When the Water Rat invites the unassuming Mole to spend his first day ever in a boat on the river, and wise Badger comes along for the ride as well, so begins a marvellous season of adventure for the three friends. Mr Toad (he of Toad Hall) completes a happy foursome, but his tendency to get into hot water leads him into some rather hair-raising scrapes of his own.
Narrated By
Gary Bond,
Michael Hordern,
Rosemary Leach,
Janet Maw
Overall
(21)
Performance
(3)
Story
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The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter are now available as a downloadable, digital audiobook, complete and unabridged! The 23 tales in this set have never lost their popularity, and sell in their millions all over the world. Meet again the famous characters that children love and adore: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, The Flopsy Bunnies, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Tom Kitten, Jeremy Fisher, Jemma Puddle-Duck and many more. These stories are beautifully brought to life by a talented cast of readers.
Pongo and Missis Pongo are a pair of Dalmatians who live with the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Dearly and their two nannies. Mr. Dearly is a "financial wizard" who has been granted life-long tax exemption and lent a house on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park in return for wiping out the government debt. The dogs consider the humans their pets, but allow the humans to think that they are the owners. Missis gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies.
The Magician's Nephew: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6
By
C.S. Lewis
Narrated By
Kenneth Branagh
Overall
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Written after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe but designed by C.S. Lewis to be read first, this enchanting prequel, with its story of time travel, sorcery, and magic rings, is essential reading for anyone who wants to learn the backstory to the biggest movie release of the year. Hurled back in time to the birth of a new world, two young friends get caught in the epic struggle between Aslan and his nemesis the White Witch.
Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia (Dramatised)
By
C.S. Lewis
Narrated By
Paul Scofield,
Full Cast
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A BBC Radio 4 full cast dramatisation of the second adventure in C. S. Lewis' classic Narnia series.
When Lucy comes across the old wardrobe standing alone in the spare room, she thinks she has found a good place for hide and seek. But then she tumbles headlong into a magical world of fauns, dwarves, and giants, of animals that talk and horses that fly: the land of Narnia.
It is so extraordinary that, at first, her brothers and sister don't believe it can be real.
There are plenty of adventures to be had in Darrell's first term at boarding school. Life at Malory Towers is full of excitement - if only she can keep her terrible temper under control! Darrell's back at boarding school and her classmates are full of surprises. Just who does new girl Daphne think she is? And is there really a thief at Malory Towers? Two new girls have arrived at Malory Towers - and they couldn't be more different!
Here are eight exciting Famous Five adventure stories dramatised with music and sound effects. Includes "Five Have A Puzzling Time", "When Timmy Chased the Cat", "George's Hair Is Too Long", "Good Old Timmy", "A Lazy Afternoon", "Well Done Famous Five", "Five & a Half Term Adventure", and "Happy Christmas Famous Five".
Come with us to an Enchanted Place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Little Roo. The stories are about Christopher Robin and these good companions having wonderful times getting in and out of trouble. It is all very exciting and, really, quite thrilling no matter how young or old you may be. It is painful to try and imagine what the world would be like without them.
A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.
Famous Five: 'Five Go to Smuggler's Top' & 'Five Get into a Fix'
By
Enid Blyton
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Are there still smugglers at Smuggler's Top? The Famous Five go to stay at the large old house and discover secret hiding places and underground tunnels! Then they catch people signalling out to sea - who can these smugglers be? Can Julian, Anne, Dick, George and Timmy the dog discover the answer?
Narrated By
Stephen Fry,
Jane Horrocks,
Geoffrey Palmer,
Judi Dench,
Finty Williams,
Robert Daws,
Michael Williams
Overall
(21)
Performance
(3)
Story
(3)
Here is an award-winning production with an all-star cast, bringing to life one of the best loved and recognised children's books of all time. This is a full dramatisation with specially composed music.
Here are eight exciting Famous Five adventure stories dramatised with music and sound effects. Includes "Five Have A Puzzling Time", "When Timmy Chased the Cat", "George's Hair Is Too Long", "Good Old Timmy", "A Lazy Afternoon", "Well Done Famous Five", "Five & a Half Term Adventure", and "Happy Christmas Famous Five".
