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Updated: May 2013
Age range: 7 and older
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Fiction for younger readers
Adeney, Anne
I have a plan. 1998. Read by Francine Brody, 3 hours. TB 11459.
What would you do if the frogs you'd captured, and were teaching to croak 'Happy Birthday' escaped? Irrepressible Kayla is on the loose, full of bright ideas to make life perfect for her and Mum. But somehow her plans keep going wrong.
Aesop
Aesop's fables. 1994. Read by Giles Abbott, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 18686.
Aesop's collection of fables has been popular with both adults and children. These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of the individual fables the fox and the grapes, the dog in the manger, the wolf in sheep's clothing and many others.
Ahlberg, Allan
The Better Brown stories. Read by Richard Mitchley, 1 hour 37 minutes. TB 11627.
A monstrous dog, a fierce and hairy milkman, free money, some Mysterious Men, a forgotten baby, baffled police and a bewildered town. What could be better?
Ahlberg, Allan.
Woof! /. 2006. Read by Andy Crane, 2 hours 49 minutes. TB 19309.
Eric is a perfectly ordinary boy. Perfectly ordinary that is until the night he turns into a dog! This is the story of Eric's adventures with his best friend Roy as they try to puzzle out the reasons for his transformation.
Ainsworth, Ruth
The pirate ship: and other stories. 1980. Read by Richard Earthy, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 3828.
Stories about magicians and mermaids, strange people and magical animals.
Ainsworth, Ruth
The Ruth Ainsworth book. 1970. Read by Andrew Timothy, 5 hours 16 minutes. TB 3244.
All sorts of short stories for children up to the age of eight.
Alcock, Vivien
Ghostly companions. 2009. Read by Kenneth Shanley, 3 hours 32 minutes. TB 17231.
A collection of ghost stories, including a figurehead that is more than it seems, a patchwork made like none other, a mirror image that never leaves you alone and a masquerade that gives you the chance to be someone else.
Aldridge, James
The marvellous Mongolian. 1974. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 4 hours 11 minutes. TB 2563.
The letters that Baryut, a Mongolian boy, and Kitty, a Welsh girl, write to each other about the travels and adventures of a stallion captured in Mongolia and a little Shetland mare.
Aldridge, James
The true story of Spit MacPhee. 1986. Read by Nigel Graham, 7 hours 25 minutes. TB 6690.
Spit MacPhee was five when he came to live with old Fyfe MacPhee, his grandfather, and some of the townsfolk were saying even then that it wasn't right for him to be with the crazy man. So when Fyfe dies a fierce battle to decide the boy's destiny begins but tough minded Spit has plans of his own ... though who could say what would become of one small 11 year old who set himself against the well meaning residents of the Australian country town of St. Helen.
Andersen, Hans Christian
Fairy tales. 1872. Read by Andrew Timothy, 9 hours 45 minutes. TB 2319.
A collection of well-loved fairy stories.
Ardagh, Philip
The Grunts in trouble. 2012. Read by Robert Portal, 2 hours 52 minutes. TB 20069.
Mr and Mrs Grunt, who are neither clean nor clever, live with their adopted - in fact, abducted - son, Sunny, in a donkey-drawn caravan somewhere or other at some time that is a bit like now but not exactly now. Together the unusual family find themselves in frankly improbable but very funny adventures.
Arkle, Phyllis
The railway cat and The railway cat's secret. 2007. Read by Susannah Harker, 2 hours 36 minutes. TB 17518.
Two classic tales about Alfie the Railway Cat who's always having adventures.
Armstrong, Helen
The road to somewhere. 2002. Read by Miriam Margolyes, 2 hours 50 minutes. TB 13499.
As the three friends set out into the unknown, they meet terrible dangers and kind strangers - and some who are not to be trusted. Told in Ratty's own words, this animals-eye-view of life beyond the farmyard is a story of courage and friendship.
Arnold, Elizabeth
The parsley parcel. 1995. Read by Nerys Hughes, 5 hours 5 minutes. TB 11822.
Freya is left on a railway station by her Romany great-grandmother, to fulfil a promise and grant a wish. She must leave her family, the wide-open fields and the Romany wagons to live in Emma Hemingway's bright, shiny house with nothing out of place. But then Freya rescues a baby bird, and some of the freedom she has lost is with her again. She learns that she has a special gift, and Emma learns to make a spell work, you must pay not in money but in love.
Arnold, Louise
The invisible friend. 2007. Read by Glen McCready, 7 hours 29 minutes. TB 15676.
The Ghost World sits right on top of the Real World, overlapping it at the edges. This is the way it has been for hundreds of years. But not until now has there been a story like that of Grey Arthur. Arthur's story begins on a park bench where the sound of young Tom's crying make Arthur rouse himself. Never before has he heard a boy who so clearly needs help. And so Arthur's ghostly mission is sealed. An invisible friend - the perfect job for a ghost.
Arnold, Louise
The ghost school. 2008. Read by Glen McCready, 8 hours 58 minutes. TB 15957.
Grey Arthur finally knows where he belongs - at the side of Tom Golden - as his invisible friend. He's been thinking that maybe there are other ghosts like him, who aren't very good at haunting and would make perfect invisible friends. And so the School for Invisible Friends begins. But where have all the good ghosts gone? Something very strange is going on and even things in the Real World don't seem right! Faced with the prospect of losing Arthur, Tom realises that he not only needs his invisible friend, but that Arthur needs him too, and now, more than ever!
Baillie, Allan
Adrift. 1983. Read by Ray Jones, 2 hours 58 minutes. TB 12957.
Feeling every inch the pirate under his crimson shirt and black swimming trunks, Flynn rocked the upturned crate a little. Of course, small sister Sally was poor material for a crew, but at least the thing was floating. "We're sailing for the Caribbean" he announced. The trouble was, they were!
Banks, Lynne Reid
The Indian in the cupboard. 1980. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 5 hours. TB 3945.
The Indian in the cupboard series; book 1. Omri's birthday presents - a plastic Red Indian and an old bathroom cupboard - seemed rather dull, but they were to bring him the most exciting adventures he had ever known.
Banks, Lynne Reid
Return of the Indian. 1986. Read by Lynne Reid Banks, 3 hours 42 minutes. TB 11852.
The Indian in the cupboard series; book 2. It is a year since Omri said goodbye to Little Bull, the toy Red Indian who came to life in the magic cupboard and sent him back to his own time. Omri has never forgotten him, though, and finally yields to the temptation to see his tiny blood-brother again. But when the cupboard door opens, Little Bull is slumped, unconscious, over his horse, two bullet wounds in his back. As Omri tries to help him, he faces the terrifying responsibility of power - the power of life and death...
Banks, Lynne Reid
The secret of the Indian. 1989. Read by Lynne Reid Banks, 3 hours 24 minutes. TB 12069.
The Indian in the cupboard series; book 3. After a terrible battle, many of Little Bull's warriors are wounded. Omri must get them medical help, but he must also protect the secret of the Indian. For who would believe that a plastic toy Red Indian and a plastic toy cowboy - Little Bull's blood brother, Boone - can come to life? When Omri's friend Patrick goes back in time with Boone to the Wild West, keeping the secret safe becomes desperately difficult for Omri.
Banks, Lynne Reid
The mystery of the cupboard. 1993. Read by Joan Walker, 4 hours 49 minutes. TB 9667.
The Indian in the cupboard series; book 4. The cupboard that brought Omri's plastic figures, Little Bull and Boone, to life is locked in a bank vault with its key. When Omri finds a sealed cash box in his new home, with an Account written by his great, great aunt, he wants to find out what is in the box. Should he break his promise to himself and his friend Patrick by getting the key from the bank in the hope that it will fit? When Patrick comes for half term, his resolve weakens fast.
Banks, Lynne Reid
I, Houdini : the autobiography of a self-educated hamster. 1978. Read by Pauline Munro, 3 hours. TB 4543.
The hamster in this story likens himself to the escapologist Houdini, because he has a 'life long passion for escape, concealment and exploration'. He thinks himself superior to humans and views his life as a family pet as mere imprisonment. He escapes to the Outside World where he meets some terrifying animals.
Barber, Antonia
Dancing shoes: lessons for Lucy. 1998. Read by Norma West, 1 hour 2 minutes. TB 11460.
Dancing shoes series; book 1. Lucy Lambert - Lou to her friends - can't wait to start ballet lessons, but her mum can't afford to send her to the local ballet school. How is Lou's dream ever going to come true?
Barber, Antonia
Dancing shoes : into the spotlight. 1998. Read by Norma West, 56 minutes. TB 11475.
Dancing shoes series; book 2. Lou Lambert and her best friend, Emma, are excited to be starting ballet lessons together at last, but not everyone at the Maple School of Ballet is friendly. Angela, a girl in Emma's class, is particularly unpleasant.
Barber, Antonia
Friends and rivals. 1998. Read by Norma West, 1 hour. TB 12725.
Dancing shoes series; book 3. Jem causes quite a stir when he joins Lou and Emma's class at the Maple School of Ballet. He's really nice, great fun and a very good dancer - everybody likes him. So why is he being so friendly to the horrible Angela when she's making Emma feel miserable?
Barker, Dominic
How to catch a criminal. 2011. Read by Sarah Whitehouse, 51 minutes. TB 18559.
In this Guide to Trouble, Max and Molly will show you, clever reader: 1. How to kick a ball into Mrs Quibble's garden. AGAIN. 2. How to (politely) arrest Mrs Quibble for STEALING THE BALL. 3. How to accidentally also-at-the-same-time catch a REAL-LIFE CRIMINAL!
Barrie, J M
Peter Pan. 1971. Read by David Dunhill, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 2380.
The story of the boy who did not want to grow up, and his adventures in the Never Never Land with Captain Hook, the Red Indian Princess Tiger Lily, and his fairy friend Tinker Bell.
Bass, Guy
Two Dinkin Dings stories. 2009. Read by Guy Bass, 2 hours 54 minutes. TB17526.
Dinkin Dings is afraid of everything - apart from the monsters under his bed! When Dinkin sees his new neighbours, he's certain that the little girl is a Flesh-Eating Alien Space Zombie. But as usual his parents think he's being silly. When Dinkin mistakenly eats fish fingers for dinner it can only mean one thing - trouble. Everyone knows these are the fingers of Fish-Men and it won't be long before they come seeking revenge. It's time to call in the Frightening Things, booby trap the house and panic!
Baum, L Frank
The wonderful Wizard of Oz. 1900. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 4 hours 6 minutes. TB 2813.
The wonderful adventures of Dorothy and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Sad Lion in the Land of Oz.
Baum, L Frank
The lost princess of Oz. 1917. Read by Carol Marsh, 6 hours 32 minutes. TB 3384.
Dorothy and the Wizard set out in search of Ozma, who is lost with all the important magical instruments.
Bawden, Nina
Carrie's war. 1975. Read by Brian Perkins, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 4270.
This story is set near the beginning of the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuees, sent to stay with a Councillor Evans and his sister in Wales. She is pleasant enough, if a bit timid, but he is an absolute ogre. The real adventure begins, however, when they go along the railway line to Druid's Bottom.
Bawden, Nina
On the run. 1964. Read by Alistair Maydon, 6 hours 30 minutes. TB 5832.
Ben thought his stay in London was going to be really boring, but he couldn't have been more wrong. Soon he was helping Thomas, the son of an African Prime Minister, to escape from kidnappers.
Bawden, Nina
The peppermint pig. 1975. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 3133.
When Emily Greengrass left London and went to live in the country she bought the peppermint pig for one shilling, little guessing that it would grow quite big and become famous.
Bawden, Nina
Kept in the dark. 1982. Read by Malcolm Ruthven, 3 hours 15 minutes. TB 5029.
"David's coming", said Grandpa, but he didn't tell them who David was. That is the trouble with adults: they only ever tell you half a thing - but even Grandpa is afraid of David. This is a story about secrets and the reasons for keeping them.
Bawden, Nina
Off the road. 2001. Read by Bernard Cribbins, 4 hours 34 minutes. TB 13568.
A boy and his grandfather slip under a fence into the past to a life that grandfather has not experienced for many years and his grandson has never known. Both must decide whether to stay in the past or return to the futuristic world where they belong.
Baxter, Nicola
The first little fairy. 1998. Read by Lisa Milne-Henderson, 2 hours 14 minutes. TB 18998.
This collection contains twelve stories. In each story there are new friends to meet and fun to share.
BB
The little grey men. 1969. Read by Robin Browne, 7 hours 30 minutes. TB 5047.
The last gnomes in Britain live by a Warwickshire brook. Their home is under an oak tree which grows on the banks of the Folly. Cloudberry, a restless gnome, is determined to explore the Folly to its source. He goes and does not return. His brothers, Dodder, Baldmoney and Sneezewort build a boat and set out to find him...
BB
Down the bright stream. 1948. Read by Robin Browne, 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 5311.
Sequel to: The little grey men. The four gnomes are wakened a week early from their winter sleep by a panic-stricken watervole: the Folly, their own beloved stream for centuries, is shrinking. It is all hands to the rescue - the 'Jennie Deans' must be floated to deeper water and a new home found for the Stream People.
BB
Brendon Chase. 1978. Read by Robin Browne, 9 hours 45 minutes. TB 6028.
Three brothers, John, Robin and Harold, are due back at school in two days. In an effort to forget, they plan to run away and live off the land. Then Harold is stricken with measles and the two older boys decide to put their quarantine to good use: they slip away during the night to try their hands at living like Robin Hood amongst the oak trees of Brendon Chase.
Bearn, Emily
Tumtum and Nutmeg. 2008. Read by Bill Wallis, 3 hours 5 minutes. TB 15796.
Tumtum and Nutmeg series; book 1. In the broom cupboard of a small dwelling called Rose Cottage, stands a house fit for a mouse - well, two mice actually. The house belongs to Mr and Mrs Nutmouse, or Tumtum and Nutmeg as they affectionately call each other. Tumtum and Nutmeg have a wonderful life but the children who live in Rose Cottage, Arthur and Lucy, are miserable. So, one day Tumtum and Nutmeg decide to cheer them up.
Bearn, Emily
The great escape. 2008. Read by Bill Wallis, 2 hours 38 minutes. TB 17952.
Tumtum and Nutmeg series; book 2. Hidden in the broom cupboard of Rose Cottage is the most delightful little house, belonging to the mice Tumtum and Nutmeg. When General Marchmouse unexpectedly comes to stay, he wreaks havoc with his new pogo stick.
Bentley, Sue
Star dreams and Double trouble. 2008. Read by Emma Parish, 2 hours 13 minutes. TB 16092.
Magic kitten series. A little kitten twinkling with magic is in need of a purrfect friend. And that's how Jemma's biggest dreams become possible when she discovers a silky cream and brown kitten called Flame. And it's also how Kim manages to put up with her mean cousin when a silver tabby kitten, also called Flame, comes to stay. Two more delightful stories featuring Flame, the Magic Kitten who changes colour!
Bentley, Sue.
A circus wish and Moonlight mischief. 2009. Read by Emma Parish, 2 hours 16 minutes. TB 17525.
Magic kitten series. In A Circus Wish Sadie's circus adventure begins when an adorable coal-black kitten called Flame tumbles into her life, and in Moonlight Mischief Eve's half-term heartache disappears when lonely sandy-coloured Flame arrives at the cattery.
Beresford, Elisabeth
Toby's luck. 1978. Read by Robert Gladwell, 2 hours 19 minutes. TB 13029.
Everything had gone wrong for Toby, but his luck changed when he kicked a ball over a high wall and followed it into an overgrown jungle of a private park.
Beresford, Elisabeth
The secret railway. 1973. Read by Garard Green, 2 hours 41 minutes. TB 13028.
Barney and Sue discover a disused railway station and set about bringing it back to life.
Beresford, Elisabeth
Stephen and the shaggy dog. 1970. Read by Garard Green, 2 hours 25 minutes. TB 13027.
Stephen has to give his dog away when he goes to live in a new block of flats where pets are not allowed, but an exciting adventure follows when he discovers that other residents have pets.
Beresford, Elisabeth
The four of us. 1981. Read by Marjorie Anderson, 2 hours 30 minutes. TB 4540.
Ben and his mentally handicapped brother Teddy have moved to the Webley Estate so that Teddy can attend Special School the following month. But there's nothing to do all day! While exploring a disused pier theatre they meet Amy, who wants to be an actress, and grouchy Mr File. The pier is to be pulled down. The four of them launch the `Save Our Pier' campaign.
Bertagna, Julie
Dolphin boy. 1999. Read by Benedick Blythe, 57 minutes. TB 12653. Mammoth Read.
Dibs can copy any sound - a police siren, a helicopter, a car. Yet he can't communicate, except through his drawings. Only his sister, Amy, really understands him, but even she wishes Dibs could be like an ordinary brother. Can a lost dolphin washed up on the beach help Dibs learn to speak?
Biegel, Paul
Crocodile man. 1982. Read by Gordon Dulieu, 2 hours 37 minutes. TB 4563.
Chac, a hunter in the Amazon jungle, often wore a crocodile skin to help him with his hunting. He is the hero of three stories adapted from South American folk tales.
Birdsall, Jeanne
The Penderwicks. 2008. Read by Laurence Bouvard, 6 hours 43 minutes. TB 15680.
The Penderwicks are four sisters, as different as chalk from cheese, yet as close as can be. The four girls and their absent-minded father head off for their summer holidays, but instead of the cosy tumbledown cottage they expect, they find themselves on a huge estate called Arundel, with magnificent gardens ripe for exploring. It isn't long before they become embroiled in all sorts of scrapes with new-found friend, Jeffrey - but his mother, the icy-hearted Mrs Tifton, must be avoided at all costs. Chaotic adventures ensue, and it soon becomes a summer the sisters will never forget.
Blackman, Malorie
Cloud busting. 2004. Read by William Gregory, Read by Lucy Scott, 1 hour 1 minute. TB 14134.
Despite his Mum's insistence, Sam doesn't want to be friends with Davey, he thinks Davey's a first class, grade A, top of the dung heap moron. But one day Davey saves Sam's life and a bond is formed between them. Sam is still embarrassed to be seen with Davey, but little by little he has to admit, when it's just the two of them, Davey is a lot of fun. But then something terrible happens to Davey. Told in verse, in first person, this is the touching story of an extraordinary friendship, that changes two boys lives for ever.
Blackman, Malorie
Whizziwig. 2008. Read by Judy Bennett, 1 hour 45 minutes. TB 15577.
Whizziwig is a small and furry alien and she's a long way from home. Her spaceship has crash-landed on the roof and she wants Ben to help her to mend it. The ship can only be fixed by giving people what they wish for, but the wishes have to be made by accident. So it isn't long before some very strange and very funny things start happening.
Blackman, Malorie
Whizziwig returns. 2008. Read by Judy Bennett, 2 hours 15 minutes. TB 16493.
Whizziwig is an alien - a very special alien who makes wishes come true. Every wish granted gets his space ship one step nearer to becoming repaired. But every wish granted also causes chaos for Ben and his family.
Blade, Adam
Ferno: the fire dragon. 2007. Read by James Hutchinson, 1 hour 15 minutes. TB 16856.
Beast quest: book 1. An evil wizard has enchanted the magical beasts of Avantia - only a true hero can free the beasts and stop them from destroying the land. Is Tom the hero Avantia has been waiting for?
Blade, Adam
Arcta: the mountain giant. 2007. Read by Dale Savage, 1 hour 7 minutes. TB 18119.
Beast quest: book 3. Tom must free the magical beasts of Avantia from an evil spell. Armed with a sword and shield from the Wizard Aduro, Tom sets off to face Arcta the mountain giant. Can Tom save his land from destruction?
Blake, Jon
Dogsbottom school loses the plot. 2008. Read by Clare Corbett, 2 hours 1minute. TB 15991.
Dogsbottom school series; book 3. Sequel to: Dogsbottom school goes totally mental. Another group of problem pupils has arrived at Dogsbottom School from the local stage school. But these pupils are so keen that it's impossible to see why they would be a problem. When the rival school at Buttery St Crumpet announces it's putting on a play, Mrs Whiffy decides to outdo them by putting on a play of her own, but when the first night comes and the curtain is about to be raised, Mrs Whiffy and Bernie discover exactly what the problem is with the stage school pupils. Can Bernie save the day (and Mrs Whiffy's reputation) once again?
Blyton, Enid
The enchanted wood. 2002. Read by Mark Straker, 5 hours 8 minutes. TB 13473.
Faraway Tree series; book 1. Have you ever wanted to climb a magic tree? Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home right next door to the Enchanted Wood! Here, they can have fantastic adventures and meet some very special new friends. All they need to do is find the Faraway Tree...
Blyton, Enid
The magic faraway tree. 2007. Read by Evelyn McLean, 4 hours 38 minutes. TB 15677.
Faraway Tree series; book 2. Joe, Beth and Frannie take their cousin Rick on an adventure he'll never forget - to meet the folk who live in the Faraway Tree and to visit the lands at the top of the tree. Find out how they escape from the Land of Dreams, and what goes wrong in the Land of Topsy-Turvy, and who drives a runaway train in the Land of Do-As-You-Please.
Blyton, Enid
The folk of the Faraway Tree. 2007. Read by Candida Gubbins, 4 hours 50 minutes. TB 16072.
Faraway Tree series; book 3. When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home, an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep. And when they discover the Faraway Tree, that is the beginning of many magical adventures! Join them and their friends Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Spells, the Land of Treats, or the Land of Do-As-You-Please?
Blyton, Enid
The adventures of the wishing-chair. 2008. Read by Charlotte Norfolk, 3 hours 29 minutes. TB 18047.
Mollie and Peter have a thrilling secret. The chair in their playroom is a magic wishing chair. When they sit in it and wish, it grows wings and takes them on lots of exciting adventures.
Blyton, Enid
The Secret Seven. 1957. Read by Garard Green, 10 hours 15 minutes. TB 3262.
Secret Seven series; book 1. In this their first adventure, the Secret Seven get on the trail of strange clues which lead them in disguise, through the snow, to the old house, and mystery...
Blyton, Enid
Secret Seven adventure. 2009. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 41 minutes. TB 17225.
Secret Seven series; book 2. A priceless pearl necklace has been stolen and the Secret Seven have witnessed the thief making his escape. The question is, where has he hidden the necklace?
Blyton, Enid
Well done, Secret Seven. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 45 minutes. TB 11747.
Secret Seven series; book 3. The Seven have built a new meeting place - it's a tree house! But somebody else has discovered their hideout - and he's on the run from a gang of thieves!
Blyton, Enid
Go ahead Secret Seven. 2009. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 56 minutes. TB 17823.
Secret Seven series; book 5. George is in trouble and has to resign from the Secret Seven - now it's up to Scamper the spaniel to protect the rest of the gang from danger as they go in search of some missing pedigree dogs.
Blyton, Enid
Good work, Secret Seven. 2007. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 46 minutes. TB 17914.
The Secret Seven ; 6. A car is stolen - and Peter and Janet witness the theft! Now the Seven are on the trail of a dangerous gang.
Blyton, Enid
Secret Seven win through. 2008. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 49 minutes. TB 16342.
Secret Seven series; book 7. The Seven have a fantastic new hiding place. But someone else is using it at night - and it's Jack's little sister Susie who helps them catch the intruder.
Blyton, Enid
Three cheers, Secret Seven. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 51 minutes. TB 18510.
The Secret Seven series; 8. Who is hiding in the abandoned house? When Peter and Jack search for their lost model aeroplane they see a gas-fire alight in one of the rooms - and realise the house isn't empty after all.
