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Brought to you by Ladybird. A collection of original audio stories, counting down the days to Christmas! These new stories are especially written for the festive period, excellent listening for when you're decorating the tree, wrapping presents or making the Christmas pudding! This edition is...

The classic poem "Jingle Bells" is woven through the story of a young man and Miss Fanny Bright on a moonlight sleighride. The sleigh slips off the road, and they return home all wet. As the saga continues, they all decide to go skating on the lake.

Every year we make our wishlists and send them to Santa. We wait patiently for Santa to deliver our presents. But... Have you ever thought about what Santa goes through to make all this happen? You will LOVE these fun Christmas stories about Santa's big adventure!

Christmas is almost here and the excitement is all around. The twinkling Christmas lights and the aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air. You and your child will enjoy these special Christmas stories about Tinsel the Christmas elf. Each story is about Tinsel and his fun-filled adventures. Tinsel loves Christmas more than any other elf and wants to spread the holiday cheer with all the boys and girls in the world!

Christmas is almost here and the excitement is all around. The twinkling Christmas lights and the aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air. You and your child will enjoy these special Christmas stories for kids. Each story is about Frosty the Snowman and his adventures.

With all the excitement of Christmas approaching, it's no surprise that Marley, the lovable pup with a nose for trouble, wants to get in on the action. Anticipating his very first snowfall and Santa's arrival, Marley jumps in to help his family every way he can. But Marley, being Marley, always...

A little girl's belief in Santa is restored in this ode to the magic of Christmas. This is a holiday gift readers will treasure for years to come! It's two weeks before Christmas, and Deja is worried that Santa might not be able to visit her--after all, as a city kid, she doesn't have a chimney...

Meet Bobby: an ordinary kid with an extraordinary voice! Sent off to school for the first time in his life, nine-year-old Bobby Dean is busy making new friends, learning lines for the Nativity Play, and trying to not laugh at the head teacher's terrible jokes. But then Bobby Dean discovers that when he sings, magical things can happen! 

It’s Christmas - so why not accept a dare to explore a creepy old haunted house? On this third book of the Ava & Carol Detective Agency series, fearless best friends Ava and Carol set out to prove that the Butcher house isn’t haunted. Only, Carol is pretty sure she saw something inside one of the windows - and moments later, they are chased by a headless monster! The girls receive an ominous threat: Stay away or else! Now, more than ever, the girls are determined to find out who is trying to scare them away.

Se acercan las Navidades, pero el mundo entero ha quedado paralizado por la nieve a causa de un temporal de lo más extraño. Aun así, y a pesar del peligro que ello entraña, la pequeña Gabi quiere ver a su abuelita, así que pide ayuda al elfo Noé y a los renos de Papá Noel, que se juegan el pellejo para que ella pueda cumplir su mayor deseo: abrazar a su abuelita por Navidad.

Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow. It hasn’t snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years, however, so what are the chances that that will change? Enter the new mailman, Mr. Jack Frost, who not only looks like a jolly old elf but also seems to know a lot about weather patterns, has a fondness for the cold, and works looooooong hours during the holiday season.

Ho-ho-ho! Auf dem Blümchenhof laufen die Vorbereitungen fürs Weihnachtsfest. Maria setzt sich mit ihrer Deko-Idee durch: Leuchtweihnachtsmann mit Rentieren. Schoko und Keks sind sich allerdings ziemlich sicher, dass sich Ponys vor dem Schlitten viel besser machen! Als sie dann bei einem Ausritt ins Dorf den "echten" Weihnachtsmann entdecken, steht ihr Entschluss fest: Sie wollen seine Helfer werden!

Come along on the dramatic journey that tells about God's incredible love for us! Especially designed for kids to enjoy the miraculous story of Christmas! Includes the Old Testament prophecies of Jesus' birth, featuring the well-loved Holman Christian Standard Bible text. Celebrate the very first Christmas gift as you engage in listening that lasts a lifetime!

Christmas trees and Christmas cards seem to be an essential part of the holiday season. So it may surprise you to know they are both relatively recent traditions in the United States and Britain!

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser who lords over his poor employee, Bob Cratchit, and hates the joys that Christmas affords everyone but himself. After being exceptionally miserable at the office on the day of Christmas Eve, Scrooge returns home to be haunted by three spirits who attempt to motivate a change in the old man's demeanor - lest he continue on his current path and face almost certain eternal damnation.

The Christmas Pact is the heartwarming story of a Christmas Eve long ago, when St. Nicholas found himself trapped in a blizzard high on a mountain. Without the light from the North Star to guide him, he lost his way and stumbled upon a creature thought to be just a figment of Christmas history, the malevolent Krampus. Can St. Nicholas make it to the town on the mountaintop in time, or will Krampus stand in his way of delivering gifts to the children as promised? Could a little Christmas magic help them find their way?

Holly is a garden fairy and she lives in the garden of a family that has a daughter named Sara. Sara and her parents are believers in fairies and their magic, so they can see and talk to Holly and her fairy family. One day, Holly and Sara are talking about getting ready for Christmas and Holly invites Sara to help her with some fairy wrapping and baking. In this story that is filled with a sprinkle of fairy dust, and tons of magic, you’ll be enchanted by the relationship between Holly and Sara and the delightful ways that fairies prepare for the holidays.

Mary Fern’s Monster Books are aimed at calming down and reassuring children that they are safe and secure when they are tucked up in their beds. And indeed the Monster Under The Bed is there to look after them and reassure them. Young minds are full of all the excitement of the day and they are not old enough yet to understand why they feel the way they do. While we associate going to bed and sleeping with rest and relaxation, children can sometimes become stressed and anxious as they are parted from their parents and siblings and worry about being left alone.

Léon, un vieil homme méchant et avare, voit sa vie se transformer lors d'une bien étrange nuit de Noël ? Le fantôme de son frère lui annonce que les trois génies de Noël vont lui rendre visite, accompagnés d'un cadeau de sa part ? Abasourdi, Léon va effectivement les rencontrer ! Ils l'emmènent tour à tour voyager dans le temps, lui faisant vivre des moments forts en émotions et découvrir la merveilleuse musique de Guiseppe Verdi. Après cette nuit magique, le vieux Grigou sera métamorphosé à jamais ?

Un conte inédit écrit et interprété par Marlène Jobert, avec la participation exceptionnelle de Eva Green ! Illustré avec brio par Frédéric Pillot, ce récit pétillant nous transporte dans un univers féérique où se côtoient sorcellerie et magie... Ce soir, c'est Noël, la fête la plus belle, la plus magique de l'année pour les enfants ! Oui mais voilà, les sorcières de la rue des Tempêtes, comme toutes les sorcières, détestent les enfants. Un jour comme aujourd'hui, où ils sont si joyeux et excités, a de quoi les faire bouillonner de rage.