AuthorRichard Ayoade
NarratorRichard Ayoade, Lydia Fox, Wes Anderson
Duration1h 2m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction, Fairytale, Folklore and Mythology
Key StageKS2
PublisherW.F. Howes
VersionUnabridged
FAIRY-LAND EXCLUSIVE! Discover THE TRUTH about your favourite fairy-tale characters in Richard Ayoade's second children's book.
Read about the real lives of fairy-tale characters in this exclusive collection of letters between curious kids and their fairy-tale idols.
What are they doing now? Was it really Happily Ever After? Is the Big Bad Wolf actually that bad? When will Sleeping Beauty get out of bed? And what makes frogs so kissable?
Only one man has the answers, direct from the ACTUAL LEGENDS themselves: meet C.C. Cecily, Senior Secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club.
Author: Claire Heywood
Author Claire Heywood
Narrator Meg Hately
Duration 9h 56m
The King of Tyre is dead, his final words anointing his clever and strong-willed daughter, Elissa, as the new queen until his young son, Pygmalion, comes of age. But betrayal and danger soon haunt Elissa, and she is forced to flee the kingdom - exiled with a band of loyal followers and a broken heart. After an arduous search for a new home, Elissa...
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The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver
Author: Rafael Torrubia
Author Rafael Torrubia
Narrator Lianne Walker
Duration 29h 2m
No one remembers the calamity that killed the gods and stole the names of their people. Now Shipwright and Shroudweaver are known only by their professions. She's a master of magical shipbuilding. He's a maker of the gilded gods that fuel their sails, stitched from the souls of dead sailors. When a chance to save their world calls the veterans back...
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Author: Finn Longman
Author Finn Longman
Narrator Mark Meadows
Duration 11h 5m
The wolf-sickness strikes always without warning, stealing Bisclavret's body and confusing his mind. Since boyhood, he hasn't dared leave his isolated holdings - not to beg the return of his father's lost estate, not to seek brotherhood among the court, not even to win the knighthood he yearns for. But when a new king ascends, Bisclavret must deliv...
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Author: Bea Fitzgerald
Author Bea Fitzgerald
Narrator Perdita Weeks
Duration 11h 40m
Brought to you by Penguin. The eagerly anticipated new YA Greek myth re-imagining from Bea Fitzgerald, TikTok superstar and Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen.Pandora is the first human woman – made by the gods on Olympus for one simple purpose: to love and be loved by her new husband, the titan Epimatheos.The only proble...
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Author: Nydia Hetherington
Author Nydia Hetherington
Narrator Natalia Pela
Duration 12h 39m
A lyrical and atmospheric homage to the strange and extraordinary, perfect for fans of Angela Carter and Erin Morgenstern. This is the story of the greatest funambulist who ever lived. Born into a postwar circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. Until the bright light of Serendipity Wilso...
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Author: Joanne M. Harris
Author Joanne M. Harris
Narrator The Author
Duration 4h 12m
I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes as black as sloe; I am as brisk as brisk can be, And wild as forest doe. (The Child Ballads, 295) So begins a beautiful tale of love, loss and revenge. Following the seasons, A Pocketful of Crows balances youth and age, wisdom and passion, and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mytholo...
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The Book That No One Wanted to Read
Author: Richard Ayoade
Author Richard Ayoade
Narrator The Author, Jarvis Cocker, Lydia Fox
Duration 50m
"Laugh out loud funny and full of heart" Noel Fielding "Very funny, with brilliant illustrations. It should be called The Book That Everyone Wanted To Read." Nadia Shireen "One book that I really think children should read is The Book That No One Wanted to Read." David Baddiel What is it that makes YOU want to read a book? Richard Ayoade's children...
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Author: Leslie Vedder
Author Leslie Vedder
Narrator Lindsey Dorcus
SeriesThe Bone Spindle, Book 3
Duration 11h 34m
With Prince Briar Rose's life on the line as he slowly turns into a monster at the hands of the Spindle Witch, treasure hunter Fi must escape from a tower to rescue him. Meanwhile, her axe-wielding partner Shane is on the hunt for a mysterious weapon that holds the key to the Spindle Witch's demise. But Shane must also protect her lover, the beauti...
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