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Kings Of Clonmel Rangers Apprentice Book Eight

The Outsiders have returned to cause havoc. Who will stand in their path? Will, his mentor, Halt, and their friend Horace go to the kingdom of Clonmel. There Halt confronts painful memories from his past, while the three friends work to subvert a devious plot by a cult religion that seeks to gain control by sending in bands of marauding invaders, then offering a god that can protect the people from them. Will is at the annual Ranger Gathering but Halt is investigating mysterious happenings in the west. When he does finally return, it's with bad news. Hibernia is in turmoil. A false religious cult calling themselves the Outsiders are sowing confusion and sedition, and five of the six Hibernian kingdoms have been undermined. Now the sixth, Clonmel, is in danger. Halt, Will and Horace set out to restore order. Can the secrets of Halt's past help them in their mission?

Underdog Unabridged Audio

Boys are like dogs ready to bite, bark and beg to be given a chance to show their value. I vowed that if I ever got a girl I would treat her right and never be bad or dirty to her or hurt her, ever. Cameron Wolfe is a dirty boy. He knows it. His brother Rube knows it, because he's one too. they could change but what would it take?

Eraks Ransom Rangers Apprentice Book Seven Unabridged Audio

What does it mean to earn the Silver Oakleaf? So few men have done so. For Will, a mere boy, that symbol of honour has long felt out of reach. Now, in the wake of Araluen's uneasy truce with the raiding Skandians comes word that the Skandian leader has been captured by a dangerous desert tribe. The Rangers are sent to free him. But the desert is like nothing these warriors have seen before. Strangers in a strange land, they are brutalised by sandstorms, beaten by the unrelenting heat, tricked by one tribe that plays by its own rules, and surprisingly befriended by another. Like a desert mirage, nothing is as it seems. Yet one thing is constant: the bravery of the Rangers.

Pizza Cake Unabridged Audio

Save ten lives with a paperclip, discover how a big banana can ruin your sister's holiday, make a new friend with a garbage bin, develop a taste for sheep's spleen and chips, bounce on a vampire's bed, rescue your dad from a dog and a spider, use a toilet roll to get justice, upset the neighbours with a pickaxe, eat a pizza that makes you fearless, and imagine a world where teachers earn more money than a rock star.

Froi Of The Exiles Unabridged Audio

Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home... or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been trained roughly and lovingly by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family, and has learned to control his quick temper with a warriors discipline. But when he is sent on a secretive mission to the kingdom of Charyn, nothing could have prepared him for what he finds. Here he encounters a damaged people who are not what they seem, and must unravel both the dark bonds of kinship and the mysteries of a half-mad princess. In this barren and mysterious place, he will discover there is a song sleeping in his blood and though Froi would rather not, the time has come to listen.

Fart Powder Unabridged Audio

Nilly is new to the neighbourhood, but is quick to make friends: Doctor Proctor, an eccentric professor; and Lisa, who is teased by the twin terrors Truls and Trym. Nilly and Lisa help Doctor Proctor develop his latest invention, a powder that makes you fart. The powder makes Nilly and Lisa very popular at school when they sell it for fifty cents a bag. And they get revenge on Truls and Trym by giving them an extra-strength dose of fart powder that shoots them up into a tree! Its all good farty fun. That is, until someone steals the industrial-strength fart powder. Now Doctor Proctors ticket to fame is in the hands of an enemy with evil intentions...

Bzrk Unabridged Audio

They take the names of madmen because madness is their fate. They descend into the tiny places, down where the mites leap and the lymphocytes ooze and the spark of human reason fires like lightning from sizzling neurons. Down in the meat. One by one they join the fight. In the macro, in the nano, in both at once, they fight for life, liberty and the inalienable right to be crazy. BZRK is their method. BZRK is their battle cry. BZRK is their doom.

