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A baby donkey is a wonderful Christmas surprise for Lucy and her friends and family. But will it also bring the good fortune they need to save the harvest mice and bring them back to the nearby fields? A heartwarming story which is perfect for Christmas.

Troll Bridge - Troll Bridge, a tale from the mind of Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman, has been beautifully adapted for the first time by Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Colleen Doran. This striking graphic novel will delight fans of AlanMoore, Dave McKean and beyond. Young Jack's world is full of ghosts and ghouls, but one monster - a ravenous and hideous troll - haunts him long into manhood.As the beast sups upon a lifetime of Jack's fear and regret, Jack must find the courage within himself to face the fiend once and for all.

Lucy's found a poor little otter that needs rescuing. Will she be able to find him a new home? Maybe with a bit of help from some Christmas magic . . .

Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent! Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzard hits and the Heffley family istrapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he is going to have to face the music but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family?

Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) is perhaps best known in the world for his brilliant drawing room comedies such as The Swan and The Guardsman. But in Hungary it was his novel for young people, The Paul Street Boys (1907), which insured his lasting popularity.Translated into English in 1927 and here updated, the novel about two gangs of boys fighting a war for a piece of land, a derelict building site which to them is a cherished symbol of freedom, is still the same fascinating story it was nearly a centuryago.

George házikedvence, egy kismalac egy szép nap áttöri a szomszéd kerítés kapuját. A kisfiú élete egy csapásra megváltozik, miután megismerkedik Eric-kel a tudóssal és lányával Annie-vel - és persze a szuperintelligens számítógéppel, Cosmos-szal. Aszupergyors és szuperokos gépnek van egy renkívüli tulajdonsága: kaput tud nyitni a világűrbe, és így egy szempillantás alatt el lehet jutni a világegyetem bármely pontjára. Kicsit Mézga Aladár kalandjai feelingje van a történetnek, csak egy kicsitkomolyabb, bár a világhírű angol fiziukus Stephen Hawking és lánya Lucy 9-12 éves gyerekeknek írták a rendhagyó fizika-mese-könyvet.George's pet pig breaks through the fence into the garden next door - introducing him to his new neighbours: the scientist, Eric, his daughter, Annie,and a super-intelligent computer called Cosmos. And from that moment George's life will never be thesame again, for Cosmos can open a portal to any point in outer space . . .Written by science educator Lucy Hawking and her father - the most famous scientist in the world - and illustrated by Garry Parsons, George's Secret Key to the Universe will take you on a rollercoaster ride through space to discover the mysteries of ouruniverse.

The beautiful and deeply moving new story from Gill Lewis.Red and Scarlet dream of one day flying across the ocean to Trinidad, where thousands of scarlet ibis fill the sky. When they're split up and sent to live with different foster families, Scarlet resolves to do whatever it takes to get her brother back.

When a sick cub arrives at the cruel bear farm, no one expects it to survive. But twelve-year-old Tam refuses to give up hope - he nurses the bear back to health and they form an unbreakable bond.Tam swears to return his bear to the wild - but in a world torn apart by indifference and greed, will Tam ever be able to keep his promise?

Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up to be? Suddenly Greg is dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with gettingolder. And after a fight with his best friend Rowley, it looks like Greg is going to have to face the ugly truth all by himself ...

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace thenatural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell's family's experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, andbutterflies into their home.

George és legjobb barátja, Annie fiatal asztronauták lettek. Egy olyan program keretében választották ki, melynek célja, hogy fiatalokat készítsenek fel egy jövőbeni Mars-utazásra. Minden úgy alakul, ahogyan azt eddig szerették volna. Egy rakás újbarátra tesznek szert, olyan gyerekek, akiket a világűr ugyanúgy elbűvölt, mint őket. A programban teljesen modern és naprakész űrbéli felfedezésekről szereznek tudomást. Ám, amikor George és Annie megérkezik az űrtáborba, észreveszik, hogy különösdolgok történnek - Mind a Földön, mind az égen. A misztikus űrmisszió titokban kezdődik el, és az asztronauta-kiképzés, amit elvállaltak egyre rémísztőbbé kezd válni... Lucy és Stephen Hawking ötödik kalandregényében ismét naprakész tudományos tényekkelés információkkal találkozhatnak az olvasók, melyeket a világ vezetö tudósai osztanak meg velünk.George and his best friend, Annie have been selected as junior astronauts - part of a programme that trains up young people for a trip to Mars in the future. This is everything they've ever wanted -they get to be a part of up-to-the minute spacediscoveries and meet a bunch of new friends who are as fascinated by the universe as they are. But when they arrive at space camp, George and Annie quickly learn that strange things are happening - on Earth as well as up in our skies. Mysterious spacemissions are happening in secret, and the astronaut training they're undertaking gets scarier and scarier . . . The fifth adventure in this series by Lucy and Stephen Hawking - also containing up-to-the-minute scientific facts and information by theworld's leading scientists.

Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over tochance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story? It is perfect for readers of 8+ and also reluctant readers.

Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find a dead slug

Unicorns, dragons, sprites, will-o'-the-wisps: the inhabitants of an enchanted world. And into this world - through the pages of an old book - ventures Bastian, a lonely boy of ten or twelve. But Fantastica is slowly decaying, its Childlike Empressdying. Only a real human being can set things right by giving the Empress a new name. Bastian takes up the challenge, and finds himself crossing the Swamps of Sadness and the Silver Mountains, meeting sorcerers and giants, bats and night-hobs, gnomes andracing snails, as he journeys bravely toward the Ivory Tower, Bastian's quest is filled with all the wonders of myth and fairy tale. It is a fantasy adventure that will capture your heart - and recapture the magical dreams of childhood.