Blyton, Enid
Secret Seven mystery. 2009. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 44 minutes. TB 17514.
Secret Seven series; book 9. When a girl runs away from home, it's up to the Seven to find her! Jack's little sister Susie is up to her usual tricks - but she can't put the Seven off the trail of clues.
Blyton, Enid
Secret Seven fireworks. 2009. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 59 minutes. TB 18887.
Secret Seven series; book 11. Jack's little sister Susie is very annoying and the Secret Seven are furious when she forms a rival club. But is Susie wicked enough to have stolen some money?
Blyton, Enid
Look out Secret Seven. 2008. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 56 minutes. TB 18758.
Secret Seven series; book 14. What on earth would the Secret Seven do without Scamper the spaniel? First he discovers an unwanted visitor - then he protects them as they spy on a thief late at night in Bramley Woods!
Blyton, Enid
Fun for the Secret Seven. 2008. Read by Sarah Greene, 1 hour 58 minutes. TB 15861.
Secret Seven series; book 15. The Seven are very fond of Tolly and his horse, Brownie, so they're determined to help out when Brownie is sick. But they need to find Tolly and Brownie somewhere to hide out - somewhere that dangerous horse thieves will never find. But where?
Blyton, Enid
The secret island. 2002. Read by Jacqueline King, 4 hours 21 minutes. TB 16151.
The parents of Mike, Peggy and Nora disappear in an aeroplane crash. The three children are sent to live with their unloving aunt and uncle and they long to run away. Their friend Jack, tells them of a secret island and together they make plans to escape to it.
Blyton, Enid
The Brer Rabbit book. 1963. Read by Beth Chalmers, 5 hours 23 minutes. TB 18132.
Brer Rabbit loves getting into mischief and he gets into plenty. Some of Enid Blyton's most-loved classic tales containing approximately 20 individual stories.
Blyton, Enid
Naughty Amelia Jane. 2001. Read by Sarah Whitehouse, 1 hours 58 minutes. TB 19071.
Amelia Jane snips the tail off the pink rabbit, squirts Tom the soldier with a big siphon of water and gets up to all sorts of mischief at the beach. The other toys do their very best to try to teach her to be good, but the terror of the toy cupboard can't behave herself for long.
Blyton, Enid
Amelia Jane again. 2001. Read by Sarah Whitehouse, 2 hours 1 minute. TB 19072.
Amelia Jane gives the toys some terrible scares with her mischief, and gets poor Teddy to carry her home without him even knowing it. Sometime the toys get their own back, but it's never long before Amelia Jane's back to being just as bad as ever!
Bond, Michael
Paddington: a day at the seaside & other stories. 2010. Read by Michael Hordern, 1 hour 5 minutes. TB 17851.
Four dramatised stories starring Paddington bear.
Bradman, Tony
Tommy Niner and the planet of danger. 2008. Read by Richard Mitchley, 43 minutes. TB 16496.
Tommy Niner series; book 1. Tommy Niner is accompanying his Dad on a mission into space, along with Grandpa and a grumpy computer called Ada. Suddenly, Dad disappears and it is up to Tommy and the others to find him.
Brand, Christianna
Nanny McPhee: The collected tales of Nurse Matilda. 2007. Read by Stephanie Beattie, 7 hours 12 minutes. TB 17633.
Three books about the no-nonsense nanny who uses magic to rein in the mischievous children in her charge - and changes their lives for ever.
Broad, Michael
Ghost diamond! 2008. Read by Lucy Scott, 51 minutes. TB 15679.
Agent Amelia series; book 1. These stories are about Agent Amelia and how she goes about saving the world all by herself by thwarting a string of criminal masterminds in the process!
Brown, Jeff
Flat Stanley. 2007. Read by David Healy, 33 minutes. TB 16442.
Stanley is just a normal healthy boy, but since a large notice-board fell on him, he's been only half an inch thick. But it's not always easy being different, and Stanley wishes he could be just like everybody else again. But how will he ever fill out?
Burchett, Jan
Skeleton island. 2012. Read by Teresa Quigley, 31 hour 33 minutes. TB 19906.
Sam Silver lives near the sea and enjoys beach-combing for pirate treasures. When he finds an ancient message in a bottle he thinks it will make a great new relic for his collection, but the bottle holds a very special secret. Inside is a gold doubloon which whisks Jack back in time to 1705.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Editha's burglar. 1888. Read by Marjorie Anderson, 29 minutes. TB 12918.
Editha was a strange little girl, but she was very brave when she heard the burglar downstairs.
Bussell, Darcey
Delphie and the glass slippers. 2008. Read by Emma Powell, 58 minutes. TB 16800.
Magic ballerina series; book 4. Delphie and her friends are preparing a special dance for their ballet teacher, Madame Za-Za. But suddenly, Delphie is catapulted to the magical world of Enchantia. Can she help Cinderella meet her handsome prince and still make it back in time for the show?
Bussell, Darcey
Six Holly stories. 2010. Read by Helen Lacey, 4 hours 24 minutes. TB 18745.
In Enchantia, Holly discovers a carousel of mythical creatures. They have been enchanted and trapped on the carousel by the Wicked Fairy. She wants to capture the Silver Unicorn to complete her menagerie. Can Holly and the White Cat warn the unicorn in time?
Bussell, Darcey
Six Rosa stories. 2010. Read by Helen Lacey, 4 hours 41 minutes. TB 18531.
Return to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating second series of Magic Ballerina! Delphie has handed over the Magic Ballet Shoes to Rosa. Rosa knows that her new red ballet shoes are special, but she discovers that they are magical when she is whirled into Enchantia, a world peopled with ballet characters!
Butterfield, Moira
Daisy the dream fairy. 2009. Read by Lisa Milne-Henderson, 58 minutes. TB 19952.
Daisy is the best fairy flyer at the Utterly Flutterly Fairy School and can fly faster and higher than any of her fairy friends, a very useful skill when Drizzle the Wicked Witch sets about upsetting the human schoolchildren on their camping trip.
Butterworth, Annette
The adventures of Jake collection. 2010. Read by Evelyn McLean, 3 hours 42 minutes. TB 17640.
The Adventures of Jake series stars a very unusual dog. If he's not digging up the roses or eating too much chocolate, he might be getting ready for a game of football or daydreaming about going to Crufts!
Caulfield, Annie
Katie Milk solves reality-TV-crimes. 2008. Read by India Fisher, 4 hours 29 minutes. TB 15567.
Excitement builds when a reality-TV crew arrive at Katie's boarding school. This could be her big chance to star on TV! But the show's producer is her arch-enemy, Danielle's, older brother, and as usual Danielle is doing everything in her power to make sure there's only one star - her. If Katie and her friends can win the talent contest, then they're guaranteed a shot at fame. But with Katie distracted by a runaway dog, suspected kidnappers and other crimes, she might have to stage an even bigger performance in order to save the day.
Chapman, Linda
Magic by moonlight; and Believe in magic. 2007. Read by Sara Markland, 3 hours 53 minutes. TB 15672.
Stardust series; book 1 & 2. Contains two magical adventures about Lucy and her 'stardust spirit' friends. Nine-year-old Lucy is really pleased when Allegra Greenwood moves in next door and the girls quickly become friends. But when Allegra tells her that she is a stardust spirit', Lucy discovers a whole world of magic beyond even her imagination. As well as the ability to fly, each stardust spirit has their own set of very special powers dictated by their individual star. Very soon, Lucy finds out that not only is her secret identity exciting but also brings responsibility. She has much to learn about stardust and it's going to be a rollercoaster ride along the way!
Chapman, Linda
Mermaid island; and Mermaid fire. 2007. Read by Sara Markland, 1 hour 30 minutes. TB 15674.
Not quite a mermaid series; books 1 & 2. Elecktra is a human mermaid - a mermaid with legs instead of a tail. Abandoned as a tiny baby, she was found by the merpeople of Mermaid Island. They decided to adopt her and gave her sea-powder so that she could live and breathe underwater. Now aged nine, Elecktra's desire for adventure is always getting her and her dolphin friend Splash into trouble.
Cheshire, Simon
Jeremy Brown: secret agent. 2005. Read by Richard Mitchley, 3 hours 5 minutes. TB 15329.
Jeremy Brown series; books 1-3. Villains beware! It's Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service! Jeremy Brown may look like a weedy schoolboy, but he's actually an MI7 agent. One minute he and his sidekick, Patsy Spudd, are in class, the next day they're battling evil criminals for communications satellite, facing cheese-smelling aliens on Mars or travelling to Egypt to tangle with more mummies than you can sheikh a stick at.
Cheshire, Simon
They melted his brain! 2007. Read by Stephen Perring, 2 hours 21 minutes. TB 15629.
Schoolboy film-director Matthew Bland makes sensational movies. With titles such as Head Transplant, they all star his friends Lloyd and Julie - and they're all rubbish. But one morning, at a quarter past three, Matthew's video records a sinister, brain-washing TV transmission that's beyond even his wildest imaginings!
Child, Lauren
Clarice Bean spells trouble. 2005. Read by Bethany Minelle, 2 hours 57 minutes. TB 19704.
Clarice Bean is back, with more outrageous, giggle-filled family incidents and Ruby Redfort inspired adventures.
Child, Lauren
Utterly me, Clarice Bean. 2003. Read by Bethany Minelle, 2 hours 17 minutes. TB 17964.
Clarice's extraordinarily ordinary family is under pressure. Dad keeps muttering about how "there might be a reshuffle going on at work", while mum spends her life "gribbling about pants on the floor and shoes on the sofa". And as for her brother, Minal Cricket, he "tends to be utterly a nuisance". Meanwhile, Mrs Wilburton, the school teacher who insists that Clarice sets a book project "which sounds utterly dreary", until, that is, Miss Bean realises there is a prize.
Childs, Rob
Soccer mad. 2009. Read by Tom Watt, 1 hour 28 minutes. TB 18512.
Luke Crawford is captain of the Swillsby Swifts, a Sunday team. He is convinced that good teamwork and practice can turn his side into winners on the pitch - but he faces a real challenge when the Swifts are drawn to face the Padley Panthers - the league stars - in the first round of the Sunday League Cup.
Childs, Rob
Soccer stars. 1999. Read by Greg Wagland, 1 hour 52 minutes. TB 11919.
Soccer mad series; book 1. The Swilby Swifts are off on an Easter tour! Their skipper Luke Crawford, is hoping for some terrific results - especially as his talented cousin, Jon, is to play for the Swifts as a guest star.
Childs, Rob
All goalies are crazy. 2007. Read by Rob Childs, 1 hour 35 minutes. TB 16340.
Soccer mad series; book 2. No-one enjoys keeping goal so much as Sanjay Mistry. But after he makes a series of terrible match-losing blunders, Luke Crawford decides that it's time someone else had a go - himself. Determined to prove himself as the number one goalie, Sanjay rises to the challenge with some outstanding saves.
Childs, Rob
Black and white. 2009. Read by Glen McCready, 1 hour 42 minutes. TB 18031.
Josh is soccer-mad and can't wait to show off his ball skills to his new classmates. After all, he is the nephew of Ossie Williams -- the best footballer in the country. Josh's arrival helps to give shy Matthew more confidence, but it is not welcomed by Rajesh, the school goalkeeper and captain. With important seven-a-side tournaments coming up, will the players be able to settle their differences and work together as a team?
Cliff, Alex
The jaws of doom & The heads of horror. 2008. Read by David Thorpe, 2 hours 19 minutes. TB 15854.
Superpowers series; books 1 & 2. When the castle walls of Max and Finlay's den start crumbling away, little do the best mates know that everything is about to change. Trapped inside the wall is the ancient god Hercules and he needs the boys help! The friends must complete a terrifying challenge every day for seven days and can choose only one of Hercules's amazing superpowers at a time to help them.
Close, Robin
The lazy leprechaun. 1977. Read by Robin Close, 1 hour 22 minutes. TB 13085.
"Adventure is it you want!" cried Jo O'Leary, stamping up and down. "And what finer adventure is there than to look for the great Crock of Gold that Giant Finn MacCool himself buried all those years ago at the Rainbow's end!" But Seamus, his son, wanted more from life than watching for rainbows and plotting the paths they took. One day, wearing his fine new shoes, he set off to find adventure. As read on Jackanory by Cyril Cuscack.
Close, Robin
Return of the giants. Read by Robin Close, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 12970.
Sequel to: The lazy leprechaun.
Cole, Stephen
The glittering storm. 2008. Read by Elisabeth Sladen, 1 hour 12 minutes. TB 17913. The Sarah Jane adventures.
When Sarah Jane disturbs a burglar in the night, she is surprised to find a middle-aged woman, her pockets stuffed with jewellery, demanding gold. The next day, she reads a newspaper story about a granny who broke into a jewellers, and then Maria reports that a woman has been stealing rings and necklaces from the girls' changing room at school. All the women had recently attended the Auriga Clinic, a private health centre specialising in treating muscular aches and pains. Is there a link between the clinic and the odd behaviour of its patients? Sarah Jane decides to find out, but she soon discovers that the clinic's secret agenda is more sinister than she could ever have imagined.
Cole, Stephen
Riddle of the raptors. 2006. Read by Toby Longworth, 1 hour 11 minutes. TB 16444.
Astrosaurs series; book 1. Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur! On the incredible spaceship DSS Sauropod, along with his faithful crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy, Teggs rights wrongs, fights evil and eats a lot of grass! In this first adventure, the herbivore astrosaurs have to face a fearsome enemy - a band of greedy carnivorous raptors who have kidnapped two athlete dinosaurs from under Tegg's nose. Can the Captain save the dinosaurs, escape from terrifying T-Rexes and still save the Dinosaur Games?
Cole, Stephen
The hatching horror. 2007. Read by Toby Longworth, 1 hour 17 minutes. TB 18182.
Astrosaurs series; book 2. Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur. On the incredible spaceship DSS Sauropod, along with his faithful crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy, Teggs rights wrongs, fights evil and eats a lot of grass. Teggs and his crew are trying to transport some very rare and precious eggs across the galaxy to a safe haven where they can hatch.
Cole, Stephen
The seas of doom. 2007. Read by Toby Longworth, 1 hour 14 minutes. TB 18027.
Astrosaurs series; book 3. Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur! Teggs and his crew have been sent to a watery planet where a very large and very scary monster has been attacking a local fish factory. When Teggs and Gipsy travel down to the bottom of the sea to check out the monster, they come under attack themselves - and end up in the company of a rather strange creature with amnesia. Will they manage to find their way back to the surface?
Collins, Janet
Barty. 1986. Read by Pauline Munro, 2 hours 30 minutes. TB 6491.
Barty Dobbs is very small for a nine-year-old and he is always being teased. When his class are asked to keep a journal of their summer holidays, he feels very much the odd one out: everyone else seems to be going away while he has to stay at home. But Barty's holiday proves to be full of new and exciting adventures.
Comyns, Barbara
The juniper tree : adapted from the children's fairy story of same name by the Brothers Grimm, which is far too macabre for adult reading. 1985. Read by Harriet Walter, 1 hours 57 minutes. TB 13380.
"I had been living in Twickenham for just over a month when the shop bell rang. It was the beautiful woman from Richmond, the one who had cut her hand, the blood dripping on the snow."
Cooper, Louise
Mermaid curse: the black pearl. 2009. Read by Jilly Bond, 2 hours 44 minutes. TB 17005.
Mermaid curse series; book 2. Sequel to: Mermaid curse: the silver dolphin. Since her family moved to Cornwall, Lizzy's world has been turned upside down by the discovery that she has a long-lost brother, Kes, and even more amazingly that their mother is a mermaid. Now Lizzy and her new family must bravely battle the evil sea queen and her terrfying servant, for Lizzy has a powerful treasure and the sea queen will stop at nothing to get it.
Cooper, Louise
Mermaid curse: the rainbow pool. 2009. Read by Jilly Bond, 2 hours 35 minutes. TB 17006.
Mermaid curse series; book 3. Since her family moved to Cornwall, Lizzy's world has been turned upside down by the discovery that she has a long-lost brother, Kes, and even more amazingly that their mother is a mermaid. Now Kes is blackmailed by the evil mermaid queen into parting with the precious silver pearl which makes her even more powerful.
Cope, Andrew
Spy pups: danger island. 2011. Read by India Fisher, 2 hours 13 minutes. TB 19812.
Beaches up and down Britain are in terrible danger. A greedy trickster is polluting the seas - soon there'll be nowhere safe to swim. But when Spud discovers a mysterious underground secret, only he and Star can save the day - and the seaside!
Cope, Andrew
Spy pups: prison break. 2011. Read by India Fisher, 2 hours 16 minutes. TB 18623.
Spud and Star are on a daredevil rescue mission to save Lara from the evil Mr Big! He's been in prison plotting his revenge and unless the pups can outwit him, Lara is in deadly danger.
Cresswell, Helen
Ordinary jack. 2006. Read by Clive Mantle, 6 hours 18 minutes. TB 15858.
The Bagthorpes series; book 1. Jack's the only one in his family who isn't a genius. His brothers and sisters can do everything better than him. Even his little sister can outswim him. Luckily Jack's got two allies: Zero his dog and his Uncle Parker. Zero's not much help, but Uncle Parker's a star. Until he comes up with a plan to help Jack do something that none of his family could ever do: tell the future.
Cresswell, Helen
Absolute zero. 2007. Read by Clive Mantle, 5 hours 33 minutes. TB 15857.
The Bagthorpes series; book 2. Jack has always felt his dog Zero is special, even if the rest of his family don't think much of him. When the family gets obsessed with stupid competitions, Zero becomes the most famous and best-loved mongrel in the country.
Cresswell, Helen
Bagthorpes unlimited. 2007. Read by Clive Mantle, 5 hours 28 minutes. TB 15960.
The Bagthorpes series; book 3. If the Bagthorpe parents think it's fine to invite the Bagthorpe cousins to stay, then their children think it's fine to do whatever it takes to get rid of them. And whatever it takes are maggots, mould and crafty contamination of their food. But a cousin-free house isn't the only challenge facing the Bagthorpe children. There are World Records to be broken, as well as reputations, daydreams and plenty of china.
Cresswell, Helen
Bagthorpes v. the world. 2008. Read by Clive Mantle, 6 hours 18 minutes. TB 16406.
The Bagthorpes series; book 4. When Mr Bagthorpe gets his latest bank statement, all hell breaks loose! He thinks he's broke and nothing can persuade him that the bank has made a mistake. All he can think about is saving money - and that means that if the Bagthorpes don't raise it themselves, they're not eating it. No shops; no sweets; no arguments. But the Bagthorpes have never really been hunter-gatherers. So, while Granny Bagthorpe retires to her room to scoff a hamper from Harrods, the rest of the family find food - and how to stop it escaping - a whole new challenge!
Cross, Gillian
Beware of the Demon Headmaster. 2002. Read by Lucy Tregear, 1 hour. TB 18260.
Demon Headmaster series; book 1. Sally and her twin Ben have been looking forward to their school trip to Notley Castle for ages. There are dungeons, and weapons, and a cannon to fire... But on the day, Ben is ill and has to stay in bed, so Sally promises to send him a text message every hour, to let him know what's going on. When Sally's messages start sounding very strange indeed, Ben decides to get out of his sick bed and ride to the rescue.
Curtin, Judi
Alice next door. 2008. Read by Alison Coffey, 2 hours 34 minutes, TB 15956.
Poor Megan! Not only is she stuck with totally uncool parents and a little sister who is too cute for words, but now her very best friend, Alice, has moved away. Now Megan has to go back to school to face the dreaded Melissa all on her own. The two friends hatch a risky plot to get back together. But can their secret plan work?
Dahl, Roald
James and the giant peach: a children's story. 1967. Read by Roald Dahl, 2 hours 45 minutes. TB 6212.
James is a poor orphan who lives with his two grotesque spinster aunts, one very fat and one very thin. When a giant peach grows in their back garden, James escapes inside it where he discovers some mysterious creatures. The peach rolls away from his unhappy home and James is released into an exciting new life of adventure.
Dahl, Roald
The witches. 1983. Read by Pauline Munro, 4 hours. TB 4966. When Roald Dahl was a little boy he had a cigar-smoking grandmother who was a very good storyteller. She was also a witchhunter which made her an expert on the subject of REAL witches. REAL witches are very dangerous because they look very much like ordinary people. They spend all their time plotting to get rid of children. This book tells you how to recognise a REAL witch and what you should do if you are ever unlucky enough to meet one.
Dahl, Roald
Danny the champion of the world. 2001. Read by David Thorpe, 4 hours 3 minutes. TB 14707.
Danny's father had looked after him ever since his mother died when he was four months old. They were very close, which was why Danny was so surprised to discover that his father had a deep, dark secret that was to lead them both into a wild and difficult scheme - and a lot of trouble.
Dahl, Roald
Esio Trot. 1991. Read by Richard Derrington, 45 minutes. TB 11766.
Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for the attractive widow Mrs Silver. She, however, lavishes all her attention on another - Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than 140 tortoises.
Dahl, Roald
The vicar of Nibbleswicke. 1991. Read by Frank Duncan, 23 minutes. TB 8645.
As a boy, the Rev. Robert Lee overcame his severe dyslexia problem. But soon after becoming Vicar of Nibbleswicke, he developed a particular, unusual form of dyslexia: sometimes words turned themselves round and came out of his mouth backwards and quite the wrong way round. Trap became part and his own name Eel. The outrage and embarrassment which resulted was considerable. Roald Dahl explains the Vicar's situation and the simple cure.
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the chocolate factory. 2001. Read by David Thorpe, 3 hours 35 minutes. TB 14662.
Mr Wonka's inventions are out of this world. He's thought up every kind of sweet imaginable in his amazing chocolate factory, but no one has ever seen inside, or met Mr Wonka! Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a golden ticket and wins the trip of a lifetime around the famous chocolate factory.
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. 2001. Read by David Thorpe, 3 hours 40 minutes. TB 14695.
Sequel to: Charlie and the chocolate factory. The last time we met Charlie he had seen told that he had inherited the fabulous Chocolate Factory and he and his family were riding with Mr Wonka in the Great Glass Elevator high above his home town. The Elevator orbits the Earth in a space adventure and then returns to the factory to make Wonka-Vite which causes some amazing things to happen.
Dahl, Roald
The BFG. 1982. Read by Gretel Davis, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 4580.
To be abducted through her bedroom window by an enormous hand and taken rushing through the night came as quite a surprise to little Sophie. But far bigger surprises are in store and just what the RAF has to do with it, or dream-bottling for that matter or even 'snozzcombers' (the filthiest vegetable in the world) will all be revealed.
Dahl, Roald
Matilda. 1988. Read by Gene Foad, 5 hours 4 minutes. TB 7715.
Matilda is a very intelligent little girl, but her parents, Mr and Mrs Wormwood, never seem to notice and treat her more like a scab than a daughter. Before the age of five, she has read Dickens, Steinbeck, Hemingway and Kipling. Her parents are no match for her genius, and when she is attacked by Miss Turnbull the headmistress, she discovers she has a psychic power that can save her school and her friend and teacher, Miss Honey.
Dahl, Roald
The giraffe and the pelly and me. 2008. Read by Tom Stanley, 1 hour 5 minutes. TB 17943.
Billy is surprised when a giraffe, a pelican and a monkey move into the queer old wooden house that used to be a sweet shop. The giraffe is concerned because they need work for their Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company. The next thing you know they are cleaning the windows of Hampshire House, home of the Duke of Hampshire and the pelican is catching a burglar.
Dahl, Roald
The magic finger. 1995. Read by Joanna Myers, 30 minutes. TB 11787.
The Greggs are hunters who will shoot anything for fun. The little girl next door to them can't stand hunting. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs just laugh at her. So she does the only thing she can - she puts her magic finger on them... The Greggs wake up the next day to find that their arms have turned into wings! But that's just the beginning of their problems, because when a family of giant ducks takes over their house, the Greggs discover they're no longer the hunters - they're the hunted!
Dalton, Annie
The Afterdark princess. 1992. Read by Conrad Hornby, 2 hours 6 minutes. TB 11800.
Joe Quail is easily worried - the wrong kind of boy altogether to be a hero, but when Alice shows Joe the Kingdom of Afterdark and explains that someone's life is at stake, there doesn't seem to be much choice, and Joe is swept into an adventure to save the last Princess of Afterdark.
Dalton, Annie
Dream snatcher. 1998. Read by Karen Cass, 3 hours 42 minutes. TB 11705.
Vasco Shine is a threat to every child - he steals their dreams. Only Joe, Kevin and pale, prickly Flora can stop him. They must go into the fantastic Kingdom of Afterdark where nothing and no one is what it seems. Travelling through paradise islands, magical dream fields and terrifying dangers, the three friends search for the Pearl of the Deep - the key to Vasco's wickedness.
Dalton, Annie
The real Tilly Beany. 2010. Read by Jane Asher, 2 hours 19 minutes. TB 18923.
Five-year-old Tilly Beany can be anyone she wants to be: a witch one day, a mermaid the next. But what if she got stuck pretending, and lost the way back to being the real Tilly Beany? With lots of love from her parents and big sister Kate, and some magic from Mrs Gladwell, Tilly discovers herself again.
Daniels, Lucy
Kittens in the kitchen. 1994. Read by Patricia Jones, 3 hours 17 minutes. TB 11545.
Animal ark series; book 1. Not everyone else cares for animals as much as andy does. When a stray cat gives birth in Mr William's kitchen, he is absolutely furious. Can Mandy find homes for four newborn kittens in just one week?
Daniels, Lucy
Pony in the porch. 1994. Read by Patricia Jones, 2 hours 58 minutes. TB 11564.
Animal ark series; book 2. When Mandy meets stuck-up Susan Collins she quickly decides that the only good thing about her is her pony Prince! Then Mandy realises that Susan's determination to win at show-jumping threatens the life of the beautiful pony. Can she convince Susan before it's too late?
Daniels, Lucy
Puppies in the pantry. 1994. Read by Patricia Jones, 2 hours 47 minutes. TB 11601.
Animal ark series; book 3. A film crew arrives in town, and Mandy offers to look after some of the animal stars. But the most important animal, Charley the Labrador, suddenly disappears. Can Mandy and her friend James find the dog before something terrible happens?
Daniels, Lucy
Goat in the garden. 1994. Read by Patricia Jones, 3 hours 23 minutes. TB 12727.
Animal ark series; book 4. Houdini the black goat is a mischief-maker. But he's beautiful and Mandy and James love him. Now Houdini's in big trouble - he keeps escaping and eating Mr Western's prize plants. And Mr Western is taking matters into his own hands. Can Mandy and James save Houdini?
Daniels, Lucy
Hedgehogs in the hall. 1994. Read by Patricia Jones, 2 hours 54 minutes. TB 12728.
Animal ark series; book 5. Rescuing an injured mother hedgehog is difficult enough - but what will happen to her terrified babies? Who will look after them? There's no room at Animal Ark for wild animals. Can Mandy and James safely release the hedgehog family back into the wild?
Daniels, Lucy
Badger in the basement. 1997. Read by Patricia Jones, 2 hours 46 minutes. TB 12375.
Animal ark series; book 6. James leads Mandy to a badger sett he's been watching, but they find the sett has been deliberately destroyed! Even worse, they find an orphaned badger cub. Can Mandy and James find out who has done such a terrible, cruel thing? And will they find a home for the young badger?
Daniels, Lucy
Cub in the cupboard. 1994. Read by Patricia Jones, 3 hours 5 minutes. TB 12383.
Animal ark series; book 7. Mandy and James are horrified when they discover a mother fox caught in a cruel trap - so is the rest of Welford! But somebody local must be responsible... The two friends are determined to find the culprit. But first, who can look after the mischievous fox cub?
Daniels, Lucy
Jess the border collie: the arrival. 1998. Read by Martha Leishman, 2 hours 23 minutes. TB 11404.
Jess the border collie series; book 1. Jenny Miles lives on a busy sheep farm in the Scottish Borders. Life is hard, and even a new puppy has to earn its keep. So when Nell the sheepdog gives birth to a tiny puppy with a twisted leg, his future looks bleak. But Jenny sees that even though Jess will never be a working dog, there is something very special about him.
Daniels, Lucy
Jess the border collie: the challenge. 1998. Read by Martha Leishman, 2 hours 15 minutes. TB 11472.
Jess the border collie series; book 2. It's lambing season at the farm, and this year there are more orphaned lambs than ever. Without help to feed them, there's a danger that many of the lambs will die. Jenny sees how gentle Jess is with the tiny lambs - perhaps there's a way he can help?
Daniels, Lucy
Jess the border collie: the runaway. 1998. Read by Martha Leisham, 2 hours 15 minutes. TB 11492.
Jess the border collie series; book 3. Jenny's friend Paul McLay has gone missing, and the whole village is out looking for him. Jenny has an idea where Paul might be found. But it's getting dark, and storm clouds are gathering. Jenny's plan might help to save Paul, but will it lead her and her dog, Jess, into danger?
Davies, Andrew
Conrad's war. 1978. Read by William Abney, 3 hours 27 minutes. TB 4511.
Conrad was in a rage. He usually was: his immensely unsatisfactory family (and especially Dad) never listened to him, hardly ever even seemed to notice him. He would have to build a tank and drive it through the living-room wall - between Dad and the TV. That would gain his full attention. It did. But that was only the start of a series of very strange happenings...
Davies, Hunter
Flossie Teacake again! 2008. Read by Eve Karpf, 2 hours 15 minutes. TB 16491.
Flossie, the youngest of the family, wasn't allowed to do any of the things she saw Bella and Fergus doing - like staying out all night at a pop festival, or baby-sitting, or having a part-time job. But in Bella's room was a wonderful pink coat stand, on which there usually hung a shiny fur coat and with that coat all Flossie's wishes came true.
Davies, Katie
The great hamster massacre. 2010. Read by Bethany Minelle, 2 hours 11 minutes. TB 17417.
A natural and honest version of life's events from the perspective of a young girl - from her suspicions about her neighbours, to her rocky friendship with the girl next door; from the sudden death of her beloved granny to her relentless quest for a pet hamster, only to then find it mysteriously slaughtered - which kickstarts a local investigation of 'suspects'.
Davison, Peter
Peter Davison's book of alien monsters. 1982. Read by Malcolm Ruthven, 3 hours 38 minutes. TB 12956.
Nine stories to help you discover just who our neighbours in the galaxy might be - and what they might be up to....
De la Mare, Walter
Collected stories for children. 1957. Read by Andrew Timothy, 15 hours 40 minutes. TB 3282.
Seventeen stories, charmingly told, and sure to appeal to children of all ages.
Deary, Terry
The knight of stars and storms. 2006. Read by Toby Longworth, 5 hours 10 minutes. TB 16989.
The Marsden family are deep in debt and in danger of losing their home, Marsden Manor. Sir James Marsden sets sail for London to sell a cargo of coal to save the family fortunes, taking Will Marsden and Meg the serving girl along. But someone seems to be out to get them.
DeJong, Meindert
The wheel on the school. 1954. Read by Gene Foad, 7 hours. TB 5018.
Shora is a small fishing village in Holland. It has some houses, a church with a tower and a school with six children and a teacher - but no storks. One day the children wonder why this should be. Sometimes to wonder is to make things happen ...
DeJong, Meindert
The House of sixty fathers. 1958. Read by Gene Foad, 4 hours 26 minutes. TB 13075.
The Tien family are refugees from the invading armies of Japan. Young Tien Po is left in the family sampan while his parents look for work. As he sleeps the boat drifts downstream and the boy, with the family pig, Beauty of the Republic, begin their long and dangerous journey.
DiCamillo, Kate
Because of Winn-Dixie. 2006. Read by Cherry Jones, 2 hours 31 minutes. TB 16440.
One summer's day, ten-year-old Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. He is big, skinny and smelly, but he has a winning smile and helps Opal to make lots of friends that summer.
DiTerlizzi, Tony
The field guide ; and The seeing stone. 2004. Read by Mark Hamill, 1 hour 9 minutes. TB 15537.
The Spiderwick chronicles; books 1 & 2. The Field Guide - When Jared, Mallory and Simon move into their new home, they discover their great-uncle's book, Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastic World Around You. They realise that the house is full of faeries and other mythical creatures, who will do anything in their power to stop the children from telling the world about them. The Seeing Stone - After their incredible discovery, the Grace children have many questions. With the aid of the seeing stone, some of them are answered. They find out the fate of their missing cat, and begin to realise the true nature of the secret world around them - and the danger they are in.
DiTerlizzi, Tony
Lucinda's secret ; and The ironwood tree. 2004. Read by Mark Hamill, 2 hours 13 minutes. TB 15576.
The Spiderwick chronicles; books 3 & 4. Lucinda's secret - Things at the Grace residence are getting out of hand. As if goblins and trolls weren't enough, now the house boggart, Thimbletack, is out to get Jared. Could their crazy Aunt Lucinda help the children work out why the faeries are stalking them? The Ironwood tree - The Grace children face their greatest challenge yet when a shape-shifter shows up and Mallory disappears. A trail of clues leads to the abandoned quarry, where they find the incredible Ironwood tree - and their sister asleep inside a glass coffin.
DiTerlizzi, Tony
The wrath of mulgarath. 2005. Read by Mark Hamill, 1 hour 33 minutes. TB 15603.
The Spiderwick chronicles; book 5. In their final, thrilling adventure, the Grace children face their scariest adventure yet as they battle dwarves and goblins in a desperate fight to free their mother from the clutches of the evil ogre, Mulgarath.
Dickinson, Peter
Chuck and Danielle. 2012. Read by Andrew Sachs, 1 hour 59 minutes. TB 19813.
Chuck is a whippet. A very nervous whippet, who's scared of everything. Some people say Chuck's a wimpet, not a whippet & Mum keeps pretending she's going to give Chuck away, but Danielle loves her whippet & knows that there's more to Chuck.
Dicks, Terrance
The case of the missing masterpiece. 1978. Read by Bruce Montague, 3 hours 50 minutes. TB 13059.
Baker Street Irregulars; book 1. Introducing the four young friends who call themselves the Baker Street Irregulars. Basing his methods on those of the great Sherlock Holmes, Dan leads his friends through an adventure that becomes far more dangerous than he bargained for.
Dicks, Terrance
The cinema swindle. 1980. Read by Bruce Montague, 3 hours 17 minutes. TB 12922.
Baker Street Irregulars; book 4. Sequel to: The blackmail boys. The Baker Street Irregulars investigate the mysterious fire that destroys the Rio cinema one Saturday night.
Doder, Joshua
A dog called Grk. 2007. Read by Clive Mantle, 6 hours 8 minutes. TB 17519.
Grk; book 1. When Tim is followed home by a dog on the street, he's determined to find out who the friendly stray belongs to. But with a little investigating, Tim discovers that Grk's owners don't live in his town, or even in his country. Max and Natascha Raffifi, Grk's owners, have been kidnapped with their ambassador parents by the evil Colonel Zinfandel and taken to a prison in Eastern Europe. Tim knows he's about to undertake a mission his parents wouldn't exactly approve of. He sneaks out of the house in the middle of the night with Grk, catches a taxi to the airport, then hops on a plane to Stanislavia. Together he and Grk will have to break into a high-security prison, pilot a helicopter, and make a nail-biting run for the border in this high-octane, international adventure.
Dolan, Penny
The third elephant. 2008. Read by Charlotte Strevens, 2 hours 25 minutes. TB 16509.
Everyone needs help to follow their dreams. When a little wooden elephant falls from a window into the outside world, he is found first by Sara, then by Nita and finally by Jack, who all believe he'll bring them luck. But as the third elephant travels across continents and learns of the children's hopes and fears, he wonders if he really has the power to help them - and whether he will ever fulfil his own dream.
Doyle, Malachy
Amadans. 2006. Read by Hugh Lee, 2 hours 51 minutes. TB 16465.
Amadan series; book 1. When Jimmy finds a strange-looking badge with the word Amadans on it, no one seems to know what it means. When he logs onto the Amadan website, he finds the ugliest fairies ever. Soon, he is pulled into the Amadan world, currently in turmoil because their powers are sapping. The Queen wants Jimmy to help.
Doyle, Malachy
Amadans alert. 2007. Read by Hugh Lee, 4 hours 9 minutes. TB 16713.
Amadans series; book 2. The Amadan fairies are back in this zany sequel to Amadans. This time they come to help Jimmy against a gang of lads stealing bikes.
Doyle, Roddy
The giggler treatment. 2007. Read by Tommy Tiernan, 1 hour 3 minutes. TB 16443.
Mr Mack is about to step foot-first into a fate he doesn't deserve. He is about to experience the giggler treatment. The gigglers are magical pranksters who exact appropriate revenge on adults who have been mean to children. What is the giggler treatment? And why is Mr Mack in for it?
Duncan, Jane
Camerons on the train. 1963. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 2 hours 26 minutes. TB 13182.
The three Cameron children go on their first train journey by themselves. They thought it would be a very dull journey, but it turned out to be a very exciting adventure.
Duncan, Jane
Camerons on the hills. 1963. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 3 hours 41 minutes. TB 13181.
The Cameron children go halfway up the mountain to see their friend Angus. There is a disaster and their help makes them very important people.
Dunnett, Margaret
No pets allowed: and other animal stories. 1981. Read by William Abney, 4 hours. TB 4112.
Nine short stories told with a gentle humour, about what happens when children try to tame and defend the wild creatures who have become part of the human scene.
Durrell, Gerald
The talking parcel. 1974. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 2675.
Penelope, Simon and Peter set out to rescue Mythologia from the rule of the Cockatrices. A story for children.
Dyer, Heather
The boy in the biscuit tin. 2008. Read by Ruth Sillers, 2 hours 24 minutes. TB 16438.
When Ibby is sent to stay with her aunt, she discovers her two troublesome boy cousins, Francis and Alex, playing with an old box of magic tricks they found in the attic. Ibby is sure that magic isn't real - until she sees Francis sitting at the bottom of the biscuit tin, magically miniaturized by Alex.
Earls Barton Junior School
All four one. 1986. Read by Judy Franklin, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 6636.
This is a book written by children for children and produced by the whole school community. The first years have written a story about a jelly-loving ghost on a pirate ship (run by two very cowardly pirates) and the second years have contributed a wealth of information about snakes, gerbils, badgers and goldfish (amongst others) in "Friends with Nature". There are 25 pages of poems by the third years and a novel by the fourth years.
Edwards, Dorothy
The magician who kept a pub, and other stories. 1975. Read by Malcolm Ruthven, 2 hours 56 minutes. TB 2865.
A magician who kept a pub and a giant who like eating hot cross boys are some of the people we meet in these short stories full of unexpected magic.
Edwards, Dorothy
More naughty little sister stories. 2005. Read by Jan Francis, 1 hour 30 minutes. TB 19272.
Originally written for the BBC's 'Listen With Mother' radio programme for children, the 'My Naughty Little Sister' stories are based upon the author's recollections of her own childhood with her naughty little sister.
Farjeon, Eleanor
The little bookroom. 1955. Read by Carol Marsh, 11 hours 15 minutes. TB 3674.
Tales of the king's daughter who cries for the moon, the girl who saves her village from destruction by kissing a peach-tree, the six princesses who live for the sake of their long hair, and many more.
Farmer, Penelope
A castle of bone. 1982. Read by Christopher Saul, 4 hours 47 minutes. TB 4351.
Hugh and his father find a rather ugly old cupboard in a junk shop and Hugh persuades his father to buy it - for putting clothes in. That, it turns out, is the last thing he is able to do with it because it changes the contents - sometimes dangerously.
Farmer, Penelope
The summer birds. 1985. Read by David Davis, 3 hours 3 minutes. TB 6149.
Innumerable swallows nested in the battlements of the old house where Charlotte and Emma lived with their grandfather, and swooped and dived all day from May to October. "I wish we could fly like them," said Emma. "And I" Charlotte sighed. Then one day, they meet the boy and there is a wild birdlike freedom about him...
Fine, Anne
Crummy mummy and me. 2011. Read by Brenda Blethyn, 2 hours 18 minutes. TB 18591.
How would you feel if your mother had royal blue hair and wore fishnet tights? It is not easy for Minna being the only sensible one in the family, even though she is used to her Mum's weird clothes and eccentric behaviour.
Fine, Anne
Nag club. 2005. Read by Emma Powell, 23 minutes. TB 20140.
Boggle hats are the latest craze. Everybody at school wants one - but only Lola has one. So she decides to form a club to show the other children how best to nag their parents into buying them one. Tactics range from the Huffy Nag to the Blazing Tantrum. However, the children soon discover that the best way of all is to just be pleasant and say please - or even to earn some money and buy one for themselves!
Fine, Anne.
Step by wicked step /. 2010. Read by Richard Mitchley, 3 hours 4 minutes. TB 19500
When five children are thrown together for the night in a dark, creepy tower, each child tells his or her own story, mirroring the sheer kaleidoscope of feelings that go to make up the highs, lows and in-betweens of living in the modern step-family
Fine, Anne.
A sudden puff of glittering smoke /. 2000. Read by Karina Fernandez, 47 minutes. TB 19316.
When Jeanie releases a genie from a magic ring, her wishes get her into all sorts of trouble due to the genie's interpretation of her requests! She solves the problem by sending the homesick genie to India with a friend.
Flushing, W C
Hadrian's lucky latrine. 2007. Read by Toby Longworth, 3 hours 34 minutes. TB 18504.
Superloo whisks Finn off to Roman Britain where the Emperor Hadrian is visiting his Wall. Conpiracies and plots are afoot involving gladiators, bears, very fierce British tribes and Hadrian's famous latrine.
Forsyth, Anne
Baxter the travelling cat. 2007. Read by Richard Earthy, 33 minutes. TB 4304.
A small cat, hi-jacked in a furniture van, has adventures on his way home.
Frederick, Heather Vogel
Spy Mice: the black paw. 2007. Read by Jennifer Woodward, 4 hours 34 minutes. TB 15734.
Spy Mice series; book 1. In the basement of Washington's International Spy Museum are the headquarters of the Spy Mice Agency. In this first adventure, Morning Glory, a brave and intelligent spy mouse joins forces with Oz, a human boy, to outwit the dastardly Roquefort Dupont, commander-in-chief of the rat underworld. Oz helps the mice to rescue MG when she is kidnapped by RD and together they foil his plans to rid the city of mice forever. In return, MG helps Oz in his battle against the school bullies.
Frewer, Glyn
Bryn of Brockle Hanger: the saga of a badger. 1980. Read by John Rye, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 3833.
How Bryn, the badger born on the Carter's farm, copes with the worst dangers ever to face his species, helped by Tim Carter who had always been interested in the sett.
Friel, Maeve
Tiger Lily: a heroine in the making! 2008. Read by Zoe-Anne Phillips, 1 hour 48 minutes. TB 16516.
Tiger Lily series; book 1. Tiger Lily is not just fond of reading, she's obsessed! Her head is full-to-bursting with stories of pirates, wonderlands, daring deeds and buried treasure. And now she's had one of her big ideas - she's going to become a heroine and roam the world in search of adventure! There's just one problem - Tiger Lily lives in The Middle of Nowhere where nothing ever happens! How will she ever escape?
Gallico, Paul
Manxmouse. 1946. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 31 minutes. TB 13043.
The adventures of a brave little tail-less mouse.
Gallico, Paul
The small miracle. 1951. Read by Robin Browne, 45 minutes. TB 12955.
Pepino and Violetta, a thin brown boy and a dust-coloured donkey with a Mona Lisa smile, have always been the whole world to each other. So when Violetta falls sick Pepino knows he must take her to the shrine of St Francis - even if it means getting permission from the Pope himself.
Gardam, Jane
Through the dolls' house door. 1987. Read by Helen Copp, 3 hours 40 minutes. TB 8153.
Outside the dolls' house, eyes are looking in, but children grow up. Dolls' houses become ornaments or get packed away. A desolate time for the creatures inside it, but organised by a resourceful sugar-cat, they pass the years with stories of their extraordinary lives.
Gardam, Jane
The hollow land. 1981. Read by Stephen Jack, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 4246.
The Hollow Land of the title is the country of the Cumbrian Fells, networked below by old mine workings and underground streams. The stories (which cover about thirty years) are about the people who live there and the "incomers", those who have moved to second homes from the towns. A funny and beautiful, evocative account of the timeless and mysterious qualities of this hollow land.
Garfield, Leon
Guilt and gingerbread. 1984. Read by Denys Hawthorne, 1 hour 46 minutes. TB 13078.
Georgio is a poor student who sets off on his horse to seek his fortune. Because 'travel broadens the mind, it's a fact that, if you do it on a horse it broadens the bottom too' he walks almost as much as he rides since his good looks are his only asset; a fairy tale with a witch, a princess and a golden heart and a measure of horse-sense too.
Garland, Patrick
Oswald the owl. 1990. Read by Sam Dastor, 1 hour 30 minutes. TB 8401.
The adventures of Oswald the owl, Winston the urban fox and the stage rat, who have to leave the deep seclusion and hidden thickets of Andredswald after the Great Blow of 1987 tears away their secret refuge.
Garner, Alan
The stone book. 1976. Read by Richard Earthy, 58 minutes. TB 13076.
Mary asks her stonemason father for a book such as other girls have, but he tells her to walk deep under the hill where the stone comes from. There she finds a secret more wonderful than those told in books.
Garnett, Eve
The family from One End Street. 1937. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 4 hours 54 minutes. TB 3373.
The story of life in a dustman's family in the early twentieth century. Mr and Mrs Ruggles had four boys and three girls, who all had different ways of enjoying themselves, almost none of which needed any money, which was just as well because their mother had to take in washing to help pay the bills.
Gates, Susan
Killer mushrooms ate my gran. 2008. Read by Steven Pacey, 2 hours 45 mintues. TB 16492.
Maggot and his gran have discovered some strange mushrooms. They're like huge red brains, and when they split open - KERRAK! - their spores invade your brain. To Maggot's horror, the mushrooms get his gran. Now they're ready to take over the world. Maggot's on his own. How can he save his gran - and the rest of mankind?
Godden, Rumer
Little Plum. 1963. Read by Syd Ralph, 3 hours 15 minutes. TB 4627.
Little Plum was the Japanese doll who lived next door to Nona Fell and her cousin, Belinda. The difficulty about getting to know Little Plum was that her family were very unfriendly.
Godden, Rumer
The doll's house. 1947. Read by Andrew Timothy, 3 hours. TB 2426.
The Plantagenet Doll Family set out to find a home of their own.
Godden, Rumer
Thursday's children. 1984. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 10 hours 46 minutes. TB 5129.
In many ways Doone, youngest of six, seems an unsatisfactory child, too dreamy to be trusted with the simplest message, a failure at school, always silent and scruffy. But inside his elf-like body is a burning passion to dance, strong enough to overcome any obstacles.
Godden, Rumer
The diddakoi. 1972. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 2696.
Kizzy was a diddakoi - a half-gypsy - but she felt all gypsy. It took her a long time to be accepted by the other children and even longer for her to accept them.
