Unabridged by Eve Bunting. Narrated by Gamalla Pharms

Our Price: $ 6,96

Summary:

Mr. and Mrs. Bear have never celebrated St. Valentine’s Day because they hibernate during the winter.

Sample:

Length: 11 min.
Release date: 15. Jul 09
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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Unabridged by Tanya Robyn Batt. Narrated by Tanya Robyn Batt

Our Price: $ 4,95

Summary:

Professional faerie and storyteller Tanya Robyn Batt lifts the veil between the faerie world and our own, introducing a variety of faerie folk through stories, poems, and snippets of lore from Britain and Ireland.

Introductions to each story are filled with fascinating historical and literary details about faerie customs, along with the showers of pixie dust, glittery stars, and fluttery dragon flies. In this recording, you will learn about all kinds of ethereal creatures, from sprites and elves to leprechauns and hobgoblins! A valuable learning tool as well as an enchanting journey into the mystical faerie realm, this charmed collection will appeal to children and adults who love faeries for their magic and mischief.

Sample:

Length: 51 min
Release date: 09-MAY-07
Publisher: Barefoot Books

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Unabridged by Laura Hopkinson, Amanda Hyatt, Claire Nixon, John Priest. Narrated by Sue Powell-Reed

Our Price: $ 6,66

Summary:

Little Prickles
A delightful children’s story about a little hedgehog who ventures out into the big wide world for the first time.

The Magic Show
Jack is mesmerised by magic and there’s a surprise at School but an even bigger surprise at home!

Tabitha And The Pirate
Jim The Pirate takes Tabitha on an exciting adventure.

Tales for Tiny Tots
A collection of four short stories for those little Tiny Tots, Ben’s Friends, Don’t Be a Moaner, Romona!, Benjamin Goes “Hopping-hopping”, Do I Live Here?

Fun times for short journeys or bedtime stories!

Sample:

Length: 48 min
Release date: 09-MAR-09
Publisher: Vibe TV

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Unabridged by Esther Forbes. Narrated by Grace Conlin

Our Price: $ 17,47

Summary:

A story filled with danger and excitement, Johnny Tremain tells of the turbulent, passionate times in Boston just before the Revolutionary War.

Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught with Otis, Hancock, and John and Samuel Adams in the exciting operations and subterfuges leading up to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. As Johnny is forced into the role of a full-grown man in the face of his new country’s independence, he finds that his relations with those he loves changes for the better as well.

Johnny Tremain is historical fiction at its best, portraying the living drama of Revolutionary Boston through the shrewd eyes of an observant boy.

Sample:

Length: 8 hours and 43 min.
Release date: 20. Apr 09
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Unabridged by Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.. Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie

Our Price: $ 17,47

Summary:

All parents hope their child will be self-reliant, optimistic, and well mannered, but this has become particularly challenging in our current culture. Clinical psychologist and Jewish educator Wendy Mogel distills the ancient teachings of the Torah, the Talmud, important Jewish thinkers, and contemporary psychological insights into nine blessings that address key parenting issues. She covers realistic expectations for each child, respect for adults, chores, mealtime battles, coping with frustration, developing independence and self-control, and resisting over-scheduling and over-indulgence.

The Blessing of a Skinned Knee guides us toward effective, enlightened parenting in an increasingly speedy, material, and competitive age.

Sample:

Length: 8 hours and 17 min.
Release date: 25. Apr 07
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Unabridged by James Baldwin. Narrated by Bobbie Frohman

Our Price: $ 16,76

Summary:

Here are 50 famous stories of long-ago times, retold in a short form for all young people. These are tales of valor, bravery, and kindness, as well as high adventure. Included:

