A Dragon In Class 4 - By June Counsel. Read by Rachel Wright
When Sam Luckett rescues a young dragon from the bars of the baby swings, he and his companions in Class
4 soon discover that there is only one certainty: with a friend like 'Scales'; things can never be the same again!
Based on the best-seller A Dragon In Class 4, this complete recording brings to life
superbly June Counsel's extraordinary characters and features a specially
commissioned music score
A Dragon In Spring Term - By June Counsel. Read by June Counsel
Spring term has arrived! For Sam Luckett and his friends in Class 4, it is time to do new things! Time to fly in
a space rocket, confront a giant, face the scary Frighteners, rescue a princess and meet the oldest dragon
ever! It may not be what their teacher, Miss Green, had in mind but with an extraordinary friend like Scales
the Dragon, you can be sure it's only the beginning!
A Dragon In Summer - By June Counsel. Read by Jill Shilling
June Counsel's books featuring Scales, the little dragon who lives in Class 4, have become firm favourites with
generations of children. In the third book of the series, the children of Class 4 are preparing a pageant of St
George and the Dragon. But Scales is not very happy about the ending of the traditional tale and so no one
knows quite what will happen on the day of the performance!
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| | Interest Ages: 7-10 |
A Wizard Of Earthsea - By Ursula Le Guin. Read by Karen Archer
He was born on the island of Gont, a land famous for pirates, goatherds and… wizards.
The boy Ged begins an epic journey that takes him to Roke, the Isle of the Wise, where
the skills of wizardry are learnt.There, in pride and anger, he
summons a dark and malevolent spirit that sorcery cannot conquer.
Pursued by this menace, Ged must flee across the oceans and
islands of Earthsea, searching for a means to defeat it. One of the
great landmarks of fantasy, Ursula Le Guin’s novel set the
benchmark for all future writers.
The Tombs Of Atuan - By Ursula Le Guin. Read by Karen Archer
In the legends of Earthsea, it is said that the wizard and king Erreth-Akbe was destroyed
by the high priest of the Kargad lands and his amulet of power, bearing the rune of
bonding, was broken and was lost. Now, in the second book of Earthsea, the wizard
Sparrowhawk enters the menacing labyrinth of the Tombs of Atuan to regain the amulet,
and restore the rune which will bring peace to all of the islands of Earthsea.Yet the
labyrinth has a guardian, a young priestess named Arha, whose life is dedicated to the
dark spirits who inhabit the tombs. She is determined that the wizard will meet the fate
that befell Erreth-Akbe long ago.
| | | Interest Ages: 10-13 |
Read by Peter England
If you’re hungry, you can go to the supermarket. If
you’re cold, you can turn up the heat. But imagine
you were flying across the Canadian wilderness in
a small plane and the pilot suffered a heart attack.
Imagine you were alone in that wilderness, with
nothing to eat and no hope of rescue.What would
you do then?
Thirteen year old Brian Robeson must learn fast.
He will have to fight bitterly for everything that he
took for granted at home because now it means
his very survival.
More than a gripping tale, more than an adventure
story, this award-winning novel offers a totally
honest view of nature; its beauty and its cruelty.
| | | Interest Ages: 12-15 |
The Midnight Folk - Read by Richard Mitchley
Life is very dull for orphan Kay Harker under the discipline of his governess,
Miss Sylvia Daisy. But one night, woken by Nibbins the cat, he begins a magical
quest to recover the long-lost Harker family treasure.This treasure is also
sought by the villainous Abner Brown, using magic to pursue his evil ends. If Kay
is to reach it first, he will need all the help that he can get from … the
midnight folk. Full of memorable characters and enjoyable twists and turns The
Midnight Folk has been called ‘one of the greatest children’s books ever
written’.
The Box Of Delights - Read by Richard Mitchley
The famous sequel to The Midnight Folk. Returning home from school for the
Christmas holidays, young Kay Harker meets the mysterious Punch and Judy
Man, Cole Hawlings, who asks him to protect a magical box.The box is a means
of travelling into the past and Kay’s old adversary, the villainous magician Abner
Brown, will stop at nothing to possess it.With mystery and mayhem all around
him, Kay must begin a new and more perilous quest to return the box to its
rightful owner.
| | | Interest Ages: 9-12 |
Emma and Abby were once best friends.Then
something terrible happened. But that's all in the
past.