Narrated by
Gary Bond,
Michael Hordern,
Rosemary Leach,
Janet Maw
4.6
(21 ratings)
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter are now available as a downloadable, digital audiobook, complete and unabridged! The 23 tales in this set have never lost their popularity, and sell in their millions all over the world. Meet again the famous characters that children love and adore: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, The Flopsy Bunnies, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Tom Kitten, Jeremy Fisher, Jemma Puddle-Duck and many more. These stories are beautifully brought to life by a talented cast of readers.
There are plenty of adventures to be had in Darrell's first term at boarding school. Life at Malory Towers is full of excitement - if only she can keep her terrible temper under control! Darrell's back at boarding school and her classmates are full of surprises. Just who does new girl Daphne think she is? And is there really a thief at Malory Towers? Two new girls have arrived at Malory Towers - and they couldn't be more different!
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor after the death of her parents. With the help of a robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden brings happiness to Mary.
The Magician's Nephew: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6
by
C.S. Lewis
Narrated by
Kenneth Branagh
4.4
(81 ratings)
Written after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe but designed by C.S. Lewis to be read first, this enchanting prequel, with its story of time travel, sorcery, and magic rings, is essential reading for anyone who wants to learn the backstory to the biggest movie release of the year. Hurled back in time to the birth of a new world, two young friends get caught in the epic struggle between Aslan and his nemesis the White Witch.
Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were quite happy living in their ordinary red-brick house located in the suburbs. But when their father was called away, the children and their mother were compelled to move to a dark, shabby cottage in the country, and their lives changed more then they ever could have imagined. At first the country seemed lonely and dull. Then one afternoon, a walk led them to a railway tunnel. There they met Perks, the porter, made friends with the kind Station Master, and waved to the Green Dragon train.
Come with us to an Enchanted Place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Little Roo. The stories are about Christopher Robin and these good companions having wonderful times getting in and out of trouble. It is all very exciting and, really, quite thrilling no matter how young or old you may be. It is painful to try and imagine what the world would be like without them.
Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.
Well Done Secret Seven & Secret Seven on the Trail
by
Enid Blyton
5.0
(4 ratings)
The Secret Seven have a new meeting place a treehouse! But someone else is using it too. The gang are furious, but then they learn the intruder is in big trouble and needs their help. Can the Seven come to the rescue? Something mysterious is going on at Tiggers Barn, and the Secret Seven are intrigued. Peter thinks its all just gossip, but Jack isnt so sure when he overhears a strange conversation. Looks like the Seven are on the trail of another exciting adventure.
Winnie the Pooh: The House at Pooh Corner (Dramatised)
by
A. A. Milne
Narrated by
Stephen Fry,
Jane Horrocks,
Geoffrey Palmer,
Judi Dench,
Finty Williams,
Robert Daws,
Sandi Toksvig
4.5
(18 ratings)
An award winning production, with an all star cast including Stephen Fry and Dame Judi Dench. Brings to life one of the best loved and recognised children's books of all time in a full dramatisation with specially composed music.
Although April 2, Andersen's birthday, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day, the beloved Dane and author of more than 138 fairytales, wrote with a depth and sentiment that far exceeded mere bedtime stories. Few tales have been told that match the wit of "The Emperor's New Clothes", the poignancy of "The Little Match Girl" or the redemptive purity of "The Wild Swans". Listeners both young and young-at-heart will enjoy this collection of freshly-narrated classic tales.
Famous Five: 'Five Run Away Together' & 'Five on Finniston Farm'
by
Enid Blyton
4.2
(9 ratings)
Five Run Away Together: Who's been on Kirrin Island?! The Famous Five think that it could be smugglers. Things are looking more sinister by the minute....Five on Finniston Farm: The Famous Five want to explore the ruined castle and find the mysterious old dungeons! But someone else is searching, too. Can they find the dungeons, and whatever is hidden there, first?
Narrated By
A. Mikhajlov,
M. Kupriyanova,
I. Viktorova,
E. Perov,
I. Voronov,
G. Pechnikov,
P. Bryansky
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Sumka utonuvshego pochtal'ona, najdennaja Sanej Grigor'evym, kruto izmenila ego zhizn'. Odno iz pisem, poslannoe kapitanom shkhuny «Svjataja Marija» Ivanom Tatarinovym, rasskazyvalo o temnyh storonah podgotovki poljarnoj jekspedicii, gde vse bylo sdelano dlja togo, chtoby ona ne vernulas'. I popav v Moskvu, v detskij dom, Sanja Grigor'ev, okazyvaetsja v sem'e propavshego kapitana Tatarinova.
