AuthorMichael Rosen
NarratorMichael Rosen
Duration9m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction, Read Along
Key StageKS1
PublisherBloomsbury
VersionUnabridged
A completely topsy-turvey view of a world seen from a dog's eye point of view-a very funny story which turns to real drama when the little girl gets lost on the beach and the search is on to find her... Part of our fantastic, Read-along collection for younger readers, these are picture books which highlight the text in time with the narration.
Author: Michelle Robinson
Author Michelle Robinson
Narrator Justin Fletcher
Duration 5m
Fred and Nell's grandma is babysitting and the kids couldn't be happier. But hang on, there's something not quite right about her. In fact, she's acting very strangely indeed. And is that a spare eyeball? A tail? A striped tongue? That's NOT their grandma; it's an alien ... RUUUUUUN! Find out how Fred and Nell overcome the invasion by grandmas from...
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Author: Michael Rosen
Author Michael Rosen
Narrator Lucas Keen
Duration 58m
Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and tries his best to adjust to life in the English countryside, Bernie's parents know that as Jews they're not safe staying in Warsaw, so they send Bernie to the Russian-occupied side of the cou...
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Author: Yasmeen Ismail
Author Yasmeen Ismail
Narrator Sophie Thompson
Duration 5m
I'm supposed to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But I'm sweet and sour and not a little flower. I am a girl! I am a girl! I am a girl! The girl in this book likes to win, she likes to be spontaneous, fast and strong, and because she also likes to dress in t-shirt and shorts, she is forever getting mistaken for a boy. And when she me...
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Who Are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave Their Homes? and Other Big Questions
Author: Michael Rosen, Annemarie Young
Author Michael Rosen, Annemarie Young
Narrator The Authors
Duration 1h 33m
What does it mean for people to have to leave their homes, and what happens when they seek entry to another country? This book explores the history of refugees and migration around the world and the effects on people of never-ending war and conflict. It compares the effects on society of diversity and interculturalism with historical attempts to cr...
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Author: Michael Rosen
Author Michael Rosen
Narrator The Author
Duration 1h 25m
A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved children's authors. By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is the true story of Michael Rosen's search for his relatives who "went missing" during the Second World War – told through prose, poetry, maps and pictures. When Michael was g...
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Author: Tom Mclaughlin
Author Tom Mclaughlin
Narrator Lenny Henry
Duration 1h 17m
Elliott is a boy who likes to find things and, one day, he stumbles across a machine. At first, he can't work out what the machine is for-it doesn't beep or buzz like all his other machines and it doesn't have an ON/OFF button. Then, quite by accident, Elliott makes the machine work. The machine makes letters! Elliott thinks it must be a story mach...
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Author: Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Author Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Narrator Lenny Henry
Duration 5m
After finding two abandoned presents, Santa Baby and Roo embark on a race against time to deliver the gifts. But as they speed across the skies, they come across a few ... distractions. Well, Santa's job isn't as easy as it looks! And after a slight mis-hap involving their sleigh and a chimney, Santa Baby realises just how much he needs his dad. Lu...
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Author: Michael Rosen
Author Michael Rosen
Narrator The Author
Duration 6h 18m
Brought to you by Penguin.In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with debilitating chronic illness, and faced death itself when seriously unwell in hospital. In spite of this he has survived, and has even learned to find joy in life in the aftermath of tragedy.In Getting Better, he shares his...
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Author: Michael Rosen
Author Michael Rosen
Narrator Wayne Forester
Duration 2h 25m
Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube. In addition there are grizzly bears roaming the streets of London, killer wasps and all sorts of tall tales.
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Author: Katrina Charman
Author Katrina Charman
Narrator Justin Fletcher
Duration 5m
Join two seafaring pirates and their captain on a nautical adventure to find a treasure chest. Add to that a text that is read aloud to the tune of 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' and you have a book that will be enjoyed time and time again! Go, go, pirate boat, Across the salty sea, Raise the anchor, hoist the sail, It's a pirate's life for me. Little p...
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