Max is on a seaside holiday in the South of England with his father and new step-family. The shoreline stretches for 150 kilometres and is known throughout the world as the Jurassic Coast due to its richness in fossils. When Max's boat capsizes as he sets out for the uninhabited Dinosaur ...

Hikers in distress! While on a mountain hike, Benny, Anna and Dorian witness the work of the mountain rescue service at close quarters when two tourists completely overestimate their stamina. The next day, their search for rock crystals leads the children into increasingly steep terrain. Almost ...

Cologne, 1445. Following her father's death, ten-year-old Johanna has to work as a maidservant in the house of a wealthy merchant. Andreas, the merchant's son, seems terribly stuck-up at first, but then he teaches her to read and write in secret. One night, needing a candle for her ...

Ten-year-old Jakob is getting desperate: his mother has fallen seriously ill and seems to be getting weaker by the day. So although he is terrified of her, Jakob goes to see the local herbalist - she is said to have saved the lives of many, but there are also rumours that she is a witch.

It is ancient Rome, in the time of Caesar: Marcus works in his father's taverna, helped out by Gaul slave Argetorix, who is the same age as him.

The boys overhear a conversation between two gladiators - one of them seems to have a score to settle with the great Caesar himself!

It is August 3rd, 1492. In the small Spanish port of Palos, ten-year-old Luis has reached the end of his tether. His stepmother and her new husband, Rodrigo, treat him like a dog. One day, Luis decides enough is enough and runs away. As luck will have it, there are three ships moored in the ...

When he is given permission to visit his father in the Ecuadorian jungle, Paul doesn't guess for a moment what a tight spot he'll end up in! Paul's father is spending a few months researching snakes, and unfortunately has no time to show his son around the dense rainforest, so Paul heads off an ...

Count von Falkenstein has been invited to attend the great celebration at the court of Emperor Barbarossa. His children, the twins Hagen and Johanna, are meant to remain at home in the castle. Secretly they make their way to the court of the Emperor - and on the path they find a little sack ...