Titoli in Vita familiare

Five tales which range from the jungles of India to the frozen emptiness of the North... In all of them, Kipling's extraordinary powers of description and ability to identify with human aspiration and animal survival are vividly shown. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi must battle with Nag, the cobra, in his territory; Toomai has a unique glimpse of the elephant world, Kotick, the White Seal, searches for sanctuary, while Kotuko has to find food for his starving Eskimo village. Above all, Kipling's love of life in all its variety shines through.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling mystery and collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin! This historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their...

This is the original 1927 story of The Tower Treasure: The Hardy Boys Book 1. Frank and Joe Hardy, brothers who are high school students, use their investigation skills to solve the mystery of the stolen treasure from the eccentric Applegates. After finally finding out who did it, the dying criminal confesses that the loot had been hidden “in the old tower.” The tower is searched in vain, but it remained for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that cleared up the mystery.

In the seventh book of the Anne of Green Gables series, Anne and Gilbert Blythe have been happily married for over a decade and have six children. The children take center stage in this story, as they befriend the four children of a new minister in tow, John Meredith. After John’s wife died, he has buried himself into theological studies, and lets his children run free. And though the children are generally kind and loyal, the townsfolk only really notice them on the occasions where they’re getting into trouble.

"Towers - like flame. A candle in darkness. A black wind." Roland Watson wasn't expecting to see things like that when he kicked a football into a condemned church. But once inside, he is taken from the slums of Manchester to the ruins of a magical kingdom. And only he can bring back the light to Elidor.

Nelson is a ninja. He's not the coolest. Or the bravest. But he is the world's nerdiest ninja! And now he has to stop an animal rampage and machines going crazy all over town! For that, he'll need his new jetpack...and some serious ninja skills! How will Nelson learn to fly when he's scared of heights?

Saura, dodicenne, figlia di una chirurga pediatrica e di un giudice, soffre dell'assenza dei genitori, troppo presi dal lavoro, odia i suoi compagni di classe, che la deridono per via del nome così ingombrante, e odia le innumerevoli tate che vengono a occuparsi di lei. Una mattina che piove, la mamma decide di non mandarla a scuola: ha il giorno libero e potranno trascorrere un bel po' di tempo insieme. All'improvviso, però, squilla il cellulare. C'è un bambino in fin di vita e la dottoressa deve correre a salvarlo.

Perduto dalla madre durante la fuga da una delle guerre d’Africa, Ahmed è allevato e protetto da un branco di elefanti. Ritrovato miracolosamente dai genitori, Ahmed acquista un posto speciale tra la sua gente. Il suo destino si compie quando incontra Leo, un bambino cresciuto in una grande città italiana.

Alice has a nose for trouble, but luckily she's a fairy - a Temporary Fairy. She has a magic wand, fairy wings, and a blanket, all of which she uses to disappear, to fly, to transform her dad into a horse, and to turn his cookies into her own! Here's an endearing, funny story about a girl and her magical imagination!

Anne Shirley, the mischievous, carrot-topped waif of Anne of Green Gables, has grown into a lovely young woman who leaves the security of Prince Edward Island to enroll at Redmond College. There, she discovers a professor who believes education is wasted on women, ponders the security offered in marriage proposals, and a host of other questions of young adulthood.

Bia e il suo papà Luca vivono in un piccolo appartamento a Gradoli. Bia ha appena nove anni ed è una bambina piena di energie. Quando, a scuola, sente alcuni ragazzi parlare dell'apertura di una palestra - la Montagnola - che propone una nuova attività, decide subito di andare a vedere di cosa si tratta, nonostante i suoi amici Flavio e Paolo si ostinino a dire che si tratta di uno sport da maschi. Alla Montagnola trova una parete altissima con degli spuntoni cui aggrapparsi per salire: ecco che l'arrampicata diventa la sua attività preferita.

Rock out with Pete the Cat in New York Times bestselling artist James Dean's Pete the Cat: Rock On, Mom and Dad! Mom and Dad do so much for Pete that he wants to thank them with a special surprise. But what can Pete do that will show Mom and Dad how much he loves them? In this groovy story, Pete...

In diesem Hörbuch (Band 3) findet der Knickohrhase Hopsala mit seiner Stupsi – der größten Überraschung seines Lebens – das große gemeinsame Glück. Mit ihren vier Hasenkindern Benny, Lenny, Hanny und Fanny erleben sie ständig Herausforderungen, die ihre volle Aufmerksamkeit in Anspruch nehmen. Dabei sammeln sie wichtige Erfahrungen für ihr Leben. Als eines Tages ein Unglück geschieht, muss die Hopsala-Familie einen Trennungsschmerz überwinden. Aber mit Zusammenhalt und gegenseitiger Unterstützung können sie sogar scheinbar Unmögliches bewältigen.

Karen plays on the Krushers softball team. One day when the Krushers are in a game, Karen hits a home run! So she starts calling herself Home Run Karen. But that jinxes Karen, and she can't hit at all. She even strikes out.

The award-winning classic by internationally renowned author Emily Rodda celebrates forty years. In the spare room, the second-hand clothes hang in rows, stirring in the sunlight. Sam walks through the rows, brushing velvety sleeves, touching lace, sensing memories and magic. The clothes all...

Karen plays on the Krushers softball team. One day when the Krushers are in a game, Karen hits a home run! So she starts calling herself Home Run Karen. But that jinxes Karen, and she can't hit at all. She even strikes out. How can Karen march with the Krushers in the big parade when she's nothing but a strikeout queen?

Family secrets, friendship, and magic burst from the seams of this thrilling fantasy adventure that follows a ten-year-old girl as she discovers a new world behind her home in desperate need of her help and within it, her own troubling family legacy. Madelyn has always been satisfied with her...

The first I Can Read in global superstar and everyone’s F-R-I-E-N-D Jennifer Aniston’s series starring her food-loving dog, Clydeo! Clydeo is making peanut butter cookies when his mouth gets stuck shut with peanut butter. He seeks the help of his family, but no one can understand him. What...

From Saturday Night Live legend Kate McKinnon comes the highly anticipated second book in her #1 New York Times bestselling series about mad science, three peculiar sisters, and the mysterious Millicent Quibb! It’s summertime in Antiquarium and everyone has flocked to the majestic lakeside...

"Narrators Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, and Jesse Vilinsky combine talents in this compelling historical fiction, which takes place during the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s."- AudioFile Author's note read by the author. From the author of Nowhere Boy—called “a resistance novel for our...