Childrens Lit

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween.

The Aldens' cousins, Joe and Alice, move into a house that their neighbors say is haunted. The Boxcar Children know better than to believe such stories, but when they hear a mysterious voice singing upstairs, they begin to wonder if there really could be a ghost!

Master storyteller and bestselling novelist Clive Barker creates an enchanting tale for both children and adults to cherish and retell. The Thief of Always tells the haunting story of Harvey, a bright 10-year-old who is suffering from the winter doldrums, and of a creature who takes him to a place where every day is filled with fun, and Christmas comes every night. Illustrated.

Jack and Annie's very first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Where did the tree house come from? Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?

The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday.

Et alternativt omslag til dette ISBN kan findes her Percy Jackson er en god dreng, men han kan tilsyneladende ikke koncentrere sig om skolearbejdet eller styre sit temperament. Og på det seneste er det kun blevet værre at være væk på kostskole – Percy kunne have svoret, at hans lærer i grundlæggende algebra forvandlede sig til et monster og forsøgte at dræbe ham. Da Percys mor finder ud af det, ved hun, at det er på tide, at han får sandheden at vide om, hvor han kommer fra, og at han kommer hen til det ene sted, hvor han vil være sikker. Hun sender Percy til Camp Half Blood, en sommerlejr for halvguder (på Long Island), hvor han lærer, at den far, han aldrig kendte, er Poseidon, havets gud. Snart udfolder et mysterium sig, og sammen med sine venner – den ene en satyr og den anden den halvgudelige datter af Athene – begiver Percy sig ud på en rejse tværs over USA for at nå portene til underverdenen (som ligger i et lydstudie i Hollywood) og forhindre en katastrofal krig mellem guderne.

Poseidons heroiske søn gør et actionfyldt comeback i andet uundværlige bind af Rick Riordans fantastiske serie for unge læsere. Med Percy Jackson i hovedrollen, et »halvblod«, hvis mor er menneske, og hvis far er havets gud, kombinerer Riordans serie spændingsfyldte eventyr med græsk mytologi, hvilket resulterer i ægte pageturnere, der bliver bedre for hvert bind. I dette afsnit, Uhyrernes hav, begiver Percy sig ud for at hente det gyldne skind, før hans sommerlejr bliver ødelagt, overgår dramaet i den første bog og baner vejen for flere spændende oplevelser.

Det er ikke hver dag, man ender i kamp med en, der er halvt løve, halvt menneske. Men når man er søn af en græsk gud, sker det. Og nu er min ven Annabeth forsvundet, en gudinde er lænket, og kun fem halvgudshelte kan tage med på missionen for at besejre dommedagsuhyret. Nå ja, og gæt engang? Oraklet har forudsagt, at ikke alle af os vil overleve...

Krabat, ein vierzehnjähriger wendischer Betteljunge, wird im Traum zu einer geheimnisvollen Mühle gerufen. Als er erwacht, treibt ihn eine unwiderstehliche Kraft dazu, eine Mühle nahe dem Dorf Schwarzkollm aufzusuchen, wo er beim Meister in die Lehre geht. Bald entdeckt er, dass die Mühle in Wirklichkeit eine Schule der schwarzen Magie ist und dass er und die Mühlenknechte praktisch Gefangene sind. Unter der Woche verrichten sie die gewöhnliche Arbeit der Mühle, doch freitagabends weiht der Meister sie in die seltsamen Rituale der Kunst der Künste ein. Gleich am ersten Freitag verwandelt der Meister Krabat in einen Raben – ein Kunststück, das der Junge schnell selbst zu beherrschen lernt. Krabat beendet seine Lehrzeit, wird Geselle und der beste Schüler des Meisters in der Nekromantie. Doch die Macht, die ihm seine neuen Fähigkeiten verleihen, entschädigt ihn nicht für den Verlust seiner Freiheit. Und je mehr er über die dunklen Geheimnisse der Mühle erfährt, desto entschlossener wird er, der Knechtschaft des Meisters zu entkommen. Die Teufelsmühle spielt vor der farbenprächtigen Kulisse des Deutschlands des siebzehnten Jahrhunderts. Die Geschichte von Krabats gefangener Lehrzeit und seinem letztlichen Sieg über den Meister ist ein ungewöhnlicher, spannungsgeladener Thriller, den Leserinnen und Leser jeden Alters bis zur letzten Seite nur schwer aus der Hand legen werden. Von Rezensenten in Deutschland als Meisterwerk bezeichnet, wurde Die Teufelsmühle 1972 mit dem Deutschen Jugendbuchpreis ausgezeichnet.

