DescriptionImagine the kingdom of Asia sifted through the Celtic imagination. Messer Marco Polo is the fictionalized account of the travels of Marco Polo, as told by Malichi Campbell, an Irishman. Young Marco Polo meets Kubla Khan, the King of Siam, and Saint Paul, and he falls in love with Khan's beautiful daughter, Golden Bells. After her magicians save him from death in the desert, he stays and marries her. Following her death, Polo returns to Venice as an old man. Audiobook producer Stefan Rudnicki and acting legend Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., were reminiscing one day about favorite childhood books when they both recalled Messer Marco Polo as one of the best. The result is this collaborative effort - a truly charming audiobook.
DescriptionMichael Stadther's Secrets of the Alchemist Dar, the sequel to the New York Times best-selling A Treasure's Trove, is a fantasy story about Dark and Good Fairies, spells and eclipses, and the author's signature characters: Zac, the handsome woodcarver; Ana, his beautiful half-elf/half-human wife; and their trusty doth, Pook. The story is also about the evil Alchemist Dar who wants his Dark Fairies to live forever; to do that he must steal the Good Fairies' Ring of Eternal Life. Using the mysterious Book of Dark Spells, Dar kills the Good Fairies and captures the rings.
DescriptionTo earn his Ghosthunting Diploma, Tom's got to nab a deadly 12th Messenger. But while on the hunt in the haunted town of Bogpool, Tom stumbles into the mucked-up lair of a mud-loving minotaur who has an entire army of ghosts at his command. Suddenly there's a lot more at stake than Tom's graduation. This raging beast is dead-set on doomsday. And that's no bull!
DescriptionThe naughty Brown children have feigned illness and are wreaking havoc in hospital. But with Nurse Matilda running the show, they have little chance of keeping up their antics.
DescriptionWhen Alice sees the White Rabbit run by, it occurs to her that she's never seen a rabbit with a watch before. Burning with curiosity, she jumps up and follows him into a rabbit-hole. Then she falls down a long, long way... Down into the world of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mock Turtle. Down into Wonderland, where an ordinary little girl can have the most extraordinary adventures. Lewis Carroll's classic tale has been translated into more languages than almost any book, and remains a perennial favourite worldwide. With David Bamber as the splendid White Rabbit, Roy Hudd as the Mad Hatter, and Sarah-Jane Holm as Alice, the spellinding and fantastic story sparkles with nonsensical life in this full-cast dramatisation.
DescriptionFacing the perils of the Dark Forest on a daily basis is enough to give anyone bad dreams, but when Will and Rose start sharing nightmares they suspect that the cause is something more sinister than too much supper and sleeping on damp moss. And they're not wrong, as the Dreamwalker would warn them if it could. Instead it calls on Tym the Whizzard and Humfrey the Boggart, in the hope that a bit of inquestigagting can unravel the mystery. But will they be in time, or are their friends already in the clutches of the dreaded Knyghtmare?
DescriptionNow as famous on radio and audio as they are in print, the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown have been delighting both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained, and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp w…
DescriptionAlice in Wonderland Young Alice leads an ordinary sort of life until, one day, she follows a rabbit down a hole and embarks on a series of adventures with some of the most weird and wonderful characters anyone has ever encountered! She soon disc…
DescriptionIt starts off as a normal week for Rowena. A car full of stewed apples. A police call. A desperate struggle to keep Dad off national TV. Then her world turns upside down. And suddenly Ro's battling French policemen, high explosives, and very unusual sausages to discover painful and joyous secrets that change her life forever. In this hilarious, heart stopping climax to the adventures of Rowena Batts, heroine of Blabber Mouth and Sticky Beak, Morris Gleitzman again shows himself to be a master storyteller as he takes us from tears to laughter in the same breath.
DescriptionA stark tale encompassing the cruelty and beauty of the natural world, and a clear demonstration of the storytelling gift that would later flower in the Aubrey/Maturin series. When he was fourteen years old and beset by chronic ill health, Patrick O'Bri…
