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There Was an Old Woman (Who Lived in a Shoe): What do you do when you live in a shoe? Save up some loot and move to a boot! There Was a Crooked Man: Everything is a little crooked in this silly rhyme everyone loves to recite.

When Ethan gets Alek to cut school and go to a Rufus Wainwright concert in New York City’s Central Park, Alek embarks on his first adventure outside the confines of his suburban New Jersey existence. He can’t believe a guy this cool wants to be his friend. And before long, it seems like Ethan wants to be more than friends. Alek has never thought about having a boyfriend - he's barely ever had a girlfriend - but maybe it’s time to think again.

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before. The audiobook of The Wee Free Men is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe...

Barbara Park’s #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty years. Over 80 million copies in print! Books in this audio collection include: #17: Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation...

War has finally come. But it's not a war between good and evil, or light and dark - it's a war between Sanctuaries. For too long, the Irish Sanctuary has teetered on the brink of world-ending disaster, and the other Sanctuaries around the world have had enough. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men if they're going to have any chance at all of maintaining the balance of power and getting to the root of a vast conspiracy that has been years in the making.

Charlie Lewis is really good at math. So good that he’s approached by a mysterious woman who needs his help. The woman is carrying an incredible item: An actual moon rock, one of the most valuable objects on Earth, and she’s investigating the theft of a box of moon rocks from NASA’s vault at the Johnson Space Center and believes the stolen rocks are now in the possession of a former astronaut. Although she claims to work at NASA, Charlie suspects she is something else.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD Junie B. Jones tries to be the star of the kickball tournament in the hit chapter book series that keeps kids laughing and “makes reading fun” (Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man). “Junie B. is the darling of the...

"Mummy Man and Waffles is a nonstop thrill, chill, and slimy spill ride full of creepy crawlers and ludicrous laughs!" —John Patrick Green, New York Times bestselling author of the InvestiGators series "A popcorn bucket of a book...propelled by one lighthearted narrow escape from danger after...

Bloomsbury presents… Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher read by Kit Griffiths and Olivia Dowd Rip-roaringly romantic, fast-paced and funny - discover the Sapphic historical fantasy adventure from the author of Cafe Nero Award shortlisted, YA Book Prize nominated and Books Are My Bag...

Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children’s literature. Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite...

Brought to you by Puffin. Welcome to Big School. Humza Khan - aka Little Badman, Eggington's greatest rapper - might have finally met his match. Evil teacher geniuses and giant killer hamsters (see previous Little Badman adventures for details) are nothing compared to starting a new school. He's...

Brought to you by Puffin. The laugh-out-loud funny children's book from the number-one-bestselling Ross O'Carroll Kelly author, Paul Howard. Aldrin Adams is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary superpower. When he eats cheese, just before he goes to sleep at night, he can enter into other...

Brought to you by Puffin. Uma Gnuderson has a world full of questions: How can I save my home from being sold? Will my dad ever start talking again? And how do alpacas get drunk? But since her mum died, Uma's life has been short on answers. Until one day she finds a mysterious Bluetooth earpiece...

I'm Humza Khan, the greatest 11-year-old rapper Eggington ever had. I've also faced deadly alien slugs, killer aunties and double maths. But now, I (and my best friend Umer I guess) face something even scarier - my dad! He's pretty fed up with us being naughty, so he's sending us away...to school. But this is not ordinary school. This is a special summer school in Pakistan, and man, something weird is going on - someone has been messing with time! I may have to save the world again....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties by Humza Arshad and Henry White, read by Humza Arshad. Humza Khan is the greatest eleven-year-old rapper Eggington has ever known: he is Little Badman and he is destined to be rich and famous. But when...

The bestselling children’s books series for over 50 years is now available as a series of audiobooks! This laugh-out-loud collection includes Mr Adventure, Little Miss Brave, Mr Cool, Little Miss Curious, Mr Daydream, Little Miss Inventor, Mr Impossible and Little Miss Somersault. The Mr Men...

How to be a Real Man by Scott Stuart encourages boys to embrace who they truly are in this empowering and funny story, smashing age-old assumptions about what it means to be a man. Encompassing boys and men from different backgrounds, and told in irresistible rhyme, this is a must-have audiobook for all young children.

A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . . Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle – aka the Wee Free...

Jack o’ Hearts is the top card player in the parish and is feeling pretty sure of himself. When he is challenged to a card game with stakes higher than high by a mysterious green man, well, Jack can’t resist. Sure, he’s never lost a tournament yet, has he? A hilarious reimagining of a traditional Newfoundland folktale, Jack and the Green Man is jam-packed with magic, romance, transformations, impossible tasks, unforgettable characters, a love ballad or two, and the ever-present threat of Jack’s head ending up on a spear.

Izzy and her friends are shocked when they find their lollipop man has disappeared! Maisie thinks he’s gone to Rome, but if that’s true, why do they keep seeing a weird white wispy cloud around the school? And why do Izzy’s legs feel cold even though she’s got tights on? Could it be that the lollipop man is a phantom and he’s come to spook them all? Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winner Pamela Butchart.