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Peter Setter Detective
When Mr Petulson’s precious multi-purpose snapper is stolen, Peter Setter and Perry, his feathered assistant, rush to the scene of the crime. There they find footprints that are… gigantic! Who could have left those pawprints behind? A story by Book on a Tree
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Goodnight, Oscar. Tales for My Dog
Did you know that dogs, just like children, fall asleep more easily with a good story? So here are twenty-one short illustrated stories – a bit funny, a bit adventurous and a bit playful – starring dogs, perfect for your four-legged friend and, why not, for all the children who’d love to have one.
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Three Friends, One Last Year
The final exams are getting closer, teachers keep asking about high school choices, and the experimental smartphone ban is still in place. So Lola, Zoe and Isi continue sharing their secret Friends’ Diary, filling its pages with fears, crushes, disasters and dreams for the future. Between theatre rehearsals, karate lessons, broken hearts and difficult family expectations, the three girls will…
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Three Friends On Holiday
One summer. Three best friends. One travelling diary that keeps them together. Lola, Isi and Zoe are inseparable—but this summer, each will be far from the others: one at a theatre camp in the mountains, one in a fancy resort by the sea, and one on a family trip to Scotland. To bridge the distance, they invent the “Friends’ Diary”—a travelling journal…
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Three Friends, One Diary
If you can’t use your phone, how do you survive at school? With a diary for you and your friends! There’s a new rule at Locatelli middle school: students won’t be allowed to use their mobile phones for a whole school year, neither in class nor at home. How will Zoe, Isi and Lola cope with life at school without texting each…
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My Life After Juno Sparks
A girl with a blue walkman, a legendary monster, and the summer that changed everything. Sagramoso, summer 1994. Twelve-year-old Enea lives trapped inside his fears — and behind a closed door he cannot bring himself to open. Everything changes when Juno Sparks arrives: rebellious, magnetic, armed with a blue walkman and grunge music blasting in her ears. Together with a…
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72 Minutes to the End of the World
Seventy-two minutes: the exact amount of time between the launch of a nuclear missile and the end of the world. Sixteen-year-old Little Boy learns this when he joins B-72, a secret group of teenage preppers, led by the magnetic and dangerous Jip. Hidden in the mountains, the group builds a bunker, studies nuclear survival protocols, modifies Apocalypse Watches programmed to…
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Irma – Big Boredom
Irma doesn’t feel like doing anything today: she’s been struck by a real case of the blues. Is there an antidote? Let’s try to find one together with Grandma. Good luck! Irma is a four-book character-driven series by Maria Gianola dedicated to young readers. The protagonist tackles everyday adventures with spontaneity. She is not afraid to express her feelings or…
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Irma – Perfect As I Am
Irma is facing her first day at school, but suddenly anxiety makes her stomach knot and makes her want to run away. A little red shell teaches her just how beautiful, unique and special everyone can be in their own way. Just perfect as we are. Irma is a four-book character-driven series by Maria Gianola dedicated to young readers. The…
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Irma – Happily Us
Irma and Tobi play “If I were” imagining finding possible happiness in something as big as the wind, the sunset, the sky, as well as in an ant, a cloud, Ball the cat, a blade of grass. But what if all possible happiness were even closer? Irma is a four-book character-driven series by Maria Gianola dedicated to young readers. The…
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Irma – Heebie Jeebies
Irma’s world is filled with games, sports, daily challenges, and moments of reflection. With so many activities, she experiences a wide range of emotions, which can sometimes be difficult to recognize. At the swimming pool, Irma can’t find the courage to dive off the diving board, but she does not admit her blue fear. Until a gesture of friendship manages…
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Enid Enigma 4. Beyond the Last Darkness
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. This time the grave in Enid’s dream is her own. When Cicuta leads Enid to her own grave, the rules of the game change completely. With the crows closing in and the magical medallion still missing, Enid and Julio must uncover the truth beneath Midway before…
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Enid Enigma 3. The Dance of Shadows
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. When Enid dreams of Amanda Almond’s grave in a cemetery whose paths slide like conveyor belts, she knows another murder is coming. As Midway’s mayoral race heats up, Enid and Julio must decode a trail of misleading clues before a hidden enemy turns a library archive…
