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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle....

Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car!....

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry....

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition....

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him....

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind....

In his continuing quest to earn college recommendation letters from the gods, Percy has to pet sit the goddess Hecate's polecat and giant mastiff during Halloween week. What could go wrong?

Stephen Fry brings the richness of these magical stories to life in the original British recordings, available for the first time in the United States and Canada.

Stephen Fry brings the richness of these magical stories to life in the original British recordings, available for the first time in the United States and Canada.

Stephen Fry brings the richness of these magical stories to life in the original British recordings, available for the first time in the United States and Canada.

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again....

Stephen Fry brings the richness of these magical stories to life in the original British recordings, available for the first time in the United States and Canada.

Stephen Fry brings the richness of these magical stories to life in the original British recordings, available for the first time in the United States and Canada.

Stephen Fry brings the richness of these magical stories to life in the original British recordings, available for the first time in the United States and Canada.

Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings—but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island? Find out....

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet....

When Percy Jackson receives an urgent distress call from his friend Grover, he immediately prepares for battle....

Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse....

This audio collection includes the first eight stories from The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne....

Every year the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch is kind and gentle....

Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she's his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they're all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for "bad kids"....

International bestselling author John Flanagan returns to world of Ranger's Apprentice in the seventh installment of the Royal Ranger series in which Will and Maddie must travel through Toscana and encounter the dangerous Temujai forces....

Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch....

Annabeth is terrified. Just when she’s about to be reunited with Percy - after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera - it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war....

The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy's instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death....

Rosemary Thorpe has always been a bit different. She has the uncanny and unfortunate ability to foresee people’s deaths, which tends to land her in hot water. Well, not actual hot water—where it lands her is a place between worlds called Fern’s School for Wayward Fae, where Rosemary learns that her powers come from being part fae. At Fern's School, Rosemary meets others who are part fae—including Trym, her banshee roommate whose screams can kill, and Essie, a djinn who grants wishes. But just as Rosemary settles in, a student vanishes in thin air.

Lavinia “Vin” Lucas is out of control and out of options. Stranded by parents who would rather use their average magical abilities to study dung beetles than raise her, Vin's been on her own for years. But she’s never been able to corral her own powerful, unpredictable magic. After years of detention, suspension, and expulsion from magic schools far and wide, she’s now being sent to the Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents. If she gets expelled, it’s the end of the line. Now, Vin is determined to behave. Except no one at Last Hope seems to want her to.

Aunt Cauldroneyes is always looking into cauldrons. She’s found everything from giggling moons to troll nose rings, but when she looks inside a purple cauldron one stormy night, she finds a girl with blue freckles. The old witch raises the girl and names her Spella. When Spella turns eight, she receives an invitation to Dragon’s Knob, a school for wand witchery and wizardry. But on the very night Spella is set to leave, a stranger appears with a growling hat that swallows Aunt Cauldroneyes and steals her away!

After her mother passes away and her father retreats into his grief, 11-year-old Anne Applebaum is afraid the only happy endings she’ll ever have are in The World to Come, a collection of fairy tales about the flying forest of Bei Ilai. In its pages, children outsmart demons, girls train as knights, and songs come to life. But even these stories can’t stop Anne from feeling alone. So when a raven tells her that she has a long-lost twin brother named Rainer, she sets out to find him. Anne soon learns that Bei Ilai is a real place—and she must step through the door into this magical realm.

The town of Haywood, New Jersey, has a secret. A wish monster. Violet Park discovered its cave by accident, and the wish monster granted her deepest desire by bringing her dog Midnight back to life. It even erased everyone’s memory of his death. Life was perfect. But then an unremarkable boy named Hudson Causeway somehow remembered Midnight had died. That scared Violet. What if he ruined everything? Even worse, what if the wish monster wasn’t as innocent as it seemed?

Madsi has always loved the stories that her clever, strong-willed sister, Lisbet, told her late at night in their cabin. Madsi never expected Lisbet to become one of those tales. But last year, her sister disappeared in the night, snatched away by the Northern Lights. This year when the Lights appear in the sky, Madsi begs them to free her sister—and a girl falls to earth right in front of her. But it’s not Lisbet. This girl’s name is Torin, and she demands that Madsi take her to a witch who can put her back into the Lights, where she went by choice.

Back of the Book Overview for "The Adventures of Explorer Princess Claire: The Jungle of Whispering Tales" When Claire, known as "Claire the Librarian Explorer," and her clever cat, Figaro, find a mysterious book on her magical shelf, they're transported to the Jungle of Whispering Tales. There, they must solve an ancient riddle to restore the Heartstream River and save the jungle. Join Claire and Figaro on a thrilling adventure of friendship, courage, and the magic of believing in yourself! Back of the Book Overview for the Series Step into adventure with Claire, the "Claire the Librarian ...

