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Most ghosts love to scare people. But Will is not like most ghosts. He is shy and quiet and hates attention. When he hears other ghosts talking about haunting an old house to scare kids, he knows he needs to stop them. See if Will is brave enough to stop the scary ghosts in the early chapter book.

Carr is looking for a tooth. It's no ordinary tooth. It is a dragon's fang. In his search, he hears that these fangs can be found on Snair Island. A little boy on the island offers to show him one, but Carr will be shocked when he discovers where the boy found it.

Three Claws is visiting his friend Snorp in the city. Snorp is so nervous. He always gets hurt when he plays with Three Claws. Maybe if they play it safe and stay inside, no one will get hurt.

Beauty is sailing the ocean when pirates attack and her dad is thrown overboard. Just as he sinks beneath the waves, something horrible rises - a kraken! Without hesitation, Beauty makes a deal to become the giant squid's prisoner if it rescues her dad. But as Beauty explores the island she's now marooned on, the girl discovers secret treasure that may hold the key to saving herself...and the sea beast.

Three Claws loves living in the quiet mountain village. He is very popular, but he has one big problem. The other mountain monsters don't know what to do with him. Will Three Claws be forced to leave the village?

Schuhuuh! Jens Wawrczeck liest. Jede Nacht pünktlich zur Geisterstunde erwacht das kleine Gespenst. Vergnügt spukt es durch die Gemäuer der Burg Eulenstein oder besucht Uhu Schuhu. Aber wie aufregend wäre es, die Welt einmal bei Tageslicht zu sehen! Und dann wird dieser Wunsch unversehens Wirklichkeit... Schon als Kind wollte Jens Wawrczeck durch die Nacht fliegen können wie das kleine Gespenst - seine Begeisterung für Preußlers Klassiker springt mit jedem Satz über.

Sam’s life has always been strange. After all, his family have no idea that he’s half monster, half fairy. But now he’s keeping an even bigger secret. He alone has the power to bring monsters to life! (He’s even got a tiny gargoyle hatchling hidden in his sock drawer.) When Queen Maggie finds out, she’s delighted. She wants Sam to create her a whole new legion of vile ogres. When he refuses, she vows that she will destroy everything Sam holds dear.

Years have passed since Wulf and Tilda vanished from the County. Alice and Tom have given up hope of ever seeing them again—until a terrible enemy from the past forces them to take drastic action, and reach out through time in a bid for help. Now Wulf faces the greatest and most powerful demon who has ever walked the Dark: the Fiend. He will have to use all his powers—and gather some new ones—to have even a chance of survival.

Can monsters be real? For years, people around the world have told stories about strange encounters with creatures that are not quite human. Learn about the huge, hairy Bigfoot, the winged Mothman, and the mysterious Nessie. Then go outside, if you dare.

It's Leo's job as the Guardian's apprentice to protect the village from the monsters that lurk in the surrounding forest. Whenever a monster gets too close to the village walls, Leo must venture out, using his magical map to first find the monster and then do battle with it. This time, Leo must track down the ghostly Frightmare - a powerful monster that haunts the abandoned ruins, breathing deadly blue fire at any intruder!

1942. Nisha's Malayan home has been destroyed by war. She and her mother, Amma, flee to her father's ancestral house in England, perched on a cliff top on the cold Northern coast. When Amma falls gravely ill, Nisha is left to face her formidable grandmother alone. The old woman's rules are countless, including forbidding Nisha to climb the Weeping Tree - a claw of leafless, twisted branches jutting upwards from the crag. But when a ghost child beckons Nisha to sit under its boughs and promises her Amma's life in return for three truths, the tree's pull proves irresistible.

När Niklas inte vågar hoppa från hopptornet ner i det kalla vattnet så blir han genast retad av de andra barnen. Vilken fegis! Som tur är kommer kompisen Jossan till hans försvar. Hon och Niklas ska övernatta i det gamla spökhuset i skogen och då kan man väl inte vara en fegis heller? Några läskiga spöken träffar de aldrig, men mitt i natten dyker ett gäng tjuvar upp i det ödsliga huset. Niklas och Jossan ligger och sover mitt i en tjuvgömma! Natten blir plötsligt mycket farligare än de någonsin kunnat tänka sig. Vilken tur att ingen av dem är någon fegis...