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Enid Enigma 2. The Flower of Darkness
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. Enid’s dreams keep dragging her back to Midway’s cemetery — but this time it’s a swamp, and another death is coming. Guided by a magpie and haunted by cryptic visions, Enid tries to save Lucrezia Dubois, the town’s beloved cake baker, from a mysterious fate. Between…
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Enid Enigma 1. Thirteen Magpies for a Murder
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. Enid lives in Midaway, a seaside town where everything feels half-finished – and nothing ever truly ends. When she dreams of thirteen magpies, someone is about to die. To stop the crime, she relies on a special pocket watch that once belonged to her grandfather, marked…
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Igor, a Total Disaster
I’m Igor, at your service! I’m a whizz with a broom and a mop, and I’m not afraid of bats, rats or anything else (spiders aside). I’m the perfect assistant, and I’m sure Lord Malsifer will hire me: someone’s got to polish his collection of blades and knives… What an eccentric fellow, that Malsifer, so full of interests! A story…
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Journey Through Time
What inspired Virginia Woolf to write her novels? Paola Zannoner explores this question, drawing inspiration from the young writer’s teenage years. Journey Through Time is a story that weaves its way through Virginia Woolf’s introspective explorations to discover, through writing exercises and analysis, the narrative genre that brought the writer to fame: the psychological novel. In the Footsteps of the…
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Madame K’s Cabinet of Poisons
The boutique of Madame does not sell ink. It sells destinies. Edinburgh, 1905. Oliver works as an apprentice in Madame’s ink shop, the largest and most refined establishment in all of Scotland, frequented by Europe’s wealthiest gentlemen. Madame’s customers seek inks with evocative names such as Silver Dawn, Breath of the Night, and Fire Vermilion—unique creations made with special ingredients,…
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Peppino Pine and the City Cat
It is a sweet spring morning, and Pino Peppino is resting after all the hard work — and the joy — of Christmas. One of his old friends arrives: Pippo the cat, who has run away from home to reach the forest and explore it. But the forest is big and mysterious, and Pippo the cat is a little scared.…
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Peppino Pine, Aspiring Christmas Tree
One winter’s day, Mrs Blackbird arrives in the woods in a right state and won’t stop shouting: ‘Christmas is coming, it’s coming!’ The animals are intrigued; it would be lovely to celebrate here! They all really want a Christmas tree. What to do? They run to Peppino and ask him to let them decorate him. But he won’t have any…
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The Order of the World
A witty and visually rich journey that turns the impossible dream of perfect order into an irresistible, thought-provoking adventure. Marione simply can’t stand the chaos of the world. And how can you blame him, really? But Marione isn’t the sort to let things slide: by day he tidies the shelves at the supermarket where he works, the letters in the…
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TINY HOUSES. Marina Wants to Go to the Beach
Summer means seaside fun for all the houses — except for Marina, the old mill who feels too heavy to travel. Mimì and her friends try pushing, blowing on her blades, even lifting her… without success. But that night, Mimì hatches a plan. With a long rope and the whole village helping, they pull Macina all the way to the…
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Igor 2 – The Son of the Wind
Following the success of Igor, a new story expands the character’s world with a more lyrical and atmospheric adventure. Igor has always loved the wind—running to meet it, listening to its voice, and treasuring the small gifts it brings. One day, the wind leads him to Tuul, a mysterious creature who seems to understand its secret language. Together, they explore…
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The Voice of Omos
Roberto Piumini reimagines the legendary origins of Homer through a lyrical and moving coming-of-age story. Born mute, Omos grows up in a world shaped by stories, longing, and loss. As he travels through lands suspended between history and myth, gathering voices, memories, and human destinies, he moves toward the sacrifice that will transform him into the poet whose song will…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 18: Deadly Trap for Mr. Holmes
A trap in Hyde Park, Holmes behind bars, and one last deadly game staged in Moriarty’s shadow. London, December 1919. A mysterious invitation draws Mila to Hyde Park, where what should have been a clarifying meeting turns into an ambush. Billy Gutsby is kidnapped, Mila barely escapes capture, and within hours the unthinkable happens: Sherlock Holmes is arrested after being…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 17: Crime at Christmas
