Nature Mysteries

Atticus is on beach-tidying duty with the kittens when he finds a message in a bottle from Fishhook Frank. Fishhook is marooned on a desert island, but he promises Atticus treasure in exchange for his rescue! Atticus sets out to rescue Fishhook Frank and find the Casket of Desires with his owners, the Cheddar family. But it's not all plain sailing, and Atticus must learn to be a first-class ship's cat if they want to stay afloat!

The O’Malleys have fostered dozens of cats in their bookshop over the past several years, but a new arrival named Regular is unlike any of their previous feline guests. This is Regular’s tale, but it is also Mack and Mavis O’Malley’s. It is about two “finds of a lifetime”: Kris, their young apprentice, opens a box to reveal a book that may be so valuable that it could make national headlines, and the O’Malleys discover something even more wonderful that will change their lives forever.

When a landslide on the Jurassic Coast reveals a rare "dragon" dinosaur, best friends Kat Wolfe and Harper Lamb are thrilled, especially when stars and scientists come flocking to sleepy Bluebell Bay. But after they begin investigating a suspicious death, events spiral quickly out of control for detectives Wolfe and Lamb. Worse still, Kat’s wild cat is in trouble. Can they solve the mystery—and save the cat’s life—before it’s too late?

Mid-August 1975. Maurice “Mo” Lumen is exiled from his home in Virginia, bearing the weight of what he’s left behind—accusations, a half brother, and an inhospitable cot. With the mind and heart of an 11-year-old—the result of a self-described “accident”—and a love of baseball, Mo emerges in Rhode Island just shy of his 25th birthday. As summer yields to a rain-soaked fall, his frustration rises when news of a prolific killer in the region, nicknamed the Pastoral Predator, overshadows the Red Sox march to the World Series.

Kat and Harper can’t wait to join their parents on a winter vacation in a mountain cabin in the US. But a series of misadventures result in them being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Alone. When Kat discovers that an argument she witnessed in New York City holds the key to a major crime, she’s certain that it’s only a matter of time until the culprits come looking for her. With a snow storm moving in and no way out, all that stands between the girls and disaster are a team of eight huskies and one impossible raccoon.

When Cletus J. Diggs gets a visit from his buddy Jasper and learns about the dead man sticking boot-first out of the fishing hole, he has no idea what it will lead to. How could he? Old Mill is famous for a lot of things - good fishing, barbecue, oversized satellite dishes and disappearing beer; it is not known for genetic research, ancient rituals, or alien abduction. From the moment Cletus and Sheriff Bob drag the corpse from the fishing hole to the final moments of terror, the action is nonstop, tense, and filled with surprises.

Ten-year-old Perry Owens has learned everything he needs to know from comic books. So when Perry receives a troubling message from his favorite uncle, Zeke, he knows exactly what's wrong. Obviously, evil newts wearing trench coats must have kidnapped Zeke. Now they're holding him hostage somewhere on Bunny Island, the remote vacation destination that Zeke calls home. On his own, Perry travels to Bunny Island, where dozens of bunnies are running wild. One in particular doesn't seem quite right.

What do you do when the past refuses to stay dead and buried? Six months have passed since the explosion at Platinum Industries. For the first time in our lives, Bandit and I knew what it felt like to be with a loving family, and it was a lot like getting to eat a main and dessert every day, for every meal (and having starved on the streets for so long, everyone knows how much I like my food).

When Ace is wearing his magical yellow wellies, he’s able to talk to animals. So when the weather starts acting up, he knows the farm squad aren’t happy. There’s snow, hail, rain and sun – and that’s just in one day! Now Ace and his best friend Bear need to come up with a plan to solve the mystery of the wacky weather. But will they be able to fix it in time for the farm’s first festival?

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.

Lily is not your usual terrier. In fact, she's not a terrier at all. She's a pterodactyl who has the power (among others) of clouding people's minds. Join Lily, her owner - 13-year-old Celeste, and the other members of PAWS (Private Army of Warrior Sleuths): Fuzzy Wally MacGee (a Chinese crested/rhino), Lucy Marmoset Higgins (a Great Dane/orangutan), and Prince Alphonse Saed (a miniature dachshund/mountain lion) as they fight crime wherever they encounter it.

