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*The thrilling new novel from Lucy Clarke, THE SURF HOUSE, is available to buy now* ‘Impossible to put down' Clare Mackintosh Seven years ago, two boys went missing at sea – and only one was brought to shore. The Sandbank, a remote stretch of coast dotted with beach huts, was scarred forever...

A trio of family favourites, abridged especially for young listeners: The Wizard of Oz, The Nutcracker, The Snow Queen. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to three classic stories. Adapted especially for children and filled with sound...

Nine of the bard’s most tragic plays, from Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to the world of Shakespearean tragedies with these abridged stories, written especially...

Six wonderfully fun and festive audio stories to entertain little ones over the Christmas season. Six entertaining audio readings of best-loved festive stories for children of three years and over to enjoy at Christmas. Compiled by HarperCollins Children’s Books, this audio download is a...

The World’s Worst Monsters, from Children's author David Walliams. You’ve met the world’s worst children, the world’s worst parents, the world’s worst teachers and the world’s worst pets – but are you ready for the world’s worst monsters? If you don’t like ghosts, ogres...

Nothing extraordinary has ever happened to Billy Smith. In fact, every single thing about him is ordinary, including his name. But when a documentary crew turns up at Billy’s school to film the new TV series School Daze, everything changes. Billy shouldn’t stand out: all the other kids are much more interesting than him. But when remixes of his boring class presentation go viral, Billy finds himself accidentally an overnight star. 

When her beloved father dies, Vivien Epstein - a 22 year old hairdresser from Manchester - leaves her hometown for London in the hope of finding Jack Fox - a man she had a brief, but intense, love affair with some months ago. All Vivien has to go is one letter Jack sent to her father, the address of a boarding house scribbled hastily on the back, and very soon her hopes of finding him are dashed.

Set in the extreme landscape of Alaska, The Quality of Silence follows the story of Yasmin and her deaf daughter, Ruby. Yasmin arrives in Alaska to be told her husband, Matt, is dead, the victim of a catastrophic accident. Yasmin, unable to accept this as truth, sets out into the frozen winter landscape, taking Ruby with her, in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realises that a very human danger may be keeping pace with them.

A fantasy adventure about saving the universe one world at a time from Diana Wynne Jones. The companion novel to the bestselling The Merlin Conspiracy. Magids look after all worlds, steer them towards magic, and keep history happening. But Rupert Venables’ mentor has just died, and as the...

The book version of the thrilling and innovative second Skulduggery Pleasant podcast In 1962, three sorcerers converged to do battle in a hidden chamber near a disused platform in the London Underground. Prophecy foretold that the victor would hold the very fate of humanity in their hands. Since...

Santa & Son, from Children's author David Walliams. It’s the night of Christmas Eve. In the most famous toy shop in the world, a robbery is underway. The shop’s Santa and his son are locked inside with the baddies. Can our heroes stop them using just the toys in the shop as weapons? Pogo...

The Villa Girls is the story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing, they'll meet every few years for a holiday together somewhere sunny. Despite life's taking them in very different directions, their snatched days in the sun in little hidden villas are crucial to them all. Escape, celebration, recovery--over the years the holidays change their lives.

The World’s Worst Superheroes, from Children's author David Walliams. When is the queen not just the queen? When she is WONDERQUEEN! KAPOW! Is that an especially large bird? Is it a weirdly small plane? No: it’s THUNDERHOUND! BLAM! When her schoolteachers turn into deadly dinosaurs, who can...

June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely admired Liberal MP Ralph Gethin. Four months earlier. Harriet is a young maid newly employed at Finton Hall. Fleeing the drudgery of an unwanted engagement in the small village where she grew up, Harriet is entranced by the grand country hall; she is entranced too by her glamorous mistress Clara Gethin, whose unearthly singing voice floats through the house. But Clara, though captivating, is erratic.

The HILARIOUS new novel and the year’s most perfect festive gift – from million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel It used to be the most WONDERFUL time of the year, but for years Christmas has been taken over by Winterzone. All the things that made Christmas special are gone: the human...

It’s Christmas Eve and Little Elf is thrilled to join the other elves in Santa’s workshop for the first year ever. And he’s even more excited to read out the very last letter to Santa, but all it takes is one little slip on the slidey ice and Little Elf drops the letter! He has no idea what the child wants for Christmas, and it’s only a few hours until Christmas morning. An accident-filled chase ensues, but will Little Elf be able to catch the letter and grant the last child’s wish before it’s too late?

William lives in Words of Wonder, a perfect book shop full of stories and delights. He has always lived there with his family, ever since he was a baby, and now he is 37 books tall. But times are hard, and the book shop is struggling, so William takes it upon himself to create the most beautiful Christmas window to draw people in—with a leaping reindeer, pulling a sleigh full of stories. And then one night, as Christmas draws near, the reindeer comes to life and all William’s wishes for his family and all the shops around come true.

George is no ordinary bear. He lives with a little girl called Clementine and her mother, who have taught him to read! One day, when George finishes his book early and knows it will be a long time before Clementine and her mother return home, he decides to go the library by himself. At first it’s exciting to stroll along the sunny street. But poor George’s trip soon ends in disaster and, to make things worse, his library book is ruined. Can anyone help George to feel better when his feelings are hurt?

In the dark of night, as their owners sleep, the cats of the city are all headed to one place: Catsby’s Great Circus! Step this way and see conjuring cats, felines that fly, Siamese that swing from above, and don’t miss the mighty Purrcules Claw. But with so much activity, it only takes one little mouse in the wrong place to put the whole circus in chaos....

Enduringly popular since its publication over forty years ago, celebrate the enchanting miniature world of the hedgerow with these four charming stories read by John Moffatt and Harriet Carmichael. The mice of Brambly Hedge have many adventures but they always have time for fun too. All through...