Bird For Children

Als eine Vogelscheuche über den Gartenzaun klettert und der zwölfjährigen Zita Bridgeborn einen Brief überreicht, beginnt das Abenteuer ihres Lebens. Sie soll ein Schloss geerbt haben und nicht nur das: Eine Hexe soll sie auch noch sein! Doch Zita kennt weder praktische Zaubersprüche, noch hat sie einen fliegenden Besen. Sie weiß auch noch nicht, dass sie bald auf uralte Familiengeheimnisse, Geister und allerhand magische Kreaturen stoßen wird.

Winter Releasing the Birds of Spring is a profound exploration of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ tribe's life as they navigate the transformation from winter to spring.

We the birds do a lot more than just fly. We come in different shapes, sizes, and colors. We love nature and exploring many places. Sometimes we take long trips to see what else is out there. We invite you to get to know our wonderful world.

La gallinita roja le pregunta a sus compañeros del corral por ayuda para plantar trigo, hacer harina y cocinar un pan. Pero nadie quiere ayudarle, entonces no lo comparte con ellos.

Finding your place in the world can be hard. But if you ask enough questions... you can make a place just right for you! Hector is a very curious young owl. He wants to know everything about his nest, his tree, and the forest around him. Mother and Father Owl answer his questions the best that they can, but not every question is easy to answer. "Why are we different from the other birds?" he asks Mother Owl.

Who would win in a slow sprint, the Australian Tiger Beetle or the American falcon? Is the sperm whale built to be a great long-distance swimmer or is perseverance her winning attribute? What would a tiger look like in a bikini? Find out all of this and more in the Animal Games, a competition like no other, where the world's most fascinating animals go head to head to become champions in their field. Full of fascinating and surprising facts and motivational takeaways that show even the most understated animals have hidden skills, you can't always judge something by its appearance.

Charlie is a crow who is super good at honking…But the other crows laugh at him, and Charlie goes on an adventure to find others like him. He meets many other birds, who all sound and look different, what does that mean for Charlie? This is a gentle exploration of accepting difference for young and old alike. Recommended for ages 2 and up.

La Baba és una mussola encarregada de la nit i de protegir a tots els nens i nenes del món mentre dormen. Però hi ha un problema, molts d'aquests nens no volen anar a dormir i tots ells per raons molt diverses. I, això, desgasta també a les seves mares i pares. La Baba ens explicarà un secret infalible per aconseguir una son dolça i serena a través de la respiració i la consciència del propi cos.

Billy is a young boy who lives in a house in England. One day, he is given a computer-generated emu, which is invisible to everyone but certain members of his family. Billy has a cousin named Colin, a librarian who finds a magical phoenix bookmark that sees him drawn into the stories that he reads. This short story - 'Emu-Mail' - is taken from much-loved author Merv Lambert’s first collection featuring Billy and his friends: Beware of the Emu.

Raymond’s going out today, with his Dad to fly away, over to the shopping mall, to hunt some food for one and all. What will he see when he gets there? What will they get to eat and share? What is the big thing in the clouds? Come and listen, and I’ll tell you now!

Billy is a young boy who lives in a house in England. One day, he is given a computer-generated emu, which is invisible to everyone but certain members of his family. Billy has a cousin named Colin, a librarian who finds a magical phoenix bookmark that sees him drawn into the stories that he reads. This short story - 'Colin the Librarian' - is taken from much-loved author Merv Lambert’s first collection featuring Billy and his friends: Beware of the Emu.

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.

Nikolaj Ivanovich Sladkov (1920-1996) - pisatel', avtor bolee 60 knig o prirode. Vmeste s Vitaliem Bianki vypuskal radioperedachu "Vesti iz Lesa". Nikolaj Sladkov rasskazyvaet rebjatam o prirode, v chastnosti o pticah i osobennosti ih povedenija. Rasskazy pisatelja uchat detej ljubit' i zashhishhat' prirodu, vospityvajut uvazhenie i berezhnoe otnoshenie k nej.

Unhappy with who they are, five unlikely friends - a raven, a canary, an owl, a parrot, and a homing pigeon - embark on a treacherous journey to find happiness, eventually discovering strength in togetherness, the value of their own unique talents, and a new sense of self-worth. They end up appreciating each other and their own differences.

Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan adapted this charming tale from a story told by the Ilaspeaking people of Zambia. All the birds in the forest are jealous of Blackbird, whose black feathers glisten and shine colorfully in the sunbeams. The other birds are a single color from head to foot, and none of them have even a spot of black on their feathers. Blackbird tells them that true color is on the inside, but still the birds long for black feathers. So Blackbird brews a batch of blackening to decorate all his friends.

Two baby kangaroos, one wacky inventor, and a gigantic robot have a day at the zoo no one will ever forget! With no Mummy or Daddy to teach them to hop, the zoo's baby joeys just wobble and flop. Dr Try builds a robot to help them bounce high, but when things all go wrong, will their bouncing dreams fly?

Theo's dragon Wanda is a bit different to the other dragons – she’s more friendly than fearsome, she gets distracted by her tail when flying, and when Theo first met her she didn’t seem to have any powers at all. But Wanda is Theo’s best friend, things are NEVER boring when she’s around – and in fact she has the rarest power of all… a magical bum.

At Dragon Towers every child is paired with their very own dragon best friend, and every dragon has their own special magic power, from fire-breathing to going invisible and even making slime. Theo's dragon Wanda is a bit different to the other dragons – she’s more friendly than fearsome, she gets distracted by her tail when flying, and when Theo first met her she didn’t seem to have any powers at all. But Wanda is Theo’s best friend, things are NEVER boring when she’s around – and in fact she has the rarest power of all… a magical bum.

After returning to their home in Dullsville and finding it in absolute shambles, Jaundice and Kale Bland are rescued by high-flying aviatrix Beatrix Airdale. This time, they're jetting off (literally) to Egypt to uncover the mysteries of a magical scarab. By way of Casablanca, and after foiling multiple attacks along the way (thanks to Jaundice's nautical knot-tying skills and Kale's super-sleuth powers of observation), the Bland Sisters are reunited with their parents. But it turns out that Mom and Dad aren't as bland - or as Bland - as Jaundice and Kale remember.

This story may help explain why the word "grim" is often connected to stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. This short tale feels like a traditional children's story, but is much more grim and foreboding. Memorable with a dash of creepy.