A snowbound Christmas inn, a dead guest under the same roof, and a theatrical revenge plot hidden beneath holly, cocoa and old English charm. Mayfield, England, 1919. Hoping to give Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin an unforgettable English Christmas, Irene takes Mila, Billy Gutsby and the two old friends to the King’s White Horse, a cosy country inn in the…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 16: The Assassin’s Mask
A glamorous seaside holiday, a corpse dressed as a pirate, and a murder plot hidden behind wealth, romance and theatrical deception. Torquay, 1919. Mila arrives on the Devon coast hoping for a few peaceful days by the sea, but her holiday is quickly overshadowed by death. While Harold Grayling and his dazzling fiancée, Lady Cecilia Hagbury-Winch, prepare a lavish masked…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 15: The Top-hat Man Enigma
A dead princess’s final clue, invisible writing on blank pages, and a race across Europe to stop a chemical weapon from falling into the wrong hands London, 1919. Mila is still reeling from Anastasia’s death in Danzig when Sherlock Holmes begins to study the objects her sister died protecting: a hexagonal key and a note bearing the number 734 090.…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 14: Searching for Anastasia
A funeral in London, a missing Romanov princess, and a mission that reunites three legends for one last impossible rescue. London, 1919. At Dr Watson’s funeral, Irene Adler seeks out Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin after nearly fifty years apart. She needs their help to protect her adopted daughter Mila, whose true identity places her at the heart of one…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 13: Double Ending
A vanished corpse, secret tunnels beneath London, and a counterfeit masterpiece that reveals how differently the trio’s future is already unfolding. Now living in New York under a false name, Irene receives a box from her old life: a few treasured objects, and one of her London notebooks. As she begins rereading it, memory pulls her back to an earlier…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 12: The Ship of Goodbyes
A secret refuge on the Welsh coast, a house full of warnings and hidden sounds, and a farewell that changes the future of the trio forever. Hidden away with her real mother at Farewell’s Head, a lonely manor perched above the sea in North Wales, Irene Adler is told she is finally safe. But the house soon fills with strange…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 11: The Port of Deception
A castle that may not really be for sale, coded lights on the Clyde, and a hidden political conspiracy that turns Irene herself into the centre of the mystery. When Irene Adler begins suffering from severe headaches, the new Dr. Marqueson prescribes an unexpected cure: rowing. But what starts as a lively new routine with Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 10: The Lord of Crime
A string of absurd crimes, a nursery rhyme turned into a deadly script, and the first appearance of a mind brilliant enough to challenge Sherlock. Spring 1872. London seems full of bizarre little crimes with no clear logic behind them: a cobbler found with a bow in his hands after shooting a French chef, a drugged sailor chained beside an…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 9: Murder at the Fox Hunt
A vanished stranger, a corpse hidden in a village well, and a country-house mystery rooted in a deadly lie from the Crimean War. London, February 1872. Irene Adler travels with her father to the Devon countryside, hoping a few quiet days away might lift Leopold’s dark winter mood. Instead, what begins as a country retreat soon turns into a new…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 8: The Sphinx of Hyde Park
A scholar found dead in a sarcophagus, a chain of secrets reaching back to Egypt, and a revenge plot buried for years beneath academic glory. Just days before Christmas 1871, London is gripped by the shocking death of Gideon Hawthorne, director of the British Museum, found suffocated inside an Egyptian sarcophagus. What at first looks like a sensational “curse of…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 7: The Mystery of the King Cobra
A vanished butler, a robbery at the London docks, and a mystery that reaches from Victorian London to the shadows of colonial India. Back in London with her father and still trying to rebuild her life after the tragedy in Paris, Irene Adler hopes for a quieter future. Instead, a sudden shock unsettles the fragile calm of her new home:…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 6: The Shadows of the Seine
A missing cousin, a gang war on the Seine, and a case that drags the trio into the most dangerous corners of Paris. Back in Paris for a brief return to ordinary life, Irene Adler is overjoyed to be reunited with Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin. But their happy reunion is short-lived. When Arsène’s idealistic cousin Fabien d’Andrésy vanishes after…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 5: The Ice Castle
