Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

Heidi

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Johanna Spyri
• Narrated By Flo Gibson
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This beloved Swiss children's tale has been beloved by generations of children and adults. Orphan Heidi's life in the Alps with her grandfather, Peter the goatherd, and her friendship with Klara, her invalid playmate, is both poignant and heartwarming.

A Little Princess

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Narrated By Johanna Ward
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Sara Crewe is the brightest, richest, and most generous girl in Miss Minchin’s school for girls, and her father gives her everything she might desire. But when her beloved father dies, Sara’s friends and prized possessions are suddenly taken away, and she is banished to the attic and forced to work as a common drudge. Fed only crumbs, she still saves enough to feed her pet rat, and she tells wonderful stories to comfort Becky, the kitchen maid.

Charlotte's Web

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 35 mins)
• By E. B. White
• Narrated By E. B. White
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Since its publication in 1952, Charlotte's Web has become one of America's best-loved children's books. For fifty years, this timeless tale of how a little girl named Fern, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs has continued to warm the hearts of readers everywhere. Now this classic, a 1953 Newbery Honor book, comes to life in a delightful unabridged recording, read lovingly by the author himself.

The Railway Children

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 3 mins)
• By E. Nesbit
• Narrated By Cori Samuel
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In this classic children's book by E. Nesbit, three children are suddenly uprooted from their happy suburban life to move to the country with their mother. Their new house, "Three Chimneys", is near a railway line, and Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis (Phil), find amusement in watching the trains and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Albert Perks, the station porter, and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 down train. The children get involved in all kinds of good deeds, while their mother is busy writing children books.

The Secret Garden

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Narrated By Johanna Ward
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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.

Black Beauty: An Audible Original Drama

• ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Anna Sewell, R. D. Carstairs - adaptation
• Narrated By Samuel West, Samantha Bond, Tamzin Outhwaite, and others

Framed as a first-person narrative from the eponymous horse, this much-loved family classic follows Black Beauty's journey from a well-born colt to a painfully overworked cab horse. Brimming with vivid detail and relatable characters, each chapter of Black Beauty's long and varied life communicates an important message about kindness, sympathy and understanding.

The Wind in the Willows

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Kenneth Grahame
• Narrated By Michael Hordern
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Here is a timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad, and their escapades, whether messing about on the river or poop-pooping in Toad's shiny new car, cannot fail to enchant.

The Animals of Farthing Wood

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 33 mins)
• By Colin Dann
• Narrated By Paul Whitehouse, Esther Coles
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Farthing Wood is being bulldozed and a drought means the animals no longer have anywhere to live or drink. Fox, Badger, Toad, Tawny Owl, Mole and the other animals band together and leave their ancestral home and set off to move to a far-away nature reserve. Their journey is full of adventure and fraught with disasters: a fire, a storm, a treacherous river crossing and a hunt. The animals must unite in adversity and in doing so they learn about each other’s habits and limitations.

Anne of Green Gables

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 22 mins)
• By Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Narrated By Rachel McAdams
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With all of the pluck and charm of its eponymous young hero, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight, Midnight in Paris) delivers a spectacular reading of Montgomery's beloved bildungsroman. In moments both funny and bittersweet, McAdams' voice is imbued with the spark that has made Anne a much-loved symbol of individualism and cheer for over a century.

War Horse

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Michael Morpurgo
• Narrated By Luke Treadaway
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Michael Morpurgo’s classic tale, capturing the power of the human spirit. First published back in 1982, ‘War Horse’ has taken the world by storm. The book was adapted to the stage and was performed at the National Theatre and on Broadway. This full and unabridged edition is beautifully performed here by the National Theatre’s first Albert, OIivier-award-winner Luke Treadaway. At the outbreak of World War 1, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France.

Oliver Twist

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 15 mins)
• By Charles Dickens
• Narrated By Martin Jarvis
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A workhouse orphan, Oliver experiences the terror and brutality of the criminal underworld. His companions, a thief, a whore, a pickpocket, and a fence, are destined for gruesome ends, but Oliver emerges unscathed from the darkness of the underworld.

Little Women: Classics Deluxe Edition

• UNABRIDGED (19 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Louisa May Alcott, Jane Smiley (introduction)
• Narrated By Christina Ricci
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Little Women is recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories, transcending the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young listeners. The beloved story of the March girls is a classic American feminist novel, reflecting the tension between cultural obligation and artistic and personal freedom.

But which of the four March sisters to love best? For every listener must have their favorite. Independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg; or precocious and beautiful Amy, the baby of the family?

The Secret Garden (BBC Children's Classics)

• ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Narrated By Harriet Walter, Beryl Reid, full cast

Harriet Walter and Beryl Reid star in this full-cast adaptation of the much-loved children's classic. When spoilt young orphan Mary Lennox is brought back from India to live in her uncle's house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds the blunt ways of the staff at Misselthwaite Manor an unpleasant shock. Bored and miserable, it seems as though life in England will be awful. But Misselthwaite has hidden delights, and when Mary begins to discover them, nothing is the same again.

The Complete Chronicles of Narnia: The Classic BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations

• ORIGINAL (15 hrs and 11 mins)
• By C. S. Lewis
• Narrated By Maurice Denham, Full Cast

C.S. Lewis’s acclaimed and universally loved novels spring to life in these spellbinding full-cast BBC dramatisations. Anyone who’s visited Narnia wants to go back again, and these radio dramas make for a hugely entertaining first-time or return journey, with a cast including Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, Richard Griffiths, Martin Jarvis, Sylvester McCoy, John Sessions, Fiona Shaw and Timothy Spall.

Malory Towers: Last Term: Malory Towers, Book 6

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Enid Blyton
• Narrated By Esther Wane
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For new girl Darrell Rivers, there are friends to be made, pranks to be played and fun to be had at Malory Towers in Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series. In audiobook six, Darrell and her friends have reached their last term at Malory Towers. But before they say good-bye one last time, there are more adventures to be had, pranks to play and competitions to win. Expect more drama at Malory Towers!

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 52 mins)
• By L. Frank Baum
• Narrated By Anne Hathaway
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One of the best-known stories in American culture, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over 100 years. Best Actress nominee Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married, Alice in Wonderland), fresh from filming one of this year’s most anticipated films (The Dark Knight Rises), lends her voice to this uniquely American fairy tale.

Kid Normal

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Greg James, Chris Smith
• Narrated By Greg James, Chris Smith
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When Murph Cooper rocks up to his new school, he can't help but feel a bit out of his depth. And it's not because he's worried about where to sit, and making friends, and fitting in, or not knowing where the loos are. It's because his mum has enrolled him at a school for superheroes by mistake. And unlike his fellow students Murph has no special abilities whatsoever. But just because you don't have superpowers, it doesn't mean you can't save the day....

Watership Down

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 51 mins)
• By Richard Adams
• Narrated By Ralph Cosham
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Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and myths.