Godden, Rumer
The valiant chatti-maker. 1983. Read by Denys Hawthorne, 1 hour 8 minutes. TB 12959.
An old story which used to be told by an Ayah, an Indian nursemaid, to the children she looked after. The Ayah knew it by heart and had told it so often that it came out exactly word for word as if she were wound up. If anyone interrupted her she had to go back to the beginning and start again. The children never minded. Chattis are earthenware pots: huge ones for storing grain and rice; middlesized ones for carrying water; tiny ones for tea and toddy.
Godden, Rumer
An episode of sparrows. 1958. Read by Stephen Jack, 7 hours 30 minutes. TB 810.
Two children from a poor back street make a garden in a bombed churchyard; their attempts to steal earth lead to events which change several people's lives.
Gordon, John
The giant under the snow. 2007. Read by Julia Barrie, 5 hours 6 minutes. TB 15952.
Three children find an ornate Celtic buckle. To them it's treasure, a fantastic find. They have no idea that it has awakened a giant who has lain at rest for centuries. Little do they know that an evil warlord and his Leathermen have also awaited this moment, this chance to wield their deadly power.
Goudge, Elizabeth
Henrietta's house. 1998. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 6 hours 38 minutes. TB 12801.
Henrietta, her family and friends, set off in traps for a birthday picnic. Each pony mysteriously takes a different route, and the occupants embark on adventures shaped by their hopes and dreams. Henrietta finds her dream house in the magical woods, and all the people she loves most arrive for tea.
Grahame, Kenneth
The wind in the willows. 1908. Read by Phyllis Boothroyd, 7 hours 19 minutes. TB 698.
A book of sunshine, running water, woodlands, and the creatures that inhabit them, with such well-loved friends as Mole, Rat and Badger plus the incomparable Toad of Toad Hall.
Gray, Kes
Daisy and the trouble with life. 2008. Read by Jadie Rose Hobson, 1 hour 31 minutes. TB 16001.
In Daisy's guide to life, nothing is black and white. The trouble with life is it's so not fair. The trouble with Mums is that you can't swap them for other mums when you need to. And the trouble with being grounded is it's so boring. Daisy's trips to the loo are interspersed with hilarious musings about the trouble with everything.
Gray, Kes
Nelly the monster sitter: Grerks, squurms & water greeps. 2006. Read by Kate Sachs, 3 hours 37 minutes. TB 17111.
Nelly soon discovers that there are families of monsters living secretly all over the Montelimar Estate. Join her at three addresses for three monstrously different baby-sitting adventures.
Gray, Nicholas Stuart
Down in the cellar. 1961. Read by Brian Perkins, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 4045.
The Jefferson children discover an old disused cellar under their uncle's rectory; but things get complicated when they find a mysterious young man on the run.
Greenwood, Ted
The Pochetto coat. 1978. Read by Alistair Maydon, 1 hour 48 minutes. TB 13072.
Once upon a time a young actor made himself a coat with a thousand pockets and he gave himself the stage name of Pochetto. Since then there have been many more Pochettos and the latest one, Patrick, comes to work in a circus where he meets Sam, a lonely little girl who wants to be a clown.
Grender, Iris
Did I ever tell you? 1979. Read by Judy Franklin, 45 minutes. TB 12937.
..about my brother Francis and the note from his teacher? ...about the time I bit a boy called Danny Payne? ...about the time when I was bald? Rosemary and her brother Francis never actually set out to be naughty - things just seem to work out that way.
Haddon, Mark.
Boom! 2010. Read by Paul Chequer, 04:09. TB 19334.
From the moment that Jim & his friend Charlie bug the staffroom & overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there's an adventure on its way. But what does spudvetch mean, & why do Mr Kidd's eyes flicker?
Gross, Philip
Marginaliens. 2007. Read by Julia Barrie, 3 hours 53 minutes. TB 15722.
Enna lives with her family above their cafe in Surrey Street. One day, when she is doodling, something amazing happens - one of her doodles comes to life and steps off the paper. He's a strange, wizened little creature who she calls the Dood. She discovers that he lives in the Margins - a strange netherworld inhabited by the contents of people's imaginations. Her drawing is the gateway from one world to another. Enna and the Dood become friends and each helps the other to work their way through some difficult situations.
Hall, Willis
The last vampire. 1982. Read by Rosemary Davis, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 5730.
'My grandfather was the last of the Draculas. I do turn into a bat occasionally but I wouldn't dream of sucking anyone else's blood. As a matter of fact I'm a vegetarian. I'm simply mad about oranges.' On a camping holiday in Europe the Hollins family encounter more than they bargained for....
Harris, Rolf
Win or die! 1989. Read by Rolf Harris, 5 hours 32 minutes. TB 7816.
The day the young King Alonzo left the safety of his palace to experience some of the "real" world saw the start of a series of incredible events which were to change his whole life. Usurped by the ruthless Count Tzlenko, and proclaimed dead, Alonzo is left to struggle for his own survival and his identity. Will the Romanies who put him on trial believe his story? Will he ever be able to return to the throne?
Harvey, Jacqueline
Alice-Miranda at school. 2011. Read by Karen Cass, 5 hours 10 minutes. TB 19915.
Can one tiny girl change a very big school? Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones can't wait to start boarding school. When she arrives at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies, the adventure begins - only not quite as Alice-Miranda expects.
Hendry, Diana
Harvey Angell. 1991. Read by Richard Pearce, 3 hours 13 minutes. TB 8891.
Aunt Agatha rules her household with a rod of iron, and 131 Ballantyne Road is not a happy place until Harvey Angell comes to rent the attic. He breaks all Aunt Agatha's rules and makes her laugh, but there is something mysterious about him. Henry is sure he is no ordinary electrician despite his toolbox. With the aid of Mr Perkins, Henry turns detective and, in solving the mystery of Harvey Angell, also solves the mystery of Aunt Agatha's past ... and his own.
Hildick, E W
Louie's snowstorm. 1975. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 22 minutes. TB 2923.
For Louie, the best of all milkmen, Christmas is always a worrying time. To add to his troubles this year there is a threat of a snowstorm and, worst of all, he finds he has a new helper - a girl!
Hinton, Nigel
Beaver Towers. 1983. Read by Michael Lumsden, 1 hour 56 minutes. TB 10324.
Beaver Towers series; book 1. A magic spell whisks Philip to a far off island, where he meets the beavers, Mr Edgar and Baby B. All the other animals have been imprisoned by the wicked witch Oyin in the dungeons of Beaver Towers. Her evil powers are almost complete; tomorrow night she will put them to death and take over the island. Only magic can save them now, but Mr Edgar's vital spell book is locked away in Beaver Towers. There is no time to lose. Philip sets out at the dead of night on a perilous mission into the witch's stronghold. Magic, humour and suspense combine in this thrilling adventure.
Hinton, Nigel
The witch's revenge. 1984. Read by Michael Lumsden, 2 hours 10 minutes. TB 10357.
Beaver Towers series; book 2. There was a horrible cackling laugh. Philip and Baby B looked up and saw Oyin flying above the trees. Her evil face was lit by the flames. "Burn! Burn!" she screamed in delight, clapped her hands and, at once, a wind began to blow. The flames grew longer and stretched from tree to tree. In every direction Philip looked, the forest was on fire.
Hinton, Nigel
Run to Beaver Towers. 1989. Read by Michael Lumsden, 2 hours 48 minutes. TB 10369.
Beaver Towers series; book 3. Philip had never felt so alone in all his whole life. Then, with a shiver of horror, he realised that he was not alone. Somewhere, out there, in the terrible darkness was something blacker than black. It was coming towards him; Philip's ears were filled with the terrible roaring sound of the voice. Then, as the last word echoed away, he heard another voice, faint and urgent. It was Mr Edgar.
Hinton, Nigel
Beaver Towers: the dark dream. 1997. Read by Michael Lumsden, 2 hours 29 minutes. TB 11677.
Beaver Towers series; book 5. Sequel to Dangerous Journey. Philip and old Mr Edgar set off on an incredible journey. But while they are far away from Beaver Towers, their friends come under threat from a strange, mysterious creature named Retsnom. Only Baby B and Nick can save everyone, but the little beaver and hedgehog have been wasting their powers. Will they be strong enough to fight the evil that threatens them all?
Hirsch, Odo
Bartlett and the ice voyage. 1999. Read by Charlotte Strevens, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 12667.
A young queen rules seven kingdoms and has everything her heart desires, except one thing. But who can bring it to her? Every attempt seems set for failure until Bartlett offers his assistance... but can he help?
Hoban, Russell
The mouse and his child. 1976. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 5 hours 21 minutes. TB 5831.
The mouse and his child is a mechanical toy, and for 5 Christmases the mouse swings his son round, up and down in a slowing circle as the key unwinds. A cat jumps, a vase breaks, the toy is broken, and a tramp rescues it from the dustbin and repairs the mechanism but now the two move straight ahead, not round and round. The tramp winds up the strange pair and sets them on the road.
Hodges, C Walter
Playhouse tales. 1974. Read by Derek Chandler, 5 hours 53 minutes. TB 2709.
Tales built around real characters of the London playhouses in the year 1600.
Hofmeyr, Dianne
Eye of the moon. 2008. Read by India Fisher, 6 hours 17 minutes. TB 15958.
When Isikara discovers the beautiful Queen Tiy of Egypt has been killed and her eldest son, Tuthmosis, is facing the same fate, she finds herself on the run with the young prince to get help to return him to his rightful place on the throne of Egypt. They must travel to Nubia to find allies - a journey which takes them along the Nile, across the desert and through bustling market towns, all the while avoiding their pursuers, the High Priests who wish to silence them. But there are dangers in the desert and all around. Who can they trust? And where will their adventure lead them?
Horgan, Dorothy
Charlie's eye. 1997. Read by David Thorpe, 1 hours 46 minutes. TB 11390.
"Fancy putting your glass eye into a trifle..." Charlie's eye is a menace to her parents and teachers, but makes her a hero at school. Then Jason Jones joins Charlie's class. He takes her place as captain of the football team - and he calls Charlie handicapped. Charlie sets out to prove him wrong. But what exactly does handicapped mean?
Horse, Harry
The last gold diggers. 1999. Read by Bill Wallis, 1 hour 42 minutes. TB 16616.
Grandfather and his demanding, but delightful, dog Roo journey to Australia in search of Uncle Vincent, last heard of prospecting for gold. Their adventures are told in letters sent back to Grandfather's grandchild.
Horwood, William
The willows at Christmas. 2001. Read by Gene Foad, 6 hours 52 minutes. TB 15558.
The twelve day of Christmas are fast approaching and Mole is planning to enjoy every one of them with his River Bank friends. So when the normally cheerful Mr Toad despairs at the arrival of Mrs Ffleshe, a quite impossibly rude house guest, Mole sets out to help. But his plan to rescue Toad goes horribly wrong and, faced with the prospect of Christmas in the Village Gaol, Mole will have to act quickly if he is to keep the Christmas spirit alive.
Horwood, William
The Willows in winter. 1993. Read by Gene Foad, 8 hours 43 minutes. TB 10100.
Since he was a child, the author has loved "The wind in the willows", but he has always been worried by the way that Toad altered at the end of the story. "Toad altered! I didn't believe it then and I don't now and I doubt if the many millions of people who have enjoyed Grahame's book believe it either. To me he always seemed incorrigibly unaltered and what I wanted to know was what happened to him next?"
Horwood, William
Toad triumphant. 1995. Read by Gene Foad, 7 hours 58 minutes. TB 10529.
Sequel to: The willows in winter. The comfortable bachelor world of the River Bank is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a formidable female character, who seems to win Toad's heart. His long-suffering companions Mole, Ratty and Badger must do all they can to save the infatuated Toad from himself.
Huddy, Delia
The Humboldt effect. 1982. Read by Anne White, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 4980.
The Humboldt effect is an experiment with Time. The first trial was a success but when they try to go back in time something goes disastrously wrong. This book raises some interesting questions.
Hughes, Ted
How the whale became, and other stories. 1963. Read by Robin Holmes, 2 hours 8 minutes. TB 13019.
Eleven stories about the days just after the Creation when the animals had to decide what they wanted to be.
Hughes, Ted
The Iron Man: a story in five nights. 1971. Read by Robin Holmes, 1 hour 12 minutes. TB 13020.
The story of two monsters - the Iron Man and the sinister space-bat-angel-dragon. This fable for young children is vigorous, the language rich, a weird, compelling fantasy told in a style of ringing clarity. The story is about two monsters: the Iron Man, huge and terrifying, but made happy by being given a billet in a scrap-metal yard where he can feast on all his favourite titbits; and also a far more sinister monster, a space-bat-angel-dragon, who eats living things....
Hunter, Norman
The incredible adventures of Professor Branestawm. 1933. Read by Malcolm Ruthven, 4 hours 6 minutes. TB 2909.
The extraordinary inventions of the absent-minded professor land him some very curious situations.
Hutchins, H J
TJ and the cats. 2002. Read by Bruce Roney, 1 hour 50 minutes. TB 17447.
TJ Barnes hates cats, but that does not stop a taxi from showing up at his door bearing his grandmother's four felines. The cats involve TJ in a series of adventures, including two that bring the police to his door.
Hutchins, Pat
The curse of the Egyptian mummy. 1983. Read by Ian Craig, 2 hours. TB 5510.
It started with a radio newsflash as the bus carrying 15th Hampstead Cub Scouts neared their campsite. An unidentified body, victim of a deadly snakebite had been found near the camp. The Cubs were determined to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Iggulden, Conn
Tollins. 2009. Read by Conn Iggulden, 1 hour 25 minutes. TB 17008.
Tollins are not fairies. Though they both have wings, fairies are delicate creatures and much smaller. Tollins are also a lot less fragile than fairies. In fact, the word 'fragile' can't really be used about them at all. They are about as fragile as a housebrick! In these three tales, Conn Iggulden introduces the explosive, magical and adventurous world of the Tollins.
Impey, Rose
Mega sleepover club 1. 2002. Read by Lucy Scott, 3 hours 15 minutes. TB 14260.
The sleepover club series; books 1-3. Join the Sleepover Club: Frankie, Kenny, Felicity, Rosie and Lyndsey, five girls who want to have fun - but who always end up in mischief! In The Sleepover Club at Frankie's, the gang decides to set up Brown Owl with Dishy Dave the school caretaker. But playing Cupid isn't as easy as they think. It's Lyndz's birthday in The Sleepover Club at Lyndsey's, and the gang plan a spooky video night. Only the spooks suddenly seem for real. In The Sleepover Club at Felicity's, Fliss goes diet-crazy. But sleepovers and food go hand in hand, and the girls must find emergency supplies!
Impey, Rose
Mega sleepover club 2. 2000. Read by Lucy Scott, 3 hours 58 minutes. TB 14426.
The sleepover club series; books 4-6. Fliss is desperate for a pet in 'The sleepover club at Rosie's', and volunteers to look after the school hamster for the weekend. Kenny's horrible sister is out to make trouble in 'The sleepover club at Kenny's'. In 'Starring the sleepover club', it's all fun and games with Fliss's mum's camcorder. Will the sleepover club discover screen stardom, or will their film be a flop?
Impey, Rose
My scary fairy godmother. 2007. Read by Gillian Walton, 4 hours 22 minutes. TB 15511.
When Isabella's mum becomes ill, she has to go and live with her scary but glamorous cousin, Maxine. Maxine takes one look at mousy little Isabella and knows exactly what she needs - a complete makeover. But not even Maxine's prepared for the monstrous results.
James, Charlie
Dino egg. 2008. Read by Robert Howat, 3 hours 8 minutes. TB 16552.
Sequel to: Fish. Ok. Here's a question: If an egg hatched into a dinosaur on your kitchen table would you: Lock it up in a secure room, and then run for the hills as fast as you could? Or, Hide it from Mum and try to keep it as a pet? It is Ned's bad luck that his brother Bill decides to go for option 'b'. So when a seemingly innocent boiled egg on the breakfast table starts to shake, change colour and say 'cheep' and then hatch out a dinosaur, it is up to Ned to try to shake some sense into his totally irresponsible brother, all the while keeping his eagle-eyed mum in the dark.
Jansson, Tove
Finn family Moomintroll. 1950. Read by Andrew Timothy, 3 hours 16 minutes. TB 2465.
A Moomintroll is small and shy and fat, and has a Moominpapa and a Moominmamma. Moo minutes live in the forests of Finland. They like sunshine, and sleep right through the winter. The snow falls and falls and falls where they live, until their houses look like great snowballs. But when spring comes....
Jarman, Julia
The Jessame stories. 2007. Read by Adjoa Andoh, 1 hour 26 minutes. TB 17351.
Jessame doesn't mind being called Jessy, or Messy Jessy or Baddy Addy. Her full name is Jessame Aduke Olusanya. Sometimes she is messy and sometimes she is bad, but mostly she's just Jessame - a lively, imaginative, loving little girl to whom exciting things happen. Read about her adventures with
the magical Grandpa Williams, Uncle Sharp who goes to sea and brings her back unusual presents from faraway places, and fun loving Aunt Gbee who comes to stay from Africa.
Jeffries, Richard
Bevis. 1882. Read by Michael Williams, 3 hours 15 minutes. TB 7000.
An adventure story in the true "Boy's Own" style, of Bevis and his friend Mark and how they explored the New Sea and the island of New Formosa.
Johnson, Pete
Bug brother & pirate brother. 2007. Read by Evelyn McLean, 2 hours 13 minutes. TB 15954.
In Bug Brother Jamie decides to turn his annoying brother into a bluebottle with the help of his magic cape, but then he can't change him back. In Pirate Brother Jamie uses his magic cape to make his hero, Brave Bill. Jamie and Brave Bill go to school, but then Brave Bill starts shrinking teachers.
Johnson, Pete
2 power: the Korski code. 2007. Read by Glen McCready, 1 hours 36 minutes. TB 16708.
2 Power series; book 1. Sam and Ella are just ordinary brother and sister, until they discover two amazing things - they can send thought messages to each other, and they have incredible super powers. Suddenly, they are extraordinary! Then a jewel robbery and a sinister stranger test their new super powers to the limit.
Johnson, Pete
2 power: the canine conspiracy. 2008. Read by Glen McCready, 1 hour 34 minutes. TB 16714.
2 Power series; book 2. When pet dogs start to go missing, Sam and Ella use their super powers to solve the mystery - only to run headlong into danger.
Johnson, Pete
The creeper. 2008. Read by Jan Francis, 2 hours 34 minutes. TB 16706.
Lucy is delighted when she spots the old audio tape in a second-hand bookshop: a spooky story, perfect for listening to on Halloween. But then she and her friend Jack listen to the tape, and Lucy is suddenly really scared. For the story tells the frightening tale of the Creeper, a horrific monster formed from the ashes of a murdered man and bent on revenge against all wrongdoers. And Lucy has just done something truly terrible to her best friend. Now the Creeper is loose - and he has a new victim.
Jones, Gareth P
The case of the missing cats. 2007. Read by Candida Gubbins, 3 hours 43 minutes. TB 15733.
The Dragon Detective Agency series; book 1. When Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly about her missing cat, Dirk doesn't really believe it is a case worthy of his great detective skills. In no time at all Dirk is up to his neck in intrigue, danger and drama. Is this particular 'Dragon Detective' able to deal with the perils before him? Can he, with the aid of a young girl, solve the tricky mystery of the missing cats?
Jones, Gareth P
The case of the wayward professor. 2008. Read by Candida Gubbins, 4 hours 58 minutes. TB 15855.
The dragon detective agency series; book 2. When Dirk Dilly the Dragon Detective is asked to follow a husband who is behaving suspiciously, he becomes involved in a mystery involving some very wicked Tree Dragons. Soon Holly is on hand to help Dirk and between them they find some solutions, not just the behaviour of the suspicious husband but also to problems Holly has been having at school, where nothing is quite what it should be.
Jungman, Ann
Vlad the Drac. 1982. Read by Anthony Daniels, 2 hours 9 minutes. TB 11910.
Vlad the Drac series; book 1. When Paul and Judy accompany their parents on a sight-seeing holiday in Romania they are bored stiff until they find a baby vampire under a stone. Is he the last of his kind? They smuggle him into England, disguised as a souvenir, but no sooner have they reached their home than the trouble starts.
Jungman, Ann
Lucy and the wolf in sheep's clothing. 2008. Read by Jane Asher, 2 hours 25 minutes. TB 17115.
Lucy's friend the Wolf is the most wanted animal in London. The police were searching for him but are unable to find him because he has a brilliant disguise.
Kemp, Gene
Nothing scares me. 2007. Read by Rachel Bavidge, 3 hours 57 minutes. TB 15723.
Petra can predict the future, it's a talent that she hates. People think she's weird and she knows that if she wants any friends she'll have to keep her gift a secret. Then a student from her school goes missing, it becomes clear that Petra's visions may hold the key to the disappearance. But danger lies much closer to home and Petra is going to need all her talents to face what lies ahead.
Kemp, Gene
Jason Bodger and the priory ghost. 1985. Read by Rosemary Davis, 3 hours 30 minutes. TB 6731.
Jason Bodger was the boss of Class 4z and the terror of student teachers, until the fatal day when 4z went to visit the Priory. The rest of the class saw an ancient building, with a few medieval relics, but Jason Bodger saw a girl walking towards him on a non-existent beam, and he was never the same again.
Kemp, Gene
No place like. 1983. Read by Alistair Maydon, 3 hours 25 minutes. TB 6718.
Disaster-prone and 16, Peter opens his "O" Level results without a glimmer of hope. Dad's voice took on its "silky" tone. To Mum: "Why don't you face up to the fact that your son has an IQ in single figures?". To Peter: the Inquisition was about to begin. Odd how these always take place at meal times - a lot of grub has been wrecked that way, like the Sunday lunch-time when he hit the plate with his fist, Yorkshire pud flew through the air and I ended up in the Eye Hospital.
Kemp, Gene
Gowie Corby plays chicken. 1979. Read by Bruce Montague, 3 hours 54 minutes. TB 4238.
Sequel to: The great Gilly Hopkins. Gowie is a 'Baddy' with only two allies: a pet rat and Rosie, a black girl. A funny book and quite exciting too.
Kemp, Gene
Seriously weird. 2008. Read by Lisa Coleman, 2 hours 47 minutes. TB 16615.
Troy is a boy living in a secret locked-up world. His family thinks he is crazy, mad, nutty, barmy - all except his mother, who prefers to pretend there's nothing really wrong. Even she has to take notice when policemen start knocking on doors and Troy gets excluded from school.
Kennemore, Tim
Alice's stories (birthday pig, world record and shooting star). 2008. Read by Nerys Hughes, 3 hours 11 minutes. TB 17152.
In these three stories, Alice wants a pig for her birthday, Alice competes with her brother in the Alphabet Game, and Alice's sister Rosie isn't so sure that Mum and Dad are doing the right thing in training Rosie to tell the truth.
King, Clive
Stig of the dump. 1993. Read by Christopher Scott, 4 hours 5 minutes. TB 12855.
One glorious day the ground gives way beneath Barney and he lands in a cave in the middle of the rubbish dump; and that's when he meets Stig. Nobody believes his story, but for Barney, Stig is totally real, and together they embark on a series of wonderful adventures.
King, Clive
The sound of propellors. 1986. Read by Garard Green, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 6831.
The year is 1938 and war looms. Murugan's school is close to Short's aircraft factory where a new seaplane is being developed. Is this mysterious gentleman a spy or just an enemy of the British Empire - like his own brother, a Freedom Fighter imprisoned in India? And what do you choose as your reward for finding a German spy - a free flight to India to help your wicked anti-British brother? And if they won't give you that how do you get there anyway?