Fans of Gerald Durrell's timeless classic My Family and Other Animals will love this hilarious tale, which finds him as an adult still charmed by his beloved animals. A Zoo in My Luggage begins with an account of Durrell's third trip to the BritishCameroons in West Africa, during which he and his wife capture animals to start their own zoo. Returning to England with a few additions to their family-Cholmondeley the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush baby, and others-they have nowhere to put them as theyhaven't yet secured a place for their zoo. Durrell's account of how he manages his menagerie in all sorts of places throughout England while finding a permanent home for the animals provides as much adventure as capturing them. For animal lovers of allages, A Zoo in My Luggage is the romping true story of the boy who grew up to make a Noah's Ark of his own.

Nézzünk szembe a tényekkel: Greg Heffley soha nem változik meg. Valaki igazán elmagyarázhatná ezt Greg apjának is. Frank Heffley úgy dönt, hogy fel kell edzenie a fiát, és ezért beíratja sportolni és más férfias tevékenységre is. Persze Greg könnyedénáthúzza apja terveit.Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid ...well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is is mentioned andGreg realizes that he's going to have to come up with something very special to get out of this one ...

BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE.You are about to read the TRUE STORY of Father Christmas.If you believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. (Because this book is FULL of impossible things.)Are you still reading? Good. Then let us begin...

Jeff Kinney könyve csipkelődő, kaján humorral mutatja be egy teljesen átlagos alsós kisfiú hétköznapjait, aki kicsit alacsony, kicsit vézna, viszont elég talpraesett és határozott ahhoz, hogy kibújjon a slamasztikából. A könyv félig regény, féligképregény, és tényleg nagyon vicces, bár tele van olyan poénokkal, amin a kicsit érzékenyebb lelkűek talán nem derülnek olyan felhőtlenül, de hát ez a könyv nem is nekik lett kitalálva.Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Gregis happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words,this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.

The secondhand bookshop in which Adrian works is threatened with closure. The spark has fizzled out of his marriage. His mother is threatening to write her autobiography (A Girl Called Shit). And Adrian's nightly trips to the lavatory have becomealarmingly frequent. As his troubles multiply, a drunken call to old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite (BA, MA, PhD, MP and Junior Minister) awakens memories of what might have been and causes Adrian to wonder: is Pandora the only one who can possibly save

A Dirty Beasts Roald Dahl egyik legnépszerűbb angol gyerekverses kötete, melyben olyan koszos állatokról ír, mint a malac, a krokodil, vagy éppen a skorpió.Hogy a skorpió éppen mitől lett piszkos fenevad, az Dahl eme angol könyvéből kiderül.A könyvet számos színes rajzzal illusztrálták, így még angolul nem tudó gyerekek is élvezhetik a közös olvasást.

Just when Jane and Michael Banks thought she was gone forever, Mary Poppins floats back into their lives on the end of a kite string, bringing a whole host of wonderful adventures with her.More than eighty years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is still charming readers and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone's favourite magical nanny.Enjoy the second book in the iconic series.

Ha még nem találkoztál volna Gerorge-val, itt az ideje! George egy hétköznapi fiú, nem hétköznapi titokkal. Ez a titok pedig nem más, hogy képes intergalaktikus utazásokra. Ebben a részben a fiú egy gonosz, rebellis tudóssal veszi fel a harcot, akieltökélte, hogy szabotálja az évszázad legkülönösebb - és legveszélyesebb - kísérletét, veszélybe sodorva ezzel az egész Földet. Az időzített bomba ketyeg... Az egész világ lélegzetvisszafojtva figyeli, vajon sikerül-e George-nak megakadályoznia amásodik Nagy Bummot?Meet George. He's an ordinary boy with an incredible secret - the power to go on intergalactic adventures! Join him as he battles a sinister rebel-scientist, who's hell bent on sabotaging the mostexciting - and dangerous - experiment of the century. Adeadly bomb is ticking. The whole world is watching. Can George stop the second big bang?

A classic collection of stories by one of the best-known and most esteemed retellers of the last fifty years. Enter a world of cunning, trickery, and revenge . . . Encounter bold warriors, courageous women, strength in battle and bravery against theodds. These are the stories of the Viking gods. Drama and action abound as legendary heroes struggle against mighty giants, loathsome beasts, and sinister dwarves - even as they fight amongst themselves.

2012 marks the 30th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.Friday January 2nd I felt rotten today. It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top ofthe stairs. Just my luck to have a mother like her. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. Next year I could be in a children's home.Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual', Adrian's painfullyhonest diary is still hilarious and compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared.

When you sit down with Lily and the Octopus, you will be taken on an unforgettable ride.The magic of this novel is in the read, and we don't want to spoil it by giving away too many details. We can tell you that this is a story about that special someone: the one you trust, the one you can't live without.For Ted Flask, that someone special is his aging companion Lily, who happens to be a dog. Lily and the Octopus reminds us how it feels to love fiercely, how difficult it can be to let go, and how the fight for those we love is the greatest fight of all.

A new set of stories from the world of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Now in paperback with a brand-new story: The Man who Bottled the Sun.In this collection of fairy tales, Ransom Riggs invites you to uncover hidden legends of the peculiar world. A fork-tongued princess, a girl who talks to ghosts, and wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars are just a few of thecharacters whose stories will have you hooked.Featuring stunning illustrations from world-renowned artist Andrew Davidson, this compelling, rich and truly peculiar anthology is the perfect gift for fans - and for all lovers of great storytelling.

Panicking, Prime Minister Clare enlists the help of Jack Sprat, the policeman on the door of No 10, and sets out to discover what the country really thinks of him. In disguise, they venture into the great unknown: the mean streets of Great Britain.