Siege Of Macindaw Rangers Apprentice Book Six Unabridged Audio

Five years have passed since the Skandians and the Araluans made their treaty, and Will has finally become a Ranger, with his own fief to look after. He soon learns that even sleepy little islands have problems to keep him on his toes.Then he and his old friend Alyss are thrown into a terrifying new adventure, investigating the truth behind rumours of sorcery in a remote northern fief. As he stands in Grimsdell Forest, with the horrific, ghostly Night Warrior looming over him, Will must ask himself one question: is there a rational explanation . . . or does sorcery really exist?

Icebound Land Rangers Apprentice Book Three Unabridged Audio

Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as the captives of the fearsome Skandian wolfship captain, Erak. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his promise - even defy his King. Expelled from the Rangers, Halt is joined by Horace as he travels through Gallica towards Skandia. On their way, they are constantly challenged by freelance knights - otherwise known as thieving thugs. Horace knows a thing or two about combat, though, and he soon begins to attract the attention of knights and warlords for miles around with his uncanny skill. But will they be in time to rescue Will from a life of slavery?

Burning Bridge Rangers Apprentice Book Two Unabridged Audio

As the Kingdom of Araluen prepares for war against Morgarath, Will and Horace accompany the Ranger Gilan on a mission to Celtica. But Celtica's villages and mines are silent. Only an exhausted and starving girl called Evanlyn can tell them why: Morgarath has sent his foul creatures to enslave the Celts. While Gilan rides swiftly back to Araluen to report this news to the King, Will and Horace discover the true purpose behind Morgarath's actions. The Kingdom is sure to be defeated in a surprise three-sided attack - unless they can find a way to prevent it.

Ruins Of Gorlan Rangers Apprentice Book 1 (Audio 8CD)

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The Knife Of Never Letting Go (Unabridged Audio)

Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee - whose thoughts Todd can hear, too, whether he wants to or not - stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden - a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives. But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought? Read by: Humphrey Bower Number of CDs / Tapes: 10 Duration: 12 hours 34 minutes

Ask And The Answer Unabridged Audio

Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode... The Ask and the Answer is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure.

Monsters Of Men Unabridged Audio

War,' says the Mayor. 'At last.' Three armies have marched on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. And Todd and Viola are caught in the middle of it all. As the battles commence, can they hope to stop all-out war? Can there ever be peace when theyre so hopelessly outnumbered? And if, as they have been told, 'War makes monsters of men', what terrible choices await them? And what of the third voice that watches them, one bent on revenge... The electrifying finale to the multi-award-winning Chaos Walking trilogy, Monsters of Men is a heart-stopping novel about power, survival, and the devastating reality of war.

Sorcerer In The North Rangers Apprentice Book Five Unabridged Audio

Still far from their homeland after escaping slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's plans to return to Araluen are spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive by a Temujai warrior. Though still weakened by the warmweed's toxic effects, Will employs his Ranger training to locate his friend, but an enemy scouting party has him fatally outnumbered. Will is certain death is close at hand, until Halt and Horace make a daring, last-minute rescue. The reunion is cut short, however, when Halt makes a horrifying discovery: Skandia's borders have been breached by the entire Temujai army. And Araluen is next in their sights. If two kingdoms are to be saved, an unlikely union must be made. Will it hold long enough to vanquish a ruthless new enemy? Or will past tensions spell doom for all?

Oakleaf Bearers Rangers Apprentice Book Four Unabridged Audio

Can sworn enemies fight side by side to save their lives and their kingdoms? Just as spring approaches and Will and Evanlyn can finally escape Skandia, Evanlyn is carried off by mysterious horsemen. Will sets out after them, but one boy against six fierce Temujai warriors is impossible odds - even for a Ranger apprentice. Halt and Horace arrive just in time. But the happiness of their reunion is cut short when Halt realizes these Temujai are only scouts for a massive invasion force. The four Araluans must work together with the Skandians to defeat the invaders - if the Oberjarl will accept their help.

Bananas In Pyjamas Unabridged Audio

Bananas in Pyjamas are coming down the stairs, every child knows and loves the bananas. Follow their adventures with all of their friends in Cuddlestown. Stories and songs for all the kids to enjoy.

