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Matilda
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams "So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting...

Read by Kate Winslet

In \\\"Monkey Puzzle\\\", can butterfly help little monkey find his mum? Yes, finally, but only after a lot of trial and error as butterfly misunderstands monkey\\\'s descriptions and leads him to all sorts of unsuitable animals. From beloved picture book author Julia Donaldson. In the \\\"Corduroy collection,\\\" listen to four stories about one of literature\\\'s favourite bears, Corduroy, brought to life by the inimitable Viola Davis and Bahni Turpin. Written by Don Freeman. Stories included on the card are: Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy, Corduroy Lost and Found, Corduroy Takes a Bow. Families come in all shapes and sizes, from big to small and everything in between! Listen to the story of Mrs. Wobble the Waitress, Mr. Biff the Boxer, Miss Dirt the Dustman\\\'s Daughter and many more in the audio collection of Allan Ahlberg\\\'s beloved \\\"Happy Families.\\\" Features 11 classic tales. \\\"Peppa and the Great Outdoors\\\" is a collection of 10 stories based on Peppa

Read by Viola Davis and Bahni Turpin with music by Raffi

Explore the world of Peter Rabbit and more in this collection of stories by Beatrix Potter narrated by Olivia Colman and others. This card includes: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of the Flosy Bunnies, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle, and The Tale of Tom Kitten. In the Mog collection, listen to five warm and playful stories about the truly remarkable Mog the Forgetful cat, by beloved children\'s author Judith Kerr. This card includes: Mog the Forgetful Cat, Mog and the Baby, Mog\'s Christmas, Mog and the V.E.T., Mog\'s Bag Thing. Spectacular stories for the very young presented and performed by David Williams: four side-splitting stories - about an elephant, a hippo, a polar bear and a snake - in one spectacular collection! This unabridged compilation includes: The Slightly Annoying Elephant, The First Hippo on the Moon, The Bear Who Went Boo! and There’s a Snake in my School. Join the mighty pups as they use their super powers of five hig

Read by Olivia Colman, David Williams, and Richard Hughes with music by Laurie Berkner

Alan Bennett brings Winnie-the-Pooh\\\'s adventures to life in the Hundred Acre Wood. A. A. Milne\\\'s much-loved stories about a small bear and his friends are a treat for all the family. The collection includes Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner and A Party for Pooh. The tale of Desperaux : discover how the lives of a mouse, a vengeful rat and a servant girl intertwine in this extraordinary tale by Kate DiCamillo. Read by Graeme Malcolm. An unabridged production. The one and only Shrek! plus 5 other stories : meet an ogre, a magic bone, a dentist mouse and more in this collection of six classic stories by William Stieg. Read by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. Before Shrek made it on the silver screen, there was William Steig\\\'s SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Fortunately, the Milk by beloved storyteller Neil Gaiman. A father\'s quick trip to the grocery stor

Read by Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, and Graeme Malcolm with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Dutch house
Patchett, Ann
Paper Book
'Ann Patchett just gets better and better ... With more than a nod to Henry James , The Dutch House is quietly devastating, often mysterious and rather beautiful in its effortlessly readable melancholy' ObserverLonglisted for the Women's Prize 2020*The...

Read by Tom Hanks

The handmaid's tale
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series. 'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' Guardian I believe in the resistance as I...

Read by Claire Danes

The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...

Read by Tim Robbins and Robert Sean Leonard

Harry Potter discovers he’s a wizard. Not only that, he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry\'s eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! Read by Jim Dale.

Read by Jim Dale

To kill a mockingbird
Lee, Harper.
Paper Book
ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 'No one forgets this book' Independent 'One of the best first novels I remember ... uniquely unsentimental' Guardian 'There is humour as well as...

Read by Sissy Spacek

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