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| Triskellion: Audiobook |
Will Peterson
£19.99, Walker Books
An audio CD of the first extraordinary novel in a new trilogy, combining nail-biting suspense, gripping mystery and archaeological adventure with a paranormal twist.
Rachel and Adam are sent to stay with their grandmother, following their parents' divorce. But the quiet English village is a sinister, unsettling place. Is there a dark heart beating beneath the thatched roofs of Triskellion? It is a place protected by an ancient, three-bladed artefact; a village where crops never fail and where the war memorial is blank; a community with much to protect. With the help of the mysterious Gabriel, Rachel and Adam begin to unearth centuries-old secrets and make a shocking revelation about their family’s past – and their own future...
7 CD set read by Teresa Gallagher. |
| Scorpia: Audiobook |
Anthony Horowitz
£19.99, Walker Books
Still reeling from the terrible discovery he has made about his father, teenage MI6 superspy, Alex Rider, is determined to find out more. Travelling to Italy, he manages to infiltrate the glamorous world of Claudia Rothman, beautiful society hostess and member of the international criminal organization, Scorpia. She reveals that Alex’s father was murdered by MI6, in an operation masterminded by Head of Special Operations, Mrs Jones. Shocked and angry, Alex faces a choice: to continue to work with the British security services, or to become an agent for Scorpia – and get revenge. Visit the Alex Rider website at www.alexrider.com
8CD set |
| Sarah Jane Adventures: The White Wolf |
Gary Russell
£5.86, BBC Audio
Elisabeth Sladen, who stars as Sarah Jane in the CBBC TV series, reads this exclusive audio story which has been written by series script editor Gary Russell. When Sarah Jane receives a strange letter from Eddison Clough, her curiosity is aroused. For Eddison possesses a photograph proving he was once close friends with her Aunt Lavinia - but he has no memory of ever having met her. Intrigued, Sarah Jane and Luke go to visit him and, with Clyde and Rani, they explore the village of Wolfenden. The locals seem strange and secretive - especially the Hendricks, a deathly pale family with white hair and white eyes. |
| Sarah Jane Adventures: The Shadow People |
Scott Handcock
£5.86, BBC Audio
Elisabeth Sladen, who stars as Sarah Jane in the CBBC TV series, reads this exclusive audio story by Scott Handcock. A camping trip spells trouble for Sarah Jane and friends when both the school bus and Sarah Jane's car break down in Snowdonia and the gang find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere. Exploring by a lake, Rani sees a shadowy figure that looks exactly like her. Then Sarah Jane hears a voice asking for help, and sees a mysterious figure outside her tent. Who is watching them, and why? How can Rani be in two places at once? And what secret does a nearby cave hold? |
| Hetty Feather |
Jacqueline Wilson
£11.73, BBC Audiobooks
London, 1876. Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children – but Hetty must live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school. Life in the countryside is hard but she has ‘brothers’ Jem and Gideon to play with, and together they sneak off to visit the travelling circus. Hetty is mesmerised by the show, especially Madame Adeline and her performing horses. When she is returned to the Foundling Hospital, the new life of awful uniforms and terrible food is a struggle for Hetty. But now she has the chance to find her real mother. Could she really be the wonderful Madame Adeline? Or is the truth even more surprising?
A delightful and utterly original take on a historical novel, this warm, funny and moving story, read by Jacqueline Wilson, will thrill her many fans.
Running time 5 hours approx. on 4 CDs |
| Thomas & Friends: The Railway Stories, The Little Old Engine and other stories |
BBC Audiobooks
£5.87, BBC Audiobooks
Three more original stories from the Reverend W. Awdry’s bestselling Railway Series, read by Michael Angelis, narrator of TV’s Thomas & Friends.
Contains the episodes:
Duck and the Diesel Engine
The other engines are getting a little tired of Duck’s know-it-all attitude and are pleased when a smooth-talking engine called Diesel arrives to help out. But when Duck shows him up, Diesel vows revenge.
