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On the surface, Aunt Maria seems like a cuddly old lady, all chit-chat and lace doilies and unadulterated NICEness! When Mig and her family go for a short visit, they soon learn that Aunt Maria rules the place with a rod of sweetness that’s tougher than iron and deadlier than poison. Life revolves around tea parties, while the men are all grey-suited zombies who fade into the background, and the other children seem like clones. The short visit becomes a long stay, and when all talk of going home ceases, Mig despairs!

Aleja is a dreamer who longs for a life of magic and adventure. So when a mysterious ship arrives in her Spanish harbour city, crewed by a band of ruthless women, Aleja knows it's sailed right out of a legend. And it wants her. But life aboard the Ship of Shadows is more than even she bargained for. It will take all of Aleja's strength and skill to gain the trust of her fellow pirates - and discover what they are risking everything to find.

Aleja and her fellow pirates are eager to embark on a new adventure to find the second piece of the missing magical map. But they soon find themselves panicking, bewildered by a series of confusing clues. And time is running out - fast. When she starts experiencing strange visions, Aleja realises that someone is trying to tell her something. But can this new knowledge be trusted? And what will it cost her to find out?

After cynical thirteen year-old orphan Koku accidentally releases a demon on a trip to the British Museum, his uncle sends him to Olori, the West African land of origins, for the summer. Cursed with a weird name and an illness to match, Koku thinks life can't get any worse. His sickle cell anaemia has always left him feeling unwanted and powerless, and now he's being parcelled off to a country he barely remembers. But when Koku arrives in Olori, he finds himself in a land of endless sun and powerful magical tribes - and on the wrong side of a war.

Tamitha is watching a horror movie marathon when there is a strange knock on her door. After finding a vampire outside, Tamitha is forced to turn him away. Now she must spend the rest of the night battling the vampire's silly attempts to come into her house. After many disguises and ruses to get inside, Tamitha finally agrees to allow him inside. Will she regret her actions? Will she be able to finish her horror movie marathon? By the end of the night, Tamitha finds a new friend and the vampire finds a new lease on life.

Koku Akanbi's newfound ghostly powers have been wreaking havoc, landing him in detention and a whole heap of trouble. Having to find a way back to Olori - his family's homeland - is tough enough, but he is soon sent on a dangerous quest to find the three most powerful objects in the world. If that's not enough, Koku is also faced with the biggest decision of his life. With the fate of Olori in his hands, can Koku and his super-powered friends save the day before it's too late?

Inspired by Pixar Animation Studios' latest film, Coco, this middle grade novel will retell the story of the film, as well as feature original content expanding upon its rich, vibrant world and characters. Disney-Pixar's Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion. Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) and produced by Darla K. Anderson (Toy Story 3), Disney-Pixar's Coco opened in US theaters on November 22, 2017.

Kitsune are fox spirits that take on human form and play tricks on people. One such man fell in love with a kitsune disguised as a beautiful woman.

Lukas der Lokomotivführer lebt mit seiner Lokomotive Emma auf der Insel Lummerland. Eines Tages bringt das Postschiff ein rätselhaftes Paket: ein Baby! Als Jim Knopf, der kleine Junge aus dem Paket, größer wird, ist bald nicht mehr genug Platz für alle Bewohner auf der kleinen Insel. So verlassen Jim, Lukas und Emma ihre Heimat und gehen auf große Abenteuerfahrt.

Rapunzel thinks today is a bad hair day to end all bad hair days, but it just may be the best day yet.

Hexen hassen Kinder. Hexen finden, dass Kinder stinken wie Hundekackhaufen. Und jetzt plant die Große Oberhexe, alle Kinder in Mäuse zu verwandeln. Kann irgendjemand sie aufhalten? Dies ist die Geschichte eines sehr kleinen, sehr mutigen Helden, dem genau das gelang! "Ich war noch keine acht Jahre alt, da hatte ich selber nacheinander zwei Begegnungen mit Hexen. Aus der ersten ging ich unversehrt hervor, bei der zweiten Gelegenheit hatte ich leider weniger Glück. Mir sind Sachen passiert, die euch wahrscheinlich kreischen lassen, wenn ihr sie hört. Aber das kann ich nicht ändern."

