Im Tierpark der Nachbarstadt wurde ein Panda-Baby von seiner Mutter verstoßen. Gut, dass Lilli mit Tieren sprechen kann! So versteht sie sofort, dass der kleine Bär ohne Ersatzmama nicht überleben wird. Kurzerhand entführt sie ihn, um zusammen mit den Tieren im Zoo ihrer Stadt eine Lösung zu suchen. Glücklicherweise nimmt die einsame Kängurudame Kylie das Bärenkind in ihren Beutel auf. Es ist Mutterliebe auf den ersten Blick! Doch das Adoptionsglück wird bald getrübt: Wenn Kylie durch ihr Gehege hüpft, wird dem Panda im Beutel schlecht... Was kann Lilli nur tun?
Alle Welt weiß nun von Lillis außergewöhnlichen Gaben. Und prompt wird sie zusammen mit Jesahja in ein Waldcamp entführt, wo sie exotische Pflanzen zum Wachsen bringen soll. Im Herbst! Lilli will nichts wie weg. Zum Glück kann sie ja mit Tieren sprechen. Jesahja heckt einen wahnwitzigen Plan aus, und Lilli trommelt eine ganze Schar Tiere zusammen. Die Waldtiere versuchen alles, um ihnen die Flucht zu ermöglichen - aber wirklich helfen kann nur der respekteinflößende Wolf Askan. Lilli ist erschüttert, als sie erfährt, dass ihr neuer Freund selbst in Not ist: Askan lebt auf ewiger Wanderschaft, seit er sein Rudel verloren hat. Überall wird er fortgejagt und bedroht. Lilli will ihm helfen, aber ihr bleibt nur wenig Zeit ...
Der kleine Grünling ist ganz aufgeregt: Der Stock-Mann hat das fröhliche Pferd entführt! Zum Glück versteht Liliane Susewind, was der Vogel ihr da atemlos zuzwitschert: Das Pferd Merlin wurde von Egobert, dem rücksichtslosen Trainer, in eine Scheune im Wald verschleppt. Lilli macht sich große Sorgen. Was hat Egobert nur mit Merlin vor? Und wie kann sie Merlin befreien? Jesahja hat die rettende Idee, die Zootiere um Hilfe zu bitten. Und so machen sich Lilli und ihre Freunde mitten in der Nacht auf den Weg zu einer mutigen Befreiungsaktion ...
Benno ist nicht nur der liebste Kuschelhund der Welt, sondern auch der schlauste. Da sind sich die Geschwister Max und Lotta einig. Und deshalb muss Benno natürlich mit auf den Familienausflug in den Wald. Gemeinsam entdecken die drei Freunde rätselhafte Tierspuren auf dem Boden, unbekannte Pflanzen und geheimnisvolle Höhlen. Dank Bennos toller Schnüffelnase kommen sie den Rätseln des Waldes bald auf die Spur ...
Der Garten, in dem die kleine Schnirkelschnecke Monika Häuschen mit ihrem besten Freund, dem Regenwurm Schorsch, lebt, wird winterfest gemacht und das Eichhörnchen Heidi versteckt seine Vorräte nach einem komplizierten Muster. Nur Schorsch hat diesmal keine Lust, unter der Erde zu verschwinden, denn er will unbedingt den winterlichen Garten erforschen! Schließlich kennt nicht einmal der gelehrte Graugänserich Günter Schnee, ist er doch in der kalten Jahreszeit immer auf Bildungsreise. Damit Heidi an der Forschungsexpedition teilnehmen kann, überredet Schorsch sie, die Nüsse einfach alle in ein einziges Versteck zu legen. Das erweist sich als schwerer Fehler!
Pete the Cat wakes up feeling grumpy,nothing seems to be going his way. But with the help of some rockin' magic sunglasses from Grumpy Toad, Pete learns that a good mood has been inside him all along. Groove and move with Pete as he helps Squirrel, Turtle, and Alligator discover that the sun is shining and everything's alright!
In 2004, Kimberly & James Dean sat down at their kitchen table to work on a children's book together. Their dream has finally become a reality with the release of this new Pete the Cat book, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses. Both left corporate jobs in the late nineties (James was an electrical engineer; Kimberly worked in the press office of the governor of Georgia) to pursue their passion for art, and they have experienced a life made up of strange and wonderful coincidences ever since. Pete the Cat has brought magic into their lives. They work in side-by-side studios in Savannah, sharing their home with five cats and Emma the pug.
