Títulos en Ficción humorística

Zunächst sieht es nach einem geruhsamen Job aus: Dada und Welf sollen im Auftrag von Herrn Erdmann ein neuartiges Fortbewegungsmittel testen. Dieses von einem neuartigen System namens „Magical Intelligence" geschaffene Gefährt entpuppt sich allerdings als höchst eigenwillig und die Testfahrt droht zu einer gefährlichen Falle zu werden.

Mattia Pesce, detto Matt, non sapeva che i droni telecomandati avessero vita propria. A seguito dell'incidente, Matt viene messo in punizione: niente telefono, niente videogiochi, niente serie TV. Per espiare il suo pessimo comportamento, viene costretto a fare volontariato in un mercatino di antiquariato gestito da una bislacca signora dai capelli viola (di nome Viola), che sogna di raccogliere fondi per una scuola in Zambia.

Der berühmteste Drachenreiter aller Zeiten zu werden – davon träumt der zehnjährige Theo, als er im Internat Burg Drachenstein eintrifft. Dort hat jeder Drache seine eigenen magischen Fähigkeiten und Theo ist fest überzeugt, dass das Schicksal für ihn einen mächtigen Feuerdrachen als Gefährten vorgesehen hat. Stattdessen wird Theo ausgerechnet von Wanda ausgewählt, einem eigenwilligen Drachen, dessen einzige Fähigkeit es ist, … nett zu sein? Theo ist verzweifelt und will schon seinen Plan, als Drachenreiter in die Geschichte einzugehen, an den Nagel hängen, als plötzlich das Internat angegriffen wird.

Lily is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary obsession: collecting the weirdest, wildest, and most wonderful facts in the universe. Her bedroom is a fortress of sticky notes, timelines, and encyclopedias, but nothing prepares her for the day her imagination whisks her away to Factlandia, a world built from everything she’s ever learned. Joined by a nervous Count Dracula (who’s more confused than scary), a mischievous Fact Wizard with a beard made of question marks, and a parade of talking animals, Lily must navigate rivers of knowledge, dinosaur debates, and storms of misinformation.

Roald Dahl's beloved novel hit the big screen in July 2016 in a major motion picture adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg from Amblin Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures. When Sophie is snatched from her orphanage bed by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), she fears she will be eaten. But...

Once upon a time there was a clever girl with a not-so-clever father. When her father claims she can spin straw into gold, the king forces the girl to perform this impossible task. She has no other choice than to accept a strange deal from a mysterious little man. But when he arrives and attempts to collect the debt, the fiendish trickster Rumpelstiltskin discovers that he is the one who has been tricked!

The Friendship Fairies Go to Paris, The Friendship Fairies Save the Circus and The Friendship Fairies Save Christmas are all available in this collection!

There's much excitement in the Dixon household as the Friendship Fairies' dad has bought his own bakery – and he's planning on opening it just in time for Christmas! The girls are busy helping him get ready, and enjoying sampling the wares as they go. But when a little elf from nearby Red Forest comes seeking their help, they down tools and jump into action, for in the magical forest, disaster looms...

Sisters Emme, Holly and Jess – are off to Paris with their parents, exchanging homes with a French family for a month. The girls are having a brilliant time exploring the city, until disaster strikes and they have to track down their host family's precious pet octopus, who someone seems to have let out accidentally...

Not everyone loves Dr. Critchlore’s as much as Runt. After a series of disasters, each worse than the next, it’s clear that someone is trying to shut the school down. It’s up to Runt, who knows the place better than anybody, to figure out who’s behind the attacks ... and to save his home, and Dr. Critchlore himself, from total destruction.

In the race to create the Undefeatable Minion, Dr. Critchlore’s longtime rival, Dr. Pravus, is winning. As Dr. Critchlore rallies his troops, Runt is kidnapped. As the last prince of Andirat, he must lead the rebellion in his home country. Isolated from his minion friends, Runt grows suspicious of the rebels, who seem to be working with Dr. Pravus.

Doozy lives in a cozy cabin in the woods and loves to roam those woods with her dog, Smoke. She often gets distracted and forgets the time when playing with her friends and has to walk home through the dark woods. There, she meets a wise old owl who warns her, through the use of idioms, that her parents are anxiously waiting for her at home. Not understanding the meaning of those warnings, Doozy rushes home and finds that the warnings have literally come true.

Runt Higgins needs answers, fast. Someone cursed him to die on his 16th birthday—but no one seems to know who cursed him or why. He decides he must find the Great Library, where all true knowledge is stored. Unfortunately, the only people who know the location of the Great Library are a covert network of librarian-spies who have sworn to protect the Library’s secrets. And when one of Runt’s professors is attacked, it soon becomes clear that others are also out to find the Library at any cost. Meanwhile, Runt’s not the only one whose days are numbered.

Eighth grade is set to be a good year for Diggy Lawson: He’s chosen a great calf to compete at the Minnesota State Fair, he’ll see a lot of July, the girl he secretly likes at 4-H, and he and his dad Pop have big plans for April Fool’s Day. But everything changes when classmate Wayne Graf’s mother dies, which brings to light the secret that Pop is Wayne’s father, too. Suddenly, Diggy has a half brother, who moves in and messes up his life. Wayne threatens Diggy’s chances at the State Fair, horns in on his girl, and rattles his easy relationship with Pop.

The Friendship Fairies – sisters Emme, Holly and Jess – are excited to visit the travelling circus. But when they arrive, everything's shut up because one of the clowns has lost his smile! Meanwhile, the fairies' mum is on another spy mission – to clear an infestation of Kweddies from a local warehouse...

A book of naughty stories for good boys and girls! Have you ever refused to get out of bed, or lied about cheating on a test, or tricked someone into thinking you were a ghost? Of course you haven't, because you're a GOOD kid. Unlike the awful children in these POOEY stories!

Runt Higgins has a long to-do list. He needs to find out who cursed him, and why; he needs to make up with his best friend, Syke; and he needs to pass the Junior Henchman Training Program. That last one? Not likely. Professor Murphy hates Runt and is actively trying to fail him. The only way for Runt to pass the class and stay at Dr. Critchlore’s school is to locate a rare mineral that Dr. Critchlore needs to make an Undefeatable Minion. To find it, Runt must travel to icy Upper Worb and battle gyrfalcons, yetis … and the loathsome team from Dr. Pravus’s school. Their newest member?

Angus and Lucy love books. They have hundreds of them. But when the books are taken away, Angus and Lucy's family soon discover they cannot live without them.

Deep in the Scottish Highlands, many years from now... Gertie Gif, a lowly cleaning droid from the village of Loch Lan, sets out on an heroic quest to liberate her fellow robo-folk from the curse of a legendary, battery-draining laptop who lives in the castle on the hill.

On August 20th, a group of young explorers was charged with a dangerous mission. They were to travel across wild country to deliver a valuable parcel. It would test the resolve of the brave young explorers. Most of all, it would provide us all with a pair of unlikely heroes to admire and remember for many years to come.