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A young prince travels from planet to planet, meeting curious characters and learning important lessons about love, friendship, and what truly matters.

Treasure Island is one of the most gripping children's stories of all time. It describes the tale of Jim Hawkins and his attempt to find Captain Flint's legendary treasure, while foiling the infamous pirate Long John Silver. When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map in an old sea chest, he joins the crew of the Hispaniola and sets sail for Treasure Island. Little does he know that among the crew is the dastardly Long John Silver, and Silver has a devious plan to keep the gold all to himself.

Bernard Cribbins reads Charles Kingsley's much-loved tale about a little chimney-sweep who is turned into a water baby. Tom the chimney-sweep has a hard life. He is beaten by his master, the cruel Mr Grimes, and forced to climb up dark flues where he bruises his knees and elbows and gets soot in his eyes. He is always hungry, for there is never enough to eat, and always dirty, as there is nowhere for him to wash.

Seventeen of the bard’s most notable plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to Romeo and Juliet, abridged and novelised for young listeners. This collection also includes the biography The Life and Times of William Shakespeare. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!...

Alice tumbles down a rabbit hole into a magical world filled with talking animals, strange tea parties, and unforgettable adventures.

Jenna-Louise Coleman reads The Secret Garden, one of the best-loved stories of all time. When newly orphaned Mary Lennox is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor with her uncle, she is determined to be miserable. But she finds a lonely house which is full of mystery. There's her sad Uncle Archibald, her cousin, Colin, who believes he's dying, and then there's Dickon, a local boy. Together they discover a locked and secret garden and their great adventure begins.

Ten classic stories, magically retold, featuring a cast of familiar faces from Puss In Boots to Snow White. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to a selection of classic fairy tales written especially for children. Filled with sound effects...

Learn about space and physics! Space: Songs teach about weightlessness, satellites, space exploration and more! Physics: Songs teach about physicists, electricity, sound, light, forces and more!

The founder of Microsoft presents his vision for the future, in which he sees the digital technologies of the coming years changing the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate...

Dramatized audio stories for children of all ages. Through these stories, children will learn lessons about honesty, discipline, obedience, making friends and many other noble characteristics.

The St. Charles Players present a new and unique telling of this children's classic performed in exciting Radio Theatre style.

“Go down the crater of the volcano Snaefells. Follow the shadow just before the month of July. You will find your way to the center of the Earth. I did it.” That mysterious message, found in a long-lost letter, propels a young man and his uncle on the adventure of a lifetime: to a prehistoric world below the earth where dinosaurs and other strange creatures still roam. Jules Verne's classic fantasy will enchant a new generation of listeners. Retold from the original by Kathleen Olmstead.

Brought to you by Penguin. Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, young librarian knight Rook Barkwater and his colleagues - Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends - must lead the escaping population to a new life in the Free Glades. But perils aplenty are ahead for the crowd, and Rook knows...

Some people do not know that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was actually the first of a 13-story series. The Marvelous Land of Oz, the second story, brings the Scarecrow and the Tin Man into new adventures in the Land of Oz. In this story, which is as equally entertaining as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man and Scarecrow are persuaded to help out a young boy who finds himself in difficulty. There is also flying furniture among the oddities.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...

Ein Klassiker über Freundschaft, Schicksal und die Kraft des Guten, der seit vielen Jahrzehnten Generationen bezaubert: Sara Crewe lebt wie eine kleine Prinzessin im Londoner Mädcheninternat von Miss Minchin, da ihr Vater im fernen Indien sehr wohlhabend ist. Doch als dieser stirbt und sie mittellos zurücklässt, muss sie sich fortan als armes Waisenkind und Dienstmagd durchschlagen. Doch trotz all der Widrigkeiten bewahrt sich Sara stets ihre Warmherzigkeit, Fantasie und Güte.

Der erste Band schildert die Alltagsabenteur des kleinen Mädchens in den Jahren 1909-1910. Die bekannte Kinderbuchreihe "Nesthäkchen" von Else Ury, Band 1: "Nesthäkchen und ihre Puppen". Die Erlebnisse der sechsjährigen Annemarie Braun, die mit ihrer Familie in Berlin Charlottenburg lebt. Annemarie darf nicht mit anderen Kindern spielen und verbringt daher die meiste Zeit mit ihren Puppen. Erst als sie zu Verwandten aufs Land geschickt wird, erfährt sie, was Freiheit ist.

Band 2 schildert Annemaries erstes Schuljahr in der Deutschen Kaiserzeit. In der ersten Klasse, die nach alter Zählung die zehnte ist, sind fünfzig Schülerinnen. Klassenlehrerin ist das nette Fräulein Hering. Annemarie schließt Freundschaft mit der Nachbarstochter Margot Thielen und den beiden Kusinen Marlene Ulrich und Ilse Hermann. Auch zu der ungezogenen Hilde Rabe fühlt sich Annemarie hingezogen.

Written by the author of the ever-popular Jane Eyre, Villette is widely admired as Charlotte Brontë’s finest work. The story follows the fortunes of a young teacher at a girls’ school in the French town of Villette and is superbly told by Mandy Weston. It is an adventure story, a romance, and a French lesson all in one! The much-praised unabridged recording returns here in a more accessible abridged format.

Dramatized audio stories for children of all ages. Through the stories in this work children will learn lessons about honesty, discipline, obedience, making friends and many other noble characteristics.