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A gripping new novel in verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish, featuring a poverty-stricken boy who bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.

"Aliens love underpants, in every shape and size, But there are no underpants in space, so here's a big surprise...." This zany, hilarious story, read by Rik Mayall, is a madcap, rhyming tale by award-winning author Claire Freedman, and is sure to enchant and amuse the whole family!

Nei racconti di Gianni Rodari l’immaginazione segue un metodo molto semplice e – a giudicare dai risultati – infallibile: un nome di città suggerisce una rima, questa rima suggerisce una situazione paradossale, questa situazione viene sviluppata in un racconto che la porta alle ultime conseguenze, e il gioco è fatto.

El ave rara ha nacido en un bosque extraño, pero es ella la que asombra a los demás, para bien o para mal. Ahora, debe buscar su camino y su lugar en el mundo. En esta fábula en verso moderno, los niños descubrirán valores como la amistad, el respeto y la autoestima.

After a year of distance-learning, Emily Sofer finds her world turned upside down: she has to leave the only school she's ever known to attend a public school in Chinatown. For the first time, Emily isn't the only Chinese student around...but looking like everyone else doesn't mean that understanding them will be easy—especially with an intimidating group of cool girls Emily calls The Five. When Emily discovers that her adoptive parents have been keeping a secret, she feels even more uncertain about who she is. A chance discovery of Emily Dickinson's poetry helps her finally feel seen.

A short story about a boy who learns to swim and saves his friends in a pool in a rhyming pattern.

A story about a mad scientist who doesn't believe in love. So he conducts hundreds of experiment to prove the world wrong, but soon finds himself to fall in love. The mad scientist understands it's a feeling that no science experiment can conclude.

Christmas is a time for giving—not falling down chimneys! Santa’s favorite time of the year is the night before Christmas. Delivering wondrous gifts and making children happy brings warm feelings to his heart. But when he loses his balance on a roof and tumbles down a chimney on his butt, then on his head, he is faced with an incredible dilemma....

Six hours. One marathon swim. That’s all Tully Birch needs to get her life straightened out. With the help of her best friend, Arch, Tully braves the waters of Lake Tahoe to break the record for the youngest person ever to complete the famous “Godfather swim.” She wants to achieve something no one in the world has done, because if she does, maybe, just maybe, her mom will come back.

Life is all about Ella Rose La Fleur and her loved ones in this sweet and lighthearted story highlighting the importance of family, fun, and making memorable connections wherever you go. A holiday surprise will forever change Ella and her family's lives. What magic can you discover viewing the world through Ella Rose's eyes?

From grape green meadows to old-fashioned farms, hares travelled thousands of miles to find a home in the British countryside. What do they eat? What's their perfect habitat? Can you tell them apart from rabbits? I Am Hattie the Hare is a follow-up to Amazon bestseller I Am Oliver the Otter. Bursting with natural and historical facts interwoven throughout the story, and with an information spread at the end, that includes tips on where to spot these gentle and instinctive animals.

Little Red Reading Hood loves reading books and making up stories of her own. When she meets a cunning wolf while on her way to the library, he convinces her to stray from the path and read for a little while. But hasn’t she read this in a story before? Perhaps it’s time she came up with a new ending.

Wolf loves reading. There's just one problem. The more he reads, the more he starts to realize something... Every book has a hero; the heroes are handsome, tough and strong; and most importantly, the heroes are never, ever wolves. But when a giant comes stomping into the library one day, can Wolf find the courage to speak up? Because maybe heroes don't have to be handsome, tough and strong. Maybe true heroes are kind and brave – just like Wolf!

When Ben's mum gets distracted halfway through his bedtime story, he decides to finish the tale himself. There's only one problem – he can't quite read yet. To Ben's surprise, the three little pigs come knocking on the door, and the big bad wolf isn't far behind... But this time, will the story have a different ending?

Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe is quite possibly the most dangerous book of poetry ever written. Do you dare? It’s so good it will make you sneeze. What becomes of a girl who absolutely detests the color green? What about a king who joins a punk band? And the little boy who calls up God on the telephone? Monsters, bears, wizards, and talking vegetables—This book has something for everyone. Winner of the prestigious Baldersquash Medal, which honors the very best in highfalutin nonsense.

In book two of the series, Book of Bad Bargains, Jazz tries to convince her older brother to trade his beloved blue marble with increasingly peculiar bargains.

Cheery rhyming text from Lisa Wheeler invites listeners to celebrate Valentine's Day in true dino style. Raptor and Leso decorate card boxes at school, the Ptero twins shop for the perfect box of chocolates, and Maia has crushes on . . . everyone! There's something for everyone to enjoy in this humorous and heartwarming look at the sweetest holiday of the year!

Follow Prince Miles as he spreads his message of kindness, love, peace and compassion. In an age of high-tech and "super" heroes, The Hopeful Prince allows all children to have the opportunity to see the heroic potential in themselves via their own small contributions to the world around them--no potions or high-tech enhancements necessary.

There are a lot of good stories based on what's gory, and many a great tale of heroic wins and fails.... Well...this is a story about children playing. Yes, aimless fun emerging and decaying. Play for play's sake, that is what children do so great, and today as they play, there is mini debate. Mentees Raheem and Jazzmir don't want to play the same game. And of course they both express themselves, but can mentor and avatar Avastarr help? That'll-doodle dooo-that'll-doodle dooo!

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In Ancient Greece Theseus makes a dangerous and courageous journey to find his father, finally meeting the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. While Theo, a modern-day teenage boy, finds himself on a maze-like quest to find his own father. Each story tells of a boy becoming a man and discovering what true manhood really means.