Winter For Children

Ride along with two eleven-year-old, All-American kids, Pete and Carol Ann, and a one-year-old beagle hound, as they travel on Route 66 in Hawk's Ride or in Uncle Charlie's "tank" to Santa's Village and Christmas Tree Lane. Join Pete and Carol Ann as they plan a Christmas pageant to raise money for needy families in their 1950s community of El Monte, California. When the money is missing and destruction occurs, can these best friends find clues to trap the crafty crooks who are stealing their holiday joy?

Schlummi ist ein kleines, flauschiges Wolkenschaf, das jede Nacht am Himmel entlangschwebt und Kindern beim Einschlafen hilft. Es trägt einen leuchtenden Stern auf der Stirn, der ihm zeigt, welches Kind gerade einen besonders schönen Traum braucht. Besondere Eigenschaften: Schwebt lautlos durch die Nacht. Kann in Traumwelten reisen (z. B. Regenbogeninseln, Kuschelkissen-Wälder, Schokoladenberge). Ist mutig, neugierig und sanft. Schenkt Kindern Sternenstaub zum Einschlafen

As the fifth story opens, snow blankets the forest, and food is hard to find. Looking for something to eat, Honeybear and Gerumph come across bear tracks in the snow.

Aliens land looking for their new home and offering world peace in exchange. There are some who question their motives, but 17-year-old Raylinn Marrow refuses to hide. She jumps at the chance to make first contact. Jace’el is nothing like she expected. One touch is all it took to turn Raylinn’s world upside down. He captures her heart and draws her into a forbidden love affair. But the secrets and mysteries that surround Jace’el could be their undoing.

Join Tammy as she adjusts to the horrors of winter!

Charles and Mary Lamb took what most agree is a romance and the story of a king's jealousy, anger, mistaken sense of betrayal by his wife and the consequences of his retaliation upon his friends and family, and successfully transformed it into a children's version which ends happily when he learns how wrong he has been about almost everything.

In this exciting first adventure of the Curiosity Quest educational series for kids, young listeners aged five and up will meet Curio — short for Curious — a bold time-traveling explorer with a passion for discovery. When Curio activates a mysterious device, he’s transported to the Viking Age, where he experiences life in an authentic Viking village. Kids will learn fun, age-appropriate facts about Viking culture, longships, daily life, and ancient traditions.

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?

Weihnachtsmann? Weihnachten? Davon haben Kokosnuss und Matilda noch nie gehört. Doch als Yeminee mit leuchtenden Augen von Heiligabend erzählt, ist klar: Dieses Fest wollen die Drachen auch feiern! Gemeinsam mit ihrem britischen Freund Robert machen sie sich auf den Weg zum Weihnachtsmann. Auf dieser Reise lernen die Kinder nicht nur neue Englischvokabeln zu den Themen "Winter", "Weihnachtsgeschichte" und "Weihnachtsfest", sondern auch wie unterschiedlich Weihnachten auf der ganzen Welt gefeiert wird.

Unvergesslich ist Hans Christian Andersens Märchen von der "Schneekönigin"; von der kleinen Gerda, die sich auf eine abenteuerliche Suche nach Kay, ihrem besten Freund, begibt, der, durch einen bösen Teufelszauber seines gesunden Menschenverstandes und eigenen Willens beraubt, für die unterkühlte Schneekönigin entflammt ist und sich von ihr in die eisigen Weiten der Finnmark entführen läßt. Auf ihrem langen, gefahrenvollen Weg begegnet Gerda geheimnisvollen Zauberwesen, sprechenden Tieren und Pflanzen, wilden Räubern - und einem ungeahnt mutigen zweiten Ich in ihr selbst.

What can you do in the winter? Make a snow hill, snowball, snow fort, snow person, and snow angel. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction book, Snow Clothes.

Welcome to the Land of Icy Darkness and the Land of the Flaming Sun. In this energy-charged tale about how the weather was made, King Icicle tries to challenge the radiance of Queen Goldenlight as he struggles to dominate the earth. But an important lesson of balance and compromise emerges from the storm, and the king and queen agree to work together to establish the rotating seasons of winter and summer.

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about winter and its changes and adaptations. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

Will they risk taking the plunge from friendship to forever? Oliver Klein’s wife and oldest daughter were lost at sea—a tragic mystery that left the small coastal town of Port Serenity reeling. Three years later, surrounded by the wild Alaskan waters that claimed them, the grieving...

These ghostly tales are all based on ones Dawe himself has collected across the province over the years, include tales of ghostly galleons, of unsettling graves, of strange omens and fetches; an eerie tale of a notoriously haunted house; and another of a ghostly sled dog that returns to save its master lost in a blizzard.

Snow is falling, rain is turning to snow and the children are out to play!

Bald ist Weihnachten, aber von Schnee fehlt jede Spur. Hexe Luna und ihr freches Eichhörnchen Rosi machen sich Sorgen. "Weihnachten ohne Schnee? Niemals!" Zum Glück kennt das schlaue Hexenbuch die Antwort: Der Einzige, der helfen kann, ist der geheimnisvolle und gut versteckte HERR WINTER. Doch wo lebt dieser Herr Winter? Wird er helfen, dass es doch noch weiße Weihnachten gibt? Was hat Hexentante Funny damit zu tun? Ein magisches Abenteuer beginnt! Eine zauberhafte Geschichte, für Jung und Alt, zum Lachen und Rätseln.

Join a tiny snowflake as it gently drifts through moonlit skies, gliding past snowy hills and sleepy forests on its magical journey to the land of dreams. This cozy winter tale wraps little ones in a blanket of calm, making it the perfect bedtime listen for chilly nights.

"Chaos im Stelzenhaus – und das mit Stil!" Willkommen in Fidelia Wirbelwinds kunterbunter Welt! Junghexe, sprudelnde Optimistin und (etwas chaotische) Magierin in Ausbildung – das ist Fidelia. Mit ihrer schimmernden Katze Minze und dem überklugen Professor Stups, einer fledermausigen Besserwisser-Fledermaus, versucht Fidelia das Leben im Stelzenhaus zu meistern.

I traveled across the globe from Vietnam to the United States and landed in Detroit, Michigan to reunite with my family. Coming from Saigon’s tropical weather, one of my wishes was to get to experience the magical beauty of a snow day for the first time, spent alongside my family. In the book, Goodbye Tropical Weather and Hello Winter, I share some of the great memories associated with this journey.