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Spectacular Stories for the Very Young
- Four Hilarious Stories
- Narrated by: David Walliams
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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Hit with all 4 of my kids
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Summary
Four of David Walliams’ amazing books in one spectacular collection for the first time! Read by the author himself.
Thirty-three minutes of side-splitting stories for the very young, hilariously read by David Walliams. This unabridged compilation includes:
'The Slightly Annoying Elephant'
What’s big, blue, bossy, and turns up uninvited? A slightly annoying elephant, of course!
'The First Hippo on the Moon'
Two big hippos. One enormous dream. Who can make it to the moon first?
3...2...1.... Blast off!
'The Bear Who Went Boo!'
At the top of the world, surrounded by snow and ice, lives a very cheeky polar bear cub who loves to go...boo! But this little bear cub doesn’t always know when to stop....
'There's a Snake in My School!'
Miranda loves to be different, and on bring-your-pet-to-school day she introduces everyone to her very different pet.... Penelope the snake.
Critic reviews
"Pre-schoolers will roar with laughter." (Daily Express)
"Part Aesop, part Spike Milligan...this is rollicking stuff.” (Big Issue)
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-02-19
4 year old enjoys the stories
There are four easy to follow stories which my 4 year old enjoys. Easy listening for car journeys.
7 people found this helpful
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- Katie Vernon
- 09-06-19
Brilliant
my 3 year old absolutely loved this, DW is an awesome narrator! I also enjoyed it while we listen in the car, it's not annoying, even after 500x ha ha
6 people found this helpful
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- mon
- 11-07-19
My five year old loves the stories
Even though I, admittedly, do not find the storylines that captivating my five year old absolutely loves them. The one about the snake in school is his personal favourite and he asks to listen to it time after time...
2 people found this helpful
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- Lynn Duncan
- 18-01-19
Great sound effects add to the enjoyment!
Little girl (4) loved it. Her first audio book so wasn't sure how she'd respond. David Walliams does a great job and sound effects were great. Enjoyed it myself!
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-10-20
A hit with my three year old
Well performed and enjoyable for my son but a bit harder to listen to again and again for me than some of our other audio books
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- DARREN
- 17-09-20
great for bedtimes
loved this book. great bedtime listening for the children. Looking forward to buy some more
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- Samantha S.
- 15-09-20
Kept My 5 Year Old Happy
I got this for my 5 year old daughter and she LOVED this!! She told me she really liked it....this kept her quiet for half an hour so it was a good book!!
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- A Mac
- 19-06-20
Needs chapter titles
Fab but really needs chapter titles rather than just numbers because every kid has a favourite story and they should be made easier for parents to find. 🤔
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- hilary brown
- 19-04-19
I didn't want to be disappointed but I was
I really wanted to love this but was left lacking. Both the performance and stories seem hollow and 1 dimentional. There is so much scope for Walliams to appeal to oddball and diverse kids and I was really hoping Walliams work hit the mark but I just found these stories annoying.
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- Liz B.
- 14-02-22
Amazing for bedtime 💖🥰🥱😴
I completely recommend this to anyone who loves funny storys!😂I love it so much!💖💖