A false naturalist, a white castle in the Alps, and a mystery built on disguises, spies and shifting identities. Still shaken by the discovery of her true origins, Irene Adler travels to Davos, in the Swiss Alps, to meet her real mother, Alexandra Sophie von Klemnitz. But before she can find any real peace, Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin are…
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Sherlock, Lupin and Me. Book 4: The Cathedral of Fear
A mysterious warning, a torn map, and a secret society hidden beneath Paris. When Irene Adler is forced to leave London for the Norman countryside, she expects only boredom and silence. Instead, a mysterious woman approaches her with a cryptic warning about her mother and entrusts her with a hidden packet containing part of an ancient map. Reunited with Arsène…
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The Time of the Foxes – Book 2
A story of magic, love and personal growth, which takes us back to the atmospheres of the novels of Jane Austen and Diana Wynne Jones. Unforgettable characters, an irresistible and iconic fox king, a plot full of twists. Marian’s life has changed drastically with Aleister by her side. However, as she prepares to introduce him to her family, Marian is…
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The King of the Foxes – Book 1
A story of magic, love and personal growth, which takes us back to the atmospheres of the novels of Jane Austen and Diana Wynne Jones. Unforgettable characters, an irresistible and iconic fox king, a plot full of twists. On the day of her eighteenth birthday, Marian has very little to celebrate: her mother has promised her hand in marriage to…
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Murder on the Occident Express. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
A rookie inspector, a luxury train, and a murder in the snowy Alps — but the real culprit may already be on another train. Fresh out of the Academy, Inspector Lucius Asgren is sent to a remote Alpine village for his first assignment — and immediately finds himself facing a murder aboard the legendary Occident Express. As the case is…
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Ten Little Tenants. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
The city is slipping into darkness. Blackouts spread. Tremors shake the streets. And in the middle of this growing unease, a murder is committed in Ash Building, a grim apartment block standing alone on the edge of town. The case is assigned to Lucius Asgren, the most brilliant detective on the force — a legend known for solving the impossible.…
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Murder at the Festival. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
At the Cantalago Festival, the country’s most watched music competition, every performance can launch a career — or destroy one. When Sara Rosso, a sharp-tongued rapper from Tropea, and Paolo Di Notte, a melancholic singer-songwriter from Jesolo, are unexpectedly paired into a duo, they are determined to make it to the final. But when legendary star Nico Spazio is found…
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The Mystery of Villa Polyphemus. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
At the beginning of July, twelve-year-old Scilla meets Leo on the beach of Malavoglia, along the Riviera of the Cyclops. Both are fascinated by a strange, decaying mansion overlooking the sea: an old lava-stone villa locals call Villa Polyphemus. Inside lives Countess Petra Marquett, an eccentric and reclusive crime writer. For years she shared the villa with her cousin Orsola,…
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This Book Contains a Crime. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
When a strange fantasy novel appears in the secret reading club of four friends, something doesn’t add up. The author died just days after publication — and the initials of the book’s chapters seem to spell out a desperate message: someone was trying to warn the world about a murder. To uncover the truth, the boys must decode hidden clues…
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Murder in the Band. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
The teenage rock band The IVs seems unstoppable: screaming fans, millions of followers, and a singer born for stardom. Then Lucky collapses on stage and dies hours later. The police arrest the band’s manager, but bassist Julie knows the story doesn’t add up. As fans turn vicious online and suspicion closes in around the band, Julie starts investigating. What she…
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The Samurai’s Secret. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
High on Mount Kagemine stands Mugen dōjō, a place frozen in time where discipline is absolute and the code of bushidō shapes every breath. For thirteen-year-old Takeshi Ito — expelled from multiple schools and with no future ahead — it is a last chance. But the mountain hides more than strict training. A legend lingers among the trees: a rōnin…
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Seven Suspects for a Murder. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
