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Meet the Chicken Squad: four fuzzy little chicks who should fill their days pecking chicken feed and chasing bugs, but instead spend most of their time looking for trouble, and finding it.

Rex's parents have split up, he's about to make the daunting move to secondary school and to make matters worse, he has to spend his summer holiday on a remote and rainy Irish island - with lots of unruly sheep for company. The only upside: he'll be staying with his strange and brilliant uncle, Derm. Then Rex discovers Uncle Derm is about to execute his most hair-brained plan yet - to rob the island's travelling bank!

Franny K. Stein isn't a fan of glamour. She doesn't style her hair, the thought of wearing makeup makes her want to gag, and she couldn't care less about wearing dressy dresses when she'd much prefer her lab coat. But sometimes Franny wonders if her mom wishes she were different. Which gives Franny an idea...for an experiment! What if she can turn the beauty products her mom loves into something more exciting? Every experiment has its experimental error, and when Franny's hair takes on a life of its own, Franny must save the day (and her hair).

Theseus wanders through a yucky, gunky maze in this epically gross Greek myth retelling! Will the legendary hero survive the disgusting labyrinth, or will he get stuck in the muck?

The South Orange River (S.O.R.) Middle School is famous for its winning sports teams. That is, until the seventh grade soccer squad comes along. Led by Ed Sitrow, who has never played soccer before, this amazing team of non-jocks sets new lows in team spirit and new highs in scoring - for the other team. When they lose their first game 32-0, they’re ready to call it quits. But the teachers insist that the team keep playing through the entire soccer season.

Taken from the tape recordings of the enigmatic and ultra-cautious dangerologist Docter Noel Zone, Danger Is Everywhere is a brilliantly funny audiobook for avoiding danger of all kinds that will have you laughing out loud (very safely) from start to finish. Does it warn you about what to do if a shark comes up out of the loo while you are sitting on it? Yes, it does. And what to do if a volcano erupts underneath your house? After you've made sure it's not a neighbour's barbecue, this audiobook will let you know exactly how to deal with it.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Danger is STILL Everywhere: Beware the Dog, written and read by David O'Doherty. Will Docter Noel Zone's second book tell you how to combat a Crocuum? Yes. And reveal the secrets of the world's greatest (and only) Dangerologist? That, too. Has he written it yet? No. Is it because he's hiding in a wardrobe? Maybe.

Nothing beats Halloween. It's Drew Brockman's favorite holiday. And this year will be awesome. Much better than last year. Or the year Lee and Tabby played that joke. A nasty practical joke on Drew and her best friend, Walker. Yes, this year Drew and Walker have a plan. A plan for revenge. It involves two scary pumpkin heads. But something's gone wrong. Way wrong. Because the pumpkin heads are a little too scary. A little too real. With strange hissing voices. And flames shooting out of their faces.

It's a year and a half on from Paper Aeroplanes, and Renée is now living idyllically with her Auntie Jo. They even have geese, and Renée likes to sit and watch them, wondering if she'll ever find 'the One' - someone who will love her no matter what and be there for her no matter how bad things get. She and Flo are in their final year at school, and they've got some tough choices to make - like will they go to university? And if so where - and will they go together?

Life in Oakroy, Pennsylvania is about as far and away from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as a cactus is the ocean. But when you're the single daughter to Malcolm O'Malley, a large man who's about as stuck in the 1980s as a hand is stuck in a peanut butter jar, things aren't always easy. Rachel's 15 going on 16, and with her mother passed away at age six, she's going to have to deal with her father's conservative politics, his new dates, his Catholic faith, and his very vocal politics. Is Rachel going to make it out of high school without tearing her hair out? Find out and see!

> The Wonderful O tells of a man named Black who despised the letter "O". He deleted it from his language and omitted it from his words. Opals, moonstones, owls and oaks could not possibly be his items of choice. He preferred emeralds, rubies, sapphires and maps. At least they had no "O". Soon he wanted his entire village to omit the letter "O". But the villagers found words they would not do without HOPE, LOVE, VALOR, and the most important one of all.

Só o sábio sabiá sabia onde o sapato subia é uma narrativa poética sobre as aventuras de um sapato que vai em busca das suas coragens. Uma deliciosa aventura sobre autoconhecimento com uma pitada de humor através de um delicioso jogo de trava línguas que vai encantar os pequenos leitores e os grandes também.

The Chicken Squad is back for their fourth (mis)adventure, and this time they're facing their darkest mystery yet: shadows!

Didi Dodo, the heroic spy, and Koko Dodo, the cookie chef, are off to solve another kooky caper! In Double-O Dodo, Koko has a big problem: His trusty assistant, the Queen, has been kidnapped! Over a frantic phone call, she tells Koko that she’s been kidnapped by a human, which is preposterous - everyone knows that humans aren’t real! Luckily, Didi is on the case. Her plan: To go undercover at the Humanland amusement park to find the Queen.

Be warned, listener, this audiobook isn’t about a normal spice bag, nor is it about a normal boy. Quite the opposite. This audiobook is about the Spice Bag and our unlikely hero: a 10-year-old boy named George. And then there’s Mr Spicebag’s chipper, which seems to be at the centre of everything. George is about to have the weirdest week of his life.

Londýn je v troskách, lidé mají hlad a na celou zemi padla temnota. Malý princ Alfréd, neduživý knihomol, nikdy neopustil bezpečí Buckinghamského paláce. Teď se ale i v palácových zdech dějí podivné věci - a Alfrédův život se má navždy změnit. Za temných nocí obchází po chodbách něco strašlivého. Když Alfrédovu milovanou maminku královnu odvlečou do Toweru, musí chlapec sebrat všechnu odvahu a vydat se na hrdinskou výpravu, aby ji zachránil - a s ní i celý svět.

Welcome to Littleton, a charming town nestled between rolling hills and endless fields, where something truly unique happens every day. The doctors and nurses here are all kids, but not just any kids—these are Little Black Doctors and Little Black Nurses, each with special talents and a passion for caring for animals.

Myrta má všechno, na co si vzpomene. Jenže mít všechno jí pořád ještě není dost. Její rodiče, manželé Marcel a Miriam Mírní jsou velmi milí, zdvořilí, až stydliví. Oba pracují v knihovně a milují knihy. Jejich dcera Myrta je ovšem jejich pravým OPAKEM. Myrtini trpěliví rodiče však udělají cokoli, jen aby jejich dceruška byla šťastná. Když Myrta prohlásí, že chce NĚFO, je tu jen jediný problém... Co je NĚFO? Rodiče Mírní se pustí do pátrání v zaprášených svazcích encyklopedie netvorů v tajných strašidelných sálech knihovny, jen aby to zjistili.

Seven entertaining audio readings of best-loved children’s springtime stories for children of three years and over to enjoy over Easter! This audio download is a heritage-rich collection showcasing some of the best-loved characters in children’s literature. Compiled by HarperCollins Children’s Books, it features popular stories by John Bond, Nick Butterworth, Judith Kerr, David Walliams and Rob Biddulph.

Our fluffy, fearless young detectives are back out sleuthing, because there's a new cage in the yard, and the Chicken Squad is determined to figure out just who this new addition is. Because whatever it is, it's definitely up to no good. So, equipped with the latest surveillance gear - which apparently includes copious amounts of marshmallows - the chicks venture into the wild to get answers. Let's just hope they can beat that giant rain cloud that's closing in - because everyone knows that chickens can't swim!