Growing Up & Facts of Life

Now a New York Times bestselling series! Fresh off his success with the junior national soccer team, Leo K. Doyle is back in England and playing for the U16s, where he'll be a newbie all over again. Will Leo get any playing time? Can he work his way into a starting lineup filled with older...

Als die Geschwister Beth, Fran und Joe mit ihren Eltern aufs Land ziehen, entdecken sie einen magischen Baum mit außergewöhnlichen Wesen. Sie schließen Freundschaft mit Fee Seidenhaar, Frau Wasch und Mondgesicht, die sie in fantastische Welten entführen. Gemeinsam erleben sie märchenhafte Abenteuer – bis sie auf einer ihrer Reisen ausgerechnet in der düsteren Welt der gefürchteten Schuldirektorin Madame Klaps notlanden müssen.

La abuela embarca a Tella y Pau con ella en un crucero inesperado. Se dirigen a Buenos Aires a pasar la Navidad con su madre. Viajan a bordo de El Esplendor de los Mares, en una travesía que no les va a resultar, ni mucho menos, tan relajante como promete la publicidad del transatlántico.

Ausnahmezustand an der Skutebucht: Ein Filmteam hält den norwegischen Küstenort in Atem. Auch Mitglieder zweier berüchtigter Motorradclubs buchen sich im Hotel „Perle" ein. Aber nicht alle Gäste sind, was sie vorgeben zu sein. Als ein Stiefel – mit menschlichen Knochen! – an die Meeresoberfläche geschwemmt wird, machen sich die Freunde von CLUE – Cecilia, Leo, Une und Hund Egon – an die Arbeit. Was geschieht hinter den Kulissen des Filmdrehs und gibt es eine Verbindung zu dem, was in den Tiefen des Ozeans verborgen ist?

An a-PAW-rable two-colour, highly-illustrated young fiction series from best-selling author and illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson, purr-fect for fans of Isadora Moon. Meet the STAR KITTIES – the cutest cats ever! These loveable, magical kitties get up to all sorts of fun adventures and mischief...

A chronically online middle schooler tries to bring his social media fame into his real life in this new middle grade series about surviving cringe both on the internet and IRL! Everyone’s got a lot to say on the Meadowview Middle School social media forum. From roasts of Mrs. Klinger’s...

A big prank becomes a big yikes in this second book in the New Norm middle grade series about surviving the cringe and chaos of middle school both online and IRL. It only takes a stack of sticky notes to start the great prank challenge at Meadowview Middle School. Now everything and everyone is...

With the spectre of a Nazi invasion looming over Britain, three children are forced into an unlikely allyship in this gripping wartime tale from multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer. “The best defence of Great Britain is the courage of her men and women …" June 1940 – after the...

Klugscheißerchen und Vehlerteufelchen Theo und Tina gelinkt es, dass Klugscheißerchen zu verbessern. Das kleine türkisfarbene Männchen ist am Poden zerstört. Es wahr nicht auf Zack gewesen. Darum beschließt es mit den Kindern in die Schrundgule zu gehen. Denn da lernt man angeblich fiele...

Learn about the history of American Sign Language, from its origins in older signed languages to its role in the education of deaf and hearing children today in this audiobook! American Sign Language (ASL) has played a crucial role in history of the United States, from education and politics to...

The sparkling new series of middle grade diaries continues in The Drama Queens! Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks and Dork Diaries, with a celebrity hook. Daisy is back at school, but her super-celebrity cousin Maxxy is STILL sharing her room while filming for a new TV show. And it’s all...

Twelve-year-old twin sisters Rada and Dariia Popkova couldn’t be more different. Dariia is outgoing and chatty while Rada is quieter and artsy. But what they have in common is their love for each other and their home. The family lives in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is attacked by the Russians on Feb 24th, 2022. The attack separates the family—Dariia is with her mom and Rada with her dad.