King-Smith, Dick
Ace. 1999. Read by Nigel Lambert, 2 hours 26 minutes. TB 11894.
Ace is the grandson of the Sheep-pig (Babe), he understands the human language and replies to Farmer Tubbs. Soon he is quite a house-pig. Even the snobbish corgi is won over, and it isn't long before Ace and his master are going up to London to appear on national television.
King-Smith, Dick
The Cuckoo child. 2011. Read by Nigel Anthony, 2 hours 19 minutes. TB 19822.
This is the story of Oliver, taken as an egg from a safari park and fostered by a pair of increasingly confused geese.
King-Smith, Dick
How green was my mouse. 2011. Read by Nigel Lambert, 1 hours 18 minutes. TB 19823.
When Mr Muffin is challenged to breed a green mouse, by his friend Merry Day, he succeeds & wins the championship - as well as the hand of Merry. They live happily every after.
King-Smith, Dick.
Martin's mice. 2010. Read by Nigel Lambert, 2 hours 24 minutes. TB 19423.
Unlike most kittens, Martin shows little interest in catching mice. However, his instincts get the better of him, and he catches the very first mouse he meets. But then an idea comes to him - why not keep mice as pets?
King-Smith, Dick
Magnus Powermouse. 2008. Read by Nigel Anthony, 2 hours 35 minutes. TB 17080.
Magnus was a large mouse, a fearless mouse, a real powermouse. Fattened on patent Porker Pills, he just grows and grows - and so do his problems.
King-Smith, Dick
The merman. Read by June Whitfield, 1 hour 37 minutes. TB 11622.
On Zeta's tenth birthday she finds something that changes her life forever - a merman, swimming with the seals in the far north of Scotland. The two become firm friends, and Zeta learns not only how to swim like a dolphin, but how to look at the world with new eyes. She plans to visit the merman every summer, but when she does return, everything has changed. However, the merman has two very special gifts.
King-Smith, Dick
The Mouse Family Robinson and Ninnyhammer. 2008. Read by Andrew Sachs, 1 hour 22 minutes. TB 17122.
When Beaumont Robinson, an inquisitive young mouse, is nearly killed by the cat, his family decide to find a new house. In our other story, Ninnyhammer fishes a magic wand from a stream, and so the grateful magician returns her favour.
King-Smith, Dick
Saddlebottom. 1985. Read by Christopher Saul, 1 hour 42 minutes. TB 6094.
"He will make himself useful", said Saddlebottom's proud and snobbish Mother. She meant as pork sausages for it would be a disgrace for a pure bred Wessex Saddleback to go through life with a saddle shaped patch on his bottom. But Saddlebottom has other ideas....
King-Smith, Dick
The sheep-pig. 1983. Read by John Westbrook, 2 hours 15 minutes. TB 5267.
When Babe arrives at the Hoggets' farm he is the only pig in the yard and rather small and lonely. He is adopted promptly by a sheepdog, Fly, and before very long a puzzled farmer finds he has quite an efficient working sheep-pig.
Kingfisher, Rupert
Madame Pamplemousse and her incredible edibles. 2009. Read by Jenny Agutter, 1 hour 29 minutes. TB 17469.
"Madame Pamplemousse" is the story of Madeleine, forced to work in her unpleasant uncle's horrible restaurant, The Squealing Pig. By chance she comes across the most marvellous shop, run by Madame Pamplemousse, full of delicious and otherworldly 'edibles' such as Pterodactyl Bacon, scorpion tails in smoked garlic oil, and great squid tentacle in jasmine-scented jelly. A quiet comradeship develops between Madeleine, Madame Pamplemousse, and Madame's cat, Camembert. And together they create some wonderful culinary magic.
Kingsley, Charles
The water-babies: a fairytale for a land-baby. 1863. Read by Andrew Timothy, 6 hours. TB 2518.
When Tom, an ill-treated chimney-sweep, jumps into a clear, cool stream to clean himself, he is turned into a tiny water baby by the fairies. He enters a strange magical world, and travels beyond the world's end on a voyage of discovery he will never forget.
Kipling, Rudyard
Puck of Pook's Hill. 1906. Read by Christopher Saul, 6 hours 26 minutes. TB 5122.
Something very unusual was bound to happen. After all, as Puck said, "What on Human Earth made you act "Midsummer Night's Dream" three times over on Midsummer Eve, in the middle of a Ring, and under - right under - one of the oldest hills in Old England?"
Kipling, Rudyard
Rewards and fairies. 1985. Read by James Cairncross, 7 hours 48 minutes. TB 6479.
Sequel to: Puck of Pook's Hill. On Midsummer Morning Dan and Una meet up with Puck once more. He is the last survivor of those whom mortals call Fairies. Although the children are now older and wiser and wear boots regularly instead of going bare-footed, Puck is as kind to them as ever, and he introduces them to some people from England's noble past.
Kipling, Rudyard
The jungle book. 1894. Read by Garard Green, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 1996.
The much loved stories of Mowgli, Akela, and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and life in the Indian Jungle.
Kipling, Rudyard
The second jungle book. 1895. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 7 hours. TB 5777.
Five more stories about Mowgli in which he grows to manhood. There are also three stories about animals, two set in India and one in the Arctic.
Kipling, Rudyard
Just so stories. 1902. Read by Robin Holmes, 3 hours 30 minutes. TB 2336.
Such questions as why the leopard has spots or the elephant a trunk are answered in this collection of animal stories.
Kipling, Rudyard
More just so stories. 2009. Read by Johnny Morris, 1 hour 18 minutes. TB 17852.
How did the leopard get his spots? How did the camel get his hump? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world.
Knowles, Anne
Halcyon Island. 1980. Read by Marjorie Anderson, 2 hours 30 minutes. TB 3813.
Ken, on holiday in a house by the river, lonely and frightened of the water, makes a new friend and suddenly everything changes.
Lamb, Kathryn
Penguin problems. 2008. Read by Ruth Sillers, 3 hours 27 minutes. TB 16050.
Eco-Worriers series. Lucy and her friend Evie look out of the window one day and see a small, fluffy snowman - in the middle of summer! On closer inspection, they realise it's a baby penguin. This seems to confirm the eco-minded girls' worst fears about global warming - the ice-caps have melted and the penguins are being forced into new lands! They look after Pablo until they discover he's been penguin-napped from the local zoo. But when Lucy and Evie take him back there, they discover that something sinister is happening at the zoo and are determined to investigate.
Lake, A J
The coming of dragons. 2007. Read by Carolyn Bonnyman, 6 hours 4 minutes. TB 15730.
Darkest Age series; book 1. It is the Dark Ages and something evil is stirring. A ship sailing from Noviomagus across the channel to Gaul, is caught in a ferocious storm and dashed against the rocks. There are only two survivors of the wreck, both children, and they are tossed up on the shore with a mysterious trunk. An old man rescues them from the beach. He seemed to know they would be coming, and he also appears very interested in the trunk. They cannot escape what lies inside, it is both good and evil, but binds itself to their destiny and sets them on a path which they are forced to follow, and face what lies at the end.
Lawrence, Michael
The poltergoose. 2000. Read by Jeff Bellamy, 2 hours 27 minutes. TB 12802.
A Jiggy McCue Story. Something's after Jiggy McCue! Something big and angry and invisible. Something which hisses and flaps and stabs his bum and generally tries to make his life a misery. Where did it come from? Jiggy calls in his best pals, Pete and Angie, and together the Three Musketeers - one for all and all for lunch! - set out to send the poltergoose back where it belongs.
Le Guin, Ursula K
Threshold. 1980. Read by Malcolm Ruthven, 7 hours 16 minutes. TB 4041.
Hugh and Irene have both discovered Tembreabrezi, a timeless place close by, and together they face their destinies and find the strength to make the choice required from them.
Leney, David
Timepieces. 1989. Read by Christopher Scott, 5 hours 21 minutes. TB 7914.
A cycle of stories - one for each month - about the lives of contemporary people, both young and old, in a small Suffolk village. A strong sense of a passing year emerges, during which the reader is given a delightful insight into the dramas enacted by the various children and their families.
Lennon, Joan
Ely plot. 2008. Read by Laurence Kennedy, 2 hours 37 minutes. TB 15797.
The Wickit chronicles; book 1. You'd think growing up in a medieval abbey, surrounded by nothing but monks and hundreds of miles of swamp, would be pretty boring. Pip thinks so too, until the day he meets Perfect, a small stone gargoyle with a life of her own. Before long, the two find themselves in the midst of an assassination attempt against the new king, escaping into the cold dark night, being chased across the fens by a man bent on killing them.
Lewis, C S
The magician's nephew. 1955. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 29 minutes. TB 13091.
Chronicles of Narnia series; book 1. Digory and Polly find themselves magically transported to a Wood between the Worlds, where several small ponds act as gateways to different worlds. They discover the dead world of Charn and together with Aslan the lion the pair fight against the evil Queen Jadis.
Lewis, C S
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. 1950. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours. TB 1934.
Chronicles of Narnia series; book 2. Four children are sent to live in a rambling, old house, and in an empty, forgotten room they find an old wardrobe which leads them into the magical land of Narnia, a place doomed to perpetual Darkness unless the children unite with Aslan the lion against the evil White Witch to restore joy and light to the land.
Lewis, C S
The horse and his boy. 1954. Read by Andrew Timothy, 5 hours 25 minutes. TB 12972.
Chronicles of Narnia series; book 3. Shasta, a boy on the verge of being sold into slavery, meets Bree, a talking horse who has been kidnapped from Narnia and longs to return there. Together they decide to run away in search of his beloved home. They flee on a wild and dangerous journey through strange cities, eerie tombs and harsh deserts -- in search of Narnia, where there is freedom and safety.
Lewis, C S
Prince Caspian : The return to Narnia. 1951. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 26 minutes. TB 13133.
Chronicles of Narnia series; book 4. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are mysteriously transported back to Narnia where they discover that it has been hundred's of years since their reign as Kings and Queens of the land ended. Cair Paravel, the castle where they lived, is in ruins and the evil King Miraz has taken charge. Along with their old friend Prince Caspian they race to overthrow the King, calling on the help of Aslan and his trusty follower, Reepicheep the mouse.
Lewis, C S
The voyage of the "Dawn Treader". 1952. Read by Andrew Timothy, 5 hours 17 minutes. TB 12988.
Chronicles of Narnia series; book 5. Edmund and Lucy returning to Narnia - with their beastly cousin Eustace in tow - on the ship The Dawn Treader where their old friend Prince Caspian is searching for lost friends of his father's. As the children take to the Eastern Seas in their hunt for the friends they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous adventure.
Lewis, C S
The silver chair. 1953. Read by Andrew Timothy, 5 hours 37 minutes. TB 13090.
Chronicles of Narnia series; book 6. Eustace and Jill are called back to Narnia where they meet Aslan the lion who sets them the task of finding King Caspian's long lost son, Rilian. With Narnian marshwiggle Puddlegum in tow the pair stumble across Harfang, the castle of giants, and are invited to stay for the Autumn Feast - and then they realise that they are the main ingredients.
Lewis, C S
The last battle: a junior novel for girls. 1956. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 25 minutes. TB 12973.
Chronicles of Narnia series; book 7. Concluding the Narnia adventures. Jill and Eustice return to help Tirian, last King of Narnia, as the land is once again troubled by the enemies of Aslan. Peter, Edmund and Lucy join in the great battle against the cruel Calormenes, to decide the future of Narnia.
Lewis, Naomi
The silent playmate: a collection of doll stories. 1979. Read by Carol Marsh, 5 hours 30 minutes. TB 3829.
A collection of doll stories of today and yesterday, well-known and otherwise. The diverse range of authors includes Katherine Mansfield, Charles Kingsley, Richard Hughes, Hans Andersen, E.Nesbit and Mao Tse Tung.
Lindgren, Astrid
All about the Bullerby children. 1970. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 3847.
The adventures of the six children who live in a small Swedish village. A collection of three translations: 'The six Bullerby children'.- 'Cherry time at Bullerby'.- 'Happy days at Bullerby'.
Lingard, Joan
Natasha's will. 2007. Read by Diana Bishop, 4 hours. TB 15955.
1917, and the Russian Revolution rages on the streets of St Petersburg. Natasha's grandfather, Prince Denisov, has been arrested by the Red Guard. The rest of her family must flee for their lives. Their journey across war-torn Europe is desperate and dangerous, and it is only after years of exile that Natasha finds a new home in Scotland. Old friends care for her - surely after her death, the house will come to them? But Natasha's will is missing. And the search for it reveals mysterious secrets, linking past, present and future.
Lively, Penelope
The ghost of Thomas Kempe. 1975. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 24 minutes. TB 2729.
The ghost of Thomas Kempe was always getting James into trouble and for a long time it just refused to go away.
Lively, Penelope
A stitch in time. 1976. Read by Di Langford, 5 hours. TB 6748.
Maria is an "only", used to being on her own and preferring conversations in her head than with other people who seldom understand. Perhaps this is why she is aware of strange happenings and unexplained noises - a non-existent swing that creaks, and the yapping of a dog when there is only a cat in the Victorian house where she is on holiday with her parents. Strangest of all is the sampler stitched by a girl called Harriet in 1865. Something odd happened to Harriet ... but what?
Lively, Penelope
Uninvited ghosts and other stories. 1984. Read by William Abney, 2 hours 34 minutes. TB 12958.
One way and another the children in this collection of short stories get into some pretty odd situations. A Martian comes to stay and Peter's gran knits him a sweater; a dragon which lives under the floor of an old house causes problems for the two brothers who discover him and the Hancock's house is taken over by mushrooms.
Lively, Penelope
Going back. 1975. Read by Joan Walker, 3 hours 3 minutes. TB 8690.
Joan, returning to Medleycott, recalls how she passed her childhood in idyllic peace, looking back on one long, joyous indulgence. Yet something casts a chilling shadow on her memories, for the idyll came to an abrupt and painful end. What serpent drove them from this garden paradise?
Llewellyn, Sam
Pegleg. 1985. Read by Syd Ralph, 3 hours 50 minutes. TB 6001.
It is Spring in the Isles of Scilly. Gussie Smith is in trouble - again. Welfare Snell, the slimy Truant Officer, is trying to get Gussie deported to the mainland and Grannie Dole locked up in the Bide-a-wee Home. Then Gussie finds himself at sea in an open boat with gales on the way.
Llewellyn, Sam
Abbot Dagger's Academy and the quest for the Holy Grail. 2008. Read by David Thorpe, 4 hours 55 minutes. TB 16603.
Abbot Dagger's Academy is a boarding school for the weirdest, baddest and brilliantest children - like Onyx, Owen and Rosetti. They have to win the Greyte Cup for Achievement by Founders' Day. But first they have to find it.
Lofting, Hugh
The story of Doctor Doolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts, never before printed. 1922. Read by David Dunhill, 2 hours 51 minutes. TB 2312.
The doctor's unique gift for communicating with animals leads him into some astonishing adventures.
McCall Smith, Alexander
Weird and wonderful machines. 2006. Read by various authors, 3 hours 11 minutes. TB 18513.
In The Muscle Machine, Gordon wants to stop the school bully, Ted, pushing people around, so he sends off for Mr World's muscle machine. Soon Gordon's muscles start to grow and grow. In The Banana Machine, The banana plantation where Patty lives with her Aunt Bat is struggling to survive, so Patty invents a banana machine. Will Patty's machine save the plantation? In The Joke Machine, Jeffrey uncovers a joke-producing machine in Mr Prendergast's junk shop. Soon everyone wants one of its jokes, except miserable Mr Jenkins in the shop next door. But who will get the last laugh?
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Roman myths. 2007. Read by Andrew Sachs, 1 hour 20 minutes. TB 17078
15 stories from Roman mythology that bring to life Romulus and Remus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, and other legends of ancient Rome.
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Smile! 2004. Read by Richard Burnip, 1 hour 20 minutes. TB 14135.
When Flash's plane crashes, he finds himself in a small remote village. The only thing he has salvaged from the plane is a polaroid camera with ten remaining pictures. At first the villagers are suspicious, but they soon enter into a mission to find the ten most important subjects for the photographs and each photo that Felix takes seems to have a magical effect.
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Not the end of the world. 2004. Read by various narrators, 5 hours 11 minutes. TB 14096.
Everyone knows the story of the Flood, the men God chose to survive, the animals that went in two-by-two. But what about the others that sailed on the Ark: the women and the children? This adventure story asks what it was really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned - and what might have happened in the days that followed.
McCaughrean, Geraldine
The questing knights of the Faerie queen. 2008. Read by Wayne Forester, 4 hours 20 minutes. TB 16078.
Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen was written in 1596 for Queen Elizabeth I. Geraldine McCaughrean introduces a whole new generation of readers to Spenser's exciting adventures of knights and dragons, sorcerers and hermits, princesses and sea nymphs.
McCutcheon, Elsie
The rat war. 1985. Read by Ian Craig, 3 hours 37 minutes. TB 5835.
Morna and Nicholas are sent to live with Aunt Dorothy in a post-war English village. Morna makes friends but Nicholas finds it difficult to settle down, and befriends a rat, despite warnings about a plague of them sweeping England. Soon he has to take responsibility for his small friend in a hostile world.
MacDonald, Alan
Oi, Caveboy. 2010. Read by Clive Mantle, 2 hours 7 minutes. TB 18760.
Iggy is different from the rest of his tribe, the Urks. He isn't interested in the usual things such as flint tools, hunting or boulder-rolling. He's always daubing on the walls of his cave or coming up with infuriating new ideas. According to his dad: 'We don't need new ideas - we have plenty of old ones.' Iggy's latest invention is a primitive scootalong or Stone Age skateboard. His parents don't want him playing outside in case the neighbours complain. Besides, they have more important things to talk about: tomorrow is the Sons of Urk ceremony, when boys who come of age are accepted into the tribe as hunters. Iggy is eager to take part, but he'll have to pass the ritual initiation test, which means facing the one thing he dreads more than anything: snakes!
MacDonald, Alan
Trolls go home! 2007. Read by Clive Mantle, 1 hour 53 minutes. TB 15646.
Troll trouble series; book 1. Trolls like smells and noise, hiding under bridges, and goats (especially in pies.) So when a family of trolls move into the quiet suburb of Biddlesden, it's likely things are going to get ugly (and possibly hairy and smelly, too). Especially when they move in next door to the Priddle family. Big mistake. The Priddle family do not take kindly to trolls. And trolls do not take kindly to Priddles, sparks will fly!
MacDonald, Alan
Trolls United! 2008. Read by Clive Mantle, 1 hour 51 minutes. TB 15859.
Troll trouble series; book 2. Ultrik Troll is desperate to be on the school football team, but he doesn't really understand the rules, and his next door neighbour Warren Priddle certainly isn't about to explain that wellington boots are not the right footwear, and being fierce and scaresome will only get you a red card.
McDonald, Megan
Judy Moody. 2006. Read by Lynsey Beauchamp, 1 hour 22 minutes. TB 17733.
Judy Moody series; book 1. Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.
McKay, Hilary
Saffy's angel. 2002. Read by Julia Sawalha, 4 hours 31 minutes. TB 15033.
Casson Family series; book 1. After Saffron Casson discovers that she's adopted, life is never quite the same again. Her artistic parents and doting siblings adore her, but Saffy wants a piece of her past. So when her grandfather bequests a stone angel to her, Saffy knows she has to find it.
McKay, Hilary
Indigo's star. 2004. Read by Helen Lederer, 4 hours 38 minutes. TB 15543.
Casson Family; book 2. Indigo's going back to school after a long bout of glandular fever. He's not looking forward to it, as he knows the bullies will be waiting for him. But he's determined to stand on his own two feet - so when Saffy and Sarah break up a fight in the boys' bathroom, he's furious. Until he meets Tom. Tom is over from the States for a term, staying with his gran while his family sort out their own problems back home. He loves music and joking and is unfazed by the bullies. He helps Indigo to challenge his fears, and in doing so is absorbed into the crazy Casson family and finds some answers of his own. Rose adores him and is determined to help him get the guitar he's been eyeing in the local music shop - but her attempts to help end in disaster, leaving only one way out.
McKay, Hilary
Permanent Rose. 2005. Read by Sophie Aldred, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 15794.
Casson Family series; book 3. It's a long hot summer - to "Permanent Rose" it seems never ending. Rose misses Tom, Indigo's friend who went back to America. New friend David is not a good enough replacement. Caddy's fiancee, Michael, tries to cheer her up by delivering a rose every day, but that just provides temporary relief. What with Daddy leaving her mother Eve for younger model Samantha, Caddy getting cold feet and adoptive sister Saffron deciding to find her real father, no one seems to have time to come to Rose's rescue. But Rose is determined, and in her heart of hearts is sure she will find Tom again - but what else will she find on the way?
McKay, Hilary
A strong smell of magic. 2008. Read by Andy Crane, 1 hour 46 minutes. TB 17148.
Pudding Bag School series; book 3. A special Class Prize will be awarded to the children who make the most money at the Pudding Bag School Summer Fair. With their teacher ill in bed, and only a rather mangy moose for company, Class 4b despair of winning anything at all. Something special is needed, and it arrives just in time. But could it be a bit too special? After all, it smells very strongly of magic!
McKenzie, Sophie
Time train to the Blitz. 2011. Read by Mark Meadows, 1 hour 57 minutes. TB 18667.
When Scarlett, Joe and their dog, Pippy, stumble upon a ghostly train visible only to them, they find themselves travelling back in time to Second World War London on a heroic mission. Young Alfie Suggs was tragically killed during the Blitz trying to rescue his Nan, who survived. Now it's up to Scarlett and Joe to save the boy - and they have just one hour to complete their mission.
McMurtry, Stan
The Bunjee venture. 1977. Read by William Abney, 3 hours 23 minutes. TB 4728.
Mr Winsborrow is an inventor but not a very efficient one. Then one of his time machines breaks up only after he has been transported back in time for 120 million years. His children, Karen and Andrew, decide to re-build the machine and rescue him.
Mahy, Margaret
The first Margaret Mahy story book. 1972. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 2 hours 31 minutes. TB 13171.
Happy stories from New Zealand of small people and their adventures, and a few short poems.
Mahy, Margaret
The birthday burglar & A very wicked headmistress. 1984. Read by Anne White, 2 hours 18 minutes. TB 5467.
Tatiana Taffeta runs a boarding school for the spoilt daughters of the very rich. She marries a rich farmer, Fendalton Bassett. But he has one fault - he keeps falling in love with other women. So Tatiana decides to do something about it ... with the help of some very sticky custard, some sparkling diamonds and some very clever schoolgirls. Although Bassington is a boy with everything he could wish for, including an island of his own and a butler to look after him, he is bored. He realises that he has never had a birthday so he resolves to steal other people's birthdays - he becomes a birthday burglar.
Mahy, Margaret
Aliens in the family. 1986. Read by Ray Jones, 5 hours. TB 6737.
Bond is in trouble. He is being chased and his pursuers are powerful and dangerous. When Dora, Lewis and Jake help him he is grateful but also fears for their safety. Getting Bond to a lonely place beyond the city turns into a far greater adventure than any of the children dreamt of, but even when lonely, defensive Jake guesses the truth, they are all the more determined to succeed.
Mahy, Margaret
The riddle of the frozen phantom. 2008. Read by James Saxon, 3 hours 40 minutes. TB 15951.
