Resultados para "Gray" en Ficción de animales

Long ago, people spent their entire lives making a living on the sea. Fraser was one such person. However, as an old man, his only desire was to retire happily and leave his risky sword fishing days behind. Then one day, a desperate schooner captain, aware of the old man’s exploits as a sword fisherman, asks him to go back out to sea one last time.

Dido is reconciled to leaving the racing track and staying at home to train horses with Scorpus and Parmenion. But a storm is brewing. It brings with it a fiery black stallion, uncannily like Dido's beloved Porcellus. Word arrives from Rome that her cousin, Abibaal, a talented young charioteer, has been recruited to compete for the evil emperor Caligula. To save Abibaal, Dido must return to the great Circus Maximus track where she once drove to glory herself, confront her enemy Caligula, and face the toughest, most dangerous race of her life.

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray.

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray...

Little Gray loves his lagoon and the humans who come to visit him there. One day Mama announces that they must swim north to a faraway sea. At first he is sad to leave his home, but Little Gray soon realizes the importance of their journey. What happens along the way, and how does Little Gray help his mother? Swim along with Little Gray as he finds the way to this special, food-filled sea.

On an unusual wet, rainy day when the yard is flooded, a girl named Allis looks outside and sees a small figure parachuting from a sweet-gum tree. Curious, she goes outside in the pouring rain and meets an extraordinary talking frog wearing a suit-coat and a tie. At first she doesn't believe her ears, but then her sister Elsa, joins them. Together, they sit in the rain, on the very wet day with water, water, everywhere, while the witty frog tells stories of his adventures as an extraordinary frog.

Bob and Archie are two hapless but enthusiastic koalas who are just getting to grips with their new superpowers. Their archenemy is Dr Colossus, a giant ostrich with grand plans to destroy Pawtonia with the help of his Zombie Chickens! Can our furry heroes thwart the feathered supervillain? Definitely, maybe...

Y'Tin is brave. No one in his village denies that—his mother may wish that he’d spend more time on school work than on elephant training, but still she knows that it takes a great deal of courage and calm to deal with elephants the way that Y'Tin does. He is almost the best trainer in the...

Little Grey Rabbit, Squirrel and Hare live in a cosy little house on the edge of a wood. Grey Rabbit is kept very busy gathering food for her friends and learning how to grow her own vegetables. But when a fierce weasel comes to live in the woods, life becomes very dangerous for all the animals. Grey Rabbit will need all of her quick thinking and bravery if she is to save her friends.

Little Grey Rabbit is returning to the little house on the edge of a wood with Hare and Squirrel's Christmas present: a beautiful scarlet sledge. With great excitement they all take it to their favourite hill. But later that night careless, adventurous Hare takes the sledge for a moonlight ride and loses it... until Rat comes to the rescue!

Little Grey Rabbit once gave her tail away to Wise Owl in exchange for some of his knowledge. With the help of kind Moldy Warp the Mole, Grey Rabbit is able to offer Wise Owl a very special gift.

The hilarious sequel to the bestselling Oi Frog! will have children rolling around with laughter. Winner of the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award. Shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award 2016. Frog's had enough, he's the changing the status quo! Cat insists that there are...

Solange Grace und Ventus verbunden waren, fühlte sich Grace überglücklich und unbesiegbar. Grace' Leben auf Magefort Castle bleibt aufregend. Als der Herbst naht, lüften sich Geheimnisse und neue Schüler finden den Weg zur Akademie. Ihr Erscheinen sät aber auch Zweifel, denn die Verantwortung auf den Schultern der Magieblüter wird immer größer. Während Grace zu vermitteln versucht, zieht sich James plötzlich zurück – und bald wird klar, dass die Akademie in großer Gefahr schwebt.

"Selbst im strömenden Regen wirkten Ventus' Flügel fast unnatürlich hell und atemberaubend schön. Mit ihnen sah er aus wie das mythische Pferd Pegasus." Als Grace in große Gefahr gerät, entwickelt ihr Hengst Ventus magische Kräfte, um sie zu retten. Daraufhin verändert sich ihr Leben für immer, denn die beiden rücken ins Visier eines mächtigen Feindes. Grace und Ventus müssen nach Magefort Castle ziehen, der Akademie der magischen Pferde. Nur dort sind sie sicher - und nur gemeinsam mit anderen begabten Reitern kann es Grace gelingen, die Pferde vor dem Bösen zu retten.

Bloomsbury presents Circus Maximus: Return of the Champion: An Ancient Roman adventure, by Annelise Gray. Read by Bronwen Price. The conclusion of the Circus Maximus series set in Ancient Rome full of fabulous horses, thrilling adventures and an unforgettable heroine called Dido. When her...

Could your child’s bedtime habits use a mindful change of pace? The modern world is a busy and bustling place full of distractions and stress. From a young age, our children’s days are packed full of so many tasks, activities, and stimuli that it can be overwhelming. It’s no wonder they need a little help to unwind and connect with their inner selves when it comes time for bed. And what better place to jumpstart their imagination and quiet the worries of the day than in the past, during the intriguing and mystical time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

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!

Atticus Grammatticus Cattypuss Claw, the world’s greatest police cat, is back. When the kittens at the local cats’ home are wrongly suspected of a knitting crime spree, Inspector Cheddar is baffled. Atticus must step in to find the real culprits. In an adventure that takes him from Littleton-on-Sea to the sands of the Egyptian desert, Atticus has to use all his tabby talents to keep one paw ahead of Ginger Biscuit and Jimmy Magpie and his gang.

Atticus Claw, once the world's greatest cat burglar and now its best ever police cat, is celebrating New Year's Eve in a Scottish castle! But with rumours of hidden treasure, an ancient family curse and sightings of a mysterious giant cat on the moor, it seems Police Cat Sergeant Claw's detective skills will be needed again. And danger lurks everywhere on the misty moor....

Atticus Grammatticus Cattypus Claw, the world’s greatest reformed cat burglar, is back. This time, the tabby with talent is on the right side of the law. And when Jimmy Magpie and his gang are busted out of jail by a mysterious villain and an evil cat called Ginger Biscuit, Atticus knows from bitter experience he’s going to need all his skill and courage to catch them. This hilarious sequel to Atticus Claw Breaks the Law takes him from tea with the Queen to the dungeons of the Tower of London.