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Author: Michael Morpurgo
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Edward Bourne
Duration 48m
Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have teamed up with the Royal British Legion to tell an original story that explains the meaning behind the poppy. In Flanders' fields, young Martens knows his family's story, for it is as precious as the faded poem hanging in their home. From a poor girl comforting a grieving sold...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Hugh Laurie
Duration 44m
It was Benjamin Postlethwaite's job all his long life to make sure the light shone brightly high up in the lighthouse on Puffin Island. Not once in all his years as the lighthouse keeper had he ever let his light go out. But sometimes even the brightest light on a lighthouse cannot save a ship. This is a story of a life-changing friendship, a lost...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Akbar Kurtha
Duration 3h 44m
A stunning new story of hope, humanity and high-seas adventure. War has forced Omar and his mother to leave their home in Afghanistan and venture across the sea to Europe. When their boat sinks, and Omar finds himself alone, with no hope of rescue, it seems as if his story has come to an end. But it is only just beginning. Because in the end, a lit...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Joanna Lumley
Duration 35m
Only one thing will stop Millie's cousin Geraldine showing off, and that's a ghost with bright red eyes. A ghost with a surprise in store.
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Michael Morpurgo
Duration 4h 7m
Escaping from China as the Japanese invade, Ashley and Uncle Sung embark on a perilous journey across the Himalayas. Then Ashley finds himself alone in the hostile mountains, battling for his life. He is just about to give up all hope, when he has a mysterious and terrifying encounter.
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Alistair Petrie
Duration 3h 9m
When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he can't bear to hand them all over to the RSPCA. He pleads with his parents: couldn't he just keep one of them? But nothing will convince them and Patrick cries himself to sleep - only to be woken by a greyhound puppy licking his face! Patrick christens his puppy Best Mate. But one d...
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Narrator Michael Morpurgo
Duration 6h 21m
When 10-year-old Will's father dies, his mother surprises him with a trip to Indonesia. But little could she have known what awaited them both there. The first Will knows that anything is wrong is when Oona, the elephant he is riding along the beach, begins to spook. Then, suddenly, she takes off into the jungle with Will on her back. And that's wh...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Daniel Philpott
Duration 1h 17m
The heart-lifting, heartbreaking new story by Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller. In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got there. When the Bismarck sinks, one of th...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Virginia Mckenna
Duration 4h 11m
Rushy Bay was forbidden territory to Gracie and her friend Daniel. And not just because of the treacherous currents; the Birdman of Bryher lived there - a flitting creature of the dark. But the Birdman wasn't mad or dangerous as the locals thought. He was wise with a wisdom born of bitter experience. He knew the secrets of Samson Island and warned...
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Narrator Michael Morpurgo
Duration 3h 55m
In 1914, Joey, a young farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges towards the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles in France. In the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him, but his heart aches for Albert, the farmer's son he left behi...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Michael Morpurgo
Duration 2h 19m
Bun Bendle sustains a head injury during a diving accident, which damages his sight. One day he stumbles into an underground tomb containing a shield and a beautiful, ancient sword. As he touches the hilt, Bedivere, a knight of the Round Table appears and commands him to take the sword to King Arthur.
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Robin Bowerman
Duration 2h 11m
A cat's nine lives are full of adventure and excitement and none more so than Montezuma, the farmyard cat. From a young kitten to a grand old cat, he is cunning and proud while establishing his kingdom, but to Matthew, he's always loving and adorable.
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Mairi Macfarlane
Duration 2h 30m
Michael doesn't remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war.And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn't like to talk about her husband. But then Auntie Snowdrop gives Michael a medal, followed by a photograph, which begin to reveal a hidden history.A story of love and loss. A story that will change everything - and reveal to Mi...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Gareth Cassidy
Duration 4h 7m
Things have been difficult for Harry since his mother remarried. With a new baby at home, and only trouble at school, life is unbearable. Ocky the chimp, escaped from the circus, offers Harry a chance for a new life. With his friend, Harry runs away from all the people who seem so hard on him. At first, life on the road is an adventure, but gradual...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Fiona Clarke
Duration 4h 18m
It's 1944. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden! Then the bombs start to fall. Their home destro...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Mike Grady
Duration 9h 13m
The stunning novel set during World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost. and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only o...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Jamie Glover
Duration 4h 22m
Told in the voice of Private Tommo Peaceful, the story follows twenty-four hours at the front, and captures his memories of his family and his village life - by no means as tranquil as it appeared. Full of vivid detail and engrossing atmosphere, leading to a dramatic and moving conclusion, Private Peaceful is both a compelling love story and a deep...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Cassandra Harwood
Duration 12m
Cool as a cucumber is a delightful story about a boy called Peter who at first seems a little reluctant to help dig up a garden patch for his school project to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. He then starts to dig up some interesting things-a hug worm, a big beetle, bits of china, an old coin and what looks like a giant cucumber, but turns out to be...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Jot Davies
Duration 44m
A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. "Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan... And we all have an impossible dream." In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football - all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losin...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Isla Blair
Duration 3h 29m
When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he can't bear to hand them all over to the RSPCA. He pleads with his parents: couldn't he just keep one of them? But nothing will convince them and Patrick cries himself to sleep - only to be woken by a greyhound puppy licking his face! Patrick christens his puppy Best Mate, and that'...
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Narrator Robin Shaw
Duration 1h 26m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Snowman by Michael Morpurgo, inspired by the original story by Ransom Riggs, read by Richard Armitage. One December morning, James is thrilled to wake up to see snow falling. He spends the whole day making his perfect snowman; he has coal eyes, an old green hat and scarf and a tangerine nose... just lik...
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