Tick-Tock time is money ... if you need a message to be delivered promptly and efficiently to anywhere in the city then Barnaby Grimes is the Tick-Tock lad to ask. One of the few high-stackers he takes the unconventional routes across the rooftops to deliver his messages. Not only does this give him speed it also allows him to get a great view of the city and all its comings and goings. Yet st ...

Synopsis:Building a snoeman brings out Henry's competitive streak; he sets up monstrous Makeovers to rival Moody Margarets Miraculous Makeovers and spends a rainy day writing his will thinking "you'll all be sorry when I'm dead!"

Review: This was an excellent audio retelling of Francesca Simons stories. Miranda Richardson portrays the characters with ...

Synopsis: Meet Phoebe, Pruella and Pip, three little princesses who have a big adventure!

Review: Phoebe, Pruella and Pip are three pony-loving princesses who live in Pepperpot Palace with their parents, the king and queen. They can't wait till their father's fancy-dress birthday ball - then disaster strikes! The key to Toby the time machine is missing and if Toby ...

Synopsis: The children in these tales have all fallen foul of those big, shouty, snoring rule-crunching machines who make life unbearable. That's right... the GRUESOME GROWN UPS!

Review:These tales are brought to life by the expressive voice of Rupert Degas and this would be a good audio cd to  stimulate discussion  with children about reading with expression ...

The djinni Bartimaeus has been trapped on earth by his disdainful master the magician and government minister Nathaniel and his energies are fading fast. The war across the empire is worsening, the government are under pressure from the commoners; things are not going well. Meanwhile the fugitive resistance fighter, Kitty Jones, presumed dead, is actually living and working undercover in Londo ...

Malorie Blackman’s award winning trilogy Noughts and Crosses comes to its stunning conclusion in Checkmate. Callie Rose knows virtually nothing about her father, Sephy, her mother has kept the truth from her, hoping to protect her for Callie Rose is half nought and half cross in a society where the pale skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual herita ...

Synopsis:Introducing Horrid Henry - everyone's favourite bad boy! Three hilarious CDs in one case

Review: A colourful case of three CDs each with four short stories about Horrid Henry's misadventures. These stories are read very effectively by Miranda Richardson and lively music and sound effects have been added. I found they often made me laugh out loud and I was ...

Synopsis: Three more grizzly tales from acclaimed author and TV producer Jamie Rix. Wolf Child is about a boy called Garth and his younger sister who gets all the attention, so decides to pretend he is a baby. The Fruit Bat features a girl who looks like a potato and hates fruit. Her parents try to trick her into eating fruit. The Clothes Pigs is about a deman ...

Synopsis: In the fifth book of the series, Artemis pairs up with his old nemesis, now comrade, Captain Holly Short, to track Minerva Paradizo (a female version of his old-self) and rescue the demon she has captured before the time spell dissolves completely and the lost demon colony returns to destroy the Earth.

Review: This version of Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony< ...

Synopsis: Meet Sir Gadabout - the Worst Knight in the World ... When the fair Guinevere goes missing, Sir Gadabout sets out on a quest to resue her - and gets into some catastrophic adventures!

Review: This is a book and CD of the story of Sir Gadabout who is the worst knight in the world. The story of his adventures in order to rescue the missing Queen are hilarious. He e ...