Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Holidays & Celebrations

Emily y Linda están invitadas a la mejor fiesta de Halloween que se celebra en Blossom Creek. Pero las bromas dejan paso al terror cuando, en plena celebración, resuena un disparo. ¡Alguien ha matado...a la Muerte! De hecho, la víctima vestía un lúgubre disfraz de Ángel de la Muerte. ¡Un caso espeluznante para la Agencia Wright! 

When his parents return from Kenya with a cute little green lizard on his eighth birthday (he's two times two times two), Jacob Two-Two is thrilled. But it isn't long before Jacob realizes that his new pet, Dippy, isn't a lizard after all. And as months pass, it is apparent Dippy isn't so little either. Soon Dippy is attracting all sorts of unwanted attention, and before he knows it, Jacob is on the run from the Canadian government with a full-grown dinosaur to hide.

Eleven-year-old Sam Brattle is already having the worst Christmas ever - his dad's bakery is going bankrupt and his mom is spending the holidays with her new family. To make things worse, Nickel Bay Nick, the anonymous Good Samaritan who leaves hundred dollar bills around Nickel Bay at Christmastime, is a no-show, so this year the rest of the town is as miserable as Sam. When he stumbles upon the secret identity of this mysterious do-gooder, Sam is stunned to learn that he might now be his town's only hope.

Geoffrey Holland stood up and for the second time surveyed the restaurant in search of other members of his party, two fingers in the pocket of his waistcoat, as if they had just relinquished his watch. He was tall enough to be conspicuous and well bred enough to be indifferent to the fact, good looking, in a bronzed, blond clean-shaven way, and branded in the popular imagination as a young and active millionaire.

When Maud decides to learn advanced sorcery for the talent show, she can't control her spells. Now Maud has to work out how to do reverse magic - before the whole school guesses her monstrous secret!

Father Christmas' evil brother, Bad Christmas, is plotting to take over the world. His poisonous Christmas puddings are turning humans into zombies. Four children from Plumpot Primary have escaped. Are they in time to save the world?

When Ellie puts on her new pyjamas she and her little brother, Max, are whisked off to the magical Christmas Shop. And they've been shrunk to toy size help! Worst of all, there's a battle raging between a brave troop of toys and a very scary Christmas fairy. Can Ellie and Max save Christmas and convince the crazy fairy they're not mince spies? A side-splitting seasonal story from bestselling author Jeremy Strong.

When Maud's pet rat, Quentin, escapes in the middle of science class, it's the very last straw. Maud is transferred from Primrose Towers to Rotwood Middle School - to the delight of her teacher, classmates, and her perfect twin, Milly. But what is in store at Rotwood? There's something strange about the pupils of Rotwood - everyone's dressed as though it's Halloween and the school's motto is "Because We Scare". Is 10-year-old Maud Montague monstrous enough for Rotwood?

Sumac Lottery is the fifth of seven kids who share their big house with four parents, one grandfather and five pets. At nine, she's the keeper of her family's traditions - from Pow Wow to Holi, Carnival to Hogmanay, Sumac's on guard to make sure that no Lottery celebration is forgotten. But this winter all Sumac’s plans go awry when a Brazilian visitor overstays his welcome. A terrible ice storm grounds all flights, so one of her dads and her favourite brother can’t make it home from India. And then the power starts going out across the city....

Charly & Company vivirá una nueva aventura. Esta vez se enfrentarán a una auténtica banda de delincuentes que actúa bajo el inocente disfraz de Papá Noel...  

Babbo Natale si sveglia infreddolito. Prende i vestiti e si accorge che sono tutti bianchi. Mamma Renna è pronta: bisogna partire! «Conciato così?» chiede. Sembra un pupazzo di neve! «E il rosso?». Ha sognato di lasciarlo ad un bimbo che piangeva intirizzito. «Gli hai dato il rosso!» dice lei. Serve il colorante: la Renna pensa alle sisinne, i rossissimi frutti. Partono. Babbo Natale precipita in una vasca di sisinne, poi consegna i doni e va dalla signora che scrive le storie. «Ti piace il mio vestito?»

Papà, mamma, figlio, figlia, un cane o un gatto. Il tutto tenuto insieme da una colla invisibile. È questa la famiglia terrestre secondo gli abitanti del fluorescente pianeta Ottta, che vivono immersi nella tristezza e sono destinati a completa solitudine. Decisi a salvare la loro civiltà dal declino, gli Otttiani mandano in missione il giovane Lotsi sulla Terra, durante la notte di Halloween, quando il suo aspetto da alieno passa del tutto inosservato. Lotsi si aggrega a due sorelle, Luna e Clio, e insieme a loro passa di casa in casa per chiedere: "Dolcetto o scherzetto?".

Llega el invierno y Fray Perico y el resto de los frailes del convento se preparan para celebrar la Navidad. El frío, el hambre y la peste serán algunos de los obstáculos a los que los pobres monjes tendrán que enfrentarse. ¿Cómo afrontarán estas tremendas dificultades? Una estupenda historia que enseña el verdadero valor de estas fiestas.