Ash escaped THE SAVAGE FORTRESS . . . but can he survive THE CITY OF DEATH?
Meet Ash Mistry: eighth grader, pretty good video gamer, guy with a massive crush on the beautiful Gemma . . .
Oh, and the Eternal Warrior of the death goddess Kali.
Just when Ash has settled back into his everyday London life, his friend Parvati arrives with a mission: The evil Lord Alexander Savage is plotting to steal the Koh-I-Noor diamond from England's crown jewels. Ash and Parvati manage to intercept it, but at a terrible price--Gemma's death.
Outcast and heartbroken, Ash returns with Parvati to India, where he meets up with old friends and develops new powers. But he's haunted by Gemma, by thoughts of revenge against Savage, and by horrifying, blood-soaked dreams. As he hunts Savage all the way to an astonishing, long-hidden kingdom, Ash must face the prospect that he may no longer be entirely human . . . and his warrior side may lie beyond his control.
When Charlie wakes up to a world covered in snow, he can't wait to get outside and see what's going on around the ranch. He even takes a break from patrol duty to take a fun sled ride with Walter and Sister down the snowy slopes,whee! One ride is enough fun for Charlie, but Walter can't wait to go again and again. That is, until Walter goes missing! It's up to Charlie to take control of the situation and bring his buddy back, before anything bad happens to Walter!
Charlie the Ranch dog stars in this I Can Read title, perfect for reading on your own snowy day.
Ree Drummond is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks and The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier. Ree's beloved website, The Pioneer Woman, was founded in 2006 and showcases her cooking, photography, and anecdotes about country life. Her cooking show, The Pioneer Woman, premiered on Food Network in 2011. Ree loves Lucille Ball, John Denver, and The Godfather, and lives on a working cattle ranch in Oklahoma with her husband and four children.
There's a new word in Miss Bird's dance class and it's spelled J-A-Z-Z!
Mia can't wait to learn a whole new set of steps to a brand-new beat! For jazz dance, Mia has to switch from her frilly tutu and pink ballet slippers to a leotard and special jazz shoes. Mia thinks the new shoes aren't quite as pretty as her pink slippers, and once Mia sees how fancy jazz dance is, the shoes seem even more plain! As always, Mia uses her quick thinking to come up with the perfect solution to match her plain-Jane outfit to her jazzy steps.
Mia's eighth I Can Read book is full of the same dancing readers love, but with a whole set of new moves (and words!) to help beginning readers grow.
In this second book, Stick Dog is at it again,and he's hungrier than ever. He and his four friends, Poo-Poo, Mutt, Stripes, and Karen, must execute a master plan to steal some hot dogs. But the closer they get to the hot-dog vendor, the more obstacles they meet, including:
-A team of raccoons that wants the hot dogs too
-Hot-dog-snatching plans that are a little, umm, not so hot
-A dognapping . . . sort of
Readers will delight once again as Stick Dog and his gang of goofballs work to overcome these challenges and more,to satisfy their hunger for hot dogs.
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Captain Frank and First Mate Tank are ready for another exciting adventure at sea!
Frank (an otter) and Tank (a hippopotamus) are best friends and captain and first mate of the tugboat Stinky Sue. And on their latest voyage, they discover an extra crewmate, a stowaway! Curtis hides aboard the tugboat during his class field trip. Good thing he does, because Frank and Tank need extra help when they are called to rescue a pirate ship. No boat too big, no boat too small, the Stinky Sue will save them all!
Frank and Tank: Stowaway is told through simple, declarative sentences with an emphasis on phonics, and colorful (and silly!) illustrations will delight newly emerging readers interested in adventure, the ocean, harbors, and friendship.
Frank and Tank: Stowaway is a Level 1 I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
Phonics teaches children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make. A child who has mastered these relationships has an excellent foundation for learning to read and spell. According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a child who has learned phonics has a method to recognize familiar words and "decode" unfamiliar ones.
Sharon Phillips Denslow's books for children include the ALA Notable Book Georgie Lee and All Their Names Were Courage. A former children’s librarian, she lives with her family in snowy Elyria, Ohio.