CRIME ALERT BULLETIN When surly cop Spencer is killed on a cyber crime case, he finds himself stuck outside the gates of heaven. He can only redeem himself through the J.R.P. (The Jerk Redemption program.) His task is to return in the body of his K-9 Partner and help Justin, a troubled teenage boy and his dysfunctional family. But, when he learns that the cyber crime gang is framing the family, Spencer must, with the help of the teenage boy, take down the gang once and for all.

We see a bright blue cloud-filled sky. Then we are zooming down, revealing what appears to be a swirling dust funnel in a clearing, surrounded by forest. Zooming farther down we see a young boy playing near it. Finally, we see him get swallowed up into a cosmic portal. We now zoom out, farther and farther until we see a large man dressed in regal garb, he is a wizard, searching desperately through a forest for his son. As he penetrates the trees he sees an ominous portal in the open field. A shoe lies on the ground near the swirling mass. He charges forward.

Alice Russell y cuatros compañeras de trabajo participan en una actividad para ejecutivos en la zona boscosa de Giralang Ranges, al este de Melbourne. Los directivos de la empresa, una prestigiosa compañía de contabilidad que el agente federal Aaron Falk está investigando por un presunto delito financiero, pretenden con esta acción fomentar el espíritu de equipo. Sin embargo, todo se tuerce cuando Alice, testigo clave en las pesquisas y confidente de Falk, desaparece y éste tiene que sumergirse en el corazón de una naturaleza exuberante y estigmatizada por el fantasma de un asesino en serie.

There are many strange and mysterious aspects of the world we live in which we do not understand including legendary "creatures" such as Bigfoot, Skinwalkers, and the Goatman...and, from time to time, we see, or otherwise experience, some of these beings which are both unbelievable and extraordinary.

Verdammte Hacke! Rebella muss in den Sommerferien zu ihrer Oma an die Nordsee, um der alten Frau im Garten zu helfen. Dabei wollte sie doch den Highscore ihres Lieblings-Computerspiels knacken! Und es kommt noch schlimmer: Der vermeintliche Garten entpuppt sich als verwilderte Algenfarm, und zu allem Übel muss Rebella tauchen, um ihn zu pflegen. Doch während sie die Unterwasserbeete gemeinsam mit den freiwilligen Gartenhelfern Bolle, Bas und Chandrani in Ordnung bringt, merkt sie, dass das Meer spannender ist, als sie gedacht hätte.

Mr. Whiskers is a street-wise stray dog with a nose for trouble and a fondness for two girls he calls the Shenanigan Sisters. So when Misty and Zelda’s professor father is kidnapped, Mr. Whiskers follows that car, picking up vital clues. Then the two intrepid girls and one great dog follow the trail through the streets of San Francisco, discovering hidden passageways, buried secrets, and even pirate treasure.

Life is never quiet at the Homestead. First, it was disappearing animals, then a power-hungry dairy queen. Now it’s a Renaissance Faire, a noisy, stinky spectacle that drives Horace to distraction. Bunwinkle, on the other hand, can’t get enough of the festivities—she loves the thrilling jousts, the court intrigue…and especially the pickles on a stick.

Detektivin sein, das war schon immer Maries größter Traum. Als der Hund der Nachbarn spurlos verschwindet, nehmen sie und ihr bester Freund, Oskar, die Ermittlungen auf. Dabei kommen die beiden Katzen einer Verschwörung auf die Schliche und ihr kleines Abenteuer bringt sie selbst in größte Gefahr.

Horace is flying high after solving the pet-tectives' first mystery. But Bunwinkle just hasn’t been herself - she’s scared all the time and is too embarrassed to tell anyone. Before they can work on getting Bunwinkle’s confidence back, a new case lands in their laps - well, actually their trash cans - when Shoo the raccoon asks for help. The neighborhood humans think he’s behind a series of garbage upheavals and home break-ins - but he swears he’s innocent. Just because people call him a trash bandit doesn’t mean he is one.