Now Emma is at a new school and has made new
friends. Until suddenly Abby disappears.And Emma
realises that she was the last person to see Abby
before she went missing.
But why is Emma being so secretive? What has she
got to hide? And why is she so obsessed with
someone from the past? Slowly Emma discovers
that if she is to find Abby, she must relive events
that she has tried very hard to forget.
| | | Interest Ages: 8-12 |
The Ghost Dog - Read by Peter England
It’s a story made up to frighten Aaron – tough, big-headed Aaron. But to Dan’s
horror, what begins as a story, turns into a nightmare. Each night the ghost dog
– a bloodthirsty, howling monster – haunts his dreams and Dan suspects that
what he conjured up with his imagination has somehow become all too real!
The Phantom Thief - Read by Peter England
Alfie helps a mysterious boy who appears from nowhere and is obviously in
trouble. But his sympathy is short-lived when he finds that the boy has stolen
his jacket and vanished! His new friend Sarah is prepared to ghost-watch with
him.And that’s when the warning message appears, scratched out on the
blackboard by a phantom hand...
| | | Interest Ages: 8-12 |
Room 13 - Read by Richard Mitchley
Fliss Morgan is on a school trip to Whitby, legendary home of the fictional
Count Dracula. But when her classmate Ellie-May starts sleepwalking, she
realises that a real malevolent force is at work. So Fliss andher friends decide
to face the evil secret.
Inside The Worm - Read by Richard Mitchley
The Elsworth Worm is a dragon, a monster of village legend. Once again, Fliss
Morgan must find the courage to face a terrible force of evil. But, this time, it
not only comes from the distant past but also from those closest to her.
| | | Interest Ages: 8-12 |
The Oracle - By Catherine Fisher. Read by Judith Boyd
In a land without rain, the people turn to the Archon,‘the god on earth’, to end
their suffering and, for their sake, the old man must make a terrible sacrifice.
Suddenly Mirany, a young priestess, finds herself thrust unwillingly into a
desperate struggle to find the child who will be the new Archon.And the only
help that she can find are a drunken musician and a conniving scribe. If she fails,
General Argelin and the high priestess Hermia will install a false candidate of
their own and so gain absolute power.
The Archon - By Catherine Fisher. Read by Judith Boyd
“Things are going wrong”.Alexos is now The Archon, the god-on-Earth, but
Myrany, the young priestess, realises that nothing has changed. General Argelin
still controls the army and Hermia still controls the temple, and their scheming
and treachery threaten to ignite a war with the Emperor himself.And now, in
the second book of The Oracle Trilogy,Alexos is determined to undertake a
terrifying quest across the desert to the Mountains of the Moon to find the
long lost Well of Songs.“I will drink of the water, and bring it back for you, from
beyond death and the desert. I will make the rivers flow and the crops grow
for you. I will save you, my people.”
The Scarab - By Catherine Fisher. Read by Judith Boyd
In the thrilling conclusion to the Oracle trilogy, Seth and his companions return
from the desert to find a new reign of terror upon the Two Lands. General
Argelin has pronounced himself King and declared war upon the Rain Queen
and the God. Hired mercenaries repress the populous and prepare for battle
with the forces of the Emperor. Returning the dead Speaker to the world of
the living has become Argelin??s one obsession and brings him under the malign
influence of the sign of the Scarab.The young Archon,Alexos, knows that he
and Mirany must take Argelin on an impossible journey through the Nine Gates
to the Garden of the Rain Queen, a place from which no mortal can return.
| | | Interest Ages: 10-13 |
The sheer quality of Catherine Fisher's writing has won her many awards and a
devoted readership across the world.
| | | Interest Ages: 10-13 |
Read by Kristopher Milnes
“You scared, Daniel?” You scared? How many
times have you said that to me,Tozer?
Hundreds. But this time, it’s different.We’re not
at school. He isn’t towering over me in some
distant corner of the school grounds asking,
“You scared,Weirdo?” No.We’re here trapped
under the ground, with no way out.
| | | Interest Ages: 8-12 |
