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| Book Reviews - Audio CD Books |
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| In the Night Garden |
Makka Pakka's Present
£5.99, BBC Audio
Makka Pakka lives in a little cave with his favourite stones. He has a soap and sponge to make sure all of the Garden stones and all of the faces of the other characters are clean and tidy. He travels around the Garden on his Og-Pog, which carries his sponge, his Uff-uff dryer and his special trumpet.
In this new BBC Audio CD, Makka Pakka has seven stones. What lovely presents for Upsy Daisy, Igglepiggle, the Pontipines and the three Tombliboos! But who is the last one for? Running time 30 minutes, also featuring original songs from the BBC TV series.
Filmed in a real woodland setting In The Night Garden is a magical programme on BBC television, for the under four's about the dreaming time between waking and sleeping. |
| Lion Book of Five-Minute Animal Stories |
John Goodwin
£8.99, Lion Hudson
John Goodwin lends his amusing storytelling style to 10 animal stories which each have an important moral value to impart. Stories are drawn from a range of countries - China, India, Germany - as well as giving a passing nod to the fables of Aesop. Hardback picture book with story CD.
Stories included are: The Musicians of Bremen; Party Time; The Nightingale; The Cheeky Monkey; The Lion and the Mouse; Princess Petunia and the Pig; The Hare and the Hedgehog; Fish Girl; The Talking Bear; and Chauntecleer the Cockerel.
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| Doctor Who: Wishing Well |
Written by Trevor Baxendale/Read by Debbie Chazen
£9.99, BBC Audiobooks
The old village well is just a curiosity – something to attract tourists intrigued by stories of lost treasure, or a visitor just making a wish, except something alien and terrifying is lurking inside the well, something so utterly monstrous that it causes nothing but death and destruction…
Who knows the truth about the well? Who wishes to unleash the hideous force it contains? What terrible consequences will follow the search for a legendary treasure hidden at the bottom? No one wants to believe the Doctor’s warnings about the deadly horror lying in wait – but soon they’ll wish they had…
Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television, Wishing Well is read by Debbie Chazen, who played Foon Van Hoff in the TV episode Voyage of the Damned.
Debbie Chazen reads this gripping story of a terrifying force that lurks in an ancient wishing well over two hours and 30 minutes, on 2 CD's. |
| Doctor Who: Peacemaker |
Written by James Swallow/Read by Will Thorp
£9.99, BBC Audiobooks
The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for ‘the healer’. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets…
In the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman whose patent medicines actually cure his patients. However, when the Doctor and Martha investigate they discover the truth is stranger, and far more dangerous. Caught between the law of the gun and the deadly plans of intergalactic mercenaries, the Doctor and Martha are about to discover just how wild the West can become...
Featuring the Doctor and Martha as played by David Tennant and Freema Agyeman in the hit series from BBC Television, Peacemaker is read by Will Thorp, who played Toby Zed in the TV episodes The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit.
Will Thorp reads this thrilling Wild West tale of a mysterious medicine man and murderous outlaws over two hours and 30 minutes - on 2 CD's.
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| Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop |
Written by Simon Guerrier/Read by Freema Agyeman
£9.99, BBC Audiobooks
The Doctor’s been everywhere and everywhen in the whole of the universe and seems to know all the answers. However, ask him what happened to the Starship Brilliant and he hasn’t the first idea. Did it fall into a sun or black hole? Was it shot down in the first moments of the galactic war? What’s this about a secret experimental drive?
The Doctor is skittish, but if Martha is so keen to find out, he’ll land the TARDIS on the Brilliant, a few days before it vanishes. Then they can see for themselves...
Soon the Doctor learns the awful truth. Moreover, Martha learns that you need to be careful what you wish for. She certainly wasn’t hoping for mayhem, death, and badger-faced space pirates.
Freema Agyeman, who played Doctor’s companion Martha, reads this gripping story of a lost ship, a time loop and dangerous pirates over two hours and 30 minutes, on 2CD's.
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| Finn Family Moomintroll |
Tove Jansson
£9.99, BBC Audioboks
Hugh Laurie reads Tove Jansson’s wonderfully imaginative story Finn Family Moomintroll.
Moomintroll lives in Moominhouse, nestled in Moomin Valley – a place where everyone does what they like and hardly ever worries about tomorrow. Together with Moominmamma and Moominpappa, Snufkin, Sniff and the others, Moomintroll has some marvellous adventures!
When they find a tall black hat on top of a mountain, the Moomins don't realise that it will make some very strange things happen to them. Before long, however, they and their friends the Snork Maiden and the Hemulen are floating around on clouds, discovering strange islands, and meeting the very weird and wonderful Hattifatteners!
