Action & Adventure

At the outbreak of World War I, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire....

The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure....

Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich....

The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams' best seller The World's Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand-new gang of hilariously horrible kids....

This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge....

When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parents’ yacht, he struggles to survive on his own....

Tsunami the SeaWing is overjoyed to be reunited with her fellow ocean-dwelling dragons. For the first time in her life, she actually fits in. But not everything is as perfect as it seems underwater....

The dragonets of destiny are on their way to see the NightWings - and Starflight doesn't need his psychic powers to know it isn't going to go well....

Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins are a couple of class clowns. The only thing they enjoy more than playing practical jokes is creating their own comic books....

New territory brings new troubles for the fierce cats of the warrior Clans, and former allies are acting strangely hostile. As divisions between the Clans grow, Firestar’s daughters face troubling decisions. The choices they make now could affect ThunderClan for generations to come....

The sailor Ishmael tells the tale of whaling ship Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to get revenge on Moby Dick, the legendary giant white sperm whale who bit off his leg! With page after page of captivating sea tale, this edition will be the fought over favorite in your home and schoolroom....

Sometimes, to save the people you love, you have to go overboard....

At the tender age of eight, chimney sweep Tom Appleby is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay....

During the New Year break, Plum and her friends travel to fancy, fashionable Nakhon City. There they'll stay with Sam and his mother, the powerful Lady Ubon....

George and Harold are fourth-grade buddies who love practical jokes. When their latest prank drives their science teacher over the edge, their clueless principal, Mr. Krupp, quickly hires a replacement: Professor Pippy P. Poopypants....

Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatal firescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now Peril is loyal to Clay, the only dragonet who has ever been her friend....

Justice served with extra chocolate sauce.

In the nine months since Tumbleweed Thompson left the town of Rattlesnake Junction, Colorado, for life on the road with the Coyote Pete Frontier Show, Eugene Appleton has found himself yearning for a taste of the adventures he imagines his new friend having on the American frontier.

Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe - while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong....

A collection of everybody's favourite stories from the creators of The Gruffalo, brought to life by Julia Donaldson....

In this Super Edition, set just after the events of A Vision of Shadows, ThunderClan deputy Squirrelflight is caught between her conscience and her Clan. Though all five Clans have settled into equally divided territories around the lake, tensions are rising over the new borders....

For generations, rats have run the mice out of whatever lands they've claimed, but now the mice are disappearing and the young queen Luxa is determined to find out why....

Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people....

ThunderClan’s leader, Bramblestar, has been behaving erratically after losing one of his nine lives, and suspicion is quickly spreading across Clan borders. And when a strange apparition sparks unrest in SkyClan and ShadowClan, each warrior must decide where their allegiances lie....

In 1985 southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Rebels and government forces battle for control, with ordinary people…people like the boy, Salva Dut…caught in the middle....

As Leafbare approaches, a new danger threatens the Clans. Twoleg construction has encroached on Clan territory, poisoning the stream and making prey especially scarce for SkyClan. Meanwhile, their leader, Leafstar, is struggling with a loss of vision while trying to maintain authority over a Clan that increasingly doubts her ability to lead. In ShadowClan, Tawnypelt senses peril as the Twoleg construction threatens the Moonpool, but she can’t get any cat, especially her son, TigerStar, to listen.

On Halloween night, Josie and her two best friends, Jackson and Alison, sneak into the infamously haunted Bachelor’s Grove cemetery. They are hoping to prove the existence of a famous ghost to secure coveted editorial spots on the school newspaper. Instead, they are chased out by a security guard before they gather any evidence…or so they think.

Kumiko doesn’t like going to bed. She can’t sleep. The reason she can’t sleep is because a giant dragon sits outside her bedroom window every single night. One evening, Kumiko plucks up the courage to ask the dragon to leave, not knowing that what she is about to discover is more thrilling than anything she could have ever imagined.

Warm is the smallest pup, the one his father calls the heart of the pack. But all Warm sees is his bigger brothers Sharp and Swift, even his sisters Pounce and Wag, winning all the wrestling matches. Just as Warm is finding his place, enemy wolves destroy and scatter the pack. Warm helps lead the pups away from the fight, only to find himself alone with four pups to defend and feed. Can he be both the heart and the head of a new pack? Does he have to choose the aggressive leadership style of his father and brothers? Or is there another way?

Bestselling author and Magnolia cofounder Joanna Gaines welcomes you on an imaginative adventure through nature’s small surprises and invites you and your kids to be curious, slow down, and take in everyday wonders. Inspired by Joanna’s young son’s insistence to “look up!” and the shift to a slower perspective she enjoyed after having her last child, this book shares the delight of taking a friend by the hand, getting your boots muddy, and discovering the secrets just waiting to be uncovered.

Selvi è una ragazzina solitaria che ama correre e arrampicarsi sulle bellissime montagne dietro casa. Spesso si unisce a lei Lokka, un leopardo dal manto dorato che Selvi ha imparato ad amare e rispettare. Ma i bracconieri hanno scoperto il suo segreto e vogliono accaparrarsi quel raro esemplare per venderne la pelliccia e arricchirsi. La ragazzina riuscirà a proteggere Lokka o qualcuno la tradirà?

A Doktor Proktor sorozat negyedik részében egy orosz milliárdos elrabolja Norvégia aranytartalékát, mert rengeteg pénzre van szüksége ahhoz, hogy a Chelchester Cityhez csábítsa a világ legdrágább focistáját, Ibranaldovezt. A király csak Doktor Proktorékban bízik amióta megmentették a világot a holdkaméleonoktól. De hogyan tudják visszaszerezni az elrabolt aranytartalékot? Útjukat állja három velejéig romlott rabló, dolguk akad egy kutyaütő focicsapattal, azonban segítségükre lehet néhány sárkányrepülő és sok-sok félresikerült találmány. Ezúttal minden leleményességükre szükségük lesz.

Cuando Dusty Crophopper se da cuenta de que su motor está irreparablemente roto, su exitosa carrera como famoso avión de carreras llega a un abrupto final. Dusty decide probar algo nuevo y se une al experimentado helicóptero de rescate e incendios Blade Ranger y a su brigada de bomberos voladores.

Pumpsie needs a win. Or to be more precise, he needs the Nashville Wildcats to win. Pumpsie’s been waiting his entire life—twelve whole years!—for his favorite team to make it to the playoffs. And this year—finally!—they’re just one win away. But when Pumpsie accidentally gets trapped in Lookout Field the night before the last game of the season, with only a lost dog named Campy for company, he may have accidentally stumbled into the best night of his life.

With a stolen map clutched in their paws, Magnus, Daisy, Ed and Spot are searching for hidden treasure on the great sea. But with other fearsome pirates closing in around them, can these scally-waggers come out top dogs?

Soon-to-be eight-year-old Daffodil likes the dictionary, the middle bit in custard cream biscuits, and thinking BIG. She does NOT like her cousin Hugo Patterson-Dent, who has ten more gold stars than she does; the biscuit bit of custard creams (but that’s OK because her friend Nirmal-Next-Door eats that); or any sort of catastrophe. The trouble is that somehow Daffodil's ambitious plans tend to go pear-shaped …

Где-то на Севере есть уютная деревушка Котьма, в которой живут одни только коты! Самые отважные усатые организовали команду "Котобоя", которая находит на свои хвосты самые удивительные и веселые приключения! На этот раз кошачья команда отправляется в далекую Бразилию — спасать густые леса Амазонии от бушующих в них пожаров. Это приключение будет не из простых: загадки и опасности поджидают за каждым углом! В пути команду спасателей ждет встреча с дикими хищниками, болтливыми попугаями и коварными черными лесорубами. Вперед, Амазония ждет!

On Rhodenroode Island, a remote colony of the Homeland, there sits a Mission on the Hill, where boys are taken in and taught the ways of the faith. Darian is the only trainee of his race there, and he doesn’t remember how he came to the Mission. All he remembers are brown hands and the belly of a ship. Life among the other boys and the cantankerous Brothers is not always easy, but Darian is determined to live up to the lofty calling the leaders of the Mission have laid out for him: that one day he will carry the Sacred Word to places it has yet to reach.

