Bird For Children

Ein Pinguin per Post! Emma ist überrascht, als eines Tages eine ziemlich alte und verbeulte Tiefkühltruhe geliefert wird - aber noch überraschender ist deren Inhalt: In der Truhe sitzt ein kleiner Pinguin! Er heißt Papanini, versteht die Sprache der Menschen und liebt es, vorgelesen zu bekommen. Papanini kann sogar sprechen! Er wäre wirklich zu niedlich, wenn er nicht ständig für Chaos sorgen würde... Leider haben auch üble Ganoven von dem sprechenden Pinguin Wind bekommen und plötzlich stecken Emma und Papanini mittendrin in einem aufregenden Abenteuer!

Mia and her mom visit Grandma in Maine every summer, but this year Mia is going alone. Her mom will stay behind to get their house ready to sell. It'll be a new start, she says, after the divorce. Mia doesn't want a new start. She'd rather everything just stayed the same! At least things will be the same at Grandma's, though. Mia will walk to town for ice cream, and wait by the water, watching for birds, just like always. Then Mia meets Grandma's know-it-all new neighbor, who's just her age.

Experience Jade and Jasper's heartwarming story, as it follows the travels of two mourning doves. They search for a welcoming home while encountering obstacles along the way. However, when kindness steps in, Jade and Jasper's journey truly takes flight. A celebration of family in all forms, The Gift of a Journey reveals what is possible when you are open to nature's lessons.

This endearing story revolves around the new life of an eaglet named Alfred, who as he learns new skills as an eagle, constantly compares himself to the other animals and birds around him. Alfred eventually realizes that he was born to be a mighty and proud eagle, but not without learning some valuable lessons first. This heartfelt tale delivers a sound message for children of all ages, especially young listeners to celebrate and use the specific gifts and talents they were given to live out who they were created and destined to be.

Ein schwedischer Sommer, eine Krähe und die absolute Freiheit. Krähe hat seine Eltern verloren. Nur ein Foto ist ihm geblieben, auf dem man Wegweiser nach Schweden und Norwegen erkennt. Könnten seine Eltern vielleicht an der Grenze zu Norwegen sein? Krähe macht sich auf den Weg, begleitet von seiner menschlichen Freundin Ebba und mit Zuversicht und Freiheit im Gepäck. Die beiden erleben den Sommer ihres Lebens, begegnen den kauzigsten Typen und halten immer wieder die Zeiger in der schwedischen Natur an. Werden sie ein gefiedertes Happy End erleben?

Bitty is a canary whose courage more than makes up for his diminutive size. Of course, as a miner bird who detects deadly gas leaks in a West Virginia coal mine during the Depression, he is used to facing danger. Tired of perilous working conditions, he escapes and hops a coal train to the state capital to seek help in improving the plights of miners and their canaries.

Wind-voice, the half-dove, formerly enslaved, is now free, and Maldeor, the one-winged archaeopteryx, hungers for supreme power.

Can Wind-voice and his valiant companions, Ewingerale, the wood-pecker scribe; Stormac, the myna warrior; and Fleydur, the musician eagle, save the future of their world?

Through her daily routine of planting trees, Luna inspires the animals of the forest, including her owl friends Churros and Panela, to come together and fight against the destruction of their home. When disaster strikes and the Buhouho family is left homeless, Luna’s unwavering dedication to planting trees becomes the key to restoring their beloved forest.

Edna the very first chicken is hatching her very first eggs! With long, sharp teeth and claws, one of her chicks, Sinclair, is an unusual chicken. But when Gorgosaurus threatens his family, Sinclair might just prove to be the best chicken ever. Heartfelt and humorous, this delightful book celebrates dinosaurs, chickens, the importance of family, and the joy of accepting who we are.

What is the connection of "Fowl Relief" and an English golf-playing king? Does the nickname of Jimmy Douglas' great-great-grandfather have any significance? Tie these answers with the other clues and the mystery of the purple bird is solved, but not until Djuna, the brilliant young sleuth, and his pal Jimmy go through an ordeal that almost takes their lives. The boys tangle with an antique dealer and a tiger-skin diary - just to name a few of the events - in their struggle to solve the mystery.

Once there was a little white owl who lived by himself in the snow. He didn’t have a mummy. He didn’t have a daddy. He didn’t even have a name. But he didn’t really mind too much. It had always been like that. And his head was full of happy stories…Then one day, the little white owl sets off to explore the world, and he gets a very wonderful surprise …

Three irrepressible little owls take us on their journey round the world, from one Christmas Day to the next – fishing, dancing, snoozing and NOT behaving.

Bessie and Flossie are two battery hens. When they decide to escape from the farm, they are confused, it’s the first time they leave their cages. As they struggle to adjust to life outside the farm, Jackdaw will be there to help!

When Plip the penguin loses his favourite toy, it seems like the end of the world! As the sky grows dark, Plip runs off to find it, all on his own. What will become of poor little Plip, out in the snowy storm?

Little Bird has landed in America, far from her home in Scotland, and far from the danger that stalked her family. But the new world holds new perils, and soon she’s on the run again. From the teeming streets of New York to the prairies of the west, Little Bird holds tight to secrets and dreams of freedom. Then, on her journey, she comes face to face with an unwelcome ghost from the past.

Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals. But that's not surprising, considering that her family runs the town funeral home. And even though Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack and Great-great-aunt Florentine dropped dead, just like that, six months later, Comfort knows how to deal with loss, or so she thinks.

Bridie lives on the remote Scottish island of Tornish, the youngest of three sisters. Although she loves her island, with its wild seas and big skies, she guiltily nurses a secret dream of flight - to America and the freedom of the New World. But her family are struggling under the spiteful oppression of the new Laird, and it seems that even some of the Laird's own household are desperate to leave. When the Laird's full cruelty becomes apparent, there's no more time for daydreams as Bridie needs to help the people she loves escape to safety.

There are defining moments in life when everything changes. For Dani Mays, it was the day she witnessed her father kill her brother. Now seventeen years-old, she still hasn't put it behind her. After Jace's death, she bounced between her alcoholic mother and foster homes, until she found a permanent place. And a reason to want to stay: Reece Tyler. He's her best friend, yet Dani wants more from Reece.

Nature is out of balance. Two years after moving his family to an oak in a Tennessee suburb, Silas Oaktree is a robin still trying to settle in. Silas battles to support his growing family, struggles between hate and love for his junkie brother, helps a human hospice worker with his inability to let go, and rushes to end a deadly game with a serial killer before others get hurt. Springtime has never before been such a trying season as Silas is pushed to the limits of who he is as a bird,and what he's willing to become to save his new home.

Avventure, misteri e pasticci in compagnia di Jack Pigòn, il piccione investigatore più simpatico e coraggioso di Volandia! Jack Pigòn è senza lavoro da troppo tempo: è rimasto senza casa perché non aveva più soldi per pagare l'affitto e vive da sua sorella Lalla. Al posto della sua vecchia abitazione ora c'è un fast food! Ma una mattina arrivano tre incarichi nel giro di pochi minuti: tre missioni sono tante, forse troppe, e il tempo è poco, ma per Jack è l'occasione per rimettersi in pista!