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The Midnight Folk (HarperCollins Children’s Classics)

By: John Masefield, Quentin Blake
Narrated by: Caius Nicholas
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About this listen

 ‘Two of the greatest children’s books ever written’ – The Times on The Box of Delights and The Midnight Folk.

‘You ought to know about the treasure, Kay … for until it is restored or traced, no man of our name ought to rest.’

Determined to recover the long-lost family treasure, Kay finds himself in a race against the evil Abner Brown. Abner has his witch friends and his dark magic to help him, but Kay has the very special Midnight Folk.

In a breathtaking, magical quest, which side will find the treasure first?

John Masefield’s classic children’s book is considered to be one of the great works of modern children’s fiction. Magical, fantastical and filled with vivid, rich characters – brought to life in this edition by Quentin Blake’s stunning artwork – The Magic Folk and its prequel The Box of Delights are a must-read for any child.

©2025 John Masefield, Quentin Blake (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Action & Adventure Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Magic Pirates Science Fiction & Fantasy Witchcraft

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‘Two of the greatest children’s books ever written’ – The Times on Box of Delights and The Midnight Folk.

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I thought this wonderful tale - first read as a child - would be good company for me on my long dog walks. I wasn’t wrong. The story was every bit as fantastical as I remembered - made so much better by the insightful and entertaining telling of it by the narrator. Pure pleasure.

An Old Story - A Fresh Telling

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I absolutely loved listening to this book. I was as fascinated as my grandchildren and honestly couldn't wait for the next listen in. The voices by the reader were so well thought out and performed. They were exactly as one would imagine. Well worth buying and listening to over again!!

A real treasure

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Pure delight from start to finish from John Masefield in this prequel to the equally exquisite Box of Delights. So imaginative and with headlong pace of plot and characters,human and animal, good and evil. I envy all who have yet to read these books!

Enchanting

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Absolutely awful do not waste your money on this. So disappointing I wish they hadn't brought the release forward to pre Christmas as I would have saved my money!

Dreadful

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I had been really looking forward to finally being able to enjoy listening to an audio book version of the Box of delights. So when the prequel book, the midnight folk was released first I brought it in anticipation of the box of delights coming out next year. Unfortunately the chosen narrator is completely wrong for these books. I tried to persevere with it, even changing the speed settings, but it did not help. I won't be ordering the Box of delights now after hearing this audio book.

wrong narrator for these books

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