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When eight-year-old Agnes is signed up for SPEARS (the Society for the Protection of Endangered and Awesomely Rare Species), she has no idea of the adventures that lie ahead with her elephant-shrew mentor Attie (short for 'Attenborough'). Operation Honeyhunt sends them to the Brazilian rain forest, on a mission to save an endangered, dance-loving bee named Elton. Will Agnes pass the test and become a full SPEARS Agent? Species in danger? Girl and shrew to the rescue!

When her dad is kidnapped, Bitsy and best friend Kosh are swept into a secret world of ancient meteorites and strange beasts called magicores, each conjured using a different emotion. Using a powerful beastiary called Magicalia, the friends must quickly become conjurors themselves, before following a trail of clues that will take them from London to India to Paris, in a race to rescue Bitsy's dad from a mysterious villain…

When SPEARS receives an emergency distress call from its marine outpost in Antarctica, there is only one team they can send. Agnes and Attie are soon up to their eyes in an icebound mystery. What is causing the tremors threatening to destroy the rescue centre? Why are the local Adelie penguins behaving so bizarrely? And what exactly is the celebrity nature presenter Cynthia Steelsharp doing, out there in the ice-fields?

Agnes and Attie - agents of the wild - are off to the Sahara Desert on a mission to rescue rare baby animals from illegal wildlife traders. When a lesser flamingo crashes into Agnes’ window-box with an urgent message for SPEARS, Agnes is ready for the call. Three rock hyrax pups have been kidnapped from their burrow in Egypt, and other baby animals are missing across Africa. Soon Agnes and Attie find themselves trapped in an ancient Egyptian tomb at the mercy of animal poachers - can they save the animals and themselves?

George, aka "Suds", has just entered third grade, and he's heard the rhyme about "first grade babies/second grade cats/third grade angels/fourth grade rats," but what does this mean for his school year? It means that his teacher, Mrs. Simms, will hold a competition every month to see which student deserves to be awarded "the halo" which student is best behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect. Suds is determined to be the first to earn the halo, but he's finding the challenge of always being good to be more stressful than he had anticipated.

Anyone with a Hogwarts-shaped hole in their lives can't miss the second book in this fantasy series. Escape to Lundinor, the underground city that holds the world's greatest treasures . . . and its biggest threats. "Part Tim Burton, part J.K. Rowling! A terrific series." --Soman Chainani, New...

Anyone with a Hogwarts-shaped hole in their lives can’t miss this fantasy series opener. Dive into a secret underground city below London where ordinary objects are capable of extraordinary magic! "Part Tim Burton, part J.K. Rowling! A terrific debut." —Soman Chainani, New York Times...

Sam is a quiet little boy who hates show-and-tell. Just thinking about it makes his stomach hurt. Sam must find a way to conquer his fear and make the most of his turn at show-and-tell. This audiobook is great for teaching children about emotions and challenges.

This show is a vehicle to educate, encourage, motivate, and inspire you to choose joy when life’s challenges come your way. Many times, we can not control what happens in our lives. However, we CAN choose HOW we react to them. Tune in each week to be reminded that choosing joy along your journey makes a difference in enjoying life experiences. Activate your faith and be inspired to RAISE THE PRAISE and push past obstacles in life to live your purpose out loud!

Forestil dig en verden, hvor intet er, som det ser ud... I tredje og sidste bind i serien om "De ualmindelige" er søskendeparret Ivy og Seb rejst til Nubrook, det dybeste undermarked i verden, placeret under storbyen New York. I "Det frosne teleskop" mødes Ivy og Seb endnu engang med deres ven Valian for at hjælpe med at finde hans forsvundne lillesøster Rosie. Men de onde medlemmer af Hexagon leder også efter hende, og det bliver et kapløb med tiden for at få fat i hende først. I det endelige opgør med mørkets kræfter må de tre børn bruge al deres kløgt og fantasi - og en masse ualmindelige objekter.

Tag med Agnes og de seje og skøre dyreagenter ud for at redde truede dyrearter - denne gang i ørkenen! Da en flamingo braser gennem Agnes´ vindue med en besked fra OBISTA (Organisationen til Beskyttelse af Imponerende Sjældne og Truede Arter), som Agnes arbejder for som hemmelig agent, er hun straks klar til at tage af sted på mission igen sammen med sin partner, den talende elefantspidsmus Attie. Denne gang går turen til Saharas ørken for at redde en flok klippegrævlingeunger, der er forsvundet på mystisk vis.

Tag med på endnu en mission med 8-årige Agnes og de vilde dyreagenter! Da OBISTA (Organisationen til Beskyttelse af Imponerende Sjældne og Truede Arter) modtager nødopkald fra deres marinestation på Antarktis, må Agnes og hendes elefantspidsmus-læremester Attie igen afsted på mission. Hvad er det for mystiske rystelser, der truer redningscenteret? Hvorfor opfører de lokale Adelie-pingviner sig så bizart? Og hvad laver celebrity-naturprogram-tv-værten Cynthia Steelsharp midt ude på issletterne?!

Da 8-årige Agnes bliver headhuntet til OBISTA (Organisationen til Beskyttelse af Imponerende Sjældne og Truede Arter), aner hun ikke, hvad der venter hende! Hun kommer i intens træningslejr hos et hold seje dyreagenter, fx en kalkun, en panda og en blæksprutte, og bliver sammen med Attie, hendes elefantspidsmuse-læremester, sendt ud på sin første mission, hvor hun skal bevise, at hun er en ægte OBISTA-agent.

Bitsy og hendes bedste ven, Kosh er blevet optaget på et tophemmeligt akademi, hvor de lærer at fremmane magicores – magiske dyr, som frembringes ved hjælp af følelser, minder og magiske himmelsten. Men da Kosh bliver anklaget for at være den berygtede skyggetyv Shadowsmith, må de to venner flygte. Sammen med deres nye ven Mateo prøver de nu at bevise, at Kosh er uskyldig, men de har noget, som den virkelige Shadowsmith vil have fingre i, og så går jagten i gang! Kan vennerne nå at afsløre den sande forbryder, inden de bliver fanget?