"Ce dont je rêve le plus au monde, c’est d’un chien à moi."Voilà le désir le plus profond de Rebecca Jean Sanderson (dite Becca), 10 ans et demi. Elle vit chien, ne parle que de chien, pense chien. Au point de lasser son père, sa mère enceinte et son frère, sa meilleure amie Emily, qui de toute façon préfère maintenant Lily. Son rêve semble se concrétiser quand son cousin Tim lui confie Monty, une énorme boule de poils incontrôlable, à garder quelques jours. Mais Monty fait bêtise ...

Once upon a time, a fairy tale went very wrong! This new twist on a traditional children's story is packed with fun, humour, and energy.Little Rude is incredibly cheeky to everyone that she meets. She doesn't even know the meaning of "please" and "thank you!" However, that could all change when she meets a surprisingly polite wolf on her way to Grandma's house. Will Little Rude's constant insults drive even this newly reformed Big Bad Wolf over the...

Once upon a time, a fairy tale went very wrong! This new twist on a traditional children's story is packed with fun, humour, and energy.Little Rude is incredibly cheeky to everyone that she meets. She doesn't even know the meaning of "please" and "thank you!" However, that could all change when she meets a surprisingly polite wolf on her way to Grandma's house.Will Little Rude's constant insults drive even this newly reformed Big Bad Wolf o...

Jaxx n'aime pas les robes, ni le rose, ni le maquillage, ni les paillettes... Elle préfère jouer au foot et porter des shorts : garçon manqué, et fière de l'être ! Mais la rentrée scolaire s’annonce catastrophique. Sa meilleure amie s’affiche avec une affreuse bande de copines maniérées, les garçons ne veulent plus d’elle dans leur équipe de foot… et surtout, sa tante Katie lui demande d’être demoiselle d’honneur à son mariage ! Quand Jaxx apprend qu’elle va devoir y porter une robe rose, ...

Daniel has nothing in common with his family or classmates and has only two friends. He feels so alienated that he might as well be an alien. When he learns that his mom has saved a newspaper clipping about a meteor that landed nearby on his birthday, he embraces his alien heritage and launches a mission to return to his home planet. Despite mishaps, mixups, and a crisis at every turn, Daniel and his mission team—friends Eddie and Gordon the geek—energetically pursue their goal. B...

Becca wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als einen Hund. Dann wäre ihr Leben endlich "völlig hundevoll"! Aber in ihrer Familie herrscht über die Feiertage mal wieder Ausnahmezustand. Der kleine Bruder nervt, Beccas Mutter ist schwanger und obendrein hat sich ihre allerbeste Freundin Emily auch noch eine neue beste Freundin gesucht. Es scheint, als hätte sich die ganze Welt gegen Becca verschworen, bis ihr Cousin auf der Weihnachtsfeier eine dringende Bitte an sie richtet: Sie soll für eine Woc...

Black Beauty is a horse with a glossy coat and a white star on his forehead. Life in the peaceful fields with his mother is idyllic, but when Beauty is sold to a new owner he embarks on a dramatic journey that will take him from the stables of the rich to the streets of Victorian London...ABOUT THE SERIES: Abridged and retold in modern English, Arcturus Easy-to-Read Classics make 16 classic stories accessible to readers as young as six, while retaining all...

Abridged and retold in modern English by respected children's authors, this collection of sixteen classic stories makes them accessible to readers as young as six, while retaining all the charm, atmosphere, and sense of adventure that made the original tales world-famous. These dramatic, easy-to-follow stories, charmingly illustrated with verve and humour by specially commissioned artists, deserve to find a home on every child's bookshelf.Included in this boxed set:

Once upon a time, six famous children's stories were magically reimagined ... with hilarious results!Meet the sneaky Ninjabread Man; cheeky Little Rude Riding Hood; ground-shaking Cinder-Elephant; and clever Octo-Puss in Boots. Snow White has ditched her woodland cottage for a spaceship and seven robots ... and the Three Little Narwhals are on the run from the Big Bad Shark!This compendium brings together riotously funny retellings of well-known tales by po...

Once upon a time, six famous children's stories were magically reimagined ... with hilarious results!Meet the sneaky Ninjabread Man; cheeky Little Rude Riding Hood; ground-shaking Cinder-Elephant; and clever Octo-Puss in Boots.Snow White has ditched her woodland cottage for a spaceship and seven robots ... and the Three Little Narwhals are on the run from the Big Bad Shark!This wonderful compendium brings together riotously funny retellings of well-known ta...

Abridged and retold in modern English by respected children's authors, this collection of sixteen classic stories makes them accessible to readers as young as six, while retaining all the charm, atmosphere, and sense of adventure that made the original tales world-famous.Included in this anthology:Alice in WonderlandTreasure IslandThe Wizard of OzThe Jungle Boo...

An Argentine naval officer remorsefully admits that he killed thirty people during Argentina’s Dirty War. A member of General Augusto Pinochet’s intelligence service reveals on a television show that he took sadistic pleasure in the sexual torture of women in clandestine prisons. A Brazilian military officer draws on his own experiences to write a novel describing the military’s involvement in a massacre during the 1970s. The head of a police death squad refuses to become the scapegoat for...