When The Snow Fell Unabridged Audio

Joel is growing up. He is getting interested in girls. Just look at his New Year's resolutions: 1 - to see a naked lady; 2 - to toughen himself up so that he can live to be a hundred; and 3 - to see the sea. They all look pretty impossible for a motherless boy in Northern Sweden. Especially as his sailor dad is keen to drown his sadness in drink, and all the local matrons are narrowly watching the pair of them. And then he saves old Simon from a frozen death in the woods, and Joel becomes a local hero. This is the third title in the popular series of children's books from this master storyteller. A Bridge to the Stars and Shadows in the Twilight, also by Bolinda.

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Abridged Audio

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Specky Magee And The Best Of Oz Unabridged Audio

Specky has been selected to represent Australia in International Rules, taking on the Irish in a two-test competition in Ireland. Can the boys learn to play with a new set of rules and perfect their skills with the round ball before the Irish team wipes the field with them? And is someone trying to sabotage the Aussie team's chances of winning? The pressure is on, and to make matters worse Specky has some serious decisions to make about his future before he returns home...

Feathers For Phoebe And Three Others Audio

The butterflies, the pink mushrooms, the frogs, the insects, the delicately positioned orchids and blades of grass and a darling bird, packed with unlikeable faults but the most charming little heroine you could possibly imagine. Phoebe is small, grey, and ordinary - very ordinary. 'I want to get noticed!' she declares. Zelda is glamorous, talented and famous - and she runs the most popular beauty salon in the forest. And she's only too happy to help Phoebe become the bird she's always wanted to be. First a little feather headdress, then wing extensions - until Phoebe is transformed into a Diva.

Clockwork Angels Infernal Devices Book 1 Unabridged Audio

When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to England to find her brother the time is the reign of Queen Victoria and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld where supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons keep order amidst the chaos. Tessa soon learns that she is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform into another person.

Summer Gang The First Chix Adventure

After looking after Charlie's grandma's chickens, best friends Charlie, Hannah, Izzie and Xa (Alexandra) form a secret club formed by the first letters of their names. They are the C.H.I.X. They wear a feather around their necks, look for adventure and swear an oath to never eat poultry!

Broken Bridge Unabridged Audio

The Broken Bridge is the story of Ginny Howard, 15 years old, who lives with her widowed father in a little village in North Wales. Her mother came from Haiti, and Ginny's half-African heritage marks her out from most of her friends; but equally important to her is the knowledge that her mother was an artist, and Ginny, too, has talents in that field. Over the course of one summer she makes some devastating discoveries about her family, which make her rethink everything she thought she was sure of.

Forever Unabridged Audio

The conclusion to the #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy. In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. In Linger, they fought to be together. Now, in Forever, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.

Hades Unabridged Audio

Even the love of her boyfriend, Xavier Woods, and her archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can't keep the angel Bethany Church from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. There, Jake Thorn bargains for Beth's release back to Earth. But what he asks of her will destroy her, and quite possibly her loved ones as well. Can he be trusted in this wager? And what does Jake have Xavier believing about Beth's fate that may result in an act of betrayal that will leave Bethany - and readers - wondering if Xav is so good after all?

Numbers Unabridged Audio

The eyes, they say, are the windows to the soul, but when Jem looks into a person's eyes she sees numbers. These numbers are a date: the date of the person's death. One could describe such an ability as a gift but, understandably, Jem sees it as a burden. Like it or not, she knows when your number is up. Jem is a white, 5ft-nothing teenager. Her dad was never in the picture and her mother, it seems, was a prostitute junkie who died of an overdose when Jem was seven. It was Jem who found her body. Passed from foster parent to foster parent, Jem feels her life is going nowhere. She ends a piece of schoolwork about her "best day" with: "Wasting my time. Yesterday was the same and it's gone away. Tomorrow may never come. There is only today. This is the best day and the worst day. Actually it's crap."

