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The 8th book in the New York Times bestselling Ivy & Bean series is now available in paperback! Ivy and Bean need some money. Ten dollars, to be exact. Never mind what for. Okay, it's for low-fat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-one serving size. Don't ask why. But how are Ivy and Bean...

If you're a cat and you've learnt Pigeonese . . . (HA HA HA! As if a cat would be smart enough to learn Pigeonese). This must mean if you are a cat and you are able to read this, you have taken a pigeon hostage so that you can trick them into translating the Pigeonese words into Meow. I demand you release the hostage pigeon now. My book contains TOP SECRET ideas that are NONE of a cat's business.

In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends - Max, Lucy, and Henry - are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island. Yet not everyone is happy: Steve's neighbor, Kyra, is upset because she wasn't chosen as a contestant.

One fateful day Lucy is invited to study at the prestigious Overworld Academy. The academy offers her the opportunity to learn all of the secrets of the Overworld - and it's an opportunity she can't miss. She's sad to leave behind her friends, Henry and Max, but it's time for her to have an adventure on her own. At Overworld Academy she meets two new friends, Jane and Phoebe. Jane is an expert fighter, and Phoebe is a talented alchemist. With Lucy's own knack for treasure hunting, the trio makes an incredible team.

When the Browns take Paddington to the Christmas grotto at the local department store, their journey through the Winter Wonderland is full of unexpected surprises. But the best surprise is a present from Santa. After all, who else would find the perfect present for a bear like Paddington?

Can Cally and her twin, Jimmy, be trusted to walk home alone for the first time? Will there be mayhem at the movies? And what could possibly go wrong when they go to work at Dad's office or camp out in the forest on a school residential trip? Plus, there's a new girl at school who's not quite as perfect as she might at first seem...

Paddington has warmed the hearts of generations of readers with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures. This new audiobook edition of the classic novel contains the original text by Michael Bond. If Paddington Bear learned anything from his Uncle Pastuzo, it’s that home is...

My friend Robin and I were going to have the best sleepover ever. We'd stay up late, eat s'mores, share secrets - and not knock on my magic mirror. I was not getting pulled into another fairy tale. But the mirror still ends up pulling me and my brother, Jonah, into Sleeping Beauty's story - and this time, Robin comes with us, too! When Robin pricks her finger on the spindle, I know we're in trouble.

A hilarious story from the #1 New York Times bestselling creator Oliver Jeffers, about what incredible things you might miss if you take the day off school . . . A whole day off school! ALL TO HIMSELF!! When Henry has the sniffles, he has to stay home from school. Secretly, he’s excited about...

The frost is fading, the Great Hearth is cooling, and the world is turning to dust. Only one girl can find the winter before it’s gone forever. In the village of Ever-Amber, the seasons have stopped. The air is thick with dry heat, and the magical Great Jar which holds the world’s winter has dwindled to a single, shimmering crystal. Ten-year-old Sarah knows that if the Last Snowflake melts, the quiet beauty of a winter’s chill will be lost to the "Thaw-Snatchers" and their world of endless, scorching steam.

Zeb comes from a family of farmers—zombie farmers. Each week they pickle, bake, fry, and sell their grain-fed, free-range brains to be enjoyed by the masses. Zeb understands that brains are food, not pets… until one day he comes across the tiniest, pinkest, squishiest brain he ever did see! Can he convince his parents that his brainy bestie is better off as a member of the family than family dinner?

Things are getting hairy! What could go wrong on the first day of sixth grade? A: You wake up with leg hair out of nowhere. B: You have zero classes with your BFF and watch her run off with her new (annoying) friend. C: You struggle to decide which school club to join because being mixed race makes you feel like you don't belong anywhere. D: All of the above. SERIOUSLY?!

The third book in the New York Times bestselling series about a precocious pug by Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit, takes Sam to the wild streets of New York City for his most chaotic adventure yet! Don’t miss the third book in this New York Times bestselling series that’s...

Seit Bodhis Familie nach Neu-Nebelheim umgesiedelt wurde, vermisst der Elfjährige sein altes Dorf Nebelheim, dem der Abriss bevorsteht. Bei einem letzten Besuch entdeckt er dort Geister. Auf der Suche nach ihren sterblichen Überresten, die ungefragt nach Neu-Nebelheim umgebettet wurden, spuken sie durch das verlassene Dorf und wollen den Arbeitern aus dem Kohleloch ihre Körper stehlen. Gemeinsam mit der Gespenster-Expertin Joe will Bodhi das Unheil abwenden. Dafür müssen sie die Geister „nur" nach Neu-Nebelheim bringen – ein Abenteuer voller Freundschaft und neuer Hoffnung beginnt.

Mega-bestselling author Aaron Blabey, creator of The Bad Guys, is back! OK, here’s the situation: Thanks to a diabolical intergalactic game show, we are all cooked. Luckily, Griff, an 11-year-old kid with innumerable allergies, just got told by a talking axolotl named Bob that Griff is the...

Roald Dahl's beloved novel hit the big screen in July 2016 in a major motion picture adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg from Amblin Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures. When Sophie is snatched from her orphanage bed by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), she fears she will be eaten. But...

Now that I’m officially an explorer, it’s time for my first big adventure in the ocean! I’ve never seen so much water in my life… or so many weird mobs. There are helpful dolphins, super-sleepy squids, and a parrot who doesn’t have an off switch. But something out there is wrong. There’s a shadow in the deep. Something big. Something dangerous. Fred and I have to figure out what it is before it decides we’re the next thing on the menu!

Are you ready for a secret that ticks? Meet Finn and Lila. Finn is a thoughtful collector of shiny things, and Lila is a map-making whiz in her bright scarlet boots. They live a perfectly cozy, normal life... until the day a mysterious box arrives with a silver key and their grumpy old grandfather clock, Tick Tock Ted, suddenly starts shouting secrets! When they use the key to unlock a dusty attic, Finn and Lila tumble out of their world and into a hidden realm of magic, mischief, and forgotten royalty!

Meet Melisa! She lives in the quiet, snowy town of Hollybrook, where Christmas Eve is always perfect, predictable, and perfectly cold. Until this year. Nine-year-old Melisa just can't sleep. And when she peeks out her window, she discovers that something very warm and very magical has landed in her town. Something that leaves trails of scorched snow and smells suspiciously like burnt gingerbread...

Can’t a dragon get a break? Just when I thought things might finally quieten down in Scorchville, something feels… off. Someone’s sneaking around the village at night and stealing vegetables. Sure, it’s not exactly an End-of-the-World emergency, but the villagers act like it’s a code-red crisis. And apparently I’m the dragon for the job. With my best friend Isamu backing me up, I figure this mystery will be solved in no time. But when we track down the culprit, we discover that vegetables are the least of Scorchville’s problems… and I might be the only dragon who can stop what’s coming next.