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The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, one of the best-loved childrens tales of all time, read by Martin Jarvis. Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his...

This 1896 novel follows the Mark Twain series of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom finds himself on another exciting adventure as he serves as detective for a mysterious murder in the banks of the Mississippi. Listen to this suspenseful, yet whimsical story of Tom and Huckleberry and be fascinated once again with Mark Twain's imagination.

Thirteen-year-old Huck runs away from his alcoholic and abusive father in a stolen canoe. Hiding on a wooded island, he comes upon a slave named Jim, who is also fleeing--from slavery. The two set off down the Mississippi on a piece of a raft, each in search of his own kind of freedom.

Rudyard Kipling's famous tale tells the story of Mowgli, the 'man-cub' rescued from the tiger, Shere Khan, and adopted by a wolf pack. As he grows up, Mowgli learns the ways of the jungle from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa the rock python. His life is full of adventure with...

Young Cedric Errol lives in poverty in New York with his mother. When his father, who was disinherited for marrying an American, dies, Cedric is summoned to his grandfather's English estate. While the crotchety old Earl planned to transform the boy into a docile, traditional lording, it is Little Lord Fauntleroy who does the converting.

"The Princess and the Goblin" is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great-great-grandmother, and her friend, the minor boy Curdie. Things are peaceful for Irene until the hideous race of goblins that live beneath the mountain start planning something big.

In this follow-up to the first of Hugh the series though, Lofting assigns the starring role to Tommy Stubbins who is now an "old man". He recalls how he met Doctor John Dolittle and the many adventures they shared. The Doctor is working on learning the language of the Shellfish and their adventures take them from a trial for murder to adventures on the high seas, culminating in their arrival on Spidermonkey Island. Then comes a war between the native tribes, Dolittle being crowned King, the arrival of the Great Glass Sea-Snail and their eventual return to Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Snowman by Michael Morpurgo, inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs, read by Richard Armitage. One December morning, James is thrilled to wake up to see snow falling. He spends the whole day making his perfect snowman; he has coal eyes, an...

Robert Browning (1812-1889), playwright and poet, is known and admired for his dramatic monologues in blank verse, of which he is a recognized master. He also wrote many lighter poems with a humorous touch. Here is one of his best known, The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Most of us remember The Wizard of Oz as the film starring Judy Garland and Bert Lahr. But the film was based on an immensely popular early 20th century Oz series. In these novels, Oz is the utopian land beyond the rainbow where threats are turned back with valor and ingenuity. Their success is due to the way they induce children to look for the element of wonder in the world around them.

First published in 1869, Little Women is the story of four sisters growing up against the background of the American Civil War. Alcott wrote the book at the urging of the publisher, Thomas Niles, who was seeking a story about girls that would have popular appeal. Although it was commenced essentially as a children's book, it developed into something of a bildungsroman, which touches on more serious issues such as the difficulties faced by single-parent families, the death of a sibling, and fractured relationships.

The five children have grown up, and World War I has begun in earnest. The sand fairy has become a creature of stories...until, for the first time in 10 years, he suddenly reappears. Before this last adventure ends, all will be changed; the two younger children will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint, and the war's impact will be felt right at the heart of their family.

Gemma Arterton reads Lewis Carroll's all-time classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland One sleepy summer's day, Alice sees a white rabbit disappear down a rabbit hole. But this is not an ordinary rabbit, this one wears a waistcoat, has a pocket watch and is talking to himself, so Alice follows him!

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert have sent to the orphanage for a boy. So when a skinny, red-haired girl turns up, she is not quite what they had in mind. Anne Shirley soon sets the quiet island community of Avonlea talking of little else. With her incessant chatter and intense imagination, things...

In Prinz und Bettelknabe erzählt Mark Twain eine ebenso unterhaltsame wie tiefgründige Geschichte über zwei Jungen – der eine arm, der andere ein Thronfolger –, die ihre Rollen tauschen und dabei überraschende Erfahrungen mit Macht, Ungerechtigkeit und Menschlichkeit machen. Der Roman verbindet märchenhafte Elemente mit sozialem Realismus und satirischem Witz – ein Klassiker, der bis heute begeistert.

Anne Shirley is a red-haired orphan, with infectious, high-spirits and an irrepressible temper that lands her in hot water time after time. This audiobook charts her voyage from vulnerable child to successful teen, with many hilarious hiccups along the way.

In Bambi – Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde zeichnet Felix Salten ein zugleich poetisches und realistisches Bild vom Leben des jungen Rehs Bambi. Vom ersten unsicheren Schritt bis zum Erwachsenwerden begleiten wir Bambi durch den Rhythmus des Waldes – geprägt von Schönheit, Gefahr, Verlust und der ständigen Herausforderung des Überlebens. Dabei trifft er auf viele Waldbewohner: seinen Freund, den Hasen, das scheue Rehkitz Faline, den weisen Alten sowie Füchse, Eulen und viele weitere Tiere – und stets auch auf die allgegenwärtige Gefahr durch den Menschen.

Before Arthur commanded a round table of legendary knights in Camelot, he was simply a young squire with dreams of becoming a great knight himself. Arthur lived during a time when Britain was without a ruler, but fate would quickly draw him into the middle of a grand search for the next king - a search that involved a sword famously set in stone.

Winnie-the-Pooh es el primer libro (1926) de la amplia colección que escribió A. A. Milne sobre la entrañable amistad del oso Pooh y Christopher Robin. Esta es una historia de aventuras, de la mano de los habitantes del Bosque de los Cien Acres: Piglet, Iyor, Búho, Conejo, Kangu, Rito, y, por supuesto, ¡las abejas! En este audiolibro, Winnie-the-Pooh se mete en divertidos problemas y en expoohdiciones al lado de sus mejores amigos.

When Sultan, a faithful shepherd’s dog, grows old and loses his strength, his master decides the time has come to put him down. Overhearing his fate, Sultan turns in desperation to an unlikely ally—the wolf—and together they devise a plan that will prove his value once more. Through cleverness rather than force, Sultan saves a child, earns gratitude, and secures a peaceful life in his old age.