AuthorGeraldine Mccaughrean
NarratorChristian Rodska
Duration4h 6m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS2
PublisherChivers
VersionUnabridged
A crystal pool of myths and legends from around the world: 28 of the most wonderful tales ever told. Geraldine McCaughrean, a great storyteller herself, has gathered them from distant times and faraway places and retells them brilliantly, adding notes on their origin and meaning.
Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Angus King
Duration 7h 18m
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018. Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home. Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they've been abandoned - cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean. How will they surviv...
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Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Ailsa Joy
Duration 6h 37m
When her mother dies from a snakebite, Comity's life in the Australian outback changes forever. As her father retreats into his work, Comity turns to Fred, the Aboriginal yard boy, who becomes her only friend. But then a new assistant arrives who delights in playing cruel games. As Fred becomes his target, events spiral dangerously out of control.
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A Little Lower Than the Angels
Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 3h 35m
Gabriel has no idea what the future will hold when he runs away from his apprenticeship with the bad tempered stonemason. But God himself, in the shape of playmaster Garvey, has plans for him. He wants Gabriel for his angel. Winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award.
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Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 2h
The Greek gods and goddesses were members of a large extended family headed by Zeus and his wife Hera. Here are fifteen stories about them, including the tale of how Paris judged who was the fairest goddess of all and how the city of Athens was named.
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Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Anton Lesser
Duration 7h 7m
This is the story of Haoyou, strapped to a kite and sent to fly among the clouds and the spirits of the dead. Unlike anything you have ever heard before, it is packed full of the sights, sounds and smells of Ancient China.
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Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 1h 49m
A collection of fifteen stories from Roman mythology. The famous myths included are: the birth of Venus, the founding of Rome, and how the sacred geese saved the city from Gaul.
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Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 2h 4m
A collection of 16 Greek myths, capturing all the magic of such familiar heroes and villains as Jason, Theseus, Odysseus, Icarus, and King Midas. In addition, there are lesser-known stories such as Atalanta, the goddess who can run faster than any man, and Arachne the spinner who is turned into a spider.
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The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen
Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Wayne Forester
Duration 4h 18m
This audiobook brings a literary classic to life, retelling 'The Faerie Queen' in an accessible way. The original was written in 1596 for Elizabeth I, but now McCaughrean introduces a whole new generation of readers to Edmund Spenser's exciting adventures of knights and dragons, sorcerers and hermits, princesses and sea nymphs.
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Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Nigel Lambert
Duration 3h 28m
Twenty two myths and legends including well known tales such as 'Robin Hood' and 'George and the Dragon', alongside lesser known stories from Ethiopia, Mexico, China and many other countries.
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Author: Geraldine Mccaughrean
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 3h 54m
Tamburlaine the Great is a powerful, brutal ruler. His fearless Mongol Horde sweeps over the land like a sandstorm, crushing everything in its path. Tamburlaine's sights are set on Delhi, City of Gems; and Rusti, one of his young warriors, rides out into the flames of battle for his first taste of war. In the aftermath of the bloody skirmish, Rusti...
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