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E se la pandemia che stiamo vivendo fosse colpa di una strega cattiva? In queste tracce audio si tenta di fare proprio questo esperimento: unire la realtà e l'immaginazione per dare vita a una storia capace di spiegare anche ai più piccoli il grande dramma della pandemia che stiamo vivendo. Così in questo originalissimo audiolibro illustrato Palla di Spilli, nata in Cina, è una strega cattiva che, per capriccio, ha deciso di scatenare un pandemondo. Grazie alle sue fedeli e perfide aiutanti, il virus arriva in ogni angolo del pianeta.

A Londra gli echi della vicenda di Frankenstein non si sono ancora spenti che già nuovi, inquietanti avvenimenti stanno scuotendo l'opinione pubblica... In un caffè del centro qualcuno giura di aver visto un individuo passare davanti a uno specchio senza produrre alcuna immagine riflessa. Intanto nella campagna a sud della città si susseguono macabri ritrovamenti di animali senza più una goccia di sangue in corpo e con strane ferite sul collo. Nessuno sembra avere dubbi: è l'opera di un vampiro, forse proprio del conte Dracula in persona!

Quando Omero si trasferisce a Londra con il padre, poliziotto di Scotland Yard, resta impressionato dai suoi immensi viali affollati e dai suoi vicoli intricati e pieni di pericoli. Ma non immagina nemmeno quanti misteri e fatti inspiegabili nasconda questa città. Presto infatti al padre di Omero viene affidato un caso davvero strano: nella campagna di Weybridge e ai docks, lungo il Tamigi, alcune persone hanno avvistato una strana creatura e la stampa è sicura che si tratti del mostro di Frankenstein. Incuriosito dalle indagini, Omero si mette sulle tracce del mostro.

Emma and Saffie are going to stay with their grandparents for the summer to learn how to use their superpowers. Grandma has powers too, but Grandpa doesn't, and he definitely doesn't like the gnomes doing the gardening, or the washing up doing itself - he'd rather play with his model aeroplanes.

Stormy is an orphan and a kitchen skivvy. He tends the compost, he scrubs the floors, and watches feasts make their way up the mountain as he survives on bread and water. A skivvy is all that Stormy can hope to be. But Stormy has a secret. He wants to be a sky-rider, to soar amongst the clouds on spitfires: flying horses that spit fire and smoke, and answer only to their riders. A chance meeting with an escaped convict turns Stormy's life upside down. Sent up to the Academy he uncovers a web of lies, deceits and neglect, at the centre of which lies the mysterious 13th horse.

Emma knows that having superpowers isn't always easy, especially when you have to keep them secret. But it's even harder when your mischievous little sister can't help using them in the naughtiest of ways. And when Saffie makes the new nosy neighbours' garden shed come to life and hop over the hedge, it's up to Emma to cover its tracks before it's too late! Being a big sister has never been so heroic!

'The fox called again. Its eerie cry echoed into the night. The sound wove in and out of the night garden, and into Tilly's dreams.' One night, awoken by a strange noise, Tilly looks out of her bedroom window and sees a wild fox watching her from the lawn. Tilly follows it through a hidden gate and is amazed to discover a secret, moonlit garden. She returns the following night but this time a young girl called Helen is already there waiting for her.

Ka the time-travelling cat has disappeared again, and Topher knows that she is in terrible danger. For Ka has gone to Tudor England, a time when cats were tortured. Topher must try to find her, and in doing so, meets up with Doctor Dee - magician and astronomer to Queen Elizabeth I. But Doctor Dee is searching for something far more important than a cat. He must satisfy the Queen by finding the elusive Philosopher’s Stone...Another amazing adventure with Ka and Topher from Julia Jarman.

After his scary adventure on Terror Island, Kip is reluctant to allow Mr. Lazarus to send him into another movie - but Beth has other ideas, particularly when she discovers the Paramount is planning to show the latest film in the Jason Corder series, Spy Another Day. Its star, Daniel Craig, has always been Beth's favourite actor. When Mr. Lazarus asks her to obtain Corder's ID card, she agrees to go in and Kip feels duty-bound to accompany her. But disaster strikes when Kip and Beth are separated and find themselves in different parts of the same film.