Fairy Realm Collection

Jessie is amazed when she discovers in her grandmothers garden a secret Door leading to the magical world of the Realm. Her thrilling adventures in the land of fairies, water sprites, gnomes, unicorns and other fantastic beings are loved by readers all over the world.

Outsiders Unabridged Audio

What defines a family? That is the underlying question in the life of Pony Boy Curtis. When his parents die in a car wreck, he comes to depend on the love, friendship and support of his two older brothers and a gang of friends defined by poverty, bad attitudes and long greasy hair. The gang, called greasers, carry on a long-standing war with a group of rich kids, known as Socs, a fight fueled by ignorance and prejudice.

A Monster Calls Unabridged Audio

Costa Award Winner and Guardian Prize Author, Patrick Ness delivers an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss.

Playschool Anniversary Edition 50 Years Audio 1 Cd

Play School is Australia's most successful regular television program for pre-school children.

The Red Wind (Unabridged Audio)

Brothers Zluty and Bily live happily in their little house in the desert. Every year Zluty journeys to the great forest while Bily stays to tend their desert home. And every year Zluty returns with exciting tales of his adventures. But then a devastating red wind sweeps across the land destroying everything in its path. And each brother must fight for his survival. A magical new series for younger readers from the award-winning author of Little Fur.

What Body Part Is That Unabridged Audio

There is a lot of nonsense written about the human body, and this book is no exception. 'What Body Part is That?' will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type. Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points to a part of your body and demands to know: 'What Body Part is That?' The crazy duo Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have turned us all inside out in the Andy and Terry guide to the human body: 'What Body Part is That?' Packed with incredible information on the brain, the bum, the spleen and so much more this is one anatomical journey you dont want to miss. This fully illustrated stupid guide to the human body features the biggest, the smallest, the funniest, the stupidest and The Most Disgustingest parts of your body. Its divided into anatomically comprehensive sections such as: * The bits you can see * The bits you cant see Packed with handy advice such as how to use your head as a bowling ball (the eye sockets and mouth make excellent holes for your fingers), youll learn more than you ever wanted to know about just what the body does, what it can do, and what you hope it never does.

Torment Fallen Book Two Unabridged Audio

In the aftermath of what happened at Sword & Cross, Luce has been hidden away by her cursed angelic boyfriend, Daniel, in a new school filled with Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans. Daniel promises she will be safe here, protected from those who would kill her. At the school Luce discovers what the Shadows that have followed her all her life mean and how to manipulate them to see into her other lives. Yet the more Luce learns about herself, the more she realises that the past is her only key to unlocking her future... and that Daniel hasnt told her everything. What if his version of the past isnt actually the way things happened? What if Luce was really meant to be with someone else?

Fallen (Unabridged Audio)

What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours? Seventeen-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel, at her new school, the grim, foreboding Sword & Cross only to find out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent lifetimes finding and losing one another as good and evil forces plot to keep them apart.

Get ready to fall...

Number of CDs / Tapes: 9

Passion Unabridged Audio

Before Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross and fought immortals at Shoreline, they lived many lives... Before Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross, before they fought the Immortals, they had already lived many lives. And so Luce, desperate to unlock the curse that condemns their love, must revisit her past incarnations in order to understand her fate. Each century, each life, holds a different clue. But Daniel is chasing her throughout the centuries before she has a chance to rewrite history. How many deaths can one true love endure? Can they unlock their past in order to change their future?

Theres A Hippopotamus On My Roof Eating Cake Plus Five Others Unabridged Audio

A fantastic kids compilation that sees that pesky hippopotamus on the roof of a hospital, a caravan, and in the playground.

Cat Who Liked Rain Unabridged Audio

This is the story of young Lucas who gets a most precious present for his birthday, a black kitten which he calls Night. Lucas becomes very attached to Night but one day Lucas comes home from school and discovers that his beloved cat has disappeared. He is desperate and no one is able to console him. He searches for Night everywhere and doesn't stop hoping for his return. It's only sometime later that Night appears in his dreams and tells him that he had to leave to see the world, just as Lucas will do one day when he has grown up. A wise, gentle and moving story unlike anything Mankell has ever written.

