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The latest hilarious audiobook in the ever-popular Tom Gates series! Working hard on my school project, I've found out ALL kinds of interesting facts I wasn't expecting to. Stuff like: Mum and Dad got together because of cake. (Full story inside). Cats sleep for 70% of their lives. Peppermint ice cream is just wrong. (True.).

The best part of Kat's day is getting to walk her neighbor's irresistible pug, Meatball. So when her parents insist she start an extracurricular this year, she makes her own, by turning her hobby into a business: a dog-walking business, that is. She and her best friends, Taz and Lucy - as well as the cute new boy, Declan - try to get Four Paws Dog Walking into shape. But wrangling puppies and pleasing customers turns out to be harder than they thought! Can Kat keep taking care of the dogs she loves without hurting her friendships?

It's the Christmas holidays and Yasmin is miserable. Her family don't celebrate Christmas so she doesn't understand all the hype, plus Ezra has gone to Jamaica for 2 weeks and Levi is away on a mission. Then a snowstorm hits London, meaning Yasmin's enemy Tia can't fly to her luxury holiday in France. Yasmin is horrified when she gets sent a solo mission—to give Tia the best Christmas ever! Soon Tia is bossing Yasmin around and without her friends to help, Yasmin starts to wonder if making her arch nemesis happy might be mission: impossible.

Kids can learn lots of important responsibilities by caring for a pet.

From the moment he was born, Jasper’s curiosity has consumed him. With his brother Willie, they’ve made new friends and learned more about the Amazon rainforest. The youngsters have grown close and make the most of any situation they find themselves in. Jasper’s main job is to make sure his brother stays safe, but that’s easier said than done. The jungle is full of dangers, and if they’re not careful, things can quickly get out of hand.

We once knew a beautiful Labrador Retriever named Karma. Yes, Karma is a retriever. Whatever we threw out, Karma was happy to bring it back. It didn't matter what it was; she always brought it back. It's the same in life. We reap what we sow. Whatever we send out is what we will get back. Our Karma for Kids Books hope to instill this simple lesson into the lives of young children everywhere. Life can be amazing!

Salten's most famous work is Bambi (1923), or Bambi, in the Woods, also known as Bambi: A Life in the Woods. It was translated into English in 1928 and became a Book-of-the-Month Club success, and then formed the basis of the 1942 animated Disney classic, Bambi.

When a giant panda named Stillwater moves into Michael, Addy, and Karl's neighborhood, he tells them the most amazing stories! To Addy, he tells a tale of a poor man who gives gifts to a robber. To Michael, he tells of a farmer who learns not to judge luck. And to Karl, he tells the tale of a monk who continues to carry the weight of a burden long past.

La vida en la jungla nunca es aburrida. Desde el momento en que nació, la curiosidad de Jasper lo ha consumido. Con su hermano Willie, hicieron nuevos amigos y aprendieron más sobre la selva amazónica. Los jóvenes se han acercado. El trabajo principal de Jasper es asegurarse de que su hermano esté a salvo, pero es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo: la jungla está llena de peligros, y si no tienen cuidado, las cosas pueden salirse de control rápidamente. Siempre hay nuevos desafíos a la vuelta de la esquina.

Meet Tad. She’s the smallest tadpole in a big pond, and lives there with all her tadbrothers and tadsisters. Although something else lives there too...Big Blub! And when everyone else starts to disappear, Tad starts to wonder if Big Blub will get her too...Or is everyone else going somewhere else; somewhere better? And if so, will Tad ever get there too? A big story about a tiny tadpole - about growing up, branching out, and taking a leap into life.

Ignite your child's curiosity with a fascinating collection of 132 multiple-choice animal trivia on some of the most interesting animals! Test your knowledge, and learn new information that you can share with family and friends!

Revver is a little squirrel with big plans...to drive a race car! Now that he has secured his place on the race squad, there are so many new things to see and explore - and so many lessons to learn. Tire-changer Bill and his team have grown very fond of Revver, despite his accidental troublemaking. But when the team travels to the airport for a faraway race, Revver’s intense curiosity gets himself lost in the terminal, and the plane takes off without him!

Are Amelia Bedelia and her friends barking up the wrong tree? Recess just got super exciting. Amelia Bedelia and her friends are on the playground when they hear a strange noise coming from a nearby tree. It’s a tiny kitten stuck on a high branch! It’s up to Amelia Bedelia and her friends to figure out how to rescue the kitten and, once they do, to find the little cat a purr-fect new home!

A talking chicken! Josh knows it sounds ridiculous, but that's just what Semolina is. And she's not just a talking chicken...she's a spirited, sarcastic, sassy talking chicken. And with Josh's mom in the hospital about to give birth to his sister, Josh needs Semolina more than ever, even if she will only talk in front of him. But when Semolina tells him a fox is sneaking into the hen house at night, can Josh get his dad to believe in Semolina before it's too late?