Chipo and his little sister Gentle live on Papa Fudu's dumpsite in Rubbish Town, searching for valuable things amongst the rubbish to try to stay alive. Life isn't easy - luckily, Chipo has spirit, courage and lots of imagination! But when he finds something precious that Papa Fudu wants for himself, he knows they are in danger. Suddenly they're on the run.

Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, is caught up in a bitter land feud between the cowboy settlers and the elf braves. With battle looming, and Will's uncle imprisoned for a dreadful crime he didn't commit, Will sets out to save him.

Have you ever wanted to be in the movies? Kip has, and when he meets mysterious Mr Lazarus he thinks his dream’s come true. Because Mr Lazarus can project people into movies! Films like Terror Island, full of hungry sabre-toothed tigers and killer Neanderthals. When you’re in a film, everything is real: real bullets, real swords, real monsters. But beware… if you don’t get out before the closing credits roll, you’ll be trapped in the film forever!

Will Gallows, a young elfling sky cowboy, is riding out on a dangerous quest. His mission? To bring Noose Wormworx, the evil snake-bellied troll, to justice. Noose is wanted for the murder of Will’s pa - the former deputy sheriff of Oretown. Will’s journey takes him deep into the heart of the West-Rock, to the dark underground city of Deadrock, where he soon uncovers a deadly secret that could spell disaster not only for Oretown, but for the whole of the West-Rock...

Pursuing rainbows, saving frightened little trees from terrible witches, and flying over roof tops on their magic bicycle are all in a day’s work for Titch and Mitch, but this time it’s Mitch that needs saving.... The trolls of Sugar Loaf Wood love sugar loaf from the Sugar Bread Mines and force other poor creatures to dig it out for them. And they have taken Mitch prisoner! But luckily Titch, Wiffen and Perry are on the case.

The second fantastic Titch and Mitch story from best-selling author Garth Edwards.

Toby Tucker is an orphan with a secret. He owns a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. When he manages to put together a name, the most incredible magic happens. Toby travels back in time and becomes his ancestor! This time he is plunged back to ancient Greece, into Titus's life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey doo.

Toby Tucker is an orphan with a secret. He owns a chest filled with torn paper and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. When he manages to put together a name, the most incredible magic happens. Toby travels back in time and becomes his ancestor! This time Toby is catapulted back into ancient Egypt, into Seti's life, and finds himself clashing with crazy chickens.

Once a creature is extinct, it's gone forever. Isn't it? Not anymore, as a butterfly from the past proves. The physicist mother of Kizzy and Fraser Rye has invented an amazing time machine that can travel back into the past, snatch a plant or animal now extinct, and bring it back into the present. It's a wonderful achievement, a real scientific breakthrough. But the machine has a horrifying potential.

Toby Tucker is an orphan with a secret. He owns a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. When he manages to put together a name, the most incredible magic happens. Toby travels back in time and becomes his ancestor! This time Toby hurtles back to ancient Rome, into Titus's life, and finds himself sludging through a sewer in search of riches.

In una luminosa mattina di fine estate, una carovana di carrozze lascia la Città d'Oro per imboccare le stradine sterrate delle Terre Selvagge. Per la prima volta dopo tanti anni, Lucenti e NonLucenti convivono serenamente, e nel villaggio di Birkesnow li attende una grande festa in onore della nuova regina e della pace ritrovata. Ma non è tutto oro ciò che luccica. E Lisbeth lo sa bene.

Un navigatore solitario, un ragazzo timido e troppo solo che viaggia e vive avventure solo virtuali. All’improvviso dei fantasmi appaiono sul suo computer: un messaggio nella bottiglia lanciato nell’immenso mare di internet. E all’improvviso il viaggio e l’avventura diventano reali e il nostro protagonista e i suoi amici si buttano sulle tracce di un favoloso tesoro dell’antico re di Troia, Priamo. Un’avventura mozzafiato che cambierà la vita a tutti quelli che l’hanno vissuta.