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Ching Ching can't wait for Christmas. She loves looking at twinkling fairy lights, wrapping presents and eating yummy treats! So when Ching Ching realises not everyone is as lucky as she is, she decides to help. She wants everyone to have the best Christmas ever!

Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new step-dad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to Australia. Making the difficult decision to stay at home, Floss moves in permanently with her dad and they muddle along happily together, surviving on chip butties and enjoying visits to the local funfair.

Read by the inimitable Richard Attenborough. Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out… Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80 year old man, who looks back on his life as Chelsea’s champion striker until the outbreak of...

Can you still have a home if you don't have a house? In the spirit of The Truth About Jellyfish and Fish in a Tree comes a stunning debut about a family struggling to find something lasting when everything feels so fleeting. Always think in threes and you'll never fall, Cora's father told her...

The incredible true story of how Americans from all walks of life weathered one of the most turbulent periods in our nation's history--the Great Depression--and emerged triumphant. Crash tells the story of the Great Depression, from the sweeping fallout of the market collapse to the more...

Becca's life is anything but ordinary. At 15, she's already experienced her share of pain. With a mom who drinks too much, a revolving door of father figures, and struggles at school, Becca wonders if she'll ever have a chance at a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane is her little sister, Chloe; that is, until her mother's breakdown leads to her sister's disappearance.

Alibabà e i quaranta ladroni è una delle più celebri favole tratte dalla famosa raccolta "Le mille e una notte". Racconta di un ragazzo coraggioso e valoroso, Alibabà, e di Jamir, il suo fidato ed intelligente asinello...

Ci sono tanti personaggi e situazioni che cambiano improvvisamente in questa antica favola, tratta dalla famosa raccolta "Le mille e una notte", un grande classico della letteratura per bambini...

La vida en el pequeño pueblo de Avonlea cambiará rotundamente con la llegada de Ana Shirley, una niña huérfana que fue adoptada por Marilla y Matthew Cuthbert, dos hermanos solteros de mediana edad, para vivir en su casa familiar de Tejas Verdes. Con su carácter despierto y sociable, y su vivacidad, risas y lágrimas, Ana consigue formar parte de una familia y tener un lugar al que podrá llamar hogar para siempre. Aventúrate a descubrir el mundo a través de los ojos de la brillante y perspicaz Ana, quien con su imaginación te hará sentir el mundo como algo nuevo, lleno de alegrías, emociones y risas.

La riscoperta di un grande classico, che chiunque sia stato a scuola in veste di scolaro o di insegnante dovrebbe conoscere; l’ascoltatore potrà agevolmente riconoscersi in uno degli alunni, perché i ritratti deamicisiani hanno i caratteri dell’universalità; uno spaccato di umanità italiana dopo l’unità. Un altro testo erroneamente considerato solo per ragazzi in quanto istruttivo per tutti. Adatto a: tutti; in particolare: agli appassionati della storia d’Italia, a tutti coloro che sono attenti alle sfumature psicologiche dei personaggi, perché da esse possano ricavare il ritratto della nazione che siamo diventati.

Le légendaire Robin des Bois, jeune gentilhomme campagnard, devint le plus célèbre des chefs de bande. Et bientôt il fût connu dans tout le pays comme étant l'ami et le défenseur du pauvre et de l'opprimé, l'ennemi de tous ceux qui abusaient de leur puissance et de leurs richesses.

When autumn arrives on 141st Street, the Vanderbeekers are busy helping Mr. Beiderman get ready for the New York City Marathon and making sure the mysterious person sleeping in the community garden gets enough to eat. But when they discover the true identity of the person making a home in the community garden’s shed, their world turns upside down as they learn what it means to care for someone in an impossible situation.  

A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day in the school lunch line, Rex's is a compelling story of a more profound hunger - that of a child for his parents' love and care. 

Georgie has no idea what to expect when she, Mama, and Peaches are plopped down in the middle of small-town USA - a.k.a. Bogalusa, Louisiana - where Mama grew up and Great Aunt Vie needs constant care. Georgie wants to help out at the once famous family diner that served celebrities like the Jackson 5 and the Supremes, but everyone is too busy to show her the ropes and Mama is treating her like a baby, not letting her leave her sight. 

Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend - they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend, Fuchsia, has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus.

This heart-wrenching novel in verse describes the life of a poor girl surviving the Irish Land War and the everyday challenges she experiences.

Lizzie St. Claire wants to be invisible. Forced to move out of her home, she and her mom now live in a transitional housing shelter, Good Hope, until they can get back on their feet. She just wants to keep her head down at Good Hope and her new school so that she doesn’t have to admit the real reason she and her mom lost everything. But at the nearby Birchwood Stables, some new friends - along with the arrival of a frightened pony named Fire - help Lizzie to open up and accept help from those around her, even if it means she’ll have more to lose if things change again.

Sofia and Maddi live in the same neighborhood, play in the same park, and both have pesky little brothers. But while Sofia's fridge at home is full of milk and eggs and tortillas and cheese and lettuce and jam and even half a can of dog food, Maddi's fridge is empty with just a small container of milk for her brother, Ryan.

From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving novel about a girl with a sensory processing disorder who has to find her own voice after her whole world turns upside down. Lou Montgomery has the voice of an angel, or so her mother tells her and anyone else who will listen. But Lou...

It’s the first day of summer and Rachel's 13th birthday. She can't wait to head to the lake with her best friend, Micah. But as summer unfolds, every day seems to get more complicated. Her “fun” new job taking care of farm animals quickly becomes a challenge, and at home, her parents are more worried about money than usual. Fortunately, Rachel can count on Micah to help her cope with all the stress. But Micah seems to want their relationship to go beyond friendship, and though Rachel almost wishes for that, too, she can’t force herself to feel “that way” about him.