Alison Larkin
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The night before his fifth birthday, a young boy who can't wait to grow up receives a visit from the Birthday Dinosaur. Together they fly off on a magical adventure, high above the earth.
This magical, written and read by award winning narrator and bestselling author of The English American Alison Larkin was created especially for audio.
With music by Ravel, Faure, Schoenberg, Debussy, and Wagner, performed by Sara Edelstein and arranged by Jason...
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer's grandson, Ben, is afraid to join the soccer team. To help out, she tells him the story of Leopold the Turtle, who always stays on the shore. It terrifies him to go join the other turtles and play in the water and sun on the rocks. Leopold just can't get out of his shell, and the longer he waits the more he starts to doubt. Even though Leopold feels quite alone, he stays on the riverbank where it's safe. But Freddy the Frog is...
3) Leopold
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer's grandson, Ben, is afraid to join the soccer team. To help out, she tells him the story of Leopold the Turtle, who always stays on the shore. It terrifies him to go join the other turtles and play in the water and sun on the rocks. Leopold just can't get out of his shell, and the longer he waits the more he starts to doubt. Even though Leopold feels quite alone, he stays on the riverbank where it's safe. But Freddy the Frog is...
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Lewis Carroll's sequel to Alice in Wonderland brilliantly captures a young girl's feelings about growing up in a nonsensical world. Hailed by The Times (London) as "hugely entertaining", award-winning narrator Alison Larkin uses her wide range of voices to bring this famous story to a brand new audience…
Through the Looking Glass is followed by Phantasmagoria-a humorous poem about a little ghost who finds himself haunting the wrong building.
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A visit to the library can be full of surprises. When the librarian is late for story time, the children go off to look for her and follow mysterious paw prints to find a bear sitting at her desk. Is the bear a new librarian? Not exactly. The new LiBEARian opens a book about bears and utters a loud growl. The kids love it! Then the real librarian appears and sends the bear back into the book he came from. A fun twist at the end rounds out this winsomely...
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This specially selected collection of Peter Rabbit and Other Stories were written by Beatrix Potter over one hundred and twenty years ago and remain hugely popular today. This edition includes an exclusive interview with Peter Rabbit himself.
Stories include:
1. Peter Rabbit
2. Jemima Puddleduck
3. Jeremy Fisher
4. The Tailor of Gloucester
5. Squirrel Nutkin
6. Benjamin Bunny
7. Two Bad Mice
8. Mrs Tiggywinkle
9. The Pie and the Patty-Pan
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'A Mole Like No Other' by Julia B. Grantham is a fresh, delightful story about a toy mole who is looking for love, friendship and his place in the world.
The tale of Moley and his friends is set in a cosy English country house with a traditional garden. While it is especially popular amongst 5 - 10 year olds, children of all ages will love Moley's adventure, subtle literary references and tongue-in-cheek humor.
This charming new tale is brought...
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The friends are going on a birthday adventure to visit the Lollipop Garden through the Rainbow Forest. They go down the Lemonade River on a boat that can almost fly. They meet a herd of talking words. Eventually they arrive at a very sickly Lollipop Garden. To cure the Lollipop flowers and save the harvest they must explore the Sweet Rock Cave and outwit an ancient magic.
Likened to Alice in Wonderland, the captivating story of 10-year-old Tickle...
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After a busy day what could be better than getting into bed and listening to some of the world's most beloved classic bedtime stories exquisitely read by Alison Larkin and iconic British actress Virginia McKenna, OBE? Larkin's hugely popular reading of Alice in Wonderland is followed by Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Goblin.
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The first great fantasy novel, The Princess and the Goblin, published in 1872, had a strong influence on C S Lewis and J R Tolkien - who have inspired many of our greatest writers of modern-day fantasy, from J K Rowling to Sarah J Maas.. It is loved by fans of fantasy fiction to this day.
Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives in a remote mountainous region with no one but her nursemaid for company. Then she meets a mysterious old woman and Curdie,...
13) Winnie-the-Pooh
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Presents the adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday.