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Ever since Monster (who sleeps under the bed) and Boy (who sleeps in the bed) met and became best friends, they've been spending their days playing together. But some days, Boy leaves and Monster is alone. Wanting to learn more about where his friend goes, Monster makes a plan to go with Boy to...school! There, Monster meets Boy's teacher and classmates, learns about cubbies and the sharing circle, and even helps solve a mystery when a pet hedgehog goes missing.

When Monster (who lives under the bed) meets Boy (who sleeps in the bed), Boy starts to scream - and Monster promptly swallows him. It's the beginning of a beautiful friendship!

Le jour où le célèbre professeur Aronnax s'embarque à bord de l'Abraham Lincoln pour capturer un redoutable monstre sous-marin, il est loin d'imaginer l'incroyable aventure qui l'attend. A bord du Nautilus, en compagnie du capitaine Némo, il va parcourir vingt mille lieues sous les mers, découvrir l'Atlantide, les fonds les plus mystérieux des océans et affronter de terribles dangers.

Being the new kid in school, Jesse Beamish’s first day at Lawrence Stewart Talbot Middle School is already a bummer. But, finding his next class and avoiding school bullies quickly becomes the least of his worries as unusual things start to happen. There’s something different about Wolverton. Something...hiding in the shadows. Jesse soon discovers that vampires...are real! One of them is prowling the town under the cover of night, and he’s sure the vampire is coming for him next!

Besuch aus dem Weltall? Mister Paddock und Dumpy sind zu einer Ausstellungseröffnung im British Museum eingeladen, bei der Skulpturen und Malereien von Außerirdischen gezeigt werden. Doch plötzlich stehen drei grüne Wesen mit Melonenköpfen und glibberigen Händen und Füßen vor ihnen und schnappen sich die Kunstwerke. Als sie auch noch einen Wissenschaftler als Geisel nehmen und mit ihrem UFO davonfliegen, ist klar: Die Olchi-Detektive müssen die Verfolgung aufnehmen.

Ab wie eine Rakete! Aufregung im Olchi-Universum. Als die Olchi-Kinder von dem geheimen Plan erfahren, allen Müll auf den Mond zu schießen, ist für sie klar: Da fliegen wir mit! Denn eine Rakete voll mit leckerem Müll lassen sie sich nicht entgehen. Doch auf dem Mond erwartet sie mehr als alte Dosen, Stinkesocken und Fischgräten. Plötzlich sind die Olchis nicht mehr allein.

Rebekah Daniels is just your ordinary spunky 9 year old girl living in the small town of Curtis Bay...EXCEPT she is determined NOT to be ordinary at all! Her small town is filled with mysteries and Rebekah is sure that she, along with her best friend Mouse, will be able to solve every last one of them.

Things have been pretty quiet for Billy, Amanda, and Mr. Night ever since Halloween ended, but that's all about to change. When their friend, Emily, decides to make a zombie movie in town, she goes to the extreme to make her film look as real as possible. The result is zombies...lots and lots of zombies.

In the second book of this FANGtastic spin-off of Mo O'Hara's New York Times best-selling My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish chapter book series, an aspiring evil scientist and his mostly evil (and totally forbidden) vampire kitten blast off to Evil Scientist Space Camp.

A just right scary story for the young and the fearful. Everyone loves a campfire tale that ends well. Simple language and limited suspense make it an appropriate read aloud selection for the preschool through elementary age child.

When Minnie spots a white boat bringing strangers to the cove below her cabin, she fears the hard-won peace of her tiny community at the foot of Bigfoot Mountain will be shattered. Kaayii too has to deal with an intruder on the mountain and, injured, needs to reach his family across the water. The two inhabit separate worlds but must find a way to work together to avoid disaster and protect the people and places they hold dear.

When fishermen start going missing on the Thames, the bungling River Police think its the work of an escaped killer on the loose. Then The Daily Echo newspaper gets wind of a monster pike in the Thames and offers a million pounds to anyone who can catch it, and a crazy monster-hunt ensues.

Meet the ultimate dream team! When Tito becomes friends with Neena, the mysterious new girl at school, she introduces him to the world of dreamweaving. Soon Tito and Neena are going on adventures every night – meeting quirky creatures and bringing their wildest creations to life! But then their classmates start acting strangely – it’s like their personalities have swapped! The pair realize someone else is dreamweaving too...and using it to cause chaos.

In the tone of The Hobbit, comes the first thrilling story in an epic fantasy adventure, from a major new voice. Fourteen-year-old Oland Born lives in dark times, in a world ruled by evil tyrant Vilius Ren. Vilius and his fearsome, bloodthirsty army have wrecked the prosperous kingdom of Decresian, once ruled by good King Micah. Oland himself has been kept as Vilius's servant in grim Castle Derrington, and he knows little about his past - or why Vilius keeps such a sharp, close eye on him.

Alisa needs both Nicu and Lars to get to know the Redmasks’ plans. The other heirs train to form a strong front. It takes the clan leaders some time to get used to this new status quo on the ship. It takes the support of the Conte to convince the other clan leaders to do it their way. Nicu has to come face to face with his greatest nightmare. The race to the Knot is on.

Alisa, Lars and Ivy succeed in getting the book on Dracula’s history. They find out more information about Dracula’s long-lost love Elisabetha and what happened to her and Dracula. Dracula is on his way together, with his shadow vampire, to the Belov ruby of Russia. Tonka, who has an angry Dracula to please, tries to compel little Tammo in stealing a ruby from the Contessa’s neck.

On the Elisabetha Tonka wants to snatch the Nosferas ruby from the Contessa’s neck. When Alisa gets back from town, she finds her friends in danger. She wants Tonka to take her instead of her friends. The Contessa promised Alisa’s mother to keep the Spark safe and tries to protect her and the other heirs. The Redmasks are coming. Alisa tells Lars she knows and trusts him.

Dear nose-pickers. Gooliemaloolie! There's SO much in this book, I don't know where to start. There's a sixty-foot monster on the rampage, the world's most prestigious entertainment competition, a troop of terrifying criminals, an evil science experiment, SNOT (yeah, WAVES of that), and - I can hardly bring myself to say it - the STINKUS-DINKUS-INUS-NOZZLEUS-HORRIBLIS! What's that? Only a stink so terrible it'll give you the whiffy-whiffy-woo-woos. Will it all end well? No - yes - oh, I don't know! You'd better ask the smelly field mouse Fergus.

Twelve-year-old Danny has escaped the children's home where he has lived since he was four, returning to the Shenandoah Valley to find his parents and demanding to know why they gave him up.

Everyone's on edge when massive creatures are sighted lurking deep in the Pacific. But smooth-talking Parker smells an opportunity. He convinces his vice principal that the middle school is in danger, winning his classmates a day off…a kaiju day. But Parker's clever scheme backfires when the army swoops in and puts everyone on emergency lockdown. Now, his classmates are trapped at home with their parents, who insist on limiting their screen time, making them eat Brussels sprouts, and sharing their feelings.