The Little Old Engine
Skarloey returns from being repaired to discover that there are two new engines on the railway. Rusty the diesel is friendly and helpful – but Duncan is boisterous, careless and rude.
The Twin Engines
The Fat Controller orders an extra engine to help out, but is surprised when two engines arrive instead. Will Duncan or Douglas get to stay?
Includes music, sound effects and original Thomas songs.
Running time approximately one hour long.
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| Fireman Sam: Paper Plane Down and other stories |
BBC Audiobooks
£5.87, BBC Audiobooks
Seven episodes from the hugely popular all-new animated series featuring Fireman Sam and his friends from Pontypandy – as seen on TV.
Featuring the following episodes:
Paper Plane Down
Hot and Cold Running Sniffer Dog
Perilous Path
The New Hero Next Door
Santa Overboard
Best Foot Forward
Baa Baa Baby
1 hour 10 minutes on 1 CD |
| 3rd & Bird: The Muffin Express and other stories |
BBC Audiobooks
£5.87, BBC Audiobooks
Five episodes from the hugely popular animated series starring Samuel, Rudy and Muffin – as seen on CBeebies. 3rd & Bird is an irreverent, joyful series filled with humour, whistling, dancing and an eclectic cast of flying characters.
The fresh new pre-school series is quickly becoming a firm favourite amongst young children, focusing around a vibrant community of birds that live, learn and play in the branches of a beautiful old tree.
Featuring the episodes:
A Chorus for Us
Rolling Along
To Play or Not to Play
The Muffin Express
Samuel’s Dance
Running time approximately one hour long. |
| How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse by Haddock Horrendous Horrid III |
Cressida Cowell
£9.78, Hodder Childrens
Fishlegs has been struck with deadly Vorpentitis. The only cure is rare and almost impossible to find … a potato.
But where on Berk will Hiccup find such a thing?
He’ll have to dodge Sharkworms, battle Doomfangs and outwit crazy Hooligans if he’s going to be a Hero ... again.
Read by David Tennant, this 3 CD set won't let down fans of How to Train Your Dragon; How to be a Pirate; and How to speak Dragonese. |
| Stig of the Dump |
Clive King
£9.78, Puffin Audiobooks
Barney has found a wonderful place to play - the chalk-pit or rubbish dump near his granny's home. One day the ground gives way and Barney finds himself in a cave in the middle of the dump, and that's where he meets Stig. Stig is living wild and hasa lot to learn from Barney, but equally he has a lot to teach him. They soon become friends, discover each other's ways and embark on a series of extraordinary adventures. 3 CD set read by Tony Robinson.
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| More Just So Stories |
Rudyard Kipling - read by Johnny Morris
£5.99, BBC Audio
Recently uncovered in the BBC archive, this is a second 'Now on CD' release of a selection of tales from the much-loved Rudyard Kipling classic fables, read by Johnny Morris. Stories included in this title are: "The Beginning of the Armadilloes", "The Crab that Played with the Sea", "The Cat that Walked by Himself" and, "The Butterfly that Stamped".
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| Noddy Builds a Rocketship and other stories |
Six episodes from the hit TV series
£5.99, BBC Audio
Join Noddy and friends in the magical world of Toyland in these six episodes from the hit television series, complete with music and sound effects.
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| Improve Your Confidence - for 10-15 year olds |
Lynda Hudson
£12.95, First Way Forward
This is a self-help hypnotherapy recording for children of about 10-15 years. Aimed at building confidence and self esteem, this recording uses the idea of the mind as a computer, and encourages the child to change any unhelpful programs and outdated messages into more positive ones. Lynda uses the power of the child's imagination through the use of relaxation, metaphorical stories and fantasies where the child is encouraged to mentally act out positive solutions to a problem. The best time to listen is usually as the child relaxes before going to sleep. Listening to the recording should be additional to, and not in place of, any normal bedtime reading or listening. Lynda's gentle, well-modulated, English voice calms, re-assures and encourages as they listen.