When Sophie Sapwood discovers a whalebone pendant hidden in a chest of drawers, the ghost of Captain Cathcardo awakens from an ancient sleep, trapped in the frozen waters on his ship, the Riddle. His cries for help travel through the stratosphere to three different sets of ears - Sophie's famous explorer father Bonniface Sapwood, renowned naturalist Corona Wottley and oily villain Rancid Swarthy.
Manning, Rosemary
Dragon in danger. 1959. Read by Carol Marsh, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 3827.
R. Dragon decides to have a holiday with his friend Susan, but danger awaits him there and he becomes the victim of an evil plot.
Manning-Sanders, Ruth
A book of wizards. 1966. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 1 minute. TB 13165.
Ten short stories about wizards, who are often kind-hearted and full of fun.
Manning-Sanders, Ruth
A book of dragons. 1964. Read by Andrew Timothy, 3 hours 38 minutes. TB 13164.
In these fourteen stories we hear of different kinds of dragons: some clever, some fierce, and some kind.
Manning-Sanders, Ruth
A book of cats and creatures. 1981. Read by Syd Ralph, 3 hours 53 minutes. TB 5974.
A collection of tales about all sorts of different cats and creatures. One pussy cat, Twinkle, has a very difficult problem because he promises his fur to a wicked wizard for a plate of food, but then he falls in love with a beautiful cat called Snowflake. He has to find a way to save his life and keep his word to the wizard.
Mark, Jan
Thunder and lightnings. 1976. Read by Andrew Timothy, 4 hours 17 minutes. TB 13177.
Andrew has moved to Norfolk and is soon caught up in his new friend Victor's love for the Lightning fighters on a nearby airfield.
Mark, Jan
Trouble half-way. 1985. Read by Patrick Romer, 3 hours 17 minutes. TB 6008.
When Amy's mother has to go and nurse Grandad, Amy's new stepfather insists that she can't stay at home alone and must accompany him on his long-distance lorry round. She is furious because it means missing the gymnastics competition. But she soon finds out that the outside world can give her a chance to win self-confidence and have some real adventure.
Marray, Denis
Duck Street gang. 1984. Read by Tom Crowe, 2 hours 56 minutes. TB 6869.
The headmaster's announcement that the nativity play is to be done by Class 2D causes consternation among the teachers at Duck Street School. In fact, the only people looking forward to the event are 2D themselves who have only too clear and idea as to just how the play should be done. They are a force to be reckoned with as their student teacher soon discovers. Ordinary school events can assume almost nightmare qualities when Class 2D are involved.
Marray, Denis
The Duck Street Gang returns. 1986. Read by Judy Franklin, 3 hours 43 minutes. TB 6924.
Class 2D are back in force after the summer holidays and their initial gloom at this catastrophe is soon dispelled by Mr Seymour's competition. The Autumn term gets fully underway with the Great Conker Expedition led by the fearless Ant and masterminded by Brain. Even ordinary school events can rapidly take on nightmare proportions when 2D are involved and so the Head is right to be anxious when a TV company wishes to use the school for a children's programme.
Marter, Ian
Earthshock. 2012. Read by Peter Davison, 3 hours 44 minutes. TB 19808.
A group of palaeontologists have been savagely attacked in an underground cave system. A party of troopers and Professor Kyle discover the Doctor and his companions at the site of the massacre.
Martini, Clem
The Mob. 2007. Read by Francis Middleditch, 5 hours 38 minutes. TB 15798.
The crow chronicles; book 1. It is springtime and the annual gathering of the Clans of the family, the Kinaars, is beginning. The Gathering should be a time to rejoice. Instead, it becomes a time of fear, danger and uncertainty, when ancient laws and customs are tested. This year young blood is lost and when it is, the very heart of the community is shaken. As an illegal Mob seeks revenge, a schism threatens the unity of the flock. Then, just when the Kinaars are divided, an unexpected blizzard spells more trouble.
Masefield, John
The box of delights: when the wolves were running. 1935. Read by Brian Perkins, 5 hours. TB 5459.
A Punch and Judy man who can call a mule out of the picture of a Swiss mountain, mount its back and canter away back up into the mountains is no ordinary showman. And the clergymen who must have picked Kay's pockets on the train journey home for Christmas were a little odd too. "The Wolves are running" indeed and the Blue and White stripers of the Tatchester Toms, the crack legion of the Imperial Roman Army, are rising to defeat them.
Mayne, William
Winter quarters. 1982. Read by John Westbrook, 5 hours. TB 4944.
Lall belonged to the fairground people. They moved from place to place in a 'coffle', a string of vans, and in the winter it was essential for them to group together in a 'knot' to survive the cold. But this year the gate to their winter quarters was padlocked and a notice screwed to the bars that said 'KEEP OUT. PRIVATE'.
Mayne, William
Skiffy and the twin planets. 1982. Read by Marvin Kane, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 4615.
Skiffy is on a new space mission. This time he is heading for the twin planets Clarke I and Clarke II which appear to be behaving in a very peculiar way. Thirty-eight days out from Earth things start going wrong on the ship and there is `something' out there that is very old and very uncuddly.
Mayne, William
Earthfasts. 1966. Read by John Westbrook, 6 hours 46 minutes. TB 4403.
David Wix is popular at school and a good worker, the rational, scientifically-minded son of the local doctor. But it is David who succumbs to the cold white flame, carried up by the drummer boy as he comes, drumming his way from below the ground where he went, two hundred years before, in search of King Arthur's treasure - a blend of legend, the supernatural and matter of fact drama.
Mayne, William
All the king's men. 1982. Read by John Westbrook, 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 4932.
Three contrasting stories: one is pure fantasy - a boy goes with the sheep-boats to a Scottish island and is bewitched for seven years; the second is factual and about Kirsty's grandfather who decides he is dying but changes his mind when the helicopter ambulance arrives. The third story is something new and surprising.
Mayo, Margaret
The Orchard book of magical tales. 1999. Read by Diana Bishop, Read by Laurence Bouvard, 2 hours 28 minutes. TB 12126.
A collection of fairy tales that contain all the ingredients of pure magic: princes and princesses, witches and dragons, spells and potions, flying carpets and talking animals.
Meadows, Daisy.
Hannah the happy ever after fairy /. 2006. Read by Sally Burnett, 29 minutes. TB 19233.
Hannah, the happy ever after fairy is very upset. Jack Frost has stolen the magic quill pen from Fairyland and he's rewriting all the fairytales. Can Rachel and Kirsty help Hannah get the magic pen back and save the Happy Ever Afters?
Meadows, Daisy.
Kylie the carnival fairy /. 2012. Read by Emma Powell, 26 minutes. TB 20149.
Kylie the carnival fairy has got her work cut out. Jack Frost & his goblins have stolen the three magic batons that control the Rainspell Island Summer Carnival. He's planning on spoiling the grand parade, the ferris wheel & the firework finale. Kylie needs Rachel & Kirsty's help to get the batons back.
Meadows, Daisy.
Summer the holiday fairy /. 2007. Read by Sally Burnett, 1 hour 40 minutes. TB 19292.
Summer the Holiday Fairy has got her work cut out. Jack Frost has moved to Rainspell Island for the summer and it's a very different place to when Rachel and Kirsty visited in the first series. There are three special shells, that control the holiday atmosphere. Summer the Holiday Fairy needs Rachel and Kirsty's help to get them back.
Mellanby, Kenneth
Talpa: the story of a mole. 1976. Read by Carol Marsh, 1 hour 36 minutes. TB 13173.
The story of a mole.
Michael, Livi
Frank and the black hamster of Narkiz. 2008. Read by Robert Llewellyn, 2 hours 54 minutes. TB 16002.
Most hamsters are gentle, timid creatures, easily tamed and happy to be left alone. Some hamsters, however, are different and Frank is one of them. Frank is a hamster with a mission and a motto. His motto is 'Courage!"' and this is a story about a time when Frank needed to use his motto.
Mitchell, Elyne
Snowy River brumby. 1981. Read by Kate Binchy, 4 hours. TB 4160.
Through an accident when he is young Nooroo, the beautiful brumby son of Buzz, comes to a caring family and a loving little girl. In spite of the friendship and the excitement he finds there, he knows that at heart he will always belong to the Snowy River Mountains.
Mooney, Bel
I can't find it! 2007. Read by Nigel Anthony, 50 minutes. TB 18522.
Kitty and friends; 2. Kitty is always losing things. It's not that she's careless, but things she put away very, very carefully just seem to move all on their own! If Mum hears 'I can't find it!' one more time, she's going to lose her temper. Luckily, because Kitty loses things so often, she's good at finding them, too. So, when Mum loses the car keys and Dad's about to miss his appointment at the dentist, it's Kitty who finds them, just in time.
Mooney, Bel
But you promised! 2007. Read by Nigel Anthony, 14 minutes. TB 17993.
Kitty and friends; 4. Kitty is tired of everyone making promises they can't keep! Rosie promised she'd always pick Kitty as her partner, she even crossed her heart, so why has she chosen Tom? Mum said Kitty could have a dog, but now she's changed her mind! Dad gave his word the injection wouldn't hurt - but it did! Kitty soon discovers for herself that promises are sometimes very hard to keep, and sometimes 'I promise' really means 'I hope'!
Morgan, Michaela
Respect! 2005. Read by Annie Aldington, 28 minutes. TB 16142.
When their mum and dad die, Tully and his little brother only have each other. They are sent to a Children's Home. The other kids make fun of them. But Tully has an amazing talent which will win him a place in history.
Morpurgo, Michael
Kensuke's kingdom. 2000. Read by Nigel Carrington, 3 hours 17 minutes. TB 12349.
Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. He can't find food, he can't find water. In the end, he curls up to die. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone...
Morpurgo, Michael
Robin of Sherwood. 1998. Read by David Thorpe, 3 hours 32 minutes. TB 11495.
In this magical story, the heroic tale of Robin Hood is retold as never before. A boy of today discovers a human skull beneath an upturned oak tree - and is suddenly thrown into the ancient world of Sherwood Forest. Plunged into a world of poverty and oppression, Robin joins the Outcasts, a motley bunch of misfits fighting for survival in the depths of the forest. Among them, Robin finds his own strength and courage, and his love, Maid Marion, who gives him the power to fight his oppressors.
Morpurgo, Michael
Not bad for a bad lad. 2010. Read by Steve Hodson, 1 hour 27 minutes. TB 17737.
Everyone thinks this lad is bad, even him. So it's no surprise when he's sent to Hollesley Bay Borstal. But then he starts to work in the prison stable, gaining the trust of the horses and the respect of Mr Alfie, and somethings begin to change. An inspiring tale about what happens when you show someone how to follow their dreams.
Morpurgo, Michael
This morning I met a whale. 2010. Read by Michael Morpurgo, 51 minutes. TB 18507.
At sunrise, young Michael spots a whale on the shores of the Thames and thinks he must be dreaming. But the creature is real and it has a message for him - one that only an open-minded child can deliver to the rest of the world. The whale warns that the earth's days are numbered and that humans must put right the damage they are doing, but how can Michael fulfil his promise to tell others when neither his teacher nor his classmates will believe his story?
Murphy, Jill
Dear hound. 2010. Read by Bernard Cribbins, 2 hours 12 minutes. TB 18900.
Alfie the deerhound is a large, grey puppy. He loves his boy Charlie, and he's very good at digging holes. But one day Alfie becomes lost, and he starts to worry that he will never see Charlie again.
Murphy, Jill
The worst witch. 1978. Read by Jacqueline King, 1 hour 16 minutes. TB 11972.
Mildred Hubble was a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy and she was making an awful mess of it. She couldn't even ride a broomstick without crashing it and she was always getting her spells wrong. But she managed to get by until she turned Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy.
Murphy, Jill
The worst witch strikes again. 1998. Read by Miriam Margolyes, 59 minutes. TB 15589.
It is the summer term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and Mildred Hubble has been put in charge of the new girl, Enid Nightshade. Miss Cackle thinks the responsibility will keep Mildred out of trouble, but Enid's placid appearance is misleading and Mildred is soon up to her neck in hot water.
Murphy, Jill
A bad spell for the worst witch. 1982. Read by Brigit Forsyth, 1 hour 1 minute. TB 12984.
This term Mildred is determined to lose her reputation as the worst witch in the school. But the dreaded Miss Hardbroom is to accompany her form into the second year. And it soon becomes clear that her feud with Ethel Hallow will rage on! So, despite her intentions Mildred looks set to go through a very bad spell indeed.
Murphy, Jill
The worst witch all at sea. Read by Miriam Margolyes, 2 hours 10 minutes. TB 15864.
Mildred Hubble is distraught. On her first day back at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, her beloved but useless cat, Tabby, is banished to the kitchen to catch the mice. Mildred's class is going to spend a week by the sea. She can't possible go without Tabby! So she hides him away - but trying to keep him hidden from Miss Hardbroom leads Mildred from one disaster to another, and soon she really is all at sea.
Murphy, Jill
The worst witch saves the day. 2005. Read by Miriam Margolyes, 1 hour 48 minutes. TB 15644.
It is the start of a new term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and Mildred Hubble is determined not to be the worst witch this year. Everything starts so well. Mildred's class has a new form teacher - no more Miss Hardbroom for Mildred and her friends!
Nadin, Joanna
Jake Jellicoe and the dread pirate Redbeard. 2007. Read by Lucy Scott, 2 hours 11 minutes. TB 15720.
When Jake Jellicoe signs up as cabin boy aboard the Flounder, Captain Dreadnought promises him a share of the loot. But he soon discovers that the captain isn't all that he seems and, before he knows it, Jake is caught up in a race for the Dread Pirate Redbeard's treasure!
Nesbit, E
The magic world. 1912. Read by Malcolm Ruthven, 6 hours 37 minutes. TB 3839.
Twelve stories of magic and wonder.
Nesbit, E
Five children and it. 1901. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 5 hours 26 minutes. TB 2437.
It was the Psammead, the grumpy sand-fairy that could, if in the mood, grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail.
Nesbit, E
The railway children. 1910. Read by Cyril Fletcher, 5 hours 30 minutes. TB 1500.
On the horrid evening that their father was called away, the family moved to a small house, and the children spent so much time watching the trains and the station that they become known as the 'railway children'.
Nesbit, E
The phoenix and the carpet. 1997. Read by Jenny Agutter, 6 hours 21 minutes. TB 13711.
It's startling enough to have a phoenix hatch in your house, but even more so when it reveals that you have a magic carpet on the floor. The vain and ancient bird accompanies the children on a series of adventures through time and space.
Nesbit, E
The enchanted castle. 1907. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 7 hours 49 minutes. TB 3162.
Gerald, Jimmy and Cathy find their way into a wonderful garden and discover the Enchanted Castle where many adventures await them.
Newbery, Linda
Nevermore. 2008. Read by Kate Rawson, 5 hours 26 minutes. TB 16114.
Tizzie's unpredictable lifestyle with her feckless mother has brought her to Roven Mere, a mysterious, rambling, isolated, lonely house. She and her mother are expecting to be greeted by Lord Rupert and his daughter, Greta. But when they arrive only the staff are in residence. Tizzie presses the reclusive Finnigan for clues as to Greta's whereabouts, but he only answers in riddles. Gradually, however, Tizzie unscrambles the clues and learns all about the history of the house and its inhabitants - and with it, the astonishing truth as to why she has been brought to Roven Mere.
Nimmo, Jenny
Midnight for Charlie Bone. 2007. Read by Simon Russell Beale, 7 hours 13 minutes. TB 15550.
Children of the Red King series; book 1. When Charlie Bone suddenly discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking, he doesn't want to believe it. His horrible aunts, however are delighted with his new talent, and insist on sending him to Bloor's Academy, a gloomy, unpleasant boarding school for gifted children endowed with special powers.
Nimmo, Jenny
The time twister. 2008. Read by Simon Russell Beale, 6 hours 45 minutes. TB 15613.
Children of the Red King series; book 2. Charlie Bone hoped the new term at Bloor's Academy would hold no nasty surprises. But then Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916 into the present day. Henry has been transported by a magical marble, the Time Twister, given to him by his unpleasant cousin Zeke, and is now stuck in a world that he doesn't understand. Henry will need Charlie's help just to stay alive.
Nimmo, Jenny
The blue boa. 2007. Read by Simon Russell Beale, 7 hours 18 minutes. TB 15650.
Children of the Red King series; book 3. Charlie Bone is back at Bloor's Academy, where a dark secret is emerging. A boy was once lost in the attics and never seen again. Charlie Bone is intrigued, and ventures up there to see if he can find a clue about what has happened to him. There he finds Ollie Sparks - but he has become invisible thanks to a hug from the legendary blue boa. Charlie has problems of his own - Uncle Paton has disappeared, and it is up to Charlie to get him back.
Norton, Mary
The Borrowers. 1986. Read by Peter Barker, 5 hours. TB 2308.
The Borrowers series; book 1. They lived a fantastic life under the clock in the old house; no one ever saw them, but they were certainly there!
Norton, Mary
The Borrowers afield. 1955. Read by Peter Barker, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 2908.
The Borrowers series; book 2. How the little family escaped and survived after that terrible moment of discovery; and how they lived among the dangers of field and hedgerow.
Norton, Mary
The Borrowers avenged. 1982. Read by Anne White, 8 hours 30 minutes. TB 4554.
The Borrowers series; book 5. Sequel to: The Borrowers aloft. The Borrowers own nothing and borrow everything. They have their own uses for everyday objects of the human world. They must not be seen by humans for fear of dying. They escape by home-made balloon from imprisonment by the Platters (who want them to live in their model village) to a long and hazardous trek. They settle down in a church and meet more Borrowers. However the Platters are in hot pursuit...
Norton, Mary
Bedknob and broomstick. 1980. Read by Peter Barker, 5 hours 17 minutes. TB 13021.
Three children find that a lady in the village is learning to become a witch. She casts a spell on a bedknob for them, and the bed takes them to London and a cannibal island. Suitable for 8-10 year olds.
O'Brien, Edna
Tales for the telling: Irish folk & fairy stories. 1986. Read by Kate Binchy, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 6662.
Long before the monks arrived with quills and ink and snake charms, the Irish people had steeped their souls in words and stories - wonderful tales of early Celts, of the Hound of Ulster and the legendary Fianna warrior Finn of Cuchulainn. The stories tell of curses, broken promises, fearsome giants, princesses turning into swans, horses that run faster than the wind and lands where inhabitants stay forever young.
O'Hearn, Kate
Kira. 2008. Read by Karen Cass, 7 hours 18 minutes. TB 16076.
Shadow of the dragon series; book 1. The daughter of a retired dragon knight, she yearns for adventure and dreams of following in her father's footsteps astride her own magnificent mount. But this can never happen. According to the 'stupid laws' of the kingdom, she must be married by thirteen. Kira hates it, but being a girl she has no choice. Then Lord Dorcon arrives, in a whirl of destruction and Kira knows the real fight is just beginning. To stand a chance of seeing her family again, and to protect the life of her younger sister, she will need every bit of willpower she can find.
Offen, Hilda
Watch out for witches! & The wizard's warning. 2008. Read by Evelyn McLean, 2 hours 40 minutes. TB 16813.
Prince Pompom's in trouble! Five witches weren't asked to his christening and now they've taken their revenge. Luckily, clever Laura Jones is on the case. Poor Prince Florian! According to an old prophecy no one can be king of Little Twittleburg unless they've got a fine head of hair, and his father is getting very thin on top. Florian will have to take over, but first he will have to complete the Four Tasks - even the one about taming a dragon! Luckily his best friend Laura is there to help.
Oldfield, Jenny
Running Wilde. 2005. Read by Kate Sachs, 1 hour 30 minutes. TB 17158.
The Wilde family series; book 3. Sequel to: Wilde style. Jade is press-ganged into running in a junior charity marathon by proud
older sis Kayleigh - who also fancies herself as a trainer. But soon Jade's fed up with the intensive training schedule. So she gets Carmel to switch places. But on the day of the marathon, it looks like Carmel's done a runner - will her twin, Krystal, have to go through with the race instead?
Oldfield, Pamela
The Gumby gang again. 2005. Read by Jean Waggoner, 1 hour 30 minutes. TB 18904.
The Gumby Gang are back with two non-members, four-year-old Bet and Buster the dog. They decide to go camping, but everything that could go wrong, does go wrong. And then at a meeting on their old houseboat, they lose their mooring.
Palmer, C Everard
A cow called Boy. 1973. Read by David Strong, 1 hour 52 minutes. TB 13180.
The story of Josh, a small Jamaican boy, and the uproar caused by his bull calf Boy when it follows him to school on the first day of term.
Paton Walsh, Jill
Goldengrove. 1985. Read by John Livesey, 2 hours 52 minutes. TB 5896.
Every summer Madge and Paul spend a holiday together at their beloved grandmother's house of Goldengrove, though never quite so late as this year - September - and somehow never quite like this with Madge elevated to the spare room. But surely everything will be the same as it has always been - or will it?
Paton Walsh, Jill
Gaffer Samson's luck. 1985. Read by Richard Earthy, 3 hours. TB 5962.
James is not pleased when the family move from the Yorkshire Dales to the flat fen country, and the uninspiring landscape matches the bleak reception he gets at school. Gaffer Sampson, ill in the cottage next door needs help, and meeting him changes things.
Pearce, Philippa
The Elm Street lot. 1969. Read by Anne White, 1 hour 35 minutes. TB 13070.
Sim, Johnny, Kitty and Ginger - the Elm Street Lot - meet at the elm tree stump at one end of the street before they set off on adventures, like finding Mr Crackenthorpe's stolen bath and tracking down an escaped hamster.
Pearce, Philippa
Tom's midnight garden. 1958. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 6 hours 15 minutes. TB 2526.
Sent to stay with his aunt and uncle in a dull old house without even a garden, Tom is not looking forward to his summer holiday. But when the clock strikes 13 at midnight, Tom opens a door that leads to a mysterious garden.
Pearce, Philippa
Wings of courage. 1982. Read by Judith Whale, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 4943.
A lame peasant boy, born inland and apprenticed to a tailor, has always yearned for the sea. He escapes and makes a home for himself in the cliffs, becoming an expert on seabirds - a story of wild seas, cliffs and legends.
Pearce, Philippa
The way to Sattin Shore. 1983. Read by Joe Dunlop, 6 hours 25 minutes. TB 4969.
Is Kate's father really dead? His tombstone disappears and Kate is left with a mystery. Her search for the truth leads her to Sattin Shore where the past and present meet.
Phipson, Joan
The way home. 1973. Read by Stephen Jack, 5 hours 30 minutes. TB 2386.
In this contemporary Pilgrim's Progress, three children involved in a car accident encounter inexplicable adventures as they make their way home.
Pilkey, Dav
The adventures of Captain Underpants: an epic novel. 2000. Read by Peter Brooke, 49 minutes. TB 17965.
When naughty George and Harold hypnotise their headteacher, they accidentally create the greatest superhero in the history of their school -- Captain Underpants! His true identity is so secret that even HE doesn't know who he is... but he's fighting for truth, justice, and all things pre-shrunk and cottony!! If you're a naughty villain like the diabolical Dr Diaper, watch out! Captain Underpants has wedgie-power on his side, and he's coming your way.
Platt, Richard
Castle diary: the journal of Tobias Burgess, page. 1999. Read by Daniel Philpott, 1 hour 56 minutes. TB 12822.
Set in the year 1285, Castle Diary describes the adventures of eleven-year-old Toby Burgess, as he discovers the tribulations of life as a page in his uncle's castle. A rumbustious romp through every aspect of medieval life, Castle Diary chronicles the key events in Toby's year, including his first disastrous boar hunt, practising archery at the butts, discovering the thrills and spills of a tournament and feasting in the Great Hall!