Underneath the floorboards of number 39A Cove Street live Joey and Fred O'Brien, nine-year-old twin elves who get up to all sorts of mischief together. Whether it's their missions Up-Up to borrow supplies from their human neighbour, Bee-Bee – and stay out of the path of her big St Bernard dog – or creating magic under the floorboards from all the things we leave behind, every day is an adventure for the Squirby elves. But when the twins see Bee-Bee needs their help, they risk everything to rush to her rescue!

From beloved Academy Award–winning Hollywood star Goldie Hawn and New York Times bestselling author Lin Oliver comes an inspiring series about friendship, community, and the power of kindness, encouraging readers to take breaks and deep breaths as they read along! When classmates Tony, Mia...

A lyrical coming-of-age story from a three-time Newbery Honor winning author Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been different--set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents'...

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature A Coretta Scott King Honor Winner! Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it?s hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot? they?re about as...

Elephant Learns to Share is a gentle introduction to the concept of how to share for young children. Elephant hates sharing anything. When Gran gives him a bat and ball set, he finds it impossible to play by himself. He needs to find friends to play with, but will anyone want to join his game? A...

Eines Tages findet Tischler Antonio ein Holzscheit, das zu sprechen anfängt. Da ihm die Sache nicht geheuer ist, schenkt er es seinem Freund, dem Holzschnitzer Geppetto. Geppetto ist von dem Holzklotz begeistert und beginnt sogleich mit dem Schnitzen einer Holzpuppe, die er nach getaner Arbeit Pinocchio tauft. Zu Geppettos Erstaunen erwacht die Puppe zum Leben und reißt ihrem Schöpfer aus. Beim Versuch, Pinocchio wieder einzufangen, landet Geppetto sogar im Gefängnis, kommt dann aber wieder frei und findet Pinocchio ausgehungert und reumütig in seinem Haus.

From award-winners Supriya Kelkar and Jarrett Lerner comes a middle-grade story about a pair of unlikely friends determined to save the library that brought them together. Roohi and Nate are not friends. Their paths have crossed a handful of times over the years—and the outcome has never been...

From New York Times bestselling author Jordan Ifueko comes a dazzling middle-grade adventure set in a glitzy, dystopian Los Angeles where a young girl on a mission to save her sister finds herself thrust into a world of genies, magic and mystery! ONE WISH COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT IF THE...

Who is a hero? From first responders and soldiers to teachers and friends, discover what makes a real-life hero in this story from Adam Kinzinger, veteran and former congressman. Take to the skies with a boy and his pilot dad as they visit sites across the United States in search of heroes. As...

Siblings Olly and Jenny Atwood have never met a dragon—Olly doesn’t even think they’re real. But when the strange and brilliant Dr. Lady Abernathy offers Olly a job at her mysterious house, the Atwoods learn that these incredible beasts are very much alive—and they need help.

Rafi and his younger sister, Rosi, are excited to help Abuela make her holiday order for sixty pasteles, a traditional Puerto Rican root vegetable dish. When Abuela discovers she is missing one key ingredient, Rafi and Rosi set out to buy it. On the way back they get to make crunchy arañitas and at home they learn Abuela's secret recipe for yummy guava shells in syrup. Later, when their friends can't come to help make the pasteles, Rafi and Rosi save the day, and the best Pasteles Making Party ensues!

The start of a brilliantly funny accidental time-travel diary series for tweens. It’s Back to the Future meets Judy Blume, with a 13-year-old girl who tackles timeslip mishaps, laugh-out-loud embarrassing moments, and one unpredictable adventure after another. Hi! I’m Lily. My birthday is in...

Meet LA Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the rookie who became a symbol of Mexican American pride and a hero to Latinos everywhere. Celebrate Latino sports history in this inspiring, stunningly illustrated baseball book for kids ages 7-10, from an award-winning baseball reporter and a Pura Belpré Honoree. Fernando Valenzuela was just barely out of his teens when he came to America from Mexico to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the 1980s, Mexican Americans rarely followed baseball. But after Fernando pitched eight winning games, the entire country was talking about him.