Vehicles For Kids

Ladybird Audio Adventures is an original series for 4-to 7-year-olds; a new, entertaining and engaging way for children to learn about the world around them. These are special stories written exclusively for audio with fun sound and musical effects, perfect for listening at home, before bed and on long journeys. These fact-filled journeys travel through time and space teaching children all about five fascinating topics: Dinosaur Times, The Animal Kingdom, Outer Space, Amazing Vehicles and Deep Sea Dive.  

Young reporter-in-training Kate and her mouse-accomplice Rupert are on board a train, to visit Kate's mum in the Arctic. But as soon as the train departs, mysterious things start happening. A packet of ginger nuts goes missing. A collection of gymnastics trophies are stolen. And some ancient scrolls disappear. Fellow passenger Madame Maude seems the most likely culprit, until a surprising—and delicious—twist turns the whole investigation on its head.

Highlighting a child’s pride for a parent’s job, author Carol Gordon Ekster reminds listeners of the essential role truck drivers play in their everyday lives.

Bubba Wallace started racing cars at nine years old. He began competing in 2010 and hasn’t slowed down since, setting records as the youngest winner at many races. He was the first Black driver to win Rookie of the Year for NASCAR.

Il trenino Thomas è in cerca di avventure e sfida i suoi amici a gareggiare per scoprire chi sia il più veloce. Però, mentre sfreccia tentando di superare Gordon, frena improvvisamente davanti ad un semaforo rosso, facendo volare i vagoni fuori dai binari. Per punizione, Sir Topham lo sostituisce con un'altra locomotiva e lo manda a lavorare nella nuova diramazione della ferrovia. Qui, a causa di una sua disattenzione, Thomas fa franare il terreno sotto i binari e cade giù, ma ciò che si manifesta davanti ai suoi occhi è una scoperta incredibile: una nave pirata!

Thomas och vännerna hittar alltid på en massa roliga och spännande saker. I den här sagosamlingen får du komma med på tre äventyr som även finns i den nya tv-serien Vi tågar på! I den första sagan kämpar våra favoritlok mot klockan för att hinna leverera en raket innan den ska skjutas upp. I den andra sagan gör Thomas sitt bästa för att hålla tyst för att Annie och Clarabel inte ska vara griniga när de vaknar, och slutligen råkar Thomas skicka upp en jättestor, bevingad drake som flyger genom luften på mässan.

Thomas och vännerna hittar alltid på en massa roliga och spännande saker. I den här sagosamlingen får du komma med på tre äventyr som även finns i den nya tv-serien Vi tågar på! I den första sagan jagar Thomas och Nia en regnbåge hela vägen upp till toppen av ett berg. I den andra sagan upptäcker Nia att det inte är så lätt att hålla fast i en jätteballong, och i den sista sagan campar Thomas, Nia och Percy mitt ute i den mörka skogen.

Thomas och vännerna hittar alltid på en massa roliga och spännande saker. I den här sagosamlingen får du komma med på tre äventyr som även finns i den nya tv-serien Vi tågar på! I den första sagan förväxlas Diesels leverans och allt slutar med ett färgsprakande BOOM! I den andra sagan får Thomas en ledig dag och går på upptäcktsfärd för sig själv, och i den sista sagan deltar Thomas och Kana i den stora tågtävlingen om Sodor-pokalen.

Thomas och vännerna hittar alltid på en massa roliga och spännande saker. I den här sagosamlingen får du komma med på tre äventyr som även finns i den nya tv-serien "Vi tågar på!" Häng med när två olika äventyrsklubbar beger sig ner i den djupa gruvan för att söka efter en mytomspunnen skatt. Lyssna på när Thomas och Percy kämpar för att leverera tio bångstyriga kossor till McColls bondgård, och i den sista sagan gör loken en egen konsert med instrument de hittar på bangården.

In Nerdy Babies: Transportation, follow our intrepid babies when they’re on the go. Experience skating on rollerblades, flying on air balloons, exploring underwater in a submarine, and riding cross-country on a car. Plus, learn about how different air, land, and sea travel can be in this simple text written in question-and-answer format. 

As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. As adults, the brothers worked together to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful airplane. This is the fascinating story of the two inventors and aviation pioneers who never lost sight of their dream: to fly, and to soar higher!

At the tender age of eight, chimney sweep Tom Appleby is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. As he sails out with the First Fleet, Tom sadly realises that he will never set foot on English ground again. Luckily, not long after Tom’s arrival in the colony, the fair and kind Sergeant Stanley decides to take on Tom as a servant. Together, Tom, Sergeant Stanley and his son, Rob, build a house, set up an orchard and a vegetable garden for themselves - and thrive, unlike many others in the new colony.

At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived. More than 100 years later, today's listeners will be intrigued by the mystery that surrounds this ship that was originally labeled "unsinkable". 

Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, listeners will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story.

In a time when people believed flying was impossible, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier proved that the sky wasn’t the limit. When most thought horseback was the only way to race, Bertha and Karl Benz fired up their engines. From the invention of the bicycle and the passenger steam locomotive to the first liquid-fuel propelled rocket and industrial robot, inventors across the world have redefined travel. Informative and celebratory, this collective biography tells the story of the experiments, failures, and successes of visionaries who changed the way the world moves.

Have you ever heard of a school bus that talked to the children as he drove them to school? The Johnson twins, Bobby and Tommy, can’t believe their ears! Find out what happens in the adorable story “The Little School Bus That Talked.” Then you will meet Amy, a little girl that is nervous about her first day at school. Her mother has a great idea to calm Amy’s nerves—and it worked! Follow Amy throughout her day as she meets friends, eats lunch, and plays on the playground. Get ready to go back to school with fun stories, silly sing-along songs, and a talking school bus!