Tashi And The Golem Unabridged Audio

UNABRIDGED AUDIO (2 X CDs 2hrs approximately) the best reason for listening to TASHI with your children is simply that children love him! Enjoying one tashi book will motivate children to read or listen to more. So it is Just as well you will find not one but two of his latest adventures inside.

Favourite Poems For Children Audio

Dance with a lobster, telephone an elephant or knock on a moonlit door this collection includes magical, macabre, dramatic, funny, bizarre, absurd, delightful, moving and charming poems by Lewis Carroll, A.A. Milne, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, Kenneth Grahame and many others. Readers such as Anton Lesser, Simon Russell-Beale and Timothy West bring the lines beautifully to life and make this an ideal introduction to some of the best-loved childrens poetry. Includes: The Lobster Quadrille Lewis Carroll The Walrus and the Carpenter Lewis Carroll You Are Old, Father William Lewis Carroll Humpty Dumptys Song Lewis Carroll Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll Little Trotty Wagtail John Clare The Bogus-Boo James Reeves A Tragedy in Rhyme Oliver Herford A Guinea Pig Song Anonymous The Jumblies Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat Edward Lear Ducks Ditty Kenneth Grahame There was an Old Man with a Beard Edward Lear Old Meg John Keats How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear Edward Lear There was a naughty boy John Keats At the Zoo William Makepeace Thackeray Dahn the Plugole Anonymous Henry King Hilaire Belloc Matilda Hilaire Belloc The Kings Breakfast A.A. Milne There was a little girl Anonymous The Snail William Cowper Framed in a First-Storey Winder Anonymous There was a man of double deed Anonymous The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog Sarah Catherine Marine Colonel Fazackerly Charles Causley Topsy-Turvey World William Brighty Rands The Listeners Walter de la Mare The Tyger William Blake The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens Anonymous Bed in Summer Robert Louis Stevenson Time to Rise Robert Louis Stevenson My Shadow Robert Louis Stevenson Wagtail and Baby Thomas Hardy Two Little Kittens Anonymous If Rudyard Kipling Eletelephony Laura Richards The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning Into the street the Piper stepped Robert Browning The mayor was dumb, and the council stood Robert Browning Anton Lesser, Roy MacMillan, Rachel Bavidge (readers)

Tomorrow When The War Began (Audio CD)

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Midnight Zoo Unabridged Audio

Two gypsy boys are fleeing through a war-ravaged country-side during the night carrying a secret bundle. The boys stumble across a town that has been reduced to smoking rubble, and a zoo that is still intact. When the boys take shelter in the zoo, they discover a menagerie of talking animals. Both the boys and the animals tell their tales and their desire for freedom. Read by: Richard Aspel Number of CDs / Tapes: 4 Duration: 4 hours 33 minutes

Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner Unabridged Audio

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion. Read by: Emma Galvin Number of CDs / Tapes: 6

City Of Ashes Mortal Instruments Book Two Audio

With her mother in a coma and her father hellbent on destroying the world, Clary Fray is dragged deeper into New York City's terrifying underworld of werewolves, demons and the mysterious Shadowhunters. Discovering the truth about her past was only the beginning. Now the fate of the world rests on Clary's shoulders, but can she master her new-found powers and control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers?

City Of Bones Mortal Instrument Book One Audio

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City Of Glass Mortal Instruments Book Three Audio

Amid the chaos of war, the Shadowhunters must decide to fight with the vampires, werewolves and other Downworlders or against them. Meanwhile, Jace and Clary have their own decision to make: should they pursue the love they know is forbidden?

Specky Magee And A Legend In The Making Unabridged Audio

Only last month, former Booyong High student Simon 'Specky' Magee led the Gosmore Grammar Knights to victory against our courageous Booyong Lions. But now he's back in town! Well, we at the Bugle would like to welcome Simon home, but even his best mates don't want him on the team. And now we can't help but wonder just how 'specky-tacular' Magee really is. Will he ever play with Booyong again? Specky has questions of his own. Will Robbo and Danny ever talk to him again? What could possibly scare the Great McCarthy? And what's Screamer up to now? Number of CDs / Tapes: 3

Shiver (Unabridged Audio CD)

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf her wolf is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human... until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever. Number of CDs / Tapes: 9

Alice In Wonderland (Audio CD)

READ BY DAVID HOROVITCH WITH JO WYATT AND FULL CAST MUSIC: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, DANZI, CUI, DUKAS.

Complete Adventures Of Snugglepot And Cuddlepie

The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie combines in one edition May Gibbs' much loved classics, The Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (first published in 1918) and its two sequels, Little Ragged Blossom (1920) and Little Obelia (1921). Quintessentially Australian, these delightful tales have never been out of print; indeed the fantasy world of May Gibbs has been a source of continual fascination for generations of children. Mays is a world peopled with small creatures, where the real mixes tantalizingly with the imaginary and provides a window to the magic we all believe exists in the bush. Read by Denise Kirby. 4 CDs. Unabridged.

The Tale Of Despereaux (Audio CD)

Winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal

To be released as a feature-length animation film for Christmas 2008, starring the voices of Sigourney Weaver, Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Robbie Coltrane and Kevin Kline among others.

Major family appeal.

"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul stirring as it is delicious..." - Booklist, starred review.

"With a masterful hand, DiCamillo weaves four story lines together in a witty, suspenseful narrative that begs to be read aloud... This expanded fairy tale is entertaining, heartening, and, above all, great fun.' - School Library Journal

'This delightful book works on many levels; it is a morality tale, an adventure story and a romantic fairytale too." - Sydney's Child.

"a mesmerising tale..." - Good Reading Magazine

From the award-winning author Kate DiCamillo comes the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbours a simple, impossible wish. These three characters embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives.

The Tale of Despereaux is a timeless classic fairy tale with a modern twist, full of quirky, unforgettable characters - already a modern children's classic and now brought to life in audio.

Nest

Sixteen-year-old Robin lives with his single father in the Victorian alps where they run a snowmobile hire business. Robin lives in fear of his bullying father and believes that it was his (Robins) fault that his mother left them when he was a baby, which is why his father hates him and is the cause of all his problems. Robin has a mental condition a fear of fear. As events unfold he runs from his father, he runs from the girl he loves, he runs into trouble, he runs from himself. His suspicions about his mothers disappearance grow. Could this be a murder mystery, or is this all part of his tortured mind? What has the swallows nest got to do with it? As Robin starts to piece things together towards a dramatic climax, so too builds the intensity of everything else going on in his life: his fears and confusions, his unwanted images, his hopeless relationships, the desire of his first love. How this plays out in the fast-paced thriller of a finale will have the listener guessing to the end.

Spy High Episode Six The Annihilation Agenda

The sixth and final installment in this thrilling series. Bond Team have alot on their minds. Not only are they about to get their exams results, they're also caught up in Spy High's investigations into terrorism at the Solartech power plant. And while Lori, Jake and the others may be freaking out about the exams, their discoveries at Solartech are way more worrying. Because Bond Team have uncovered a plot that's going to make those exam results seem pretty irrelevant. In fact, it's going to make everything pretty irrelevant. Because humanity is about to be wiped out, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.

Specky Magee And The Boots Of Glory Unabridged Audio

When Specky leaves his beloved Booyong High, he's torn between his old friends and his new team-mates. And his loyalty will be tested - on the field and off because when he crosses that white line, Booyong becomes his enemy ... And Gosmore Grammar expects nothing less than absolute loyalty from their new star student. Specky prepares to play a vital part in the school's most revered sporting event - the Boots of Glory football match. But will his need to solve a mystery at the school put his footy future in jeopardy? Could the Boots of Glory be the most important footy match he has ever played? Number of CDs / Tapes: 5

Mao's Last Dancer (Young Readers Edition: Audio CD)

From unbelievable poverty to international stardom - the inspiring true story of one boy's dream come true.