For sixth-grader Nina Tanleven, trying out for a part in a play is pretty scary. But nothing can compare to seeing a ghost, a woman in white, sitting in the audience! Nina senses that she has nothing to fear from this apparition, but she is intrigued. Nina learns that 50 years ago, a beautiful actress was murdered - on this very stage! According to legend, she has haunted the theater ever since.

La vie du petit ogre n'est pas gaie. Chez lui, ça sent la chair fraîche et l'ennui. Mais, un jour, le petit ogre va à l'école. Et le voilà qui découvre le plaisir de plonger dans les livres, et qu'il y entraîne ses parents... Dès lors, tout va changer : chez lui, ça ne sent plus la chair fraîche, mais le clafoutis !

When Zack’s younger sister dies in a tragic accident, his family moves to a small town in the Northwest to try and heal from all the pain. Eleven-year-old Zack blames himself for his sister’s death, and he struggles to find any comfort in his new surroundings. Zack, at first, feels lost in Vista Point. Until he meets Ann, a girl who lives in the area and shows Zack all the special places to be discovered. But there’s something that seems a bit strange about Ann - and perhaps a secret she is keeping from him.

Nelson Schreck hält sich für das gruseligste Gespenst der Pumpkin High. Doch sein Widersacher Amadeus van Thom ist da ganz anderer Meinung und fordert Nelson zu einer Mutprobe heraus: Er soll beweisen, wie Furcht einflößend er ist, indem er mit einem der unsichtbaren Aufzüge der Gruselbehörde in die Menschenwelt fährt und dort ein Kind erschreckt. Leider geht das gehörig schief! Denn Nelson wird von Lilly entdeckt, die ihn überhaupt nicht schaurig findet. Als sie ihm dann auch noch in die Geisterwelt folgt, ist das Chaos perfekt.

Peter Als har fået lov til at komme med på en handelsrejse til Transsylvanien. Det skulle være en oplevelse for livet - og det bliver det også! På en øde vejstrækning bliver Peters rejseledsager en fuldmånenat overfaldet af et frygtindgydende væsen - manden overlever, men han er nu ramt af "Varulvens forbandelse". Kan forbandelsen hæves? Og hvis de finder en, der kan gøre det, hvad vil prisen så være? En hårrejsende og fængslende historie om onde og mørke kræfter, og om en forbandelse, der rammer i flæng, når fuldmånen lyser.

Ungeheures Unterwasserabenteuer. Als die Kinder einer kleinen schottischen Insel Finn zu einer Mutprobe überreden, ahnen sie nicht, welch hohe Wellen ihre unbedachte Idee auslösen wird. Denn der kleine steinige Flecken vor der Küste, auf dem Finn eine Nacht verbringen soll, ist ein schlafendes Meeresungeheuer! Und wenn so ein Wesen nach vielen hundert Jahren wieder aufwacht, dann braucht es ganz schön viel Mut, um sich ihm entgegenzustellen - und noch viel mehr Mut, um mit ihm Freundschaft zu schließen.

Harry and Ava are two ordinary kids doing their best to survive life on a massive space station, Vantia1, after their home planet was swallowed by a mysterious black hole known as the Void. Ava is training to be a fighter pilot, while Harry uses his talent for engineering to invent amazing gadgets that help him solve any problem standing in his way. And now Vantia1 is facing a crisis. When they intercept a secret message and discover that a mysterious and unidentified object is about to attack their home, Harry and Ava realise that only they can tackle the evil mastermind responsible.

A Diego le aterroriza que el coco venga a por él si no consigue dormirse. Por eso, tiene problemas todas las noches para descansar y, por las mañanas, está tan cansado que se queda dormido en el colegio. Una noche, recibe una visita inesperada en su habitación. Luisa Villar nos ofrece con este cuento infantil una sencilla pero emotiva historia sobre los grandes miedos infantiles que se resuelve de forma novedosa y sorprendente.