Enchanting magical adventures with the Moomins that both adults and children will adore lasts three hours and 15 minutes on 3 CD's. |
| Secret Seven - Look Out, Secret Seven |
Enid Blyton
£9.99, BBC Audiobooks
What would the Seven do without Scamper the spaniel? First he discovers an unwanted visitor – then he protects the Seven as they spy on a thief late at night in Bramley Woods!
Can the Seven find out who has stolen General Blansome's medals, as well as guarding the birds' eggs in Bramley Woods from thieves?
The Seven have two cases to solve in this fantastic mystery, read by Sarah Greene. Running time one hour and 55 minutes - read over 2 CD's.
Enid Blyton is one of the best-known and best-loved authors of all time. In polls, she is consistently voted a children's favourite, and over a million of her books are borrowed from libraries each year.
She wrote over 600 children's books, including the bestselling Famous Five and Secret Seven series.
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| Best of Paddington on CD |
Michael Bond
£19.99, Harper Collins
Paddington – the beloved, classic bear from Darkest Peru – is back in these fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Michael Bond.
Celebrating 50 years of the nations favourite bear. Enjoy Paddington in these three classic stories including ‘A Bear Called Paddington’, ‘More about Paddington’ and ‘Here and Now’.
Young children are sure to enjoy these classic stories about Paddinton, the intrepid furry hero from Darkest Peru - beautifully read by Stephen Fry. |
| Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian |
C.S. Lewis
£9.99, BBC Audiobooks
Enter the magical world of Narnia once again as Prince Caspian is released in cinemas throughout the UK on Thursday 26th June. Following on from the success of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe film in 2006, Prince Caspian is set to be one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer. All seven classic Chronicles of Narnia are available as full-cast dramas.
C.S. Lewis' stories about the enchanting, magical land of Narnia have given generations of readers an unforgetttable escape into another world. This full-cast dramatisation stars Richard Puddifoot as Prince Caspian, Maurice Denham OBE (The Day of the Jackal) as the Professor, Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins, Girl with a Pearl Earring) as Dr Cornelius and Richard Griffiths OBE (The History Boys, Harry Potter) as Trumpkin amongst a glittering cast.
Prince Caspian is the fourth adventure in C. S. Lewis’s classic Narnia series all of which are available as dramatisations from BBC Audiobooks. Narnia has been at peace since Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy helped rid the kingdom of the evil White Witch. But now the children have returned to their own world, and in their absence a dark presence rules the once harmonious land.
Wicked King Miraz has imposed a destructive new order of persecution and imprisonment, but the King's nephew and rightful heir, Prince Caspian, realising the evil of his uncle's regime, vows to revive Narnia's glorious past.
Fearing for his life, he is forced to flee and calls on the four children, the help of the mighty lion Aslan and an army of fauns, dwarves and woodland spirits to help him in his seemingly impossible task.
Follow Aslan and his human friends on yet another escapade, as they take up the challenge to win back freedom and happiness for the fabulous land of Narnia, with a fabulous rendition of the tale from a full Radio 4 cast BBC dramatisation.
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| Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
C.S. Lewis
£19.99, Harper Collins
“This is the land of Narnia,” said the Faun, “where we are now. And you – you have come from the wild woods of the west?” “I – I got in through the wardrobe in the spare room,” said Lucy.
Lucy steps into the Professor’s wardrobe – but steps out again into a snowy forest. She’s stumbled upon the magical world of Narnia, land of unicorns, centaurs, fauns… and the wicked White Witch, who terrorises all. Lucy soon realises that Narnia, and in particular Aslan, the great Lion, needs her help if the country’s creatures are ever going to be free again…
The second volume of The Chronicles of Narnia, now available as a book and 4 CD slipcase pack.
Read along as you listen to Michael York’s superb recording of the most famous of the Narnia Chronicles. |
| Holes (Audio CD) |
Louis Sachar
£14.99, Bloombury Publishing
Stanley Yelnats is unjustly accused of stealing a pair of trainers, and his punishment is to go to Camp Green Lake, to dig holes! This is all due to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather, who had supposedly brought a curse of bad luck on the family through his actions long, long ago.
Holes is a modern adventure, which has the feel of a fairy tale. There are goodies and baddies, and a touch of magic. Trials need to be faced and problems overcome, before old wrongs can be righted, and good can triumph over evil.
This is a really unusual tale, which will appeal to a wide range of children age 12 years plus (and adults).
Available on audio CD and cassette tape.
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