Li Cunxin's bestselling biography in a young reader's edition, now available on MP3 CD.

One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime. But Li was only eleven years old and he was scared and lonely, pushed away from all that he had ever known and loved. He hated the strict training routines and the strange place he had been brought to. All he wanted to do was go home - to his mother, father and six brothers, to his own small village. But soon Li realised that his mother was right. He had the chance to do something special with his life - and he never turned back.

"Plucked from poverty, Li Cunxin was brought to Beijing to learn ballet. Later, after defecting, he became a principal dancer in both the Houston and the Australian Ballets, ultimately becoming world renowned. Paul English's crisp accents march precisely through Chinese pronunciations and the difficult stories of Li's early life in Quingdao. Occasionally, English pauses on emotional peaks, portraying, for example, Li's fear when his mother faints from hunger and his loneliness while adjusting to life at the dance school. Mostly, English's level narration allows listeners to imagine the contrasts of Li's life - his incomprehension of the wealth and freedom he sees while visiting the U.S. and, soon after, his struggle to attain them. S.W." - AudioFile Magazine

The Silver Donkey (Audio CD)

Another enchanting novel from acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett.

The soldier unfurled his fingers and held up the thing that he had hidden in his palm. The object caught the light and threw it sparkling into the trees. The girls drew a breath, their hearts leaping. There, on the soldier’s palm, stood a shining silver donkey.

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the soldier tells the sisters marvelous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect, tiny silver donkey. As the days pass and they struggle in secret to help the soldier reach home, Coco and Marcelle learn the truth behind the silver donkey, and what the precious object means: honesty, loyalty, and courage.

“… outstanding in every way. Precise, sensual, wise, heroic, witty – a tale of growth and selflessness. Read it aloud to a group of children today!” — Magpies Magazine

“The Silver Donkey is a gorgeous jewel of a book … It will be a children’s classic.” — The Age

Key To Rondo Audio

International best-selling author of Deltora Quest.

Shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards 2007.

Turn the key three times only.

Never turn the key while the music is playing.

Never pick up the box while the music is playing.

Never close the lid until the music has stopped.

The old music box, with its strict rules, has been carefully handed down through Leo's family for hundreds of years. Painted scenes of villages, mysterious forests, a castle on a hill and a queen in a long blue gown decorate its sides. An astounding secret is hidden beneath its gleaming black lid. Now it is Leo's music box, and although he respects the rules, his least favourite cousin, Mimi Langlander, does not. When the rules are broken, Leo's ordered life is changed forever as he and Mimi plunge together into a thrilling quest in the fantastic world of Rondo.

"The Key To Rondo is a very neatly written distillation of fairytale elements that combine, collapse and reappear like a dream had after an evening spent with the Brothers Grimm, Madame Leprince de Beaumont and Walt Disney. Talking pigs, malevolent ducks and menacing swans bustle through its pages, family mysteries are solved, allies are found and lost, and extravagant evil and deception is punished. Great fun." - Sydney Morning Herald

The Little Prince (Audio CD)

A timeless classic. Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. The perfect audio companion, this Bolinda edition will capture the hearts of listeners of all ages.

The book has been translated into more than 160 languages and, to date has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. It is one of the top 50 best-selling books. It has been adapted into a movie musical by Lerner and Loewe, two different operas, as well as into an animated series. It is often used as a beginner's book for French language students.

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper... And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.

Hover Car Racer Unabridged Audio

In the world of the near future, the most popular sport is hover car racing. Superfast and dangerous, its heroes are the racers: part fighter pilot, part race-car driver, all superstar.But to get to the Pro Circuit, you must first pass through the International Race School, a brutal cauldron of wild races on even wilder courses, where only the best of the best will survive ...This is the story of Jason Chaser, a talented young racer selected to attend the Race School. He's younger than the other students. He's smaller. His trusty car, the Argonaut, is older. But Jason Chaser is no ordinary racer. And as he races against the best drivers in the world he will learn that at Race School winning is everything, that not everyone in this world fights fair, and that you never ever have any friends on the track.