Porter, Eleanor Hodgman
Pollyanna. Read by Hannah Gordon, 6 hours 22. TB 11631.
As soon as the orphaned Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsvale to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she begins to brighten up everybody's life. The sick, the lonely and the just plain miserable all fall under her spell and are transformed. Until one day something so terrible happens that even Pollyanna doesn't know how to feel glad any more.
Postgate, Daniel
Ghost train. 2000. Read by Chris Tarrant, 20 minutes. TB 12378.
Spooky world of Cosmo Jones. Cosmo loves anything spooky, so he jumps at the chance to join the Pricklebourne Ghost Hunters' Society. His first job is to investigate a ghost train with a difference. But Cosmo soon begins to think that life as a ghost hunter might be a bit too exciting.
Potter, Ellen
Olivia Kidney. 2008. Read by Barbara Barnes, 3 hours 10 minutes. TB 17156.
Olivia Kidney; book 1. Olivia Kidney's new apartment building is the pits. But she gets the shock of her life when she's locked out of her flat one night and unwittingly starts a bizarre chain of events. This is no ordinary apartment building, as behind the faceless doors and windows lies an extraordinary world.
Prince, Alison
Night landings. 1983. Read by Gretel Davis, 3 hours 50 minutes. TB 4967.
Harrie finds a strange boy hiding in the hay loft. He has run away from home where two criminals are blackmailing his mother. Harrie and Neil decide to help him, but Rick insists that they must not tell the police. Meanwhile a mysterious aircraft lands every night at the deserted airfield.
Proysen, Alf
Stories for Christmas. 1987. Read by Maggie Jones, 1 hour 1 minute. TB 13086.
It's Christmas Eve and the whole town had forgotten! Then a little girl looked up at the fir trees in the forest, and begins to remember! A treasure trove of Christmas stories capturing all the fun and magic of a childhood Christmas.
Pullman, Philip
I was a rat: or, The scarlet slippers. 1999. Read by Johnathan Hackett, 3 hours 34 minutes. TB 11981.
Roger insists he was a rat. But what is he now? A terrifying monster rampaging in the sewers? A money-spinning fairground freak? Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. Only one of them knows who Roger really is.
Ransome, Arthur
Swallows and Amazons. 1930. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 9 hours 45 minutes. TB 2558.
The first meeting of the Walkers (the Swallows) and the Blacketts (the Amazons) leads to camping and sailing adventures on Lake Windermere. Suitable for 8-10 year olds.
Ransome, Arthur
Winter holiday. 1953. Read by Richard Earthy, 9 hours 57 minutes. TB 4979.
'You know what it's like,' said Nancy, 'Dark at teatime ... nothing ever happens in the winter holidays ... Swallow and Amazon out of the water. So we started a Polar expedition ... only the beastly Arctic won't freeze.'
Ransome, Arthur
We didn't mean to go to sea. 1983. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 8 hours 30 minutes. TB 5362.
The four children were in an old borrowed dinghy. They looked around: everything was new, the steamers going up to Ipswich or down to the sea. A tug set the moored yachts rocking as it passed. "Almost like being at sea," said Titty. Her words were prophetic!
Ransome, Arthur
Pigeon post. 1936. Read by Carmen Lynne, 10 hours 53 minutes. TB 8932.
Plenty of excitement, a little danger, a lot of thinking, planning and fun in connection with a gold mine. More adventures with John, Titty and Roger - the Swallows, Nancy and Peggy Blackett - the Amazons, joined this time by Dick and Dorothea and some pigeons!
Ransome, Arthur
Secret water. 1939. Read by Hugh Ross, 9 hours. TB 4638.
John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack...?
Redbeard, Odin
Vulgar the Viking & the Great Gulp Games. 2012. Read by James Parsons, 59 minutes. TB 19928.
Every year, the village of Blubber competes against the town of Gulp in the Viking Games, and every year, the Blubberers get thrashed. Convinced he can do better, Vulgar starts training - with comically catastrophic results - but worse is to come when he arrives at the Games and discovers he has been entered into the goat hurdling!
Regan, Dian Curtis
The mystery at Kickingbird Lake. 1995. Read by Katinka Wolf, 2 hours. TB 11833.
Ghost twins series; book 1. Robbie and Beka have been ghost twins for fifty years. They live in a house near Kickingbird Lake. A house which is about to become a holiday home for the Shook family. The twins busy themselves spooking the Shooks. But then the children, Kim and Scott, make an exciting discovery in Kickingbird Lake, a discovery that the twins are very interested in. How will they be able to get involved with the mystery without scaring Kim and Scott too much?
Rees, Gwyneth
Cosmo and the great witch escape. 2007. Read by Sophie Aldred, 3 hours 14 minutes. TB 18524.
Cosmo, a witch-cat, is delighted that evil Sybil - the most terrible of witches - is safely in prison. In fact, she's even fitted with a special tag, which means that if she and her cronies try to escape they will be turned into frogs. But then mysterious goings-on are reported in Witch News. Baby witches are being visited by a strange new health visitor - and having their long, curly toenails clipped and stolen! Something sinister is afoot. Could it be that Sybil and her criminal cauldron are at work again?
Rees, Gwyneth
The mum mystery. 2008. Read by Kelly Hunter, 4 hours 25 minutes. TB 17719.
Esmie will never forget her real mum, who died when she was a baby, but it will be great to have a brilliant new mum around. Especially if Esmie can persuade her Dad to propose to Lizzie! But Esmie's life is always full of mysteries, and now is no exception. First of all there's her new friend, Nevada, who claims to have psychic powers. And then Esmie discovers her mum's old jewellery box, which contains what seems to be a secret message. Could her mum still be trying to tell her something - and if so, what?
Richards, Frank
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School. 1947. Read by Stanley McGeagh, 4 hours 23 minutes. TB 13073.
Billy Bunter falls foul of his form master, Mr Quelch, through his persistent laziness, un-truthfulness and stupidity, and is threatened with expulsion. However, the Owl of the Remove decides to get his own back on Quelch with one final defiant act.
Richards, Frank
Billy Bunter's bodyguard. 1993. Read by Robbie McNab, 6 hours 35 minutes. TB 11575.
Bunter's walk to the theatre, via the bun shop, is temporarily redirected up a tree when he believes he is being followed. What he sees from his hideout convinces him that he needs a bodyguard. This plea from the "Owl of the Remove" is treated with the same derision and lack of sympathy as his other fantasies. That is until the fattest figure in Greyfriars disappears, and the rest of the Removites finally decide to concentrate their efforts on finding him.
Richards, Frank
Bunter does his best! 1954. Read by Alistair Maydon, 6 hours 30 minutes. TB 7199.
There were five fellows in the study: the "Famous Five" of the Greyfriars Remove. Harry Wharton sat at the table, a football list before him, a pencil in his hand and a frown on his brow. There aren't enough fellows to make up the team. It looks as if they will have to accept the services of the school Bounder, Herbert Vernon-Smith - but at a price. Or will Bunter save the day?
Richards, Frank
Billy Bunter's double. 1982. Read by Stanley McGeagh, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 5782.
Billy Bunter is in bad trouble over some missing tuck, a 3rd form fag, and with Quelch, the Remove "beak", over some unfinished work. A letter announcing that his identical cousin Wally is staying in the area gives the Fat Owl an idea.
Richards, Frank
Billy Bunter comes for Christmas. 1959. Read by Stanley McGeagh, 4 hours 10 minutes. TB 12954.
To Billy Bunter the Christmas holidays mean only one thing - endless eating. So the other chaps do not want him invading their celebrations at Wharton's home and making inroads into their pile of goodies. Bunter arrives unannounced - as does a burglar revisiting the scene of an earlier crime. Soon Bunter's presence is welcomed.
Ridley, Philip
Meteorite spoon. 1995. Read by Mark Straker, 3 hours 4 minutes. TB 11570.
When Mr and Mrs Thunder have the biggest argument of all time, they finally bring the house down! Trapped beneath the rubble, Filly and Fergal escape, with the help of the magical meteorite spoon, to a technicolour fantasy island, Honeymoonia. Can this extraordinary world really be true? Are the glamorous Mr and Mrs Love really a young version of Mum and Dad? And what happens when the volcano erupts?
Ridley, Philip
Kasper in the glitter. 1995. Read by Cameron Stewart, 4 hours 14 minutes. TB 11632.
Kasper goes into the city to retrieve a stolen brooch. He is enticed into the gang of the evil King Streetwise, who sets out to enslave lost children. Before the end of the tale, Kasper has to rescue his mother, kidnapped by King Streetwise, using the biggest banoffi pie ever created.
Ridley, Philip
ZinderZunder. 1998. Read by Mark Straker, 2 hours 54 minutes. TB 11508.
Max's mum has little time for Max and his tap-dancing. So Max contacts ZinderZunder who offers him a wish. Max asks for everyone to admire his dancing. Suddenly everyone is crazy to see him dance, but he is not allowed to stop.
Ridley, Philip
Krindlekrax. 1992. Read by Daniel Philpott, 2 hours 44 minutes. TB 11593.
When Lizard Street is threatened by the mysterious Krindlekrax, weedy Ruskin Splinter proves his worth over the hulking Elvis Cave.
Robinson, Tony
The king who killed the Minotaur. 1988. Read by Kate Binchy, 1 hours 35 minutes. TB 8623.
Theseus certainly had a reputation to live up to! After being saved from death as a baby, he had been educated by Daedalus and coached by Hercules. Then he had gone on to fight the Great tosser, fall into the clutches of Pine Bender and duff up his Uncle Laius. Oh - he killed a Minotaur as well.
Robson, Mark
Firestorm. 2008. Read by Mark Elstob, 6 hours 55 minutes. TB 19444.
Nolita is terrified of dragons. Learning to fly her day dragon would be dangerous enough without irrational fears to contend with and a vicious dragon-hunter on her tail. With Elian, another novice rider, Nolita seeks the first of four Orbs, but to claim it she must face her worst fears.
Rogers, Marilyn Erica
Willem's golden bone. 1980. Read by Bruce Montague, 3 hours 51 minutes. TB 12923.
William the puppy was sure there was a golden bone at the end of the rainbow, and he had many adventures when he set out to look for it.
Rowling, J K
Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone. 1999. Read by Stephen Fry, 8 hours 23 minutes. TB 11799.
Harry Potter series; book 1. Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The reason: Harry Potter is a wizard!
Rodgers, Frank.
Pirate penguins and the nostrils of Neptune. 2008. Read by Jonathan Hackett, 31 minutes. TB 19640.
The pirate penguins are on the hunt for treasure! But disaster strikes when Paisley is blown overboard by the fierce ice wind. And Paisley isn't the only one in trouble. A group of friendly whales are in danger, and need the penguins' help. Can the pirate penguins find their captain, save the whales and find the hidden treasure?
Rowling, J K
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. 2000. Read by Stephen Fry, 9 hours 47 minutes. TB 12024.
Harry Potter series; book 2. Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible things start happening. Harry hears evil voices, and sinister messages appear on the wall. Nothing can prepare Harry and his friends for what happens next.
Rowling, J K
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. 2000. Read by Stephen Fry, 12 hours 44 minutes. TB 12366.
Harry Potter series; book 3. Harry Potter is a wizard in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione soon discover why wizards live in fear of Azkaban.
Rowling, J K
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. 2001. Read by Stephen Fry, 20 hours 56 minutes. TB 12379.
Harry Potter series; book 4. Harry Potter wakes up with his scar burning and can't stop worrying about this until Ron's timely invitation to the Quidditch World Cup. Something horrible happens at the match which casts a shadow over everyone.
Rowling, J K
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2003. Read by Stephen Fry, 28 hours. TB 13392.
Harry Potter series; book 5. Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said, for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything."
Rowling, J K
Harry Potter and the half-blood Prince. 2005. Read by Stephen Fry, 20 hours 33 minutes. TB 14301.
Harry Potter series; book 6. 'In a brief statement on Friday night, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this country and is once more active. "It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord - well, you know who I mean - is alive and among us again," said Fudge.' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with Voldemort's power and followers increasing day by day.
Rowling, J K
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. 2007. Read by Stephen Fry, 24 hours. TB 14957.
Harry Potter series; book 7. In the seventh and final instalment of Harry Potter's adventures, Harry is burdened with a dark and dangerous task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. Harry must find the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow the inexorable path laid out for him.
Rowling, J K
The tales of Beedle the bard. 2008. Read by Steve Hodson, Beth Chalmers and Jacqueline King, 1 hour 42 minutes. TB 16171.
Each of the five tales in this book reveals a lesson befitting children and parents alike: the strength gained with a trusted friendship, the redemptive power of love, and the true magic that exists in the hearts of all of us. Rowling's new introduction also comments on the personal lessons she has taken from the Tales.
Rushdie, Salman
Haroun and the sea of stories. 1990. Read by Michael Tudor Barnes, 5 hours 11 minutes. TB 8918.
A professional storyteller, the Shah of Blah, loses his wife to a city clerk. An even bigger catastrophe occurs when he loses his gift of storytelling. His son attempts to return to him his special gift.
Ruskin, John
The king of the Golden River. 2007. Read by Mark Elstob, 1 hour 8 minutes. TB 16256.
After Gluck's cruel and greedy older brothers refuse hospitality to a mysterious visitor, their prosperous farm fails and one by one each brother makes the perilous journey to find treasure in the nearby Golden River.
Ryan, Margaret
Roodica the Rude and the chariot challenge. 2010. Read by Lisa Milne-Henderson, 40 minutes. TB 19965.
If there's one thing Roodica hates it's spying, sneaky snots. So when Copius Mucus - or Lottasnot as she calls him - enters the children's chariot race, she just has to beat him!
Sachar, Louis
Pig City. 2010. Read by Jennifer Woodward, 4 hours 20 minutes. TB 18193.
When Laura Sibbie starts a secret club at school she calls it Pig City, after the funny hat she always wears. To make sure that none of the members tells anyone else about the club, Laura makes them give her something totally embarrassing as 'insurance'. She promises to keep the insurance secret "unless someone talks about Pig City". Gabriel, who never tells on anybody, would be a perfect member of Pig City. He wants to join, but when Laura asks him, something goes terribly wrong!
Said, S F
Varjak Paw. 2006. Read by Andrew Sachs, 4 hours 4 minutes. TB 17717.
Mesopotamian Blue cat Varjak Paw has never been outside before, but Varjak is forced out into the city when the sinister gentleman and his two cats take over his home. With help from an ancestor, he manages to overcome the challenges of survival.
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
The little prince. 1995. Read by Adrian Lukis, 1 hour 45 minutes. TB 17023.
A pilot forced to land in the Sahara meets a little prince. The wise and enchanting stories the prince tells of his own planet with its three volcanoes and a haughty flower are the result.
Saville, Malcolm
The secret of the Villa Rosa. 1971. Read by Carol Marsh, 6 hours 38 minutes. TB 2919.
When Uncle Joe invited Juliet and her brother Simon to stay with him at the Villa Rosa in Orvieto he little realises the danger into which he is leading them.
Simmons, Jane
Beryl goes wild. 2010. Read by Leanne Westbury, 2 hours 48 minutes. TB 18188.
When Beryl, a battery-farmed piglet, escapes from the lorry taking her to the abbatoir, she sets off on a journey that takes her into a rather frightening world.
Simon, Francesca
Horrid Henry. 2000. Read by Annie Aldington, 47 minutes. TB 14995.
Horrid Henry is everyone's favourite awful child! The riotous stories of Henry and his little brother Peter.
Simon, Francesca
Horrid Henry and the secret club. 1996. Read by Annie Aldington, 1 hour. TB 14996.
Yet again Henry is out to cause trouble but this time Perfect Peter has other ideas. Why doesn't anyone notice when Peter is being horrid? A naughty tale of fun and wickedness.
Simon, Francesca
Horrid Henry's nits. 1997. Read by Annie Aldington, 1 hour. TB 14997.
Horrid Henry has nits - and he's on a mission to give them to everyone else too! After that, he can turn his attention to sabotaging his school trip, ruining his parents' dinner party and terrifying Perfect Peter with a fangmangler.
Simon, Francesca
Horrid Henry tricks the tooth fairy. 1996. Read by Annie Aldinton, 1 hour 4 minutes. TB 14991.
Henry is a page boy at Prissy Polly's wedding. The tooth fairy is in town but Henry doesn't have a tooth for her. Henry breaks the meanest teacher in school and Margaret comes to stay but for how long?
Simon, Francesca
Horrid Henry gets rich quick. 1998. Read by Annie Aldington, 56 minutes. TB 14992.
In this book Henry runs away from home and bumps into Moody Margaret, tries to find a way to win at sports day, sells himself to Peter for money and finds a way to get nice presents when Rich Aunt Ruby and Stuck-Up Steve come for Christmas.
Simon, Francesca
Horrid Henry robs the bank. 2008. Read by Annie Aldington, 1 hour 9 minutes. TB 16190.
Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game, comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks his birthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party - and gets it by taking over as Head Teacher when Peter plays school with his goody-goody friends.
Simon, Francesca
Horrid Henry rocks. 2010. Read by Annie Aldington, 1 hour 4 minutes. TB 18015.
In Horrid Henry's Invasion, Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter keep invading each other's rooms. In Moody Margaret's Sleepover, Moody Margaret invites all the members of the Secret Club for a sleepover, with catastrophic results. In Horrid Henry's Autobiography, Miss Battle-Axe's class all have to write their autobiographies, the best to be published in the local paper. In Horrid Henry Rocks, Horrid Henry wants to go to the Killerboy Rats concert while his family want to go to the Daffy and her Dancing Daisies concert.
Sleigh, Barbara
Carbonel. 1955. Read by Gene Foad, 5 hours 30 minutes. TB 6754.
Rosemary is quite an ordinary schoolgirl who buys a broom one day and, for three extra farthings, a cat. A good cat is apt to be independent, so she does not have things all her own way, and as Carbonel proves to be a Royal cat in a very special sense, that is understandable. Between the two of them Rosemary picks up some useful spells and magic: the long holiday at home that looks so dull turns into one long to be remembered...
Sleigh, Barbara
Carbonel and Calidor : being the further adventures of a royal cat. 1980. Read by Helen Copp, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 6985.
Carbonel, King of the Fallowhithe cats, needs help to find his runaway son, Prince Calidor. With special magic from the Nostradumus Ltd cracker, they can hear what the cats are saying: they become Hearing Humans and are pressed into service to help in the rescue of Calidor - now known ignominiously as "Crumpet" - from the snares of the wicked Broomhurst witches.
Smith, Jim
I am not a loser. 2012. Read by Daniel Philpott, 1 hour 9 minutes. TB 19968.
This is the first of three notebooks belonging to Barry Loser. Follow Barry as he tries to throw off his loserness, take revenge on the terrible Fronkle-burping Darren Darrenofski and finally become a winner.
Sparkes, Ali
Spider stampede. 2011. Read by Daniel Hill, 2 hours 56 minutes. TB 18764.
Switch series; book 1. Josh and Danny have lost their dog, Piddle, and sneak next door to try and find him. They get more than they bargain for when they run into their next-door neighbour, Petty Potts - a mad scientist with a gleefully beastly serum. One accidental squirt of the S.W.I.T.C.H spray later and the twins find themselves with eight legs and the ability to shoot webbing out of their bums! Josh and Danny are in big bug trouble as they face a dangerous journey across their back garden in the hope that Petty can SWITCH them back. But it's a big bad world out there and the brothers are no longer top of the food chain.
Spence, Eleanor
The left overs. 1982. Read by Ray Jones, 3 hours 15 minutes. TB 5173.
"WANTED: Good Home for four children, aged from eight to eleven. Willing to help around the house." The advert had been Drew's idea. The few years at Barnfield with Aunty Bill, their house-mother, had been like living in a real home with a proper family. Now they were threatened with separation and life in a large institution again. However, the advert led to more than they bargained for...
Spyri, Johanna
Heidi. 1880. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 5 hours 45 minutes. TB 2297.
The story of little Heidi, who lived with her uncle up high in the Alps, and whose happy, cheerful nature brought happiness to so many.
Stanton, Andy
Mr Gum and the biscuit billionaire. 2010. Read by Andy Stanton, 1 hour 11 minutes. TB 18927.
A cross between Roald Dahl and Monty Python. Mr. Gum is back in this second hilarious book and he's as nasty as ever!
Stanton, Andy
You're a bad man, Mr Gum!. 2006. Read by Andy Stanton, 1 hour 2 minutes. TB 17711.
Mr Gum is a truly nasty old man. He's absolutely grimsters. But this book is not just about him. There is also a little girl called Polly, an evil butcher, heroes and sweets and stuff, and Jake the dog, who must be saved from terrible, terrible evil.
Stanton, Andy
Mr Gum and the goblins. 2006. Read by Andy Stanton, 1 hour 17 minutes. TB 19790.
Mr Gum and the Billy William are once more mucking things up for everyone. They're making their bad plans up on Goblin Mountain. Can the brave travellers make it past the three Impossible Challenges of Goblin Mountain and save the town?
Stewart, Mary
Ludo and the star horse. 1974. Read by Gabriel Woolf, 3 hours 45 minutes. TB 2596.
Ludo is home alone one night when his horse, Renti, escapes. Ludo fo0llows him into the snow, and eventually they find themselves in the House of the Archer, a gateway to the Zodiac. The Archer tells Ludo that Renti is a Star Horse and is on his way home. Ludo decides to accompany his loyal horse through the star-countries of the zodiac.
Stewart, Mary
The little broomstick. 1973. Read by Candida Gubbins, 3 hours 35 minutes. TB 18133.
Nothing could ever happen here, thought Mary, exiled to Great-Aunt Charlotte's house. But she was wrong. That very day Tib the cat led her to a curious flower called fly-by-night. Then she found a little broomstick hidden in a corner and her strange and wonderful magic adventure begun.
Stewart, Paul
Fergus Crane. 2005. Read by Alistair Petrie, 2 hours 45 minutes. TB 14136.
Far-flung adventures; book 1. Fergus Crane! You are in great danger! I am sending help. Signed T. C., your long-lost Uncle Theo. Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life - having lessons taught by rather odd teachers on the school ship Betty Jeanne, helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home - and Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure!
Stewart, Paul
Corby Flood. 2006. Read by Kim Hicks, 3 hours 30 minutes. TB 17715. Far-flung adventures ; 2. Sequel to: Fergus Crane..
Corby and her family are about to set sail on the ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. On board, amongst all the odd passengers and eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in bowler hats who call themselves The Brotherhood of Clowns.
Stewart, Paul
Muddle earth. 2004. Read by Clive Mantle, 3 hours 39 minutes. TB 15338.
Muddle earth series; book 1. Muddle earth is a place where anything can happen - and it usually does. Joe Jefferson is an ordinary schoolboy from ordinary earth. But something strange happened when he was walking his dog, and now he's Joe the Barbarian, fearless warrior-hero, summoned to slay ogres, wrestle dragons and bravely confront villains.
Stewart, Paul
Free Lance and the lake of skulls & Free Lance and the field of blood & Free Lance and the dragon's hoard. 2007. Read by Alistair Petrie, 3 hours 19 minutes. TB 15732.
Free Lance series; books 1-3. These stories follow the adventures of Free Lance, a mercenary knight. When we meet Free Lance, he is down on his luck and stuck in the Badlands. So it seems good news when the local lord wants him to recover an enchanted crown from the Lake of Skulls.
Storr, Catherine
Thursday. 1971. Read by John Richmond, 7 hours 11 minutes. TB 1896.