The first title in Arthur Ransome's classic series, originally published in 1930: for children, for grownups, for anyone captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Swallows and Amazons introduces the lovable Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat island, the able-bodied catboat Swallow, and the two intrepid Amazons, Nancy and Peggy Blackett.

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil. It is the villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. K. Chesterton, 'the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map; a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.' G. S. Fraser terms it 'an utterly original book' and goes on to write: 'There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.'

In this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school. Reading made him who he is. To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and The Chronicles of Narnia. He recreates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words. Weaving together child development, personal reflection, and social observation, Spufford shows the force of fiction in shaping a child: how stories allow for escape from pain and mastery of the world, how they shift our boundaries of the sayable, how they stretch the chambers of our imagination.

A 1967 Newbery Honor Book While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.

Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was an oracular pig. But the day that Hen Wen vanished, Taran was led into an enchanting and perilous world. With his band of followers, he confronted the Horned King and his terrible Cauldron-Born. These were the forces of evil, and only Hen Wen knew the secret of keeping the kingdom of Prydain safe from them. But who would find her first?

Die unheimlichen grauen Herren sind angekommen und übernehmen lautlos die Stadt. Sie saugen den ahnungslosen Einwohnern das Lebensblut aus. Sie sind die Zeitdiebe. Momo, das zerlumpte kleine Findelkind, entdeckt, was vor sich geht. Und Momo ist es, die mit ihrer unheimlichen Fähigkeit zuzuhören, ihrer Einfachheit und Ehrlichkeit den Schlüssel zur Rettung in Händen hält. Sie ist die Einzige, die diesen seelenlosen, verdorbenen Geschöpfen widerstehen kann. In dieser vielschichtigen und fesselnden Geschichte eines fantastischen Landes macht sich Momo auf, den Feind zu vernichten. Der geheimnisvolle Professor Hora und seine seltsam begabte Schildkröte Kassiopeia werden ihr helfen.

Having turned their railroad engine into a boat and set sail for adventure because their island has become too crowded, Jim Button and Luke try to rescue the kidnapped Princess of China from Dragontown.

Unfortunately, Roy’s first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn’t been sinking his thumbs into Roy’s temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and–here’s the odd part–wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy’s trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails. Roy has most definitely arrived in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida. From the Hardcover edition.

Take a romp in the swamp with this New York Times bestselling mystery adventure set in the Florida Keys from Newbery Honoree Carl Hiaasen! Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor—which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah's dad is in the local lock-up. Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally . . . somehow.

Tajná chodba do domu vedle vede k fascinujícímu dobrodružství. NARNIE... kde jsou lesy husté a chladné, kde jsou Mluvící zvířata povolána k životu... nový svět, kde dobrodružství začíná. Digory a Polly se setkají a spřátelí se během jednoho chladného, deštivého léta v Londýně. Jejich životy se náhle promění v dobrodružství, když je Digoryho strýc Andrew, který si myslí, že je čaroděj, pošle tryskem do... něčeho jiného. Najdou cestu do Narnie, zrozené ze zpěvu Lva, a setkají se se zlou čarodějkou Jadis, než se konečně vrátí domů.

When his father brings home an antique cuckoo clock, Michael is cautioned not to touch it, but he turns back the hands and suddenly he is getting younger by the minute—a year younger to be exact.

When twins Lindy and Kris find a ventriloquist's dummy in a Dumpster, Lindy decides to "rescue" it, and she names it Slappy. But Kris is green with envy. It's not fair. Why does Lindy get to have all the fun and all the attention? Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Lindy. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. It can't be the dummy causing all the trouble, Can it?

Beware of Helen... Heather is such a whiny little brat. Always getting Michael and me into trouble. But since our mother married her father, we're stuck with her ... our "poor stepsister" who lost her real mother in a mysterious fire. But now something terrible has happened. Heather has found a new friend, out in the graveyard behind our home—a girl named Helen who died with her family in a mysterious fire over a hundred years ago. Now her ghost returns to lure children into the pond ... to drown! I don't want to believe in ghosts, but I've followed Heather into the graveyard and watch her talk to Helen. And I'm terrified. Not for myself, but for Heather...

The Boys' Heroic Legends Of Ireland is a book written by Eleanor Means Hull and published in 1910. The book is a collection of stories from Irish mythology, focusing on the legendary hero Cuchulain. The stories are retold in a way that is accessible to younger readers, and the book is aimed at a juvenile audience. The book includes tales of Cuchulain's battles, his love affairs, and his heroic deeds. It also includes stories of other legendary figures from Irish mythology, such as Queen Maeve and the warrior Fionn MacCumhail. The book is illustrated with black and white drawings, adding to the visual appeal of the stories. Overall, The Boys' Heroic Legends Of Ireland is an engaging and entertaining introduction to Irish mythology for young readers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.