Now (Unabridged Audio)

Morris Gleitzman's acclaimed story of friends Felix and Zelda in Nazi-occupied Poland has captured the hearts and minds of readers worldwide. In Now he delivers the final chapter, bringing this most moving of stories into the present day. Read by: Mary-Anne Fahey Number of CDs / Tapes: 3

The Piper's Son (Unabridged Audio CD)

Thomas Mackee wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and favourite uncles being blown to smithereens on their way to work on the other side of the world. But when his flatmates turn him out of the house, Tom moves in with his single, pregnant aunt, Georgie. And starts working at the Union pub with his former friends. And winds up living with his grieving father again. And remembers how he abandoned Tara Finke two years ago, after his uncles death. And in a year when everything's broken, Tom realises that his family and friends need him to help put the pieces back together as much as he needs them. Number of CDs / Tapes: 9

Meditation For Children

Meditation is the greatest gift you can give yourself and your children. Drs. Ian and Ruth Gawler have a long experience of teaching meditation for health and well-being. Here they turn their knowledge to helping children with this invaluable activity which will teach them how to be in tune with themselves and the world in general. Meditation provides a practical tool to relax children thereby assisting them to manage stress and change in their lives. On this CD they introduce and lead three different meditations including visualisation in Finding Your Tree; mindfulness in Deep Relaxation, and then through imagery again in the Golden Light meditation. (1 X CD - 51 minutes approximately)

Great Rulers Of Ancient Rome Unabridged Audio

The common view of the Romans is that they were only interested in watching gladiators hack one another to pieces, and in lying on couches while they stuffed large meals down their throats. But of course they were a busy and clever people, who built up a great empire to prove it, with fine cities and harbours, bath houses and roads, laws and good government. In this audiobook you can hear the stories of the great Roman emperors and the enduring legacy that they left for later generations.

Return To The Hundred Acre Wood

It was eighty years ago, on the publication of The House at Pooh Corner, when Christopher Robin said good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties. This is a companion volume that truly captures the style of A. A. Milne - a worthy sequel to The House at Pooh Corner and Winnie-the-Pooh. Read by: Humphrey Bower Number of CDs / Tapes: 3 Duration: 3 hours 10 minutes

Enchanted Wood Kate Winslet

The Enchanted Wood is the first of Enid Blytons most delightful stories from the classic Faraway Tree series and is now brought to life by Kate Winslets charming new narration. Follow what happens when three children discover their very own Enchanted Wood and meet new friends Silky the Fairy, Moon-Face and the Saucepan Man who all live in the magical Faraway Tree. Their real adventures begin when they all climb up and discover the most exciting and peculiar lands that exist beyond the clouds at the top of the tree. (4 X CD - 5 hours approx)

Blueback Unabridged Audio

A beautifully told fable about a young boy's journey from adolescence into adulthood, from one of Australia's best-loved writers, re-released for the adult market. Abel Jackson loves to dive. He's a natural in the water. He can't remember a time when he couldn't use a mask and snorkel to glide down into the clear deep. Life is tough out at Longboat Bay. Every day the boy helps his mother earn their living from the sea and the land. It's hard work but Abel has the bush and the sky and the bay to himself. Until the day he meets Blueback, the fish that changes his life. Blueback is an achingly beautiful tale about the beauty to be found in a life led simply but meaningfully in tune with nature and the environment. It's the story of Abel and his lifelong friend.

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (Abridged Audio CD)

Fiona Shaw gives a wonderfully fresh reading of Carroll’s classic tale, making his fantastical characters thoroughly believable through an impression of voices. Vivid sound effects together with music by Delius, Parry and Bruckner complete this delightful production.’ The Good Book Guide NUMBER OF DISCS: 2CDs Total Playing Time: 02:22:40