“King Alfred and the Cakes”, “King Alfred and the Beggar”, “King Canute of the Seashore”, “The Sons of William the Conqueror”, “The White Ship”, “King John and the Abbott”, “The Story of Robin Hood”, “Bruce and the Spider”, “The Black Douglas”, “The Three Men of Gotham”, “Other Wise Men of Gotham”, “The Miller of the Dee”, “Sir Philip Sidney”, “Ungrateful Soldier”, “Sir Humphrey Gilbert”, “Sir Walter Raleigh”, “Pocahontas”, “George Washington and His Hatchet”, “Grace Darling”, “The Story of William Tell”, “Arnold Winkelreid”, “The Bell of Atri”, “How Napoleon Crossed the Alps”, “The Story of Cincinnatus”, “The Story of Regulus”, “Cornelia’s Jewels”, “Androclus and the Lion”, “Horatius at the Bridge”, “Julius Caesar”, “The Sword of Damocles”, “Damon and Pythias”, “A Laconic Answer”, “The Ungrateful Guest”, “Alexander and Bucephalus”, “Diogenes the Wise Man”, “The Brave Three Hundred”, “Socrates and His House”, “The King and His Hawk”, “Doctor Goldsmith”, “The Kingdoms”, “The Barmecide Feast”, “The Endless Tale”, “The Blind Men and the Elephant”, “Maximilian and the Goose Boy”, “The Inchcape Rock”, “Whittington and His Cat”, “Casabianca”, “Antonio Canova”, “Picciola”, and “Mignon”.

Sample:

Length: 3 hour 25 min
Release date: 16-DEC-08
Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks

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Unabridged by Vivien Alcock. Narrated by Carole Hayman

Our Price: $ 16,41

Summary:

‘I’m an only child.’ Or so Kate Seton thinks until she discovers that she has a sister. Two years before Kate was born, her mother had left her first baby, Emma, in her pram outside a dress shop. When she came out, the baby was gone. Now, 12 years later, a girl appears on the Setons’ doorstep with a note claiming that she is Emma. She has come home not the cuddly baby Kate has always wanted but a thin, spiky teenager with hard eyes. But is she Emma?

A gripping psychological thriller from best-selling author Vivien Alcock.

Sample:

Length: 4 hour 21 min
Release date: 22-OCT-09
Publisher: AudioGO Ltd.

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Unabridged by Rick Yancey. Narrated by Paul Michael

Our Price: $ 27,93

Summary:

Alfred Kropp was just trying to survive high school when his guardian uncle gets him roped into a suspicious get-rich-quick scheme that changes his life forever: stealing Excalibur, the legendary sword of King Arthur. But after Alfred unwittingly delivers the sword into the hands of a man with enormously evil intentions, he sets off on an unlikely quest to try to right his wrong and save the world from imminent destruction. This gripping, fast-paced, hilarious novel is both a thrilling adventure story and an engaging account of one boy’s coming of age.

Sample:

Length: 7 hours
Release date: 26. Jan 06
Publisher: Listening Library

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Unabridged by Jack Prelutsky. Narrated by Jack Prelutsky

Our Price: $ 8,5

Summary:

What do you get when you cross…a toaster with a toad? A tuba with a baboon? A clock with an octopus? A hat with a chicken? An umbrella with an elephant?

Why, a pop-up toadster, a tubaboon, the clocktopus, a hatchicken, and the bold umbrellaphant.

And what do you get when you cross this book with a kid? Why, a happy kibook!

Sample:

Length: 23 min.
Release date: 10. Jul 07
Publisher: Harper Audio

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Unabridged by Kathryn Lasky. Narrated by Pamela Garelick

Our Price: $ 13,97

Summary:

It began as a dream, a quest for the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, a mythic place where each night an order of owls rises to perform noble deeds. There Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger hope to find inspiration to fight the evil that dwells in the owl kingdom.

The journey is long and harrowing. When Soren and his friends finally arrive at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, they will be tested in ways they never dreamed and face challenges they never imagined. If they can learn from their leaders and from one another, they will soon become true Ga’Hoolian owls, honest and brave, wise and true.

Sample:

Length: 6 hours and 4 min.
Release date: 10. Aug 06
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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