Letitia Hopkins has always been curious about the peculiar green door in her Aunt Peggy's cheese room. But whenever she asks about it, she is always forbidden to open it or go through it. And the door is always locked. But one day, she finds a small black key on a green ribbon. And when she is left alone in the house, she cannot resist the temptation to try the door. Immediately Letitia finds herself in a strange, unfamiliar world full of wild animals, hostile natives, and a frontier life of hardship and hard work in the company of her pioneer ancesters. But how is she to find her way back to her own time?
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
,
Frank R. Stockton
,
Johnny Gruelle
,
Frances Browne
,
Edith Nesbit
The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice: A Homeric Fable
By
George W. Martin
Narrated By
Graeme Malcolm
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You will never see war the same way after reading this extraordinary retelling of an ancient Greek fable about a tragically unnecessary battle between mice and frogs. This miniature masterpiece ranks with Animal Farm as one of the greatest parables of human foibles. Originally published in 1962, The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice tells in words and pictures a classic tale of the foolhardiness of war. When Crum-snatcher, a Mouse, cautiously mounts the back of Puff-jaw, King of the Frogs, to explore the frogs pond, the Mouse meets with a disaster which soon brings the two nations into mortal conflict.
Narrated By
M. Kupriyanova,
M. Nazvanov,
V. Koltsov,
E. Garin,
N. Georgiyevskaya,
S. Tsejts,
N. Pototskaya
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Skazka o tom, kak veselyj i ozornoj mal'chik-lukovka po imeni Chipollino pomogaet zhiteljam svoej fruktovo-ovoshhnoj strany osvobodit'sja ot vlasti nenavistnogo zhestokogo princa Limona, zljushhego sen'ora Pomidora i protivnyh grafin' Vishen. Chipollino i ego druz'jam udaetsja osvobodit' iz tjur'my vseh uznikov, razbit' limonnoe vojsko i vygnat' princa Limona vmeste s ego limonishkami iz korolevstva, a zamok grafin' Vishen prevratit' vo Dvorec dlja detej.
Prichudlivye, polnye intrig priklyucheniya geroev povestej Charskoj perepletayutsya s ih vysokimi, blagorodnymi chuvstvami i postupkami. V tom mire, kotoryj sozdala Lidiya Charskaya, negodyayam i merzavcam ne udaetsya vzyat' verh nad svetlymi, chestnymi, chistymi dushami. Ee geroi takie, kakimi v glavnom navernyaka hotelos' by stat' i tebe: chtoby, nesmotrya na prepyatstviya, vse udavalos', chtoby tebya lyubili horoshie lyudi, a tvoya dusha otzyvalas' na etu lyubov', beskorystno ipredanno.
Martin entered town and saw a man dragging a cat by a string heading off to drown the creature. Martin offered to purchase the cat instead and spent the rest of the family's money on the cat. Outraged, his mother kicked him out of the house and off he went with the dog and cat. Martin worked honest labor for the next year, and then finds himself on quite an adventure after he rescues a burning damsel and takes her back to her father. From him, he receives a magical ring that seems to get him into more trouble.
A king who was a fantastic hunter one day got himself lost in the forest. Unable to find his way back home, an old woman appeared and said she would help him get home, provided that he married her daughter. Although her daughter was beautiful and the king agreed, he did not trust his new wife. And so he hid away in a palace in the woods his seven children, six sons and a daughter, from his previous wife. The new queen began to suspect something was amiss, so she bribed the servants to reveal the truth to her.
Narrated By
Georgy Kulikov,
Yulia Yulskaya,
Antonida Gunchenko,
Anatoly Barantsev,
Feodor Dimant,
Alexander Denisov,
Andrey Kremlev
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Zolotaja antilopa - klassicheskij primer indijskogo fol'klora. Nauchit malyshej otlichat' dobro ot zla, pomozhet ponjat' smysl nastojashhej iskrennej druzhby. Istorija Zolotaja antilopa otkroet detjam mir social'nogo obshhestva, v kotorom est' bogatye i dobrye, shhedrye i korystnye. Gde prostoj krest'janskij mal'chik okazalsja gorazdo spravedlivee i blagorodnee, chem bogatej radzha.