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El Archipiélago te espera de nuevo Cuando Christopher Forrester se despierta inesperadamente con un dragón diminuto mordiéndole la cara, su corazón da un salto de alegría. Durante meses ha soñado con regresar al Archipiélago, el conjunto de islas secretas donde aún habitan todas las...

Descubre el fenómeno internacional que ha revolucionado la fantasía. Esta es una historia que transcurre entre dos mundos. El mundo real, donde nada extraordinario parece suceder. Y el Archipiélago, un territorio plagado de islas donde la magia pervive y los humanos que lo habitan conviven...

A vida de Christopher Forrester dá uma guinada inesperada quando, meio sem vontade, segue para passar uma temporada no campo onde mora seu avô. O que ele não imaginava é que, muito além dos nevoeiros e das lendas de cidades do interior, ali se esconde um portal para o impossível. Num piscar de olhos, ele se vê cara a cara com uma criatura lendária, lançando-o numa aventura que mudará seu destino para sempre.

Bloomsbury presents The Book of Hopes by Katherine Rundell, read by Stephen Fry, Katherine Rundell, Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Bailey Smith. _______________ Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year _______________ In difficult times, what children really need is hope. And in that spirit...

Bloomsbury presents The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell, read by Margaret Cabourn-Smith. 'An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand' - Jacqueline Wilson FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 A glittering, page-turning adventure set amidst the streets of New...

Bloomsbury presents Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise written and read by Katherine Rundell. _______________ A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell...

From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they're on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.

Bloomsbury presents One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell, read by Jamie Parker. Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________ NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP GREENAWAY MEDAL From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award _______________ 'A...

Les grands dragons meurent, par dizaines. Personne ne sait pourquoi. Certains racontent que ça pourrait être une peste draconique. Plus aucun dragon ne fait confiance ni aux hommes ni aux créatures de l'Archipel. Mais toi, Christopher, tu viens d'Autre-Terre. Sarkany a confiance en toi et en toi seul.

Als ihr Großvater, der König, einem heimtückischen Attentat zum Opfer fällt, wird Prinzessin Anya zur Gejagten im eigenen Reich. Ihr Vater wird des Mordes beschuldigt und in den Kerker geworfen, während ihr machthungriger Onkel nach dem Thron greift. Gemeinsam mit Christopher, dem Hüter der Fabelwesen, muss sie nun nicht nur ihren Vater retten, sondern das gesamte magische Reich vor dem Untergang bewahren.

Aventure à couper le souffle, secrets millénaires et héros inoubliables: une fantasy extraordinaire, par la conteuse anglaise la plus talentueuse de sa génération. Les aventures palpitantes de Mal et Christopher prennent toute leur ampleur grâce au talent et à l'énergie de Théo Frilet, qui nous emporte dans un univers particulièrement intriguant... Un régal !

Der preisgekrönte Bestseller aus Großbritannien: Außergewöhnliches Fantasy-Abenteuer voller Fabelwesen und Action ab 10 Jahren. "Geh auf keinen Fall den Hügel hinauf", hatte Christophers Großvater gesagt. Doch die Ferien sind zu langweilig, um sich an Verbote zu halten. Als Christopher den Hügel erklimmt, bebt plötzlich die Erde. Sprechende Eichhörnchen, ein geflügeltes Pferd und ein Einhorn kommen ihm entgegen. Christopher kann es nicht fassen! Vom Großvater erfährt er, dass sich ein Tor zu einer anderen Welt geöffnet hat.

Bloomsbury presents Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, read by Samuel West. ‘There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.’ – Michael Morpurgo * BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CHILDREN’S FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * WATERSTONES...

Bloomsbury presents Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, read by Tamsin Greig. CELEBRATING 10 HIGH-FLYING YEARS OF THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING MODERN CLASSIC, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE EXPLORER _______________ Winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award Shortlisted...

Bloomsbury presents The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell, read by Tamsin Greig. Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell... _______________ From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize 'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' – Philip Pullman 'A truly...

The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why. A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That's far enough to get to the moon and back twice over - and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongue furled in a pouch by its hip, a Greenland shark can live five hundred years, a wombat once inspired a love poem.

Bloomsbury presents The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell, read by Jamie Parker. _______________ A TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK **'The year's most magnificent adventure' - Guardian** **'Fizzing with anarchic energy' - Daily Mail** **'An intoxicating adventure' - Observer**...

Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral—and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a high-born girl without her father's consent, struggled to feed a family of 10 children and was often ill and in pain.

Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin stories for all Kipling's best-known characters, from Baloo and Shere Khan to Kaa and Bagheera. As Mowgli travels through the Indian jungle, this brilliantly visual tale, which weaves...

Fred awoke to find that a snake was watching him and that there was an aeroplane in the trees. It was on fire. Being on fire was a quality it shared with much of the surrounding jungle. After crashing hundreds of miles from civilisation in the Amazon rainforest, Fred, Con, Lila and Max are utterly alone and in grave danger. They have no food, no water and no chance of being rescued. But they are alive, and they have hope. As they negotiate the wild jungle, they begin to find signs that something - someone - has been there before them.