Paula Pfötchen und das Weihnachtswunder. Im Wald der Freundschaft steht das große Weihnachtsfest bevor. Außerdem freuen sich Lili und Jessi riesig auf die Hochzeit von Herrn Federschlau, dem liebenswerten Uhu. Aber die fiese Hexe Griselda kann so viel Glück nicht ertragen: Mit einem Zauber möchte sie die beiden Feste ruinieren. Nur Paula Pfötchen kann gemeinsam mit Lili und Jessi noch für ein Weihnachtswunder sorgen... Ein stimmungsvoller Weihnachtsband rund um einen kleinen Hundewelpen – drei zusammenhängende Geschichten zum Hören zur wohl schönsten Zeit des Jahres.

Für den Zauberer Beelzebub Irrwitzer und seine Tante, die Hexe Tyrannja Vamperl, kann es gar nicht genug Böses auf der Welt geben. Während die beiden einen unheilvollen Zauber aushecken, rotten sich Rabe Jakob und Kater Maurizio zusammen und tun alles, um den Plan zu durchkreuzen. Es zischt und blubbert im Wunschpunsch-Labor! Regisseur Frank Gustavus inszeniert Michael Endes knalligen Klassiker als irrwitziges Hörspiel, mit geheimnisumwobener Musik von Jan-Peter Pflug und untermalt von Feuerknistern und Zaubertrankbrodeln.

At Dragon Towers every child is paired with their very own dragon best friend, and every dragon has their own special magic power, from fire-breathing to going invisible and even making slime. Theo's dragon Wanda is a bit different to the other dragons – she’s more friendly than fearsome, she gets distracted by her tail when flying, and when Theo first met her she didn’t seem to have any powers at all. But Wanda is Theo’s best friend, things are NEVER boring when she’s around – and in fact she has the rarest power of all… a magical bum.

Pony trifft Hexe – Gestatten, hier kommt Pina, die kleine Ponyhexe! Eine Ponyhexe erobert den Wald – und die Herzen junger Hörer*innen ab 6 Jahren. Pina ist aufgeregt, denn heute ist der große Tag: Nach ihrer Junghexen-Prüfung beginnt ein Leben voller Abenteuer und guter Taten. Leider vermasselt sie oft ihre Zaubersprüche und das, obwohl sie sich so viel Mühe gibt ... Dabei wünscht Pina sich nichts mehr, als allen magischen Wesen zu helfen! Voller Tatendrang bricht sie auf und trifft auf ein freches Pony, das sich verlaufen hat – und das sich partout nicht helfen lassen will. Aber Pina lässt nicht locker.

Die Klassenfahrt nach Namibia steht kurz bevor. Doch zuerst wartet eine gefährliche Mission auf Pumawandler Carag und seine Mitschüler. Ihr Lehrer James Bridger wird tief in den Rocky Mountains gefangen gehalten. Die Rettungsaktion stellt ihren Mut auf eine harte Probe. Carag weiß, dass die Entführer hinter dem geheimen Buch der Gestaltwandler her sind. James Bridger konnte es in letzter Sekunde ins Ausland schmuggeln? nach Namibia! So wird die Klassenfahrt zu einem Wettlauf mit ihren Feinden, allen voran der Löwen-Wandlerin Rebecca Youngblood.

When a twelve-year-old girl named Cleo and her cat, Muffin, become the newest members of PURR (Peace Urgently Requires Reasonableness), a secret society of cats fighting for peace, they aren’t exactly sure what they’re getting themselves into. Then, PURR discovers that KLAW (Cats Loving Awful Warfare), an evil secret society of cats, is planning to send dogs to space for ransom. PURR tasks Cleo to infiltrate KLAW as a secret spy so together they can stop them.

Join Jade, a curious 9-year-old, as she discovers a magical train station hidden in her attic. Every night at midnight, the Dreamland Express takes her on fantastical journeys. However, when she faces a series of daunting obstacles, Jade must find the wisdom within to continue her adventures and learn valuable lessons about courage, kindness, and imagination.

Cleo und Cosmo können ihr Glück kaum fassen, als sie auf dem Jahrmarkt seltsame Bonbons von einer geheimnisvollen alten Frau gewinnen. Doch als sie die Bonbons in ihrem Garten einpflanzen, ahnen sie nicht, welches zauberhafte Abenteuer sie damit entfesseln. Über Nacht verwandelt sich ihr Garten in ein magisches Süßigkeitengewächs, in dem die leckersten Naschereien wachsen. Doch hinter der süßen Fassade lauert eine dunkle Gefahr. Mit jedem Bissen, den die Bewohner des Dorfes von den verlockenden Köstlichkeiten nehmen, geraten sie tiefer in den Bann böser Kräfte.