Fox Child

In this fable by Aesop, Fox plays an insensitive trick on his friend Stork while they eat dinner together.

Twelve-year-old Lulu and her younger sister, Serena, have a secret. As Daddy always says, “it’s best if we keep it to ourselves,” and so they have. But hiding your past is one thing. Hiding where you live—and that your Daddy has gone missing—is harder. At first Lulu isn’t worried. Daddy has gone away once before and he came back. But as the days add up, with no sign of Daddy, Lulu struggles to take care of all the responsibilities they used to manage as a family. Lulu knows that all it takes is one slip-up for their secret to come spilling out.

Listen to Molly Moccasins adventure-story audiobooks on-the-go…anywhere, anytime. This collection of 30 stories is calls on all young adventurers to listen, play, think, imagine, and investigate. It’s for kids of all ages, supports early learning and literacy development, and also connects young adventurers to the world of fun available to them in their everyday lives.

(/i) I can steal time. The most I can take at the moment is fifteen seconds, which is not a lot. Grandmother took almost three minutes once and she told me she’s done more, but I never saw it. She says there are stories of someone who can take all the time in the world, but how can that be right? (i\) When Alex and his father are forced to flee their home to escape a brutal government, they begin a life-threatening journey across Europe. But when they are separated before they can reach Britain, Alex finds himself alone, with only his extraordinary gift to keep him alive.

Polarfuchs Dilah wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als ein Mensch zu sein. Daher vermacht ihm seine Mutter etwas ganz Besonderes: den sagenumwobenen Mondstein, der seinen Wunsch erfüllen könnte. Dilah folgt dem Ruf des magischen Steins und macht sich auf eine Reise. Unterwegs muss er sich vor kaltblütigen Menschen in Acht nehmen, aber auch die Natur ist unberechenbar. Und im Dickicht lauern feindlich gesinnte Clans, die es auf Dilah und sein mächtiges Erbe abgesehen haben.

The sequel to 'My Alien Wife': Captain Charles Barnett touches down on Zythor-7, a planet of iridescent beauty and untold mysteries. At the heart of this alien paradise awaits Elira, his beloved wife, and their incredible son, Adam, who harbours powers beyond imagination.

Survival. It makes for exciting TV, but all Josh wants a life that passes for normal. A real house, not a cabin in the woods. Hockey, not hunting to put food on the table. Girls. But his half-brother, Nathan, wants to prove himself in the Alaska wilderness, and their father won’t let him do it alone.

In the heart of Ashington - a bustling Geordie mining town - a handsome red-brick vicarage, surrounded by rambling gardens, stands proudly among the rows of terraced houses. It is the perfect place for playing games, keeping secrets and chasing the ghosts of previous occupants, and it will be nine-year-old Barbara's new home now that her father is to be vicar in this strange new place.

When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow, Kara attempts to discover where they’ve come from and who they belong to. They lead her to Rebecca, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, and her younger brother Samuel. Before long Kara realizes Rebecca and Samuel are refugees from another era—World War II—trying to find their way to safety. Her new friends are trapped in a dangerous loop, and it’s up to Kara to help them break free.

Rescued by the US Air Force, Jim, Staci, and Lou are thrust into another agonizing situation. No one finds it easy to be under adult supervision after being on their own for so long, but without the support of the family, can the teens come to terms with the tragedies that have befallen their families and themselves? How will they cope with what is to come? What will happen to the new addition to their group? Uncertainty is all around, but surely God didn't bring them this far together just to separate them all now.

Old Granny Fox and grandson Reddy Fox must use all their cunning to hunt up enough food to survive the long winter. Food in the Green Meadow is scarce but Farmer Brown's hens are locked up tight and protected by Bowser the Hound, so Granny takes a conceited Reddy hunting and teaches him some surprising new tricks to lure in their dinner. Old Granny and Reddy Fox encounter danger and adventure in their quests to keep their bellies full, including a close encounter with Farmer Brown's boy, a clever plot to steal Bowser's food, and an unforeseen thief who might outsmart this sneaky pair.

Gerade hat sich Schlossgespenst Eddie Fox damit abgefunden, dass in Stormy Castle eine Schule eingezogen ist, da steht schon wieder Ärger ins Haus: Ein neuer Schüler sorgt für jede Menge Aufregung. Zunächst sind es nur kleine Streiche, aber die werden immer verrückter, nächtliche Verfolgungsjagden durch die Burg inklusive. Höchste Zeit für Eddie, seine Freundin Pia und Fledermaus Tilla einzugreifen - und ganz nebenbei hinter das Geheimnis einer uralten Zaubererfamilie zu kommen.

Auf dem höchsten Felsen weit und breit, dort, wo der Wind mächtig weht und braust, liegt die uralte Burg Stormy Castle. Edward Donald Darius Ignatz Eliot Graf von Fox und Wood - Eddie genannt und seit 288 1/4 Jahren tot - ist der Herr über die Burg. Friedlich genießt der Geist zusammen mit seiner Fledermaus-Freundin Tilla das ruhige Leben. Doch eines Tages ist es mit der Ruhe vorbei: In das alte Gemäuer soll eine Schule einziehen. Wie bitte - lärmende Kinder? Eddie kann Kinder nicht ausstehen!

Rolf the wolf looks too scary to make friends. When his plan to build friendships backfires, he worries that his classmates will dislike him. Will they learn to appreciate him for who he really is? In this colorful rhyming book, Rolf's classmates learn that outside looks don't always show you the kind of person someone is inside.

“One day Mog did not want to eat her supper…” It’s snowing and Mr Thomas is cross at having to take the rubbish out. Who would have thought that all this would lead to three foxes in Mog’s kitchen?

In the second book of "The Snow Kingdom" book series, Sasha, having escaped from the evil Grubby, finds her way onto a college campus and befriends another stray dog named, "Duke." Over the years, Duke has become a mascot of sorts on the campus, and gives Sasha both a human education and life lessons on how to survive out in the world. It's a heartwarming story of friendship and the importance of a great education, for both human and animal alike!

The first book of the Adventure Pups. The small family of puppies makes a new friend.

Young Filbert Fox listens to a story his granny tells him about how foxes are the smartest creatures and so he sets out to prove this to be true. But when tries to prove how clever he is when he meets Willie Wolf and the Crow family, things do not turn out as he expected at all.

Sylvie and Jules, Jules and Sylvie. Better than just sisters, better than best friends, they'd be identical twins if only they'd been born in the same year. And if only Sylvie wasn't such a fast - faster than fast - runner. But Sylvie is too fast, and when she runs to the river they're not supposed to go anywhere near to throw a wish rock just before the school bus comes on a snowy morning, she runs so fast that no one sees what happens...and no one ever sees her again.

"The Adventures of Reddy Fox" is another in the series of children’s stories by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this story, Reddy and Granny Fox must outsmart Farmer Brown’s Boy who is out to get Reddy for stealing his pet chicken. Along the way, Reddy encounters many of the citizens of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest and with him we learn little lessons about life such as: the perils of being a show off; the importance of using all of one’s senses; that it is a fine thing to show sympathy and kindness to others – even our enemies; and that the value of a grandmother’s wisdom is inestimable.