When a cryptic letter reaches Scotland Yard predicting a murder on a remote Scottish island, Inspector William Shakespeare is sent to investigate — though he has no patience for prophecies. On Kinraddie, cut off by storms and silence, a group of strangers has already gathered at the only inn, each hiding a different piece of the past. As tensions rise,…
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The Mystery of Gorse Manor. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
Eight-year-old Greta Sullivan has an unusual fascination with the macabre. While travelling by train to Gorse Manor, the country home of her aristocratic grandparents, she finds herself pondering a curious question: what colour is a dead person’s face? On the same train is Inspector Shakespeare — no relation to the playwright — recently transferred from London after stepping on the…
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Murder in the Mirror. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
Fourteen-year-old Tobias owns almost nothing in the world: a battered green jacket, oversized boots, and an extraordinary talent for repairing clocks. When he answers an advertisement for a clockmender at the Zeigermann Institute, a remote boarding school perched high in the Alps, he expects a simple job fixing timepieces. Instead, he finds himself entering a strange and unsettling world. The…
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Mystery Hotel. Puzzle Mysteries Collection
December 1961. Now an old man, Nino recounts to his granddaughter Clara an extraordinary night from his childhood, when he was eleven years old and helping his uncle Piero and aunt Ada at the modest Hotel Mimosa in the small spa town of Z***. Once famous during the Belle Époque for its casino and thermal baths, the town has long…
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Stinky Maggie
Spider-Man was bitten by a radioactive spider and became a hero. I, on the other hand, have become a super skunk! Ten-year-old Maggie can handle raccoons, storms and life in the wild — but moving to a flower-mad Italian town where everyone is horrified by her skunk smell may be her toughest challenge yet. Told through the episodes of her…
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Mister Kite
A tender and reassuring early readers story about loneliness, friendship, and the joy of being found. Once, Mr Kite flew happily in the sky, playing with children who held him safely by a string. But one day, the string snaps, and he is carried far away by the wind — higher and higher, until he finds himself alone on a…
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Dinosaurs. Science Through Time
A visually rich and thought-provoking journey into paleontology that shows young readers how scientific knowledge is built, revised, and refined over time. How do we know what dinosaurs looked like, how they moved, or how they behaved — if no one has ever seen them alive? This book guides readers through the fascinating process by which scientists reconstruct the past.…
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Animal Superstars
A lively and surprising collection of true stories celebrating the intelligence, courage and unpredictability of animals. Animal Superstars gathers twenty true stories of animals whose surprising abilities have challenged human expectations and changed the way we understand the animal world. With Jacopo Olivieri’s brilliant storytelling and Caterina Spiezio’s scientific insight, each episode becomes a fast-paced narrative in which fact is…
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Run, Run!
Who is chasing, and who is being chased? When uncertainty looms, sometimes the wisest choice is to simply run! A boy and a girl invite Little Bear to play with them, but Little Bear runs away. “Where are you running to, Little Bear? The children call out as Little Bear heads toward the woods. “Wait, Little Bear! It’s dangerous out…
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Oberon
A lyrical and visually immersive picture book about a child’s first encounter with music — and the surprising wonders hidden inside silence. A quiet day. Nothing seems to happen. But when a child discovers a musical instrument and begins to experiment with breath, rhythm, and sound, an entire world awakens: images, stories, creatures, and adventures emerge from music itself.
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A Different Meaning
A thought-provoking photographic picture book that invites children to look at words — and actions — from a different perspective. Many verbs are commonly associated with aggression, conflict, or violence. Yet the same words can have a different, gentle meaning. This photographic picture book plays with this tension, presenting a series of verbs that appear harsh or hostile at first…
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The Egg
A gentle and emotionally resonant picture book about care, belonging and the power of love. Beaver found an egg, all alone in his garden: it is so small and delicate. Beaver is delighted and really wants to take care of it. However, the other animals disagree. Otter wonders if it has been abandoned, Squirrel speculates that it has been forgotten,…
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