Running time: 22 minutes - suitable for 10-15 year olds. |
| Naughtiest Girl Saves the Day/Well Done, The Naughtiest Girl |
Enid Blyton and Anne Digby
£7.82, Hodder Children's Audiobooks
The Naughtiest Girl Saves the Day: When some school strawberry plants are vandalised, a lost shoe buckle at the scene of the crime leads straight to the Naughtiest Girl. The next night, as she's dropping off to sleep, someone shouts 'Fire!' - so Elizabeth jumps up and rings the fire bell. But there is no fire and now Elizabeth is being blamed for a catalogue of silly tricks. If she can't prove her innocence, she's in line to lose her hard-won part in the school play. So when the same happens the next night, Elizabeth is reluctant to report a fire - except this time, there really is one...
Well Done, the Naughtiest Girl: Elizabeth is desperate to play the piano in the end of school concert. But only one girl can be chosen and her rival Arabella is practising hard! So, ignoring her looming exams, Elizabeth spends every waking minute practising. When Arabella is still chosen over her, she realises that not only will she not have a place in the school concert, she might well also fail all her exams. Racing to get her revision done, she finds a quiet spot in an old oak tree in the school grounds. When Elizabeth realises the tree is marked as one to be chopped down, she's determined not to let it happen. But can she save the tree AND manage to pass all her exams? It's going to be a fight to the finish...
2 CD dramatised adventure - running time 120 minutes. |
| You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum! |
Andy Stanton
£5.99, BBC Audio
Good evening. Mr Gum is a complete horror who hates children, animals, fun and corn on the cob. This book's all about him. And an angry fairy who lives in his bathtub. And Jake the dog (who must be saved from terrible, terrible evil), and a little girl called Polly and an evil stinky butcher who's all covered in guts. And there's heroes and sweets and adventures and a massive fat bloke called Jonathan Ripples and everything...
Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, "You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum" is a zany, riotously funny book that will make you laugh till your sides ache. Read by the author with music and sound effects. Running time: one hour |
| Lizzie Zipmouth |
Jacqueline Wilson
£4.99, BBC Audio
Lizzie refuses to speak. She doesn't want to talk to Rory or Jake, her new stepbrothers, or Sam, their dad, or even her mum. She's totally fed up with having to join her step-family and nothing can coax her into talking to them. Not football, not pizza, not even a new bedroom. That is, until she meets a member of the family who is even more stubborn than her - and has had a lot more practice!
A touching, funny story about a little girl who suddenly finds herself part of a whole new family, read by Sophie Aldred.
Running time: 50 minutes |
| Little White Horse, The (filmed as The Secret of Moonacre) |
Elizabeth Goudge - read by Juliet Stevenson
£8.81, BBC Audio
Juliet Stevenson, star of the major film version reads The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. Maria Merryweather the story’s spirited heroine has captured the imagination of generations of children and the book was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1946. The story was first televised by the BBC in the 1994 series Moonacre and will be released as a major motion picture The Secret of Moonacre on 6th February 2009.
When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor she feels as if she’s entered paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal.
But there is something incredibly sad beneath all of this beauty and comfort. A past tragedy has left a shadow over Moonacre Manor and the town around it, but Maria is determined to learn about it, change it, and give her own life story a happy ending.
2 hours 30 minutes on 2 CDs
Available from all good bookshops, online at www.bbcshop.com or to purchase as a download go to www.bbcaudiozone.com |
| SARAH JANE ADVENTURES: TIME CAPSULE/GHOST HOUSE |
BBC AudioBooks
£5.99, BBC AudioBooks
Two new audio book adventures for Sarah Jane Smith and friends, following on from 'The Glittering Storm' and 'The Thirteenth Stone'. Sarah Jane is the most popular Dr Who companion, and Elizabeth Sladen, who stars as Sarah Jane in the CBBC TV series, reads these exclusive audio stories for ages eight years and over. |
| The Graveyard Book |
Neil Gaiman
£11.03, Bloomsbury Publishing
A fantastic ghost adventure story for children, laced with menace and humour.
When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard?
Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him – after all, he is the last remaining member of the family.
A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod’s life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
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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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