When Thursday disappeared everyone had different ideas about his whereabouts. Mrs Smith had strange ideas about the Little People, and Bee, who loved him, was the only one who could help him to get back.
Stranger, Joyce
Paddy Joe. 1971. Read by David Strong, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 2702.
Paddy Joe lived with his grandmother. When she died and he overheard people say that he must go away to school and his dog be shot, he decided to run away.
Stranger, Joyce
Trouble for Paddy Joe. 1973. Read by David Strong, 4 hours 8 minutes. TB 2703.
Sequel to: Paddy Joe. Paddy Joe and Storm are on holiday on an island off Scotland. Paddy Joe, looking for his missing dog, gets lost and has some frightening adventures before he finds his way back.
Stranger, Joyce
Paddy Joe at Deep Hollow Farm. 1975. Read by David Strong, 4 hours 56 minutes. TB 3217.
Sequel to: Trouble for Paddy Joe. Paddy Joe meets the family at Deep Hollow Farm, and there he learns about breeding alsatians and the hard work - and fun - it involves.
Stranger, Joyce
Paddy Joe and Tomkin's Folly. 1979. Read by Robert Gladwell, 6 hours. TB 3943.
Paddy Joe, Tomkin, the Colonel and the Mabley family from Deep Hollow Farm are all finding it hard to make ends meet. Rather than sell their beloved dogs and horses they decide to move to a derelict old house and renovate it themselves.
Streatfield, Noel
White boots. 1951. Read by Phyllis Boothroyd, 7 hours 49 minutes. TB 2330.
Harriet started skating because she had been very ill, and needed the exercise; but at the rink she found new friends, and a quite unexpected ability on the ice.
Strong, Jeremy
Batpants. 2010. Read by Susie Riddell, 1 hour 33 minutes. TB 18735.
Batpants the orang-utan is completely, wildly Hairy. She loves swinging through trees, and apple crumble and roast chicken. But most of all she loves her family, the Loveharts, and all their madcap adventures. Mrs Lovehart is a stuntwoman and so the whole family is off to watch her in action in her latest film. But someone on set has an evil plan and things could turn nasty - will it be Batpants to the rescue?
Strong, Jeremy
Beware! Killer tomatoes. 2007. Read by Paul Chequer, 2 hours 7 minutes. TB 15417.
Jack's in trouble, big trouble. Not only is he in hospital but he knows the police are coming for him. Because of an accident - a tomato-related accident.
Strong, Jeremy
The karate princess. 2007. Read by Lesley Sharp, 1 hour 28 minutes. TB 15480.
Karate Princess series; book 1. The youngest of sixteen princesses, Belinda is not very beautiful or clever - but she is very good at one thing, karate, which she learns from her Japanese tutor. For seven years Belinda has been ignored while the king and queen worried about marrying off her elder, prettier sisters. But now it's Belinda's turn to find a husband. Can she use her karate skills to bring back the Bogle from the Marsh at the End of the World and claim her handsome prince?
Strong, Jeremy
The karate princess and the cut-throat robbers. 2008. Read by Judy Bennett, 1 hour 26 minutes. TB 15612.
Karate Princess series; book 2. The youngest of sixteen princesses, Belinda is not very beautiful or clever - but she is very good at one thing, karate, which she learns from her Japanese tutor. Which is just as well, for if Belinda is to save her father's kingdom from the wicked Princess Saramanda and her band of cut-throat robbers, she's going to need plenty of ideas and lots of karate practice.
Strong, Jeremy
The karate princess to the rescue. 2007. Read by Lesley Sharp, 1 hour 22 minutes. TB 16295.
Karate Princess series; book 3. Belinda, the Karate Princess, is a force to be reckoned with. She fights bad beasties and vicious villains wherever she finds them. She is helped by her boyfriend, Hubert, and Knackerleevee, a big, hairy, smelly Bogle. This time she finds herself in trouble when she tries to rescue her karate teacher from the evil warlord Utagawa and his army of sumo wrestlers.
Strong, Jeremy
Invasion of the Christmas puddings. 2008. Read by Russell Boulter, 1 hour 53 minutes. TB 15992.
Father Christmas's eeevil brother BAD Christmas is plotting to turn everyone on the planet into Zombies - using Christmas puddings! With the help of Mrs Claus and the Plumpot Primary, can Father Christmas stop his pesky brother in time - before the puddings take over the world?
Strong, Jeremy
Lightning Lucy storms ahead. 2010. Read by Judy Bennett, 1 hour 37 minutes. TB 18736.
Lightning Lucy can fly, make objects float, or burst into flames! With her special powers, Lucy rescues a kitten, washes the dishes, and manages to disrupt the school music festival.
Strong, Jeremy
My brother's famous bottom. 2006. Read by Paul Chequer, 1 hour 8 minutes. TB 18506.
Now that the twins (Cheese and Tomato) have been born, the family needs to earn more money. Dad starts to grow his own vegetables and keep a goat for milking - with disastrous results in exploding yoghurt. Then the twins audition for a nappy advert. They cause chaos, but when Cheese's bottom accidentally gets on the News programme, he's given the advertising job and the family's money problems are over.
Strong, Jeremy
My brother's hot cross bottom. 2010. Read by Paul Chequer, 1 hour 30 minutes. TB 18765.
Nicholas and his family are hatching eggs for his school's Easter Fair. But the eggs keep going missing and their new rabbits, Saucepan and Nibblewibble, are causing havoc in the garden. Perhaps Cilla, their nosy new neighbour, is even more trouble than she seems.
Strong, Jeremy
We want to be on the telly! 2010. Read by Tom Stanley, 1 hour 7 minutes. TB 17963.
The story of Heathrow (affectionately named after London's airport) whose totally embarrassing parents will do anything to be on TV, even if it involves rice pudding or a racing car or a rhinoceros! But in the end it's Heathrow's quick thinking that makes the news headlines!
Swindells, Robert
Invisible! 2005. Read by Kim Hicks, 3 hours 39 minutes. TB 15328.
What would you do if you became invisible? Creep around, unseen? Listen in to other people's conversations? Twins Carrie and Conrad, and their friends Peter and Charlotte, do all these things, and much more, when a new girl at school - Rosie - shows them a secret: how to make yourself invisble.
Swindells, Robert
Timesnatch. 2007. Read by Kim Hicks, 2 hours 52 minutes. TB 15425.
Once a creature is extinct, it's gone forever, isn't it? Not any more - as a butterfly from the past proves. The physicist mother of Kizzy and Fraser Rye has invented an amazing time machine that can travel back into the past, snatch a plant or animal now extinct and bring it back into the present. But the machine 'Rye's Apparatus' has a horrifying potential.
Swindells, Robert
World-eater. 2008. Read by Daniel Hill, 2 hours 38 minutes. TB 15569.
On the night of the big storm a mysterious new planet appears in the sky. At first Orville Copperstone is too preoccupied with his pet pigeons to pay it much attention, but soon the whole world is buzzing with the news of this strange event. Scientific probes reveal some incredible facts about this planet: its surface is a thin, smooth crust and it has a liquid interior. It is unlike any other planet known to man. It is Orville who realises the truth about the planet but will anybody believe him?
Swindells, Robert
In the nick of time. 2007. Read by Clare Corbett, 3 hours 18 minutes. TB 15610.
When Charlie falls off a stepping stone in the woods, her whole world suddenly changes. She stumbles in the 21st century, and picks herself up in the middle of the 20th! There are no trainers, no mobile phones - and she's a pupil at a weird outdoor school where the classrooms don't even have walls. Somehow, Charlie has slipped through a nick of time. Can new friend Jack help her find a way back - or will she be trapped in the past?
Sykes, Julie
Tiger taming & Dixie in danger. 2010. Read by Joe Dunlop, 1 hour 57 minutes. TB 18186.
The pet sitter. When animal-lover Max sets up a pet-sitting business he finds himself looking after some very unusual pets. There's Miss Warble Itchy's black cat, Tiger. But a witch's cat can be quite a handful. Then inventor Ivor Gadget hires Max to take care of his dormouse Dixie. What could be easier? But when Dixie accidentally sets off a time machine, Max must rescue him from a hoard of hungry ancient Romans.
Te Kanawa, Kiri
Land of the long white cloud. 1989. Read by Rosemary Miller, 2 hours 36 minutes. TB 8687.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is a Maori. "Land of the Long White Cloud" is her selection of the tales she remembers from her childhood and which she has recounted to her own children.
Temperley, Alan
Harry and the wrinklies. 2003. Read by Steven Alexander, 8 hours. TB 15820.
When Harry's sent to stay with his great-aunts at Lagg Hall, he thinks he's in for a really dull time. But Auntie Florrie, Aunt Bridget and their elderly friends aren't quite as Harry expects them to be. Aren't they too old to be driving fast cars and climbing trees? And what exactly are the plans they're making late at night when Harry's in bed? Plans they don't want Harry to find out about, plans for something no one could call dull.
Thorne, Matt
Greengrove castle. 2008. Read by Sophie Ward, 3 hours 39 minutes. TB 18030.
Eleanor Conway is a 12-year-old girl living with her parents in a small castle community. One day Eleanor is visited by the mysterious Anderson; he tells her that she has been selected to join an illustrious and highly secretive organisation known as Castle Seven. Eleanor must begin training, alongside four other children, in disciplines such as horse-riding, sword-fighting and diplomacy so that she is fully prepared to take part in missions and adventures on the community's behalf. At first, Eleanor enjoys her training and her place amongst the elite Castle Seven members. But then she faces real danger - including wolves, imprisonment, and signs of betrayal from those closest to her. She must learn quickly who to trust - and how to hold her own.
Tinkler, David
Lucasta Smirk goes beserk!. 2009. Read by Richard Mitchley, 1 hour 39 minutes. TB 18511.
Even though Glob the Mutant looks exactly like an ordinary boy, he actually comes from another planet. In this story, Glob joins forces with Lucasta Smirk to face the evil Mr Crushchild and the dangerous Miss Hatchet.
Todd, Barbara Euphan
Worzel Gummidge, or, The scarecrow of Scatterbrook. 1989. Read by Brigit Forsyth, 3 hours 48 minutes. TB 8208.
Worzel Gummidge may be stuffed full of straw, have a turnip head and worn-out clothes, but he's certainly no ordinary scarecrow. He's alive! When Susan and John discover him in Ten-Acre Field they also discover that he's a very nice "person", and that he can lead them into some very tricky situations.
Toksvig, Sandi
The littlest Viking. 2009. Read by Sandi Toksvig, 1 hour 33 minutes. TB 16992.
When Amber, the littlest Viking, set out from Scandinavia to seek her fortune she must have got lost on her way. Now she's in Pegwell Bay. When Katie, Gary and Joshua find her stranded on the beach, they decide to look after her.
Tomlinson, Jill
The aardvark who wasn't sure and: the gorilla who wanted to grow up. 2005. Read by Maureen Lipman, 2 hour 1 minutes. TB 18520.
In The Aardvark Who Wasn't Sure - Pim is a baby aardvark, with a long, furry nose. He has tiny little claws instead of fingers and toes. But he isn't sure what being an aardvark means, so he decides to find out. In The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up - Pongo is a little gorilla who lives in the mountains in Africa. As playful as can be, he swings from jungle creepers and climbs in and out of trees. He wants to be as brave and clever as his dad, but will he ever learn to grow up?
Townsend, John Rowe
Top of the world. 1976. Read by Andrew Timothy, 1 hour 17 minutes. TB 13175.
Donald decides to go up to the roof-garden of the tall building where his father works, and defies all attempts to remove him...
Townsend, John Rowe
The golden journey. 1989. Read by Rosalind Shanks, 7 hours 11 minutes. TB 7983.
Until war breaks out Eleni looks set to live an ordinary life of poverty on the island where she was born. But the war brings her an unexpected opportunity for the adventure she's always craved. For she is the appointed Messenger of the Living God, and a prophecy says that only she can save the Islands from destruction. This is an exciting, fast-paced adventure set in a dramatic mythical landscape.
Travers, P L
Mary Poppins. 1937. Read by Elizabeth Proud, 4 hours 5 minutes. TB 2340.
When Mary Poppins takes charge of the Banks children, she changes their lives forever. Unlike other nannies, she makes ordinary events extraordinary. Who else could slide up bannisters, lead the children on magical adventures and still tuck them in at the end of the day.
Updale, Eleanor
Montmorency. 2004. Read by David Thorpe, 4 hours 58 minutes. TB 14024.
Fleeing across a roof on a dark night in Victorian London, a thief crashes through a glass skylight to almost certain death. An ambitious young doctor revives and reconstructs his shattered body, proudly showing off his handiwork at the Scientific Society where the city's intelligentsia meet. It's there that the robber picks up the key to a new existence, and on his release from prison begins to lead a double life. He becomes both the respectable, wealthy Montmorency and his degenerate servant, Scarper - while the police are baffled by a wave of mysterious and seemingly unstoppable thefts. But Montmorency must be on his guard, the smallest mistake could reveal his secret and destroy both his lives.
Uttley, Alison
A traveller in time. 1939. Read by Pauline Munro, 7 hours 45 minutes. TB 5020.
The Babington plot to save Mary, Queen of Scots mingles with the present day at Thackers Farm for a young descendant of the sixteenth century Taberners. She alone can pierce the veil to the past as she is caught up in their desires and fears.
Wallace, Karen
Star spooks & Funky phantoms. 2009. Read by Eve Karpf, 1 hour 52 minutes. TB 17206.
In Star Spooks: Hollywood has come to Creakie Hall! But is Chubby Cellophane really a world-famous director, or is he a fake? Once again, the family ghosts, Miasma and Marmaduke, come to the rescue with some out-of-this-world special effects. In Funky Phantoms: Ghost-hunters have arrived at Creakie Hall. Miasma and Marmaduke, the family ghosts, are sure they're imposters who are up to no good. And when Miasma and Marmaduke are saving Creakie Hall from danger, things can get really hair-raising.
Walliams, David
Mr Stink. 2009. Read by Richard Derrington, 3 hours 30 minutes. TB 17069.
Chloe sees Mr Stink every day, but she's never spoken to him. Which isn't surprising, because he's a tramp, and he stinks. But there's more to Mr Stink than meets the eye (or nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed. As Chloe struggles to keep Mr Stink a secret, and her dad tries to hide a secret of his own, the stage is set for an epic family confrontation. But there's one other person with a an extraordinary secret - Mr Stink himself!
Walters, Eric
Hoop crazy! 2001. Read by Tom Thiessen, 3 hours 6 minutes. TB 18441.
Nick and Ned are cousins who are as different as can be - Nick loves basketball and Ned loves nature. When Nick and his pal Kia lose their team-mate for a three-on-three hoop tournament, they must find a way to make Ned a part of the team, but this is easier said than done.
Webb, Holly
Dogmagic. 2008. Read by Stephanie Beattie, 3 hours 12 minutes. TB 19156.
Lottie is enjoying life at the magical pet shop and especially the magic lessons with Sofie and Ariadne the witch. With her new best friend, Ruby, even school is becoming fun, but can Lottie trust her? What would Ruby say if she knew Lottie had magical powers?
Webb, Holly
Sam the stolen puppy. 2009. Read by Phyllida Nash, 1 hour 13 minutes. TB 17194.
Sam the gorgeous golden Labrador puppy is the best Christmas present Emily has ever had. When he is stolen, a heartbroken Emily is hot on the trail of the thieves - will she ever find her beloved puppy?
White, E B
Charlotte's web. 1993. Read by Liza Ross, 3 hours 39 minutes. TB 11857.
This is the story of a girl called Fern who loves a little pig called Wilbur. And of how Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan (which no one else could possibly have thought of).
Whybrow, Ian
A footballer called Flip. 2006. Read by Andrew Clover, 36 minutes. TB 20138.
Jack is short. So short in fact that Mr Bullock doesn't want him on the St Saviours football team. But when Mr Willis discovers Jack's footballing brain, and Jack's mum steps in with a few tips, it looks like the School Cup may be just the beginning.
Whybrow, Ian
Young Robin's hood. 2000. Read by Chris Tarrant, 24 minutes. TB 12237.
Think you know everything there is to know about Robin Hood and his Merry Men? Well, think again! Before they were grown-ups battling the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham this famous band of heroes were normal boys with normal names just like you and me. So how did they come to be called Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett and Little John? Well, it's quite a story, and certainly not one for the faint-hearted.
Whytock, Cherry
Honeysuckle Lovelace: the dogwalkers' club. 2008. Read by Jacqueline Tong, 2 hours 27 minutes. TB 16987.
Honeysuckle and her friends decide to set up a dogwalking club. As they struggle with the unexpected mayhem of the job, they are also drawn into the lives of their clients - which proves much more interesting than they'd ever imagined.
Wilde, Oscar
Fairy tales. 1888. Read by Robert Ashby, 5 hours 15 minutes. TB 5725.
This collection consists of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" and "A House of Pomegranates". In the title story, the statue of a Happy Prince, who has a ruby in his sword and is covered in gold, comes to life....
Wilding, Val
Toby Tucker: keeping sneaky secrets. 2007. Read by Richard Mitchley, 1 hour 44 minutes. TB 15671.
Toby Tucker series; book 1. Toby Tucker is an orphan who has been fostered by the kind Don and Evie. His sole possession is a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. When he manages to put together a name, the most incredible magic happens. Toby becomes his ancestor! The first time it happens, Toby is catapulted back to Ancient Egypt, into Seti's life, and finds himself keeping sneaky secrets.
Wilding, Valerie
Dodging the donkey doo. 2008. Read by Richard Mitchley, 1 hour 55 minutes. TB 17950.
Toby Tucker series; book 2. Toby Tucker is an orphan with a secret. He owns a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. When he manages to put together a name, the most incredible magic happens. Toby travels back in time and becomes his ancestor! He's already been to Ancient Egypt, and can't wait for the magic to begin again! This time Toby is plunged back to Ancient Greece, into Niko's life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey doo.
Wilding, Valerie
Sludging through a sewer. 2009. Read by Richard Mitchley, 1 hour 39 minutes. TB 18503.
Toby Tucker series; book 3. Toby Tucker has a secret. When he finds a name in his magic chest, he is catapulted back in time and becomes his own ancestor. This time he's Titus, a slave who goes sludging through the sewer in Ancient Rome in search of riches so he can buy his freedom. But when his master's son, Marcus, interferes, Titus is in danger of losing much more than a few trinkets.
Wills, Jean
Stargazer's folly. 1982. Read by Anne White, 4 hours 31 minutes. TB 12936.
Greg's hobby is astronomy. With his friends' help he builds a make-shift telescope and uses the deserted dome of the riverside Trout Hall as an observatory. At school the gang play 'Floodwater' as the river level rises. On the first star-watching night the river bursts its banks; the game has now become a fight for survival.
Wilson, Anna
Kitten kaboodle. 2010. Read by Clare Corbett, 4 hours 35 minutes. TB 19375
Ten-year-old Bertie Fletcher has only ever wanted one thing - a pet - but her grumpy dad won't allow her so much as a goldfish. So, to score herself plenty of animal time, she sets up a secret pet-sitting service.
Wilson, David Henry
Elephants don't sit on cars. 2008. Read by Andy Crane, 1 hour 40 minutes. TB 15633.
Jeremy Jones tells his Mummy that there is a elephant sitting on Daddy's car but his Mummy tells him that elephants don't sit on cars. But when Jeremy Jones is around anything is possible.
Wilson, David Henry
Do goldfish play the violin? 2007. Read by Andy Crane, 1 hour 30 minutes. TB 15652.
A collection of tales about a mischievous, spirited young boy with a huge sense of fun.
Wilson, Forrest
Super Gran. 1980. Read by Richard Earthy, 3 hours 37 minutes. TB 5855.
While Willie is playing football, a strange white beam turns his frail granny into Super Gran, with incredible strength, fantastic speed and x-ray eyes. Willie and his granny have some adventures which include stopping bank robbers, and fighting a battle with the super toughies so that Super Gran can return the great invention to its rightful owner.
Wilson, Jacqueline
Take a good look. 1993. Read by Beth Chalmers, 1 hour 15 minutes. TB 15484.
Mary can't see properly, but she's fed up with not being allowed to go anywhere by herself. She sets off to the shop alone, but she stumbles into a nightmare when a robbery goes wrong and she is kidnapped and held hostage.
Wilson, Jacqueline
Video Rose. 2008. Read by Kim Hicks, 1 hour 25 minutes. TB 16275.
Rose loves watching videos and sits in front of the telly all the time. So when the video player breaks, it's a total nightmare! But then a very mysterious repair man comes to fix it. He gives Rose the power to forward and rewind her life and then Rose sees what really happens to someone who spends all their time in front of the TV.
Wilson, Jacqueline
My sister Jodie. 2008. Read by Finty Williams, 8 hours 57 minutes. TB 17199.
Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the quiet, cautious, studious younger sister. Jodie is bold and brash and bad - but Pearl adores her anyway. When their parents get new jobs as the cook and caretaker at a fusty old boarding school, the girls have to move there and spend their summer holidays in the school with just a few children and staff for company. And when they arrive, things start to change.
Winkler, Henry
Zero to hero. 2012. Read by Eric Meyers, 3 hours 23 minutes. TB 19926..
Billy Broccoli is a boy with questions: about his new school, his new step-family, his whole new life. Hoover Porterhuse (aka the Hoove) is a ghost with all the answers. When a trick of fate makes them roommates, Billy discovers that having a ghost around might not be so bad after all.
Wood, Anne
Our best stories: a collection of stories chosen by children; edited by Anne Wood and Ann Pilling. 1987. Read by Di Langford, 3 hours 25 minutes. TB 6751.
15 stories tried, tested and chosen by children until a shortlist was arrived at and arranged into three groups; younger, middle and older children up to 11 years. These stories were read aloud and some of the testers' comments are included with each story. The range is very wide, but time spent sharing a story is never wasted and this is a collection that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Wyatt, Valerie
Earthlings inside and out : a space alien studies the human body. 1999. Read by Ann Saunders, 1 hour 44 minutes. TB 18078.
Danoid the alien comes to earth to report on the biology of humans, in particular of ten-year-old Pete. The scientific wonders of the human body are introduced with 15 hands-on activities, and a lot of humour. Discover along with Danoid that your dog has more bones than you do, your brain weighs as much as a small cabbage, and the largest muscle in the body is
the one you sit on!
York, Susannah
Lark's Castle. 1986. Read by Susannah York, 2 hours 45 minutes. TB 6802.
Until the lifestone just dropped down the chimney and into her lap, Lark was only a little wooden doll; but suddenly she felt ready to explode with the joy of being wonderfully, miraculously, alive! What Lark did not realise was that at the same time as receiving the gift of life, she had also become the arch-enemy of the wicked witch, Ermyntreude, and that was also a very dangerous thing indeed ...
Zucker, Jonny
Max Flash mission 1: game on. 2008. Read by Toby Longworth, 1 hour 33 minutes. TB 16998.
Max Flash series; mission 1. Meet Max, explosive escapologist and master magician! He can free himself from the tightest of chains, and contort himself into the tiniest of spaces. When the top secret Department for Extraordinary Activity discovers that an evil computer game character has escaped from the Virtual world and is intent on causing chaos, they know the time has come for Max's first mission.
Zucker, Jonny
Max Flash mission 2 : supersonic. 2009. Read by Toby Longworth, 1 hour 33 minutes. TB 17221.
Max Flash series; mission 2. Meet Max, explosive escapologist and master magician! For his second mission, the Department of Extraordinary Affairs has a truly out of this world task. Max must shoot into space to foil an evil alien plot to rid Earth of all humans.
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