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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Danger is STILL Everywhere: Beware the Dog, written and read by David O'Doherty. Will Docter Noel Zone's second book tell you how to combat a Crocuum? Yes. And reveal the secrets of the world's greatest (and only) Dangerologist? That, too. Has he written it yet? No. Is it because he's hiding in a wardrobe? Maybe.

You know when someone's horrible to you in a dream and you wake up really annoyed with them? That’s what happened to me with my best friend Bunky. Barry has a new problem: Gordon Smugly—who’s got the most perfect name for himself ever in the history of having a name, because he looks like a Gordon and is smug and ugly—has stolen Barry’s best friend. Join Barry as he attempts to get Bunky back, organises a girly-scream voice test and tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.

These tales recount humorous and poignant memories from Grandma Mabel's childhood. Combining the warmth and spirit of Little House on the Prairie with a Christian focus, these books transport listeners back to a simpler time to learn lessons surprisingly relevant in today's world.

Are you still awake? It's time to get to sleep. Listen to one last story and then straight to bed. Each episode will have a classic kids story, fairy tale, or famous poem.....with some new original stories sprinkled in too. Now get to sleep!

Unyielding in his belief, Uncle leads the children off their path. And a misguided acolyte follows them. Lurking in the shadows, he strikes at every opportunity as the dark forces prepare to descend. Can the children help Uncle see the light before it's too late?

Sal has been looking forward to first grade for a long time. But her excitement quickly turns to disappointment when she learns that her best friend, Griff, is in the other first-grade classroom and has the most popular teacher. Then Sal’s name is spelled wrong on her name tag, she trips in front of the cool fifth graders, and her self-portrait doesn’t turn out the way she wanted it to. In fact, everything about school is an absolute disaster. Poor Sal!

Questo non è un semplice libro illustrato, non è un libro da lasciare nella libreria di casa. Questo libro parla di coraggio, di consapevolezza e di fiducia in se stessi. È perfetto per i più piccoli, in età prescolare, ma anche per bambini più grandi che cercano un libro da leggere in autonomia. "Still - Un incontro ravvicinato" li aiuterà a capire la bellezza dell'amicizia, grazie a una storia unica. Regalate questo libro ai vostri bambini, leggete assieme a loro e fategli capire quanto siano speciali.

“THE STILL BEE” was born as a poem and remains so in this newly minted Book Nine of Kelly Anne Manuel’s Essentials Series. In this story, the Child is invited on a journey with the narrator to study bees with a different lens. It a is fun and light-hearted story of a narrator who is curious about what goes on in the mind of a bee. “The Still Bee” offers a standing invitation to the Child. The Child will learn that they can actively engage with literature that is also entertaining.

Book four in Bram Stoker Award-winner Steve Burt's Stories to Chill the Heart series, six weird tales for young readers.

A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor-winning author Christine Day (Upper Skagit), about a girl whose hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples’ Day (and plans to ask her crush to the school dance) go all wrong—until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at an intertribal powwow.

 A little girl has a dream in which she meets the Fairy of the Night and Still. She embarks on a whimsical adventure and travels to the mythical land of Orient-R, where everything is topsy turvy and exotic birds fly hurly burly. Will she return home safely after an encounter with a mischievous raven? Fairy of the Night and Still is a poetic story that will delight all ages. Sweet dreams...

An audiobook for children to start the talk about racism and equality for all. Letting kids know all races should live in peace on Earth, and that we should all work together to create beauty just like the shiny and happy rainbow does.

Now, each morning and afternoon, King Usman and Queen Jasminda surveyed the land. Pretty much at about noon, they mounted their winged stallions, direct descendants of the thought-to-be mythical Pegasus, and took to the sky side by side, looking for things in the kingdom to improve. Yep, that would be winged stallions, just like I said. The king and queen each had one with mighty wings that could take them to the edge of the sky if they so wished.

First-grader Tomie dePaola experiences uncertainty in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What are the grown-ups talking quietly about at home and even at school? Why does his class have to go to the spooky furnace room for an air-raid drill? Why does the family hang thick black curtains over the windows? Tomie's mother is there to comfort and explain the confusion, and Tomie feels better...but he's still scared.

"Nobody Still Can't Take My Happy Away" is the amazing sequel to the best-selling book "Nobody Can Take My Happy Away" by author Jessica Arnold! Remember when Emily had trouble making friends? Now she has three! Things are going great! The bullying she experienced is behind her. Her days are filled with fun because Wendy, Nicole, and Kelly enjoy spending time together. All four best friends like to share their friendship with others, but when new girl Lindsey comes along she turns everything upside down!

Familie Bergmann steckt mitten in den Vorbereitungen für den Heiligen Abend. Dann erfahren sie, dass der kleine Maxi einen geheimen Weihnachtswunsch an das Christkind und den Weihnachtsmann geschickt hat. Als sie nach der Weihnachtsmesse zur Bescherung übergehen wollen, erwartet sie zu Hause ein ungewöhnlicher Gast. Das spannendste und turbulenteste Weihnachtsfest aller Zeiten steht bevor.

Co-quí, co-quí! The coquí frogs sing to Elena from her family’s beloved mango tree—their calls so familiar that they might as well be singing, “You are home, you are safe.” But home is suddenly not safe when a hurricane threatens to destroy everything that Elena knows. As time passes, Elena, alongside her community, begins to rebuild their home, planting seeds of hope along the way. When the sounds of the coquíes gradually return, they reflect the resilience and strength of Elena, her family, and her fellow Puerto Ricans.

William Still’s parents escaped slavery but had to leave two of their children behind, a tragedy that haunted the family. As a young man, William went to work for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, where he raised money, planned rescues, and helped freedom seekers who had traveled north. And then one day, a strangely familiar man came into William’s office, searching for information about his long-lost family. Could it be? Motivated by his own family’s experience, William began collecting the stories of thousands of other freedom seekers.

From the creators of Odyssey Honor award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga comes this companion book of truths about the history, contemporary laws, policies and struggles, and victories of Native Americans, presented in lyrical verse by 12 children, and each with the powerful refrain: We Are Still Here.

¡Co-quí, co-quí! Los coquíes le cantan a Elena desde el amado árbol de mango de su familia—sus llamadas son tan conocidas que es como si estuvieran cantando, “Estás en casa, estás a salvo.” Pero de repente, su hogar no es tan seguro cuando un huracán atenta con destruir todo lo que Elena conoce. Con el paso del tiempo, Elena, junto a su comunidad, comienza a reconstruir su hogar, sembrando semillas de esperanza en el camino. Cuando los sonidos de los coquíes regresan gradualmente, reflejan la resiliencia y fuerza de Elena, su familia, y sus compatriotas puertorriqueños.