Abraham Lincoln faces a dangerous and uncertain future after leaving Springfield, Illinois, for his inauguration in Washington, DC. Luckily for him, detective Kate Warne has his back, even if he didn’t know it yet. Working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, Kate uncovers the rebel plot to kill Abraham Lincoln in Baltimore. Kate warns Lincoln’s staff that this only Southern city on his inaugural train route to Washington, DC is planning a deadly welcome. President-elect Lincoln is urged to change his route. But he refuses to cancel his commitments.

Michel fünf Jahre alt und stark wie ein kleiner Ochse lebt auf dem Hof Katthult in Lönneberga das ist ein Dorf in Småland in Südschweden. Mit seinen runden blauen Augen und dem hellen wolligen Haar könnte man ihn fast für einen Engel halten - wenn er schläft. Aber wenn er nicht schläft dann hat er mehr Unsinn im Kopf als irgendein anderer Junge in ganz Lönneberga oder ganz Småland oder ganz Schweden oder vielleicht sogar auf der ganzen Welt! Die neuen Hörspiele mit allen Streichen von Michel.

During a hiking trip with their parents in the mountains of California, cousins Owen, Vivian, and Amy are finally allowed to camp for one night at a little lake all on their own. But when a massive earthquake blocks their return path, there’s only one way home: the long way around, through a wilderness filled with fierce animals, raging rivers, unstable weather, and high passes. However, the hardest challenges the cousins face are the troubles they’ve brought with them.

Auru ist völlig außer sich. Er meint, eine echte Meerjungfrau gesehen zu haben. Aber niemand glaubt ihm, nur Marina. Und sie möchte die Meerjungfrau finden. Sie beschließt, auf eigene Faust auf die Suche zu gehen und paddelt mit ihrem kleinen Boot davon.

Hitty is a doll, so a listener would be forgiven for assuming that this is a story written only for little girls. But Hitty's tale which spans a century, told from her perch in a New York antique shop, includes a hazardous journey on a whaling vessel, a stint as assistant to an Indian snake charmer, and, like Moses, abandonment in a basket on a muddy river. This is a story of adventure.

Mi lügt fast nie – aber heute will ihr niemand glauben. Zu Hause beschuldigt Mama sie, ihrer übelsten Nachbarin eine Regenbogenzwergin ins Gartenbeet gepflanzt zu haben. In der Schule behauptet ihr Lehrer, dass sie schummelt. Unfair! Als sich Mi auf Polly (so heißt ihr Bike) die Wut aus dem Leib strampelt, bricht ein gigantisches Gewitter los. So landet sie bei Kafka, einem geheimnisvollen Laden, mit einem noch geheimnisvolleren Inhaber, der Mi den geheimnisvollsten Kaffeesack mit auf den Heimweg gibt. Und dann ist Mi plötzlich mittendrin in Geschichten, die sie selbst kaum glauben kann.

Auf der Spur einer Verschwörung: Bei einem magischen Fest in London wird Lucys Leben mit einem Schlag auf den Kopf gestellt: Ihre Großmutter wird vor ihren Augen entführt und Lucy kann sich danach an nichts erinnern! Zum Glück hat sie Freunde, die ihr zur Seite stehen - und ihre magischen Objekte. Denn Lucy hat ein ganz besonderes Talent: Sie ist eine Spellcrafterin und kann Gegenständen Magie einhauchen. Doch die Suche nach der Wahrheit führt sie auf eine gefährliche Spur. In London ist die Magie außer Kontrolle geraten.

Come on an adventure with Amaya in the captivating city of New Orleans. Discover the magic that hides around every corner, and meet the wonderful locals and mystical creatures that call this place home. Immerse yourself in the enchanting tale of a young girl in a city filled with wonder.

Many, many years ago, in the captivating expanse of the Scottish Highlands, where the scent of heather fills the air, and hills roll endlessly toward the horizon, lived a wee West Highland White Terrier named Jock. Born into the McTavish family, a lineage of proud sheepherders, Jock is no ordinary pup.

Alice, a young Orca, finds adventure as she travels in the Arctic Ocean. The threats of crashing icebergs and of being trapped by Orca hunters keeps her on the look out for danger.

Short story of Casey the dog who wishes she could fly. So her sister Piper and a seagull called Barry, arrange for her wish to come true.

When a mysterious fossil is unearthed in their sleepy hometown, best friends Jake, Mia, and Sam embark on the adventure of a lifetime in Dinosaur Detectives.