Synopsis: When six-year old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets and by his talent for boat-design and sailing. He designs and builds a solo yacht to carry his daughter Allie to England in sear ...

Synopsis: Thirteen stories of mischief and magic, dinosaurs, a juggling dog, a snow baby, mystery and courage. In this extraordinary world of surreal lands and eccentric characters absolutely anything can happen...and usually does.

Review: These adventures follow the ‘once upon a time’ fairytale tradition, and hence, many have a ‘moral’ message or l ...

Synopsis: Let yourself be swept away into strange lands and fabulous kingdoms full of eccentric characters that appeal to adults and children alike. There is a silly King Herbert XII, who hits people with haddocks and sits in a fountain shouting ‘Radishes!’ there is a Glass Cupboard, which teaches a valuable lesson about our fragile earth. Then there is Dr Bonocolus, who get ...

 Synopsis: Coriander Hobie was born in the year 1643. She was the only child of Thomas and Eleanor Hobie and lived by the River Thames in London. When she was young she knew only happiness but that was before she found out the world was full of evil and her fate was to be locked up in a chest and left to die. This is the story of her life.

Review: I, Coriander ...

Synopsis: 'Eddy's off to find his teddy. Eddy's teddy's name is Freddy.He lost him in the wood somewhere. It's dark and horrible in there'. Based on the bestselling picture books Where’s My Teddy?, It’s the Bear and My Friend Bear,  this listen and join in CD provides fully dramatized readings, songs and story-based act ...

Synopsis: After returning to Austin from Camp Green Lake, Armpit sets himself five goals - five small steps. But, these steps turn out to be much bigger than he originally anticipated and selling over-priced tickets is much more complicated than he was foolishly led to believe. This is a brilliant, fast-paced adventure by the bestselling author of Holes and is more of a spin-off ...

Synopsis: Four fabulously funny unabridged stories that will invoke every family’s worst Christmas nightmares, as Horrid Henry sabotages the school play, tries to do his Christmas shopping without spending his pocket money, attempts to ambush Father Christmas, and endures Christmas dinner with the guests from hell.

Review: As suspected, Miranda Richardson reads the H ...