves her sheep. She takes care of them every day. When Merri’s mother says that she will start kindergarten soon, Merri worries about who will care for her sheep while she is gone. Will Merri be brave on her first day of school?

One night, Molly meets an unhappy gorilla named Griff who was caught in a blizzard on his way to Florida. Like Molly, Griff’s friends have moved away. Will Molly be able to help Griff on his way to Florida without waking her family?

Nsue is unhappy with his childhood name and wishes he could earn his new adult name. This African tradition requires an act of bravery, which often means hunting. Nsue can’t bring himself to hunt, though, until one day he hears the cry of the honeyguide bird! Can Nsue work together with this honey-loving bird to figure out his own way of hunting?

Some people are better at singing than others. Why is that? A researcher explains why some people love doing karaoke, and others simply can't do it.

Nicholas is getting ready to paint his play-dough pig when he notices it has spots. He discovers the spots are ants and wonders why ants would be interested in his pig. With his mother's help, he conducts an experiment to find out.

Gordie wants to play firefly tag, just like the big kids.

Doodlebug, Cousin Rudyard, and their friend Tomiko compete in a memory test for a mystery prize.

Billy and his mom searched the whole room for the monster, but the thumping isn't coming from the bedroom—it's coming from the roof! But, as Mom says, the monster is likely just as scared of you as you are of him!

Jiji and her mother take Fida, their three-month-old German shepherd puppy, to his first veterinarian visit.

Let’s celebrate! This series for beginning learners introduces basic facts about popular holidays from around the world, including when they happen and why. Simple, predictable text takes listeners through the traditions of each celebration, including decorations, activities, and foods. Features highlight favorite activities and important aspects of each holiday. Students just starting to learn will be ready to celebrate. This volume includes Cinco de Mayo, Groundhog Day, Holi, Memorial Day, Presidents' Day, and Valentine's Day.

Ronja, die Tochter des Räuberhauptmanns Mattis, wächst mitten im Wald auf - zwischen Räubern, Graugnomen und Wilddruden. Eines Tages trifft sie auf Birk, den Räubersohn aus der verfeindeten Sippe von Borka. Trotz aller Umstände freunden sich die Kinder an. Sehr zum Missfallen der beiden Familien... Eine märchenhafte Geschichte voller Fantasie, und ein Plädoyer gegen Vorurteile und Ungerechtigkeit.

In the final mystery of this series, one of the bad guys has finally caught up with the skateboarding sleuth of Santa Marina and worse, landed her in the hospital out cold. This time Sammy’s family and friends must solve the crime - who did this to her and why? In a heartwarming, fitting finale the people whose lives she has impacted over the years come together to help uncover the truth and save their beloved Sammy.

Quel genre de fête d'anniversaire rêve d'avoir une jeune millionnaire ? Faut-il absolument des paillettes et des feux d'artifice sur un bateau de croisière ? Certainement pas ! C'est beaucoup trop ordinaire. Les amis d'Ella devront être originaux et discrets s'ils veulent la surprendre, sans toutefois attirer les paparazzis, et particulièrement Bass, le célèbre animateur de télévision. Mission impossible, tu crois ? Ouvre vite ce livre et tu verras !

Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology vital to humanity's survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will be on the last starliner to depart before Mars, like Earth before it, is destroyed. Or so he thinks. Because before this day is over, Liam and Phoebe will make a series of profound discoveries about the nature of time and space and find out that the human race is just one of many in our universe locked in a dangerous struggle for survival.

Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Elsie, the class tattletale, liar, and thief, claims the new girl at school, Annie, as her best friend. But Annie soon makes other friends as well and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie, who later succumbs to the epidemic and dies. Elsie is not absent from school long, though. She soon returns there as a ghost, ready to reclaim Annie's friendship and to punish all the girls who bullied her.

When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport—and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he'll miss the karate tournament that he's trained so hard for.

Was sind eigentlich Medien? Wie erkenne ich seriöse Inhalte? Wo lauern die Gefahren im Internet? Sind Influencer wirklich deine Freunde? Was hat es mit Verschwörungstheorien auf sich? Wie funktionieren Datenschutz und Urheberrecht? Und wie kann ich mich vor Cybermobbing schützen? Welche Tricks nutzen Snapchat, Netflix, Candy Crush & Co.? Einfache Erklärungen vermitteln auf altersgerechte Weise Medienkompetenz und beantworten grundlegende Fragen. Peter Kaempfe führt ruhig durch das hochaktuelle Thema und die kurzen informativen Kapitel.

Wini's family of enchanters runs a little bakery, but with the prices of magical ingredients skyrocketing, they're going under. Desperate to save her family's business, Wini takes a risk by casting a (sort of illegal) spell that would allow them to gather their own supply of their most needed magical ingredient: love. But the spell doesn't work. And Wini soon discovers that it didn't just not work; it backfired. Badly. Now the whole town is in danger, and the Enchantment Agency is sniffing around for whoever cast the wayward spell.

When Kelly Quinn and her two BFFs discover a dusty old cookbook while cleaning out the attic, the girls decide to try a few of the mysterious and supposedly magical recipes that are inside. To their surprise, the Keep 'Em Quiet Cobbler actually silences Kelly's pesky little brother and the Hexberry Tart puts a curse on mean girl Charlotte. Is it possible that the recipes really are magic? Who wrote them and where did they come from? And most importantly of all, when boys get involved, what kind of trouble are the girls stirring up for themselves?

The forces of the entire Th'un Empire are about to come down on Amelia like a 10-ton hammer. Wanted dead or alive by ruthless aliens and with nowhere to run, Amelia must use every ounce of her brilliance to defeat them on Earth. But the Earth is just the beginning. The galaxy is larger than she realized, and their planet isn't the only one in peril.