Tom hat eine Geisterbahn mit quicklebendigen Geistern geerbt! Und die im Zaum und geheim zu halten, ist gar nicht so einfach: Vampir Vlarad mutiert dummerweise bei Blutkonsum zum jeweiligen Spenderwesen, meistens zu Meerschweinchen. Mit Zombie Wombie ist nicht zu spaßen, wenn man seinem Plüschhäschen zu nahe kommt, und Hop-Tep, die Mumie, kann aufgrund der Bandagen um den Kopf nur telepathisch kommunizieren.

Hop in your rocket ship for a trip to the stars! In this fantasy rhyming poem about flying through space, listeners will visit Mars, the purple kitties of the planet Fuzz, and an asteroid inhabited by dinosaurs—all in plenty of time to return home for lunch!

Das Lokomotivenbaby Molly ist von der Wilden 13 - einer Piratenbande - entführt worden. Jim Knopf und sein bester Freund Lukas der Lokomotivführer müssen sie unbedingt befreien! Dafür ist ihnen kein Weg zu weit, kein Wasser zu tief und kein Berg zu hoch. Auf ihrer zweiten Reise bringen sie nicht nur Emma, die alte Lokomotive, zum Fliegen, sondern begegnen auch Drachen und Scheinriesen und lernen einen echten Meerkönig kennen, bis es ihnen endlich gelingt, die schreckliche Seeräuberbande zu besiegen.

O Principezinho não só é um dos livros mais traduzidos e lidos em todo o mundo como tem sido inspirador para leitores de todas as idades. A obra dá-nos a conhecer a história de um piloto obrigado a aterrar de emergência no deserto do Saara e de um rapazinho com cabelos dourados que revela ser um príncipe de outro planeta. É na verdade, uma história sobre a amizade, o amor, a tristeza e a solidão que nos ensina que «só se vê bem com o coração» e que «o essencial é invisível aos olhos».

"Bedenke den Stress, Mimi!" - "Ach was, bedenke den Spaß!" Tom und seine geisterhaften Freunde sind zurück! Der vierzehnjährige Tom Röschenberg hat eine Geisterbahn geerbt und alle Untoten darin sind höchst lebendig! Und es bleibt spannend für unseren jungen Ghostsitter: Nicht nur, dass sich Vampir Vlarad aufgrund übermäßigen Konsums von Hamsterblut in einen solchen verwandelt hat; nun steht auch noch der hundertste Getodstag von Wombie dem Zombie an.

Tom und seine untoten Freunde müssen das Leben einer neuen Verbündeten retten: Katzenfrau Dada altert innerhalb weniger Stunden um mehrere Jahrzehnte und droht, das letzte Ihrer neun Leben zu verlieren. Der Verdacht fällt natürlich sofort auf ihren gemeinsamen Erzfeind Zoracz und wird noch schneller zur Gewissheit. Als Tom keine andere Alternative mehr sieht, als mit Zoracz einen Handel einzugehen, findet er sich plötzlich in einem düsteren Wald wieder - ganz auf sich allein gestellt. Bis er plötzlich höchst unerwartete Hilfe erhält.

Welcome to the preview of Sci-Fi and Scary Stories Bundle. This audiobook consist of two books.

Tamitha has been kidnapped by a dragon! Now she is stuck in his castle and has to do all of his chores. Tamitha meets all of the other animals that are stuck in the castle, and together they come up with a plan to escape the castle and teach the dragon a lesson!

When a young pirate buys a peacock instead of a parrot for his captain, the whole crew laughs. Will the peacock be a good addition to the crew? The crew of the Finicky Fin can’t catch a break when the new peacock seems to cause nothing but trouble, and now the ship is being attacked by a giant sea monster!