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The invitation was delivered by bees. It wasn't addressed to anyone at all, but Ben knew it was for him. It would lead him to an old, shambolic museum, full of strange and bewitching creatures. A peculiar world of hidden mysteries and curious family secrets...and some really dangerous magic.

Luke hates his life. His dad is busy with a shiny replacement family, and his mum has insisted they spend their holiday on a remote Scottish island. Then Luke meets Meg, who lives with her grandfather in a boarded-up boat house on the beach. And when together they rescue an otter pup that they name Willow, a chink of light appears in Luke’s dark and lonely days. But danger lurks behind the beauty of Puffin Bay - and soon Luke must depend upon Willow for his very survival.

Fabulously narrated by Aimee Horne (the voice of Cottontail in Peter Rabbit 2), Kylie and Clancy's thrilling adventure is bound to entertain the whole family. A school trip to Rottnest Island becomes an action-packed adventure when Kylie meets Clancy the quokka. Clancy shares the amazing secrets of the quokka world with Kylie and enlists her help to save the quokka clan from disaster.

Rottnest Island is home to one of the world's cutest and happiest animals - the quokka. Clancy the quokka is a youngster and is determined to discover all the wonders of Rottnest, or Rotto, as the locals like to call it. He gets more than he bargained for when he becomes trapped in a picnic basket on the back of a bicycle and taken far from home. An incredible island adventure ensues involving seagulls, peacocks, a few quokkas, and a speedy stingray. Clancy must summon his courage in order to save some very young quokkas from a few bullies, and find his way back home.

Percy’s friend, the hedgehog, has always longed to fly, but without wings, it’s an impossible dream. But then, one day, a stranger arrives in the park, needing his help. Will the hedgehog’s wish come true at last?

From the award-winning author and rock legend Jimmy Barnes and critically acclaimed illustrator Matt Shanks comes a book about the joy of being yourself. Who is Rosie? Is she a fun-loving rhinoceros who is always up early and ready to greet the day? Or is she a magical unicorn who skips through...

After a frigid arctic rescue, Esquire and Mr. Pepper get the perfect opportunity to warm up - an invitation to Beatle the Pangolin’s private island concert. Sun and sand await! But when Esquire and Mr. Pepper arrive, the island is in chaos. Field agent Alphonse delivers the bad news: Due to an incident during dress rehearsal, Beatle is trapped underground, and foul play is likely. The worst news: There’s no way to reach Beatle, and there are multiple suspects.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Introducing a sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than he really is. This laugh-out-loud story by an Emmy-nominated comedy writer shows it’s okay to be yourself. I’m the Buffalo Fluffalo I heave and I huffalo Leave...

En la colección de cuentos para dormir del hipopótamo honesto encontraras historias que estimularán la imaginación de tu hijo y llevarán su creatividad a otro nivel. En cada historia nuestro personaje principal vivirá una aventura diferente donde se dejarán enseñanzas acerca de la honestidad y demás valores, lo que inculcara poderosas lecciones de vida en tus hijos.

Riley and Wiley helped their father build dams for a week. It’s finally time for a break! While Riley is resting on the shore, sneaky Wiley scares him and makes him fall in the water! Riley starts chasing him, but Wiley keeps running and laughing. He was just kidding! Wiley apologizes and means it. He gives Riley the juiciest water plant ever to show his sincerity and suggests an afternoon swim. Can anything make a beaver relax more than a swim?

Riley and Wiley are natural-born lumberjacks that love to have fun. They like to go into the woods often to put down trees, and this time, they’re searching for black cherry trees, their absolute favorite! They walk carefully through the forest, looking for mushrooms, leaves, and ferns to bring back home. Meanwhile, they keep an eye out for black cherry trees. Suddenly, Riley hears a strange noise.

Little Tommy the koala bear is sad and lonely in his gumtree in the country. The doctor recommends a trip to the city to brighten him up. While Tommy is in the city, he tries lots of different activities — but those funny Zookie creatures seem to follow him everywhere! This short story was written by Dorothy Wall, the New-Zealand born Australian author who created that famous koala character, Blinky Bill.

Luna's feathered friend has lost his feathers! Hoover the owl is fed up with Wizard Edwin's reckless magic tricks. When Hoover wakes up as a rhinoceros, no amount of pepper jack cheese can win his trust back....

Little Joe Otter is playful and full of surprises. Peter Rabbit is curious. Peter is curious why he has not seen Little Joe Otter in the Smiling Pool? Wait! Did Peter just see two Little Joe Otters in the Smiling Pool? While Peter is trying to determine if there is indeed more than one Little Joe Otter, he learns some other lessons from the times "when the world was young" from Grandfather Frog and others.

Sizzle, an opossum, and Mama are foraging one day when a man captures Mama. This man, Crackle Fingers, runs a taxidermy business out of his house, and he plans to add Mama to his collection. Sizzle turns to a family of cats for help. Shadow, a talkative black cat, invites Sizzle to eat from the family’s food bowl on a backyard deck. Moody is a senile but kind tabby, and Buttercup is an overweight and overprotective orange cat.

This charming fable about unruly ambition and its inevitable consequences first appeared in The Delineator magazine in 1905.

Sylver and his band of weasels take to the high seas in search of the humans who mysteriously deserted the land of Welkin many years ago. On their tail is the seasick Sheriff Falshed, commanded by the stoat rulers to stop Sylver at any cost. And if that's not bad enough, behind them is a ship crammed to the gunwales with bloodthirsty rats, convinced that Sylver is secretly hunting a pirate's treasure.

As all hippos do, Harvey liked to eat a lot of food. But, unlike other hippos, Harvey liked to eat all kinds of food, especially treats, and he liked to eat a lot of them. He ate so many treats, that he floated up to the sky and around the world. He got to see many interesting sights, but after a week of fun travel and not eating a thing, he got so thin, he floated right back into his zoo, where his family and friends, and a mound of lettuce, were waiting for him.

Many of his animal friends consider Grandfather Mole to be strange. It is not that he is strange but rather quite different from most of them. Grandfather Mole spends most of his time in his favorite place, underground. He loves digging and nature has equipped him with the body, legs, and feet to dig. Surprisingly, he can also swim quite well. Because Grandfather Mole spends so much time underground, he has very poor eyesight and hearing.

Sloan the Sloth isn’t good at sports like some of the other animals. He’s too slow. But Sloan knows that’s okay. Instead of being discouraged, he focuses on what he is good at.