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50 favourite nursery rhymes, contains lots of the most common nursery rhymes and all those you may have forgotten!

These magical, touching stories will be treasured by children and bring tears to adult eyes reliving their most beloved childhood memories. This charming collection includes Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in Boots, The Three Bears, Beauty and the Beast, The Three Little Pigs and others.

Alice's adventures, funny, inventive and disturbing, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication. This is a new unabridged recording, using many voices to take the parts of The White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat - and, of course, Alice herself. It makes for a roller-coaster ride of delightful fantasy.

In these fairy stories, the Brothers Grimm conjure up a world of fantasy, hope and good fortune where the princess meets and marries the right prince (even if he was once a frog), and the cruel witch, the arrogant wife and the greedy wolf get their come-uppance.

'I am the cat who walks by himself and all places are alike to me.' Here are the delightful stories which Kipling first told to his own children before setting them down on paper. How the Camel got his Hump, How the Leopard got his Spots, How the Elephant got his Trunk, the Butterfly that Stamped and many others. They remain unforgettable - magic fables told by a master of children's literature. To hear them - in their unabridged form as here - is to enjoy them in their original form. With delightful classical music from Dvorak and Janacek.

When Alice steps through the looking-glass, she enters a very strange world of chess pieces and nursery rhyme characters such as Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the angry Red Queen. Nothing is what it seems and, in fact, through the looking-glass, everything is distorted.

Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his teenage sister, Jasmine for a 'Fresh New Start'. Five years ago his sister's twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents are wrecked by their grief, Jasmine turns to piercing, pink hair and stops eating. The family falls apart. But Jamie hasn't cried in all that time. To him Rose is just a distant memory. Jamie is far more interested in his cat, Roger, his birthday Spiderman T-shirt, and in keeping his new friend Sunya a secret fr... read more

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Sprocket's lost his memory; Amy's lost her dad. So now the two of them are on a quest that will take them to the weirdest nudist colony in the world - a hidden community whose dangerous experiments are keeping the nudists alive artificially. Now that their secret is out, are Amy and Sprocket's lives in peril?

Many of the original cast from Alan Bennett's acclaimed National Theatre production appear in this special dramatisation for BBC Radio 4, including Richard Briers as Rat, Adrian Scarborough as Mole and Terence Rigby as Albert with Alan Bennett as the narrator. This is a wonderful, highly-acclaimed dramatic performance of a classic novel. 2 CDs approx 2 hours running time. First release 1994.

All the familiar playground rhymes, traditional and modern, sung for under fives to join in with. This CD contains 37 rhymes ( songs and games, ranging from the traditional Ring-a-ring o' Roses to Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear )- that is all the rhymes from the original Playtime Rhymes book, and it combines Vols 1 and 2 of the tapes. This is learning with fun.

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Cousin Connie does not believe Joe, Beth and Frannie when they tell tales of the Faraway Tree in the woods, until the three children take her there and show her their magical friends. Together they visit the Land of Secrets, the Land of Giants, the Land of Tea Parties, the Land of Enchantments and the Land of Treats. Join the children in their marvellous adventures with Silky the Fairy, Moonface and Saucepan Man.

Covering Child's Play fairy tales, this work features illustrations and lift-up flaps to help add value to the reading experience. It is suitable for early readers and encourages prediction, involvement and discussion. It includes a CD that helps independent reading skills and confidence.

Presents the story of Aladdin. Step into the Magical world of Child's Play Fairy Tales... Traditional tales are a well established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate young readers. Delightful illustrations and fun lift-up flaps add value to the reading experience. Well known stories give confidence to early readers ad the flip-up flaps encourage prediction, involvement and discussion. All the Flip Up Fairy Tales are now available with accompanying Audio CD. The tales are narrated ... read more

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Six stories from acclaimed children's author Rod Clement on one great audiobook, including his latest release Feathers for Phoebe. Bursting with energy, sound effects and music, this is an audiobook that will delight young listeners. Stories on this audiobook include: Feathers for Phoebe Edward the Emu Edwina the Emu Olga the Brolga Counting on Frank Louisa May Pickett - The Most Boring Person in Class

On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute...