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Dear Librarian
Welcome to Oakhill’s summer listening for young people: this quarter has some
great listening and includes tetchy teachers, hapless heroes and even a doughnutfilled disaster!
In July we catch up with Elspeth, our unstoppable heroine, in Sarah Forbes’
Elspeth Hart and the Perilous Voyage. There’s bee-based chaos in Stinkbomb &
Ketchup-Face and the Bees of Stupidity by John Dougherty, a nice but odd
teacher in Creature Teacher by Sam Watkins, and a devoted four-legged friend
called Timmy in Dog Ears by Anne Booth.
August offers leopards, circuses, goblins and – John Smith! An ordinary name
doesn’t necessarily lead to an ordinary life as Johnny Smith shows in Sir John
the (Mostly) Brave & Cap’n John the (Slightly) Fierce. In Philip Reeve’s Goblins vs
Dwarves an ancient sorcery is reawakened, and Zoltan the performing goat stars
in Mr Baboomski and the Wonder Goat by Richard Joyce. And in Holly Webb’s
The Storm Leopards Isabelle is drawn into a magical adventure after a day at the
zoo when she alone saw a rare snow leopard.
Acclaim for Mr Baboomski and the Wonder Goat
‘hilarious adventure story’ – Lovereading4Kids
Food-fuelled adventures in September include The Jam Doughnut that Ruined my
Life by Mark Lowery, and Anne Michaels’ flying cake-making cat-lover in The
Adventures of Miss Petitfour. There’s haunting and swashbuckling in Dirty Bertie:
Pirate! & Scream! by David Roberts and Alan MacDonald, and a thrilling story
from Gill Lewis in Gorilla Dawn, in which a captive baby gorilla’s future depends
on two brave children.
As always, for additional information on these or any of our other children’s CDs
and MP3 CDs, please visit our website.
Best wishes
Julian Batson
Acclaim for Sir John the
(Mostly) Brave & Cap’n John
the (Slightly) Fierce
‘anything but dull ...’ – Mumsnet
Acclaim for The Jam Doughnut
that Ruined my Life
‘Laugh-out-loud adventure about a
boy who is obsessed with food’
– The Bookseller
Acclaim for Gorilla Dawn
‘Lewis writes beautifully about
nature and animals.’ – Daily Mail
Acclaim for The Adventures of
Miss Petitfour
‘Extraordinarily magical’
– The New York Times
Julian Batson
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ANNE BOOTH
INTEREST AGE
9+
Dog Ears
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
Anna and her friends can’t believe that popstar Frankie Santoro is coming to
their school to judge a singing competition. They’re going to be famous! But
Anna is struggling. Her dad’s working abroad and her mum’s worrying about ill
baby Jack, so Anna has to keep things together. The only person she can talk to
is her dog, Timmy. Anna is sure she’s going to let everyone down so she starts
to dream of running away, with Timmy at her side. Anna’s spent all her time
worrying about everyone else – now they need to worry about Anna.
About the author
Anne Booth lives in a village in Kent with her husband, four children, two
dogs, and three hens. She has worked as a bookseller, a university lecturer, and
in a residential care home. Girl with a White Dog was her first novel and is also
available from Oakhill.
Acclaim for Girl with a White Dog
‘Compelling, well-paced and sensitive.’ – The Scotsman on Girl with a White Dog
4 CDs • COCD 421 • 978-1-78433-823-7
1 MP3 CD • COMP 421 • 978-1-78433-835-0 • Playing time: 4hrs*
INTEREST AGE
INTEREST AGE
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SARAH FORBES
Elspeth Hart and the
Perilous Voyage
Read by Nathalie Codsi
This is the second adventure
featuring the fabulous and
unstoppable Elspeth Hart. Now
she’s finally free of the School for
Show-offs, Elspeth is on a mission
to find her parents. She knows Miss Crabb will
have answers. But where can she find her? When
Elspeth finds out she’s a staff member on a luxury
cruise ship, the chase is on. Sneaking aboard the
ship is easy, but setting sail was never part of the
plan! All at sea, unable to find Crabb and still no
closer to a reunion with her parents, things aren’t
looking good for Elspeth ...
About the author
Sarah Forbes was born in Aberdeen and
currently lives in Edinburgh. She used to work on
magazines, interviewing pop stars for a living, but
now she works as an editor, helping other writers
create their own stories.
Acclaim for Elspeth Hart and the
Perilous Voyage
‘Very funny and deliciously horrible.’ – Holly Webb
2 CDs • COCD 423 • 978-1-78433-825-1
1 MP3 CD • COMP 423 • 978-1-78433-837-4
Playing time: 2hrs*
INTEREST AGE
7+
JOHN DOUGHERTY
Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face
and the Bees of Stupidity
Read by Max Dowler
Ssh! Keep the noise down! Shut
Uuuuuppp!!! Thanks ...There are
strange things happening on the
island of Great Kerfuffle. Listen
carefully ... can you hear that
humming noise? It’s getting louder ... and louder ...
it’s coming this way! I think we’d better LEG IT!!
Oh, hang about, here come our heroes, Stinkbomb
and Ketchup-Face to save us.They’re sure to know
what’s beehind all this strange beehaviour. Let’s hope
they don’t buzz off beefore the end of the story!
About the author
John Dougherty was a primary school teacher.
Whilst he was teaching he began writing stories
and pestering publishers with them. One was
chosen by The Times as one of the Best Children’s
Books of the Year 2011 – but, more importantly, his
books make children giggle. Stinkbomb and KetchupFace and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine is also
available from Oakhill.
2 CDs • COCD 422 • 978-1-78433-824-4
1 MP3 CD • COMP 422 • 978-1-78433-836-7
Playing time: 1hr 35mins*
7+
SAM WATKINS
Creature Teacher
Read by Alex Wingfield
Jake’s class finally has the best
teacher in the whole world, Mr
Hyde. He doesn’t make them clean
toilet bowls with toothbrushes and
his lessons are always fun. There
is just one teeny, tiny, HUGE problem. Mr Hyde
transforms into a naughty little creature whenever
he becomes upset. It has some amazing abilities
but being well-behaved isn’t one of them! Jake’s
class have to use all their ingenuity to hide the
creature, so they can keep their brilliant teacher.
But headmistress Mrs Blunt is never far off the
scent ...
About the author
Sam Watkins was a bookseller, editor and
educational publisher before she started to write
children’s books. She taught art and design for a
while and loves illustration. With son Owen and an
old yellow camper van called Daphne, Sam loves
pootling off on road trips to the New Forest
and beyond.
Acclaim for Creature Teacher
‘Wacky and immensely fun’ – The Bookbag
2 CDs • COCD 424 • 978-1-78433-826-8
1 MP3 CD • COMP 424 • 978-1-78433-838-1
Playing time: 1hr 35mins*
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RICHARD JOYCE
INTEREST AGE
9+
Mr Baboomski and the Wonder Goat
Read by Richard Attlee
Tom’s fed up when his Dad moves them to Trefuggle Bay. But then he meets
two unusual new friends. In an old caravan at the end of a cliff live two legends
of the Escorvian circus. The amazing Berto Baboomski and his performing
goat Zoltan. Berto may be a crazy-looking nutcake with a bonkers moustache,
but he’s full of circus wisdom which he passes on to Tom. Soon Tom’s new
found circus skills are tested as he, Berto and Zoltan put on a show-stopping
performance to save the town from some truly fishy goings on ...
About the author
Richard Joyce has written two adult books, the first about cricket which he
loves. His first book for children is the product of an alphabetical negotiation:
his family lobbied him for a pet, he offered an ant, they asked for a badger, he
offered a centipede, dust mite, earwig and flea; in the end they settled on a
story about a goat.
3 CDs • COCD 425 • 978-1-78433-827-5
1 MP3 CD • COMP 425 • 978-1-78433-839-8 • Playing time: 2hrs 55mins*
INTEREST AGE
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PHILIP REEVE
JOHNNY SMITH
Goblins vs Dwarves
Read by David Thorpe
The reawakening of ancient sorcery
is bringing new creatures to the
world of Clovenstone. A network
of tunnels is sneaking into the heart
of goblin territory. Skarper and
his friends try to halt this underground invasion,
but the dwarves – ruthless, cunning and covered
in mole-droppings – are dangerous. The heroes
of Goblins must defend their magical castle in a
fabulously action-packed sequel from one of the
master storytellers of children’s fantasy fiction.
About the author
Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton
and has illustrated cartoons and comic strips for
around forty children’s books, including the bestselling Horrible Histories series. While working on
these he wrote his first novel, the award-winning
Mortal Engines. Philip lives on Dartmoor with his
wife and son, and his interests are walking, drawing,
writing and reading.
Acclaim for Goblins vs Dwarves
‘Funniest account of a goblin you will ever read’
– London Evening Standard
6 CDs • COCD 426 • 978-1-78433-828-2
1 MP3 CD • COMP 426 • 978-1-78433-840-4
Playing time: 7hrs 12mins*
INTEREST AGE
7+
Sir John the (Mostly) Brave &
Cap’n John the (Slightly) Fierce
7+
HOLLY WEBB
The Storm Leopards
Read by Victoria Fox
John Smith may have the most
boring name in the world, but
his life is anything but dull! When
Ivan the Horrible and his gang of
bloodthirsty villains are out to cause
mayhem and misery in the Queen’s castle, there’s
only one boy who can defeat him – Sir John
the (Mostly) Brave! And only Cap’n John the
(Slightly) Fierce can stand up to Cap’n Black, the
meanest, grizzliest pirate that ever lived!
About the author
My name is Johnny Smith and I write films, TV
and children’s books. I live in London which is
somewhere in England which is somewhere in the
North Atlantic, with my wife and daughters and
goldfish. My children regularly tell me I am the least
important person in the house!
Acclaim for Sir John & Cap’n John
‘anything but dull...’ – Mumsnet
From best-selling author Holly
Webb comes a charming wintery
story. The countdown to Christmas
has begun, and Isabelle is on a
family day out at the zoo. As her
sister watches the penguins, Isabelle is the only
one to catch a glimpse of a snow leopard, with its
beautiful spotted silver-grey coat and long fluffy tail.
Fascinated by these rare and endangered creatures,
Isabelle tries to find out what she can do to help
protect them. Little does she know she’s about
to be whisked into her very own magical snow
leopard adventure, where a mother and her cubs
are in danger ...
About the author
Holly Webb lives in Berkshire with her family
and cats. She started writing several years ago and
has written over ninety books including the Animal
Stories and the My Naughty Little Puppy stories.
The Reindeer Girl and Winter Wolf are also available
from Oakhill.
Acclaim for The Storm Leopards
‘This is a delightful book’ – Books for Keeps
2 CDs • COCD 427 • 978-1-78433-829-9
1 MP3 CD • COMP 427 • 978-1-78433-841-1
Playing time: 1hr 46mins*
2 CDs • COCD 428 • 978-1-78433-830-5
1 MP3 CD • COMP 428 • 978-1-78433-842-8
Playing time: 2hrs*
Read by Owen Young
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GILL LEWIS
INTEREST AGE
10+
Gorilla Dawn
Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner
The thrilling and inspirational new story from award-winning storyteller Gill
Lewis. Deep in the heart of the African jungle, a baby gorilla is captured by
a group of rebel soldiers. Imara and Bobo are two children also imprisoned
in the rebels’ camp. When they learn that the gorilla is destined to be sold
into captivity, they swear to return it to the wild before it’s too late. But the
consequences of getting caught are too terrible to think about. Will the bond
between the gorilla and the children give them the courage they need to escape?
About the author
Before she could walk, Gill Lewis was force-feeding bread to a sick hedgehog.
Now her stories reflect her passion for wild animals in wild places. She was
inspired by the many people and animals she met during her work and travels
as a vet. Gill’s first novel Sky Hawk won Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and
the Brandford Boase Award and is also available from Oakhill.
6 CDs • COCD 429 • 978-1-78433-831-2
1 MP3 CD • COMP 429 • 978-1-78433-843-5 • Playing time: 6hrs 32mins*
INTEREST AGE
INTEREST AGE
7+
MARK LOWERY
The Jam Doughnut that
Ruined my Life
Read by David Thorpe
INTEREST AGE
7+
7+
DAVID ROBERTS & ALAN MacDONALD
ANNE MICHAELS
The Adventures of
Miss Petitfour
Read by Laurence Bouvard
Dirty Bertie:
Pirate! & Scream!
Read by Evelyn McLean
A jam-fuelled week of disaster
starts with a single doughnut!
Roman Garstang is obsessed with
food – particularly Squidgy Splodge
doughnuts – but things are not
always as sugar-coated as they seem. Because of
his Monday-morning jam doughnut, Roman’s week
takes a sticky turn. By Friday he has been banned
from eating for 24 hours, accidentally shoplifted,
had a lift in a getaway van, styled his teacher’s
guinea pig with a blue mohawk, started a riot ...
and barely managed a single doughnut. Who knew
jam could be so deadly?
About the author
Mark Lowery grew up in Preston but now
lives near Cambridge. He plays the guitar badly
and speaks appalling Italian but he knows a lot
about biscuits. In his mind he is one of the great
footballers of his generation, although he is yet to
demonstrate this on an actual football pitch. His
first two books were Socks Are Not Enough and
Pants Are Everything. www.marklowery.co.uk
Meet the utterly irresistible Miss
Petitfour (an odd name but possibly
descended from bakers of tiny
delicious cakes). She loves baking
and making and dancing with her
cats, but most of all she loves to fly. All she has
to do is pick up a favourite tablecloth, catch the
breeze and she swooshes off on an adventure
– with her many cats (Minky, Misty, Taffy, Purrsia,
Pirate, Mustard, Moutarde, Hemdala, Earring,
Grigorovich, Clasby, Captain Captain, Captain
Catkin, Captain Clothespin,Your Shyness and
Sizzles) dangling paw-to-tail behind her.
About the author
Anne Michaels lives in Canada and is the awardwinning author of Fugitive Pieces, which won the
Orange Prize for Fiction and the Guardian Fiction
Prize and was a feature film. The Adventures of Miss
Petitfour is her first children’s book.
Acclaim for The Adventures of
Miss Petitfour
‘Extraordinarily magical’ – New York Times
Dirty Bertie the boy with nosepickingly disgusting habits is back
for another helping of comic chaos!
In Pirate! Bertie samples life as a
swashbuckling pirate, cooks up
a storm in the poshest restaurant in town, and
teams up with Dad at the School Sports Day in an
attempt to beat Royston Rich! In Scream! Bertie
builds his very own haunted house, goes on a wet
weekend away with his family and tries to cheat at
the Spelling Bee!
About the authors
David Roberts worked as a fashion illustrator
in Hong Kong before becoming one of the UK’s
foremost children’s illustrators. Alan MacDonald
was born in Watford. He dreamed of becoming a
professional footballer, but when he won a pen in
a writing competition his fate was sealed. Alan has
written over 80 children’s books, which have been
translated into many languages. Alan also writes for
TV, including Horrid Henry on CITV.
4 CDs • COCD 430 • 978-1-78433-832-9
1 MP3 CD • COMP 430 • 978-1-78433-844-2
Playing time: 3hrs 51mins*
2 CDs • COCD 431 • 978-1-78433-833-6
1 MP3 CD • COMP 431 • 978-1-78433-845-9
Playing time: 1hr 33mins*
2 CDs • COCD 432 • 978-1-78433-834-3
1 MP3 CD • COMP 432 • 978-1-78433-846-6
Playing time: 1hr 45mins*
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TOM BANKS
EMMA CARROLL
Read by the author
Read by Victoria Fox
The Great Galloon and the Pirate Queen
The Girl Who Walked on Air
In the final showdown between the Great Galloon and the evil crew of the Sumbaroon,
Captain Anstruther and the crew of his Great Galloon have trapped the evil Zebediah
and his Sumbaroon - at last they will rescue the captain’s stolen bride, Isabella! But the
Sumbaroon sprouts mechanical legs and escapes over land like a devious metal spider.
Stanley and Rasmussen are determined to stop Zebediah from taking over the Great
Galloon, but can they figure out how to do it?
3 CDs • COCD 417 • 978-1-78433-807-7 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 417 • 978-1-78433-819-0
Playing time 3hrs 24mins • Interest age: 7+
CLAIRE BARKER
Abandoned at Chipchase’s Travelling Circus as a baby, Louie dreams of becoming a
‘Showstopper’, a tightrope walker – the Girl Who Walked on Air – she just needs to be
given a chance. And the circus needs her too – Wellbeloved’s rival show is stealing their
crowds. Reluctantly Mr Chipchase lets Louie perform. She is a sensation, and gets an offer
from the sinister Mr Wellbeloved to perform ... over Niagara Falls. Soon Louie’s bravery
is tested not just on the highwire but in confronting her past and the shady characters in
the world of the circus ...
5 CDs • COCD 349 • 978-1-78433-234-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 349 • 978-1-78433-246-4
Playing time: 6hrs 24mins • Interest age: 9+
Knitbone Pepper: Ghost Dog
EMMA CARROLL
Knitbone Pepper is a friendly ghost dog, haunting the crumbling Starcross Hall with a gaggle
of other ghostly pets. But when he discovers that the Hall is up for sale and his beloved
owner, Winnie Pepper, and her madcap parents must leave their home, he smells a rat. Can
Knitbone and his ghostly gang of animals help Winnie save Starcross?
Read by Victoria Fox
The Snow Sister
Read by Rosie Jones
3 CDs • COCD 389 • 978-1-78433-534-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 389 • 978-1-78433-546-5
Playing time: 2hrs 50mins • Interest age:7+
CLAIRE BARKER
Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog and the Last Circus Tiger
Ever since her sister, Agnes, died, Pearl has a tradition whenever it snows. She makes a
person out of snow. A snow sister. It makes Christmas a little less lonely. On Christmas Eve,
her father receives a letter about a long-lost relative’s will. Is their luck about to change?
Hoping for a better Christmas, Pearl goes out to buy food but is hit by a hansom cab. The
snow is falling so hard that they can’t take her home. She’ll have to stay at Flintfield Manor
overnight, and in a haunted room!
2 CDs • COCD 418 • 978-1-78433-808-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 418 • 978-1-78433-820-6
Playing time: 1hr 17mins • Interest age: 8+
Read by Rosie Jones
ROLAND CHAMBERS
Knitbone Pepper is a friendly ghost dog, haunting the crumbling Starcross Hall with a gaggle
of other ghostly pets. When Knitbone and his beloved owner Winnie invite the circus
to Starcross, the spooks are so excited! But amidst the magicians, the acrobats and the
clowns, Knitbone senses something beastly in the big top…
Read by Max Dowler
3 CDs • COCD 409 • 978-1-78433-799-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 409 • 978-1-78433-811-4
Playing time 2hrs 45mins • Interest age: 7+
GUY BASS
Nelly and the Quest for Captain Peabody
One girl. One turtle. One epic voyage! When Nelly says she’s going to do a thing, she does
it. Learn to juggle china cups? Of course! Live on lemons for a month? Why not? Set out
in a boat with knitted sails to find her long-lost father, with only her turtle Columbus for
company? Absolutely! And she won’t let anything get in her way…
2 CDs • COCD 401 • 978-1-78433-630-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 401 • 978-1-78433-642-4
Playing time: 2hrs 9mins • Interest age: 7+
Stitch Head
Read by Jack Hawkins
SIMON CHESHIRE
In the maze-like dungeons of Castle Grotteskew, the frightfully insane Professor Erasmus
conducts his bizarre experiments on living things. His very first creation has been long
forgotten – a small, almost-human creature, known only as Stitch Head. Poor Stitch Head
has spent years vying for attention amongst a menagerie of freakish monsters. When a
travelling circus ringmaster, Fulbert Freakfinder, promises to make him a star, Stitch Head
wonders whether there is another life for him. But first he has to catch the professor’s latest
creation – a monstrous three-armed creature that’s just smashed its way to freedom ...
2 CDs • COCD 377 • 978-1-78433-432-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 377• 978-1-78433-444-4
Playing time: 1hr 59mins • Interest age: 7+
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH
Swarm: Operation Sting
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
The Secret Intelligence Agency has a new weapon: SWARM – artificially intelligent robotic
bugs that act as undercover agents. Operating below the radar, they can fly faster, see
further and sting harder! They won’t stop until they’ve completed their mission, no matter
what it takes. In the face of trouble, SWARM are armed and ready to fight. In Operation
Sting, the team are set a new mission. When a prototype weapon is stolen, it’s a race
against time for SWARM to locate and reclaim the weapon before the thieves crack the
encryption code protecting it. Can they stop the villains before it’s too late?
2 CDs • COCD 350 • 978-1-78433-235-8 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 350 • 978-1-78433-247-1
Playing time: 2hrs • Interest age: 9+
The Name of this Book is Secret
Read by Eric Meyers
SIMON CHESHIRE
When intrepid investigators Cass and Max-Ernest set out to discover the history of the
mysterious Symphony of Smells, they become embroiled in a dastardly experiment involving
kidnapped children and the secret of eternal youth.Together they must come up with a plan to
rescue their classmate from a hideous fate and escape the eerie pyramid of the Midnight Sun.
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
6 CDs • COCD 381 • 978-1-78433-436-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 381• 978-1-78433-448-2
Playing time:7hrs 26mins • Interest age: 9+
ANNE BOOTH
Girl with a White Dog
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
Swarm: Project Venom
The Secret Intelligence Agency has a new weapon: SWARM – artificially intelligent robotic
bugs that act as undercover agents. Operating below the radar, they can fly faster, see
further and sting harder! They won’t stop until they’ve completed their mission, no matter
what it takes. In the face of trouble, SWARM are armed and ready to fight. In Project
Venom, the team are set a new mission: at the country’s top research laboratory, SWARM
suspect that one of the scientists has gone rogue. They uncover a sinister underworld and
a deadly poison about to be unleashed. Can SWARM divert the villain’s evil plan?
2 CDs • COCD 373 • 978-1-78433-428-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 373• 978-1-78433-440-6
Playing time: 2hrs 3mins • Interest age: 9+
Jessie is excited when her gran gets a white Alsatian puppy, but with Snowy’s arrival a
mystery starts to unfold. As Jessie learns about Nazi Germany at school, past and present
begin to slot together and she uncovers something long-buried, troubling and somehow
linked to another girl and another white dog ...
STEVE COLE
4 CDs • COCD 365 • 978-1-78433-340-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 365 • 978-1-78433-351-5
Playing time: 3hrs 53mins • Interest age: 10+
Read by the author
EMMA CARROLL
In Darkling Wood
Read by Victoria Fox
When Alice’s brother gets a longed-for chance for a heart transplant, Alice is suddenly
off to her estranged grandmother’s house. There’s nothing good about staying with Nell,
except for the beautiful Darkling Wood at the end of her garden. But Nell wants it cut
down. Alice feels at home there, at peace, and even finds a friend, Flo. But Flo doesn’t go to
the local school and no one has heard of a girl with that name. When Flo shows Alice the
surprising secrets of Darkling Wood Alice starts to wonder – what is real?
Aliens Stink!
Some seriously weird stuff is happening on Planet Earth. Pollution is cleaned up overnight.
A sweet smell fills the air. Strange lights are seen in the sky. Could they possibly be UFOs?
Have aliens come to fix our world? Only one boy and his dad – and possibly his goldfish –
know that the truth is stranger, scarier and a whole lot smellier. Kidnapped and taken to a
super-secret base, Tim discovers the full extent of the alien threat – and the extraordinary
kids fighting it.
4CDs • COCD 391 • 978-1-78433-536-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 391 • 978-1-78433-548-9
Playing time: 4hrs 30mins • Interest age: 7+
5CDs • COCD 390 • 978-1-78433-535-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 390 • 978-1-78433-547-2
Playing time: 6hrs • Interest age: 9+
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JOHN DOUGHERTY
Read by the author
Read by Max Dowler
Secret Agent Mummy: Book 1
Stinkbomb & Ketchup-Face and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine
What could be crazier than a 2000-year-old Egyptian mummy detective moving in next
door? How about: An army of brainwashed baboons? A flying bandaged dog’s-bottom? A
talking cat goddess? An evil sorcerer from another world? Somehow, Niall Rivers has got
to deal with all of them. Still, it’s not the end of the world ... Is it?
2 CDs • COCD 357 • 978-1-78433-242-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 357 • 978-1-78433-254-9
Playing time: 1hr 37mins • Interest age: 7+
STEVE COLE
Oi! You at the back! Yes, you! Stop mucking about and get a move on. Some of us are
waiting to get going on this quest you know! These magic porcupines are pretty hard to
find, so pay attention and stick with our fearless heroes, Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face. It
could take many years for us to finish our gigantic quest, or it could take just under 200
pages, but I’m pretty sure we’ll be back in time for tea, ‘cause we’ll be starving by then ...
2 CDs • COCD 382 • 978-1-78433-437-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 382 • 978-1-78433-449-9
Playing time: 1hr 40mins • Interest age: 7+
Secret Agent Mummy: The Cleopatra Case
RODDY DOYLE
One boy. One mummy. One mad, bad mission. Cleopatra’s tomb has never been found – until
NOW. And you won’t BELIEVE what’s been hiding inside. Sam the SECRET AGENT MUMMY
must take on a statue that bites; an undead empress with unfinished business; terrifying
intergalactic lizard-men; and an ancient plot that threatens all life on Earth. Sam calls on his
best friend Niall for help.Together, they’ll save the planet for sure ...WON’T THEY?
Read by Stephen Hogan
Brilliant
Read by the author
2 CDs • COCD 378 • 978-1-78433-433-8 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 378 • 978-1-78433-445-1
Playing time: 1hr 53mins • Interest age: 7+
STEVE COLE
When Uncle Ben’s Dublin business fails Gloria and Raymond realise that something is
wrong. So when the children overhear their granny saying that the Black Dog has settled
on Ben’s back and he won’t be OK until it’s gone, they decide they’re going to get rid of it.
So they set out on a midnight quest to hunt it down and chase it away. But loads of other
children are searching for it too, because the Black Dog is hounding lots of Dublin’s adults.
Together the children manage to corner the Black Dog ... but will they have the courage
and cleverness to destroy the frightening creature?
3 CDs • COCD 351 • 978-1-78433-236-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 351 • 978-1-78433-248-8 Playing time: 3hrs 35mins • Interest age: 9+
Stop Those Monsters!
Read by the author
SARAH FORBES
I’m Bob, a human boy stuck in a land of MONSTERS. I’m trying to get out with the help
of three - count them, three - incredible creatures. There’s Verity, who looks like a giant
hamster. Alfie, who’s about as scary as a bag of crisps. And Zola, a gorgon who can’t turn
people to stone (though she can manage cardboard at a push). We’re on a crazy, deathdefying quest to escape with our lives. And all around us, the cry goes up: STOP THOSE
MONSTERS!!!
Elspeth Hart and the School for Show-offs
Read by Imogen Wilde
4 CDs • COCD 413 • 978-1-78433-803-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 413 • 978-1-78433-815-2
Playing time: 4hrs 6mins • Interest age: 7+
This is the first adventure featuring the fabulous Elspeth Hart, a determined heroine with
doodles on her trainers. Imagine never being allowed to play outside, and sleeping in a
wardrobe every night. That’s what life is like for Elspeth since her parents were tragically
washed away in a flood. Elspeth now lives with her horrid aunt, Miss Crabb, in the Pandora
Pants School for Show-offs. But things are about to change ...
SARAH COURTAULD
2 CDs • COCD 397 • 978-1-78433-626-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 397 • 978-1-78433-638-7
Playing time: 1hr 54mins • Interest age: 7+
Buckle and Squash and the Monstrous Moat-Dragon
Read by Madeleine Brolly
Here begins a tale of two sisters: Eliza, who dreams of becoming a swashbuckling hero,
and Lavender, whose greatest wish is to be a pampered princess. When Lavender gets
kidnapped in the Forest of Toothy,Vicious and Flatulent Dragons, the sisters must face a
host of deadly enemies. Hairy-faced villains. Ominous turnips. A witch called Boris. And
a moat-dragon who is just a little bit peckish for a tasty child-sized snack. Will Eliza and
Lavender ever escape?
ADAM FROST
Run! The Elephant Weighs a Ton!
Read by Daniel Philpott
2 CDs • COCD 369 • 978-1-78433-343-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 349 • 978-1-78433-354-6
Playing time: 2hrs 22mins • Interest age: 9+
Tom and Sophie join their mum in a dash to Whipsnade Zoo to help an elephant deliver
its calf, and another exciting adventure begins. At first the elephant calf, Dirshani, struggles
to survive as it doesn’t eat well. With expert help and lots of care, the calf grows stronger.
During the next year the young elephant is encouraged to take its place in the herd. Tom
and Sophie dream that one day Dirshani will take part in the elephant demonstration. But
there are a few hurdles for them all to cross before that dream is realised ...
EMILY DIAMAND
2 CDs • COCD 342 • 978-1-78433-102-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 342 • 978-1-78433-227-3
Playing time: 1hr 32mins • Interest age: 6-8
Voices in Stone
MICHAEL FRY
Read by Joe Coen
Isis, the daughter of a charlatan psychic, can see ghosts - including that of her dead little
sister, Angel. Gray is the son of a UFO-chasing conspiracy theorist. The teenagers meet
when their parents start dating. After a reluctant start, a friendship develops and Isis
confesses her secret ability to Gray. But when her mum joins a psychic society, run by
charismatic Philip Syndal, Isis discovers that he has sinister intentions, and she and Gray are
in grave danger.
6 CDs • COCD 410 • 978-1-78433-800-8 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 410 • 978-1-78433-812-1
Playing time: 6hrs 59mins • Interest age: 9+
JOHN DOUGHERTY
The Odd Squad: Bully Bait
Read by David Thorpe
Nick is stuffed in his locker. Again. It’s not so bad. Lockers are roomier than you’d think.
Especially when you’re the shortest kid on the planet, which is exactly why Bully-Boy Roy
stuffed him in there in the first place: he fits. The school counsellor says Roy has issues. The
only issue Nick can see is that Roy is a mutant troll. Nick’s friends Molly and Karl think the
troll needs to be defeated. Together, they are The Odd Squad.
3 CDs • COCD 358 • 978-1-78433-243-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 358 • 978-1-78433-255-6 Playing time: 2hrs 37mins • Interest age: 8+
Stinkbomb & Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers
MICHAEL FRY
Winner of the Great Kerfuffle Best Book of Last Tuesday. Come and join our intrepid heroes
Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face on their highly dangerous and nail-biting adventure (or it may
just be mildly perilous!). Oh, and there might be a few dodgy badgers hanging about too
... Meet the funniest collection of characters ever known to mankind in this stupendously
hilarious book that will make you laugh your socks off, and quite possibly your ears too.
Read by David Thorpe
Read by Robert Nairne
2 CDs • COCD 353 • 978-1-78433-238-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 353 • 978-1-78433-250-1 Playing time: 1hr 23mins • Interest age: 7+
JOHN DOUGHERTY
Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Evilness of Pizza
The Odd Squad: Zero Tolerance
The Odd Squad are back! After taming the school’s biggest bully, Nick, Molly and Karl
expect to bask in Safety Patrol glory. But without a bully to set straight, all they’re left
with is helping sixth graders cross the hall and reminding everyone that Jell-o meat stains.
Enter new kid Simone, who shakes up the team. Soon Nick is facing trouble. Big trouble.
Expulsion-level trouble. Which would mean repeating seventh grade ... He needs help,
and fast, because if there’s one thing worse than being the shortest seventh grader in the
history of the world, it’s having to go through it twice.
3 CDs • COCD 374 • 978-1-78433-429-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 374 • 978-1-78433-441-3
Playing time: 3hrs • Interest age: 8+
Read by Max Dowler
In this hilarious adventure, you’ll discover that pizza is the evil genius of the world! It’s all
the fault of pizza. It has absolutely nothing at all to do with the badgers! With more twists
and turns than a pizza delivery guy on an oil slick, this amazing adventure will leave you
hungry for more (pizza).
2 CDs • COCD 405 • 978-1-78433-634-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 405 • 978-1-78433-646-2
Playing time: 1hr 43mins • Interest age: 7+
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Read by Daniel Philpott
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
The Ghastly McNastys: Fright in the Night
Battle of the Beach Freaks
Those terrible pirate twins are at it again! Their relentless pursuit of treasure is causing all
sorts of havoc in the seaside town of Little Snoring, and only youngsters Tat and Hetty –
and their cat called Dog – have a chance of stopping them.
Just when you thought it was safe to go to the seaside! Welcome to Screaming Sands, the
ghastliest ghost town in the world! Jess has wanted to be a bridesmaid for ever. So when
her aunt is dumped and her dreams are dashed, she puts herself up for hire. But the job
she lands is more than she bargained for, an undead couple need her help so they can
outwit the dastardly Duke of Spooks and tie the knot…
2CDs • COCD 385 • 978-1-78433-530-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP385 • 978-1-78433-542-7
Playing time: 1hr 30mins • Interest age: 7+
3 CDs • COCD 403 • 978-1-78433-632-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 403 • 978-1-78433-644-8
Playing time: 2hrs 42mins • Interest age: 7+
LYN GARDNER & ROS ASQUITH
The Ghastly McNastys: Raiders of the Lost Shark
JOHN HICKMAN
Read by Daniel Philpott
Freaks United
The Ghastly McNastys are the meanest pirates to ever sail the seven seas and are
completely obsessed with treasure! They are closing in on Captain Syd’s legendary hoard,
but a film crew has come to Little Snoring and is right in their way. But there’s a stroke of
luck – they are making a pirate movie, and the McNastys think they can work as extras and
steal the treasure!
Read by Thomas Eyre
2 CDs • COCD 361 • 978-1-78433-336-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 361 • 978-1-78433-347-8 Playing time: 1hr 24mins • Interest age: 6+
Seth, Beefy and Angelo can’t believe it when they aren’t selected for the football team at
their new school. They are labelled the ‘Freaks’ who didn’t make it. Now they have new
enemies in the form of Daniel Logan and P.E. teacher Mr Steele. So do they go home and
give up the dream, or do they start their own team? The Freaks United are born - and they
are going to live up to their name. A fun, footballing tale about the lads who don’t get picked.
JENNIFER GRAY
3 CDs • COCD 415 • 978-1-78433-805-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 415 • 978-1-78433-817-6
Playing time: 3hrs 9mins • Interest age: 8+
Atticus Claw Lends a Paw
JILL HUCKLESBY
Read by Joe Coen
Little Lost Hedgehog
Atticus Grammatticus Cattypuss Claw, the world’s greatest POLICE cat, is back. When the
kittens at the local cats’ home are wrongly suspected of a knitting crime spree, Inspector
Cheddar is baffled. Atticus must step in to find the real culprits. In an adventure that takes
him from Littleton-on-Sea to the sands of the Egyptian desert, Atticus has to use all his
tabby talents to keep one paw ahead of Ginger Biscuit and Jimmy Magpie and his gang.
Read by Victoria Fox
4 CDs • COCD 366 • 978-1-78433-341-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 366 • 978-1-78433-352-2 Playing time: 3hrs 43mins • Interest age: 7+
Grace is out in the garden feeding her rabbits when she hears a rustle in the flower bed.
What could it be? She sits very still by the kitchen door, peering out into the dark. And
then she sees some little paws, two shiny eyes, a twitching nose ... it’s a tiny hedgehog!
But where is its family? This little hedgehog looks lost and hungry. So Grace’s mum calls
the RSPCA.
RACHEL HAMILTON
2 CDs • COCD 375 • 978-1-78433-430-7 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 375 • 978-1-78433-442-0
Playing time: 1hr 32mins • Interest age: 7+
The Case of the Exploding Brains
WILLIAM HUSSEY
Read by Sarah Ovens
Jekyll’s Mirror
Science, silliness and super-villains! Noelle “Know-All” Hawkins has another case to solve.
Her famous scientist dad - Professor Brian “Big Brain” Hawkins - is in prison because of his
portaloo mishaps. A trip to the Science Museum results in a mystery involving the moon,
mindreading, and a lot of grumpy people. But Noelle, Holly and Porter are on the case. Will
they piece together the crazy clues in time to save the planet?
Read by David Thorpe
4 CDs • COCD 402 • 978-1-78433-631-8 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 402 • 978-1-78433-643-1
Playing time: 4hrs 2mins • Interest age: 9+
Sam is a tortured soul, but his darkest hour is yet to come, when he’s invited to take part
in Project Hyde, a new social networking site where users can enjoy total anonymity. It’s
exhilarating at first, until Sam notices that the other users are becoming obsessed with
the program, addicted to the cruelty they are inflicting online. Sam watches with a growing
sense of horror as his classmates turn into something unrecognisable ...
RACHEL HAMILTON
7 CDs • COCD 370 • 978-1-78433-344-7 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 370 • 978-1-78433-355-3 Playing time: 8hrs 35mins • Interest age: 12+
The Case of the Exploding Loo
JULIA JARMAN
Read by Sarah Ovens
The Time-Travelling Cat and the Viking Terror
Quirky 12-year-old Noelle Hawkins may be one of the brightest girls in her class but
even she is completely miffed to explain how her dad, wacky scientist Big Brain Brian,
spontaneously combusted while sitting in a portaloo. It’s true that he was working on a
new top secret Brain Ray machine and was on the point of a great break-through – could
this have had something to do with his disappearance? With the help of her sister Holly,
Noelle is determined to find out what really happened to her dad!
Read by Wayne Forester
Topher is planning a trip to London to visit his friend Ellie – but will it be safe, with all the
terrorist threats? It worries him, and so do the extended absences of his beloved cat, Ka. She
is going travelling again, and Topher doesn’t want to lose her. And sure enough, in the middle
of a big bomb alert,Topher is called away – to a Saxon village threatened by Norsemen.
4 CDs • COCD 367 • 978-1-78433-239-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 367 • 978-1-78433-251-8 Playing time: 4hrs 3mins • Interest age: 9+
4 CDs • COCD 345 • 978-1-78433-105-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 345 • 978-1-78433-230-3
Playing time: 4hr 27mins • Interest age: 8-12
POPPY HARPER
PETE JOHNSON
Read by Penelope Rawlins
Read by Joe Coen
Maisie Mae: Camping is Not Very Ooh La La!
My Parents Are Driving Me Crazy
Maisie’s family are heading to France for the best camping trip ever! There’ll be croissants
and baguettes and ... snails? But when they arrive, France feels an awful lot like England. And
camping seems like an awful lot of bother. Especially with FIVE stinky brothers who are
extremely ANNOYING and your best friend is in another country. But then Maisie meets
Mademoiselle Claudette and things start looking up.
When Louis’s parents are forced to swap roles there is total chaos. Dad serves up meals
no one can eat, messes up all the laundry and worst of all, decides Louis is his new best
friend. But you can’t hang out with your dad, can you? Louis decides that dads just can’t
be mums – but then he’s in for a huge surprise. The latest hilarious instalment of Louis the
Laugh’s bestselling adventures.
2 CDs • COCD 414 • 978-1-78433-804-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 414 • 978-1-78433-816-9
Playing time: 1hr 21mins • Interest age: 7+
3 CDs • COCD 404 • 978-1-78433-633-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 404 • 978-1-78433-645-5
Playing time: 3hrs 30mins • Interest age: 9+
RUTH HATFIELD
PETE JOHNSON
Read by Thomas Eyre
Read by Madeleine Brolly
The Book of Storms
The Vampire Bewitched
Danny’s parents are storm chasers – which sounds exciting unless you’re the son who has
to wait behind at home. And one night, Danny’s parents don’t come back. Stranger still, the
sycamore tree in Danny’s yard seems to have been struck by lightning, and when he picks
up a fragment of wood, he can hear voices ... including that of next door’s cat, Mitzy. The
stick is a shard of lightning that gives its bearer unnerving powers and it is very valuable.
So valuable that it attracts the attention of a Sammael, an ancient figure of darkness and a
buyer of souls. And he will do anything to get his hands on it ...
6 CDs • COCD 383 • 978-1-78433-438-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 383 • 978-1-78433-450-5
Playing time: 7hrs 33mins • Interest age: 8+
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Marcus isn’t an ordinary 13-year-old: he’s a half-vampire, with incredible special powers.
And together with his friends Tallulah and Gracie, he hunts and fights a totally evil enemy: the
deadly vampires, who are out to destroy all humans and half-vampires. But something strange
has happened to Marcus. He’s lost his memory, and can’t remember anything about his
previous life as a vampire hunter.Tallulah and Gracie are seriously worried. Could it and might
it have something to do with the weird new horror shop that’s just opened up in town ...
4 CDs • COCD 359 • 978-1-78433-244-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 359 • 978-1-78433-256-3
Playing time: 4hrs 21mins • Interest age: 9+
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Read by David Thorpe
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No True Echo
Fawn
Eddie thinks nowhere could be more boring than his home town of the Wellcome Valley.
Unfortunately, he is about to be proved spectacularly wrong. Eddie’s problems start with
the arrival of Scarlett, who seems rather too confident and mysterious for your average
schoolgirl. She attracts trouble and she’s apparently only interested in two very strange
things – protecting the town’s local crackpot scientist, and telling Eddie absolutely nothing
about what’s going on. And why is she so interested in Eddie’s long-dead mother? Things
quickly go from weird to worse for Eddie, as he finds himself right in the middle of a
dangerous mystery.
5 CDs • COCD 379 • 978-1-78433-434-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 379 • 978-1-78433-446-8
Playing time: 5hrs 57mins • Interest age: 9+
JOSH LACEY
The Dragonsitter Disasters
Read by David Thorpe
Three books in one means triple the fun! Eddie is looking after his uncle Morton’s dragon
Ziggy whilst he is on holiday – but it’s not long before disaster strikes! Soon the fridge is
empty, the curtains are blazing, and the postman is fleeing down the garden path. Eddie
thought he’d got the hang of Dragonsitting – until Ziggy disappears, only to be found
guarding a big secret in the linen cupboard. Eddie finds Dragonsitting isn’t getting any easier.
A castle, a sneezing dragon and a big box of fireworks – it looks like the new year is going
to start with a bang!
2 CDs • COCD 354 • 978-1-78433-240-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 354 • 978-1-78433-252-5
Playing time: 1hr 24mins • Interest age: 7+
GILL LEWIS
Scarlet Ibis
Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner
Scarlet’s used to looking after her brother, Red. He’s special – different. Every night she tells
him his favourite story – about the day they’ll fly far away to the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad,
where thousands of birds fill the sky. But when Scarlet and Red are split up and sent to live
with different foster families, Scarlet knows she’s got to do whatever it takes to get her
brother back ...
4 CDs • COCD 355 • 978-1-78433-241-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 355 • 978-1-78433-253-2
Playing time: 3hrs 54mins • Interest age: 9+
REBECCA LISLE
Brightling
Read by Joan Walker
Thrown out of her children’s home, all orphan Sparrow has is a single clue to her real
family. Sparrow travels to Stollenbach where she is taken in by Gloriana, a strange and
colourful street girl. She thinks she has found a home in the ‘nest’ – a hideout for homeless
girls. There she is taught to make matches and stay quiet – but all is not as it seems. As
Sparrow uncovers a web of strange and suspicious secrets she finds herself at the heart of
an undercover smuggling trade – with a price on her head!
7 CDs • COCD 346 • 978-1-78433-106-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 346 • 978-1-78433-231-0
Playing time: 8hr 10mins • Interest age: 9+
JOHN MATTHEWS
Henry Hunter and the Beast of Snagov
Read by Max Dowler
When schoolboy super-sleuth Henry Hunter uncovers a clue about the legendary Beast of
Snagov, the origin of all vampires, he and friend Dolf travel to Whitby and Romania on its
trail. Unravelling clues from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the legend of Vlad the Impaler, they
encounter Dracula’s daughter Bella Dracul. But is she a friend or a foe? And can the trio
evade the sinister forces that are tracking their every move, intent on releasing the Beast
from its underground tomb?
3 CDs • COCD 376 • 978-1-78433-431-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 378 • 978-1-78433-443-7
Playing time: 3hrs 14mins • Interest age: 7+
JOHN MATTHEWS
Henry Hunter and the Cursed Pirates
Read by Max Dowler
Henry Hunter’s friend Charlie is desperate for help: his parents have gone missing in the
Caribbean Ocean, and no one will believe him that something sinister is afoot. It’s up to
super-sleuth Henry and his friend Dolf to investigate, but their only leads are local legends
about the Sword of Columbus and the feared pirate, Blackbeard…
3CDs • COCD 393 • 978-1-78433-538-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 393 • 978-1-78433-550-2
Playing time: 3hrs 10mins • Interest age: 7+
Kirsty Weaver isn’t like most ten year olds. She doesn’t spend her time watching TV or
shopping for clothes. Kirsty longs to be as free as the deer, but her home life is difficult.
Then Kirsty discovers an abandoned fawn on the hill and has to help it. As Kirsty battles
to keep Fawn safe, she realises she can’t keep doing everything alone ...
6 CDs • COCD 343 • 978-1-78433-103-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 343 • 978-1-78433-228-0
Playing time: 6hrs 56mins • Interest age: 9+
HILARY McKAY
Binny in Secret
Read by Jilly Bond
With her awful second-hand uniform and stuck-up classmates, Binny’s new school is
horrible. And life gets even worse when a storm damages her house, forcing Binny and her
family to move to the countryside whilst it’s being fixed. Binny, her sensible older sister
Clem and her rambunctious brother James (and his chickens) begin adjusting to life in the
country. Then one of James’s beloved chickens vanishes, and Binny finds strange footprints
in the mud. What kind of creature is lurking in the undergrowth?
5CDs • COCD 394 • 978-1-78433-539-7 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 394 • 978-1-78433-551-9
Playing time: 5hrs 20mins • Interest age:9+
SUE MONGREDIEN
Puppy Gets Stuck
Read by Julia Barrie
Emily’s family has a new puppy – a cheeky little scamp called Pickle. And a pickle is exactly
what he gets into when he decides to go exploring! The family are all out on a walk when
Pickle goes missing. He’s fallen into an old mineshaft! The RSPCA and the fire brigade
send a winch down and try to coax Pickle into the harness. But a scared Pickle refuses to
get in. How will they get him to obey?
2 CDs • COCD 371 • 978-1-78433-345-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 371 • 978-1-78433-356-0
Playing time: 2hrs 5mins • Interest age: 7+
ROSS MONTGOMERY
The Tornado Chasers
Read by Joe Coen
When Owen Underwood’s family move to Barrow, it’s because there’s nowhere safer in
the Valleys – and safety is very important. Especially when the threat of tornadoes, and
giant bears, is constant. But in Barrow, safety is taken to extremes. Children have to wear
bright yellow at all times and are never allowed outside except to go to school. How can
Owen face an entire summer of that? In secret, Owen and his friends form the Tornado
Chasers. Their mission: to get as close to a Grade 5 tornado as possible. It’s time for them
to face their fears!
5 CDs • COCD 347 • 978-1-78433-107-8 • COMP 347 • 978-1-78433-232-7
Playing time: 5hrs 28mins • Interest age: 9+
ANGIE MORGAN
Sedric and the Great Pig Rescue
Read by David Thorpe
Meet Sedric: a brand new (and rather muddy) star who’ll make you laugh out loud! Being a
boy in the Dark Ages village of Little-Soggy-inthe-Mud can be pretty rough. And muddy. And
there are LOADS of rats! But Sedric, his friends and his beloved pig, Denzel, love this life. So
when the dastardly Baron Dennis nicks Denzel and threatens the whole village, Sedric and
his friends will need to use all their tricks and cunning to outwit him and rescue Denzel.
2 CDs • COCD 406 • 978-1-78433-635-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 406 • 978-1-78433-647-9
Playing time: 1hr 52mins • Interest age: 7+
CLAIRE O’BRIEN
Cordelia Codd: It’s Alive!
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
One day, I, Cordelia Codd, will be a world-famous fashion designer. But for now, I’m stuck
with: Living in a MICRO-TINY cottage stuck to the side of a pub; A pair of BONKERS
parents who are still Not Quite Together; Two MEAN GIRLS trying to steal my best
friend; And a Granny who is behaving even more strangely than usual. The third and final
instalment in the hilariously haphazard life of Cordelia Codd, from the author of Not Just
the Blues and Frankly, Ruby, I Don’t Give a Damn.
5 CDs • COCD 407 • 978-1-78433-636-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 407 • 978-1-78433-648-6
Playing time: 6hrs 12mins • Interest age: 9+
MO O’HARA
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish
Read by Daniel Philpott
Tom’s big brother is an Evil Scientist who wants to experiment on Tom’s new goldfish,
Frankie. Can Tom save his fish from being dunked in radioactive gunge? Er, no. In an act
of desperation Tom zaps Frankie with a battery, bringing him back to life! But there’s
something weird about the new Frankie – he’s now a zombie goldfish with hypnotic
powers, and he wants revenge ...
2 CDs • COCD 352 • 978-1-78433-237-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 352 • 978-1-78433-249-5
Playing time: 2hrs 1min • Interest age: 7+
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Read by Daniel Philpott
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The Seaquel
Spies in Disguise: Boy in Tights
When Tom saved Frankie the goldfish from near-death (by zapping him with a battery),
Frankie somehow became a big fat zombie goldfish with hypnotic powers. Now Frankie is
one lethal fish who’s appointed himself as Tom’s bodyguard. On a trip to the seaside they
meet a strange old lighthouse keeper who warns them about the Evil Eel of Eel Bay. And in
the second story all eyes are on Frankie as he takes on a starring role in the school play!
2 CDs • COCD 398 • 978-1-78433-627-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 398 • 978-1-78433-639-4
Playing time: 2hrs 22mins • Interest age: 7+
GWYNETH REES
James Bond never had to wear a dress! Joe discovers his parents are spies, which is great.
But Joe’s parents are in danger which is not so great. And Joe has to go undercover as a
girl which is definitely not great at all. Joe (now Josephine) is miserable when he starts his
new school in a blond wig, dress and tights. But soon he has a spy mission of his own.
Using a host of unusual gadgets, Joe investigates some suspicious goings on. But can he
do so without revealing his true identity?
3 CDs • COCD 372 • 978-1-78433-346-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 372 • 978-1-78433-357-7
Playing time: 2hrs 29mins • Interest age: 8+
Cherry Blossom Dreams
KATE SCOTT
Read by Clare Corbett
Spies in Disguise: Boy in a Tutu
Sometimes, something happens in your life that changes everything. When Sasha was six
her dad died suddenly and the world changed forever. Now she’s 12 it feels like things are
changing all the time: her twin brother hardly talks to her any more, her mum’s dating a
teacher from school, her best friend Lily keeps going on about boys … and Sasha doesn’t
feel ready for any of it. The one place she can escape to is Blossom House, her secret place
– an old, echoey, overgrown, beautiful empty mansion. There’s just one problem, it isn’t hers.
And even a house can have secrets …
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Joe and Sam put their spy skills to the test against a new villain, in a new mission, and in….
tutus! The only way to find out who is scheming to steal the World Cup memorabilia
exhibition at the local leisure centre is to sign up for ballet lessons there. Joe and Sam
land the lead roles in the end-of-term show – but Sam’s playing the male lead and Joe’s the
prima donna! Can Joe hold it together (and Sam stop laughing) long enough to find the
clues and figure out who’s really behind the next Great Robbery?
5CDs • COCD 386 • 978-1-78433-531-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 386 • 978-1-78433-543-4
Playing time: 5hrs 55mins • Interest age: 9+
3CDs • COCD 395 • 978-1-78433-540-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 395 • 978-1-78433-552-6
Playing time: 3hrs 10mins • Interest age: 8+
PHILIP REEVE
JO SIMMONS
Read by David Thorpe
Read by David Thorpe
Goblins
Super Loud Sam
A wild world of magical creatures and heroic adventure from the extraordinary
imagination of Philip Reeve. The squabbling goblins who live in the great towers of
Clovenstone spend their time fighting and looting. Only clever young Skarper understands
that dark magic created by a vanquished sorcerer is rising again. From the lands of men
come fortune-seekers - and so trolls, giants, cloud-maidens, boglins, swamp monsters, treewarriors and bloodthirsty goblins are all swept into a fabulous fantasy thriller.
Super Loud Sam is a smaller than average boy with a louder than average voice. People
often – his parents, teachers, random strangers – tell Sam to SHUSH! But it’s impossible.
When a sinister new teacher, Mrs Sandy Mann, starts at Sam’s school, he realises she wants
to silence children and their creativity, energy and noisy zest for life – with a special sleep
spell. Only Sam’s shouty voice can break through her spell and save his friends from her
slumber. But can he defeat her for good and restore fun to the school?
6 CDs • COCD 411 • 978-1-78433-801-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 411 • 978-1-78433-813-8
Playing time: 7hrs 27mins • Interest age: 8+
2CDs • COCD 387 • 978-1-78433-532-8 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 387 • 978-1-78433-544-1
Playing time: 1hr 40mins • Interest age:7+
DAVID ROBERTS & ALAN MacDONALD
ALI SPARKES
Read by Evelyn McLean
Read by Jack Hawkins
Dirty Bertie: Dinosaur! & Zombie!
Out of this World
Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – is back for another helping
of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he takes Angela Nicely on a dinosaur hunt, bites off more
than he can chew at a chocolate factory, and gets into an alarming situation pet-sitting next
door’s cat! Then he finds himself on the run from a zombified Eugene, discovers a new
dance craze, and gets caught up in some monkey business on a trip to the zoo.
Tyrone Lewis is messing about in the woods, trying to keep out of trouble, when he
stumbles upon something weird ... a glowing lump of rock or metal. Whatever it is, it
gives him an amazing power. Which is cool at first, until Ty’s new powers start attracting
attention, and soon he’s being followed by two sinister agents who seem intent on
‘collecting’ him. But Ty has no intention of letting that happen. So now he’s got to RUN ...
2 CDs • COCD 348 • 978-1-78433-108-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 348 • 978-1-78433-233-4
Playing time: 1hr 44mins • Interest age: 6-8
5 CDs • COCD 368 • 978-1-78433-342-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 368 • 978-1-78433-353-9
Playing time: 5hrs 28mins • Interest age: 9+
DAN SCOTT
ROB STEVENS
Read by David Thorpe
Read by Robert Nairne
Gladiator School Book 2: Blood & Fire
Would the Real Stanley Carrot Please Stand Up?
A distinguished senator has gone into hiding after being accused of treachery, leaving his
family to fend for themselves. His elder son Quintus has become a gladiator, while young
Lucius works as a servant in the gladiator school. When the gladiator troupe is sent to
Pompeii to take part in the games, Lucius is befriended by Valens, the sponsor of the games,
who offers to help him find his father. Meanwhile, strange rumblings and tremors are felt in
the town, and a seer is warning that the ‘end of days’ is approaching. Can Quin survive his
fights with the seasoned gladiators of Pompeii? And is Valens all he seems?
Stanley ‘Carrot’ Harris is ginger, tubby and definitely not cool. And he has a secret: he’s
adopted. This makes him feel like he’s never quite fitted in. On his 13th birthday, he receives
the one thing he’s been waiting his whole life for: a card from his long-lost birth mother,
asking to meet up. But Stanley isn’t sure; what if he’s a big disappointment to her? So he
hatches a plan. He’s going to need a stand-in Stanley, someone who is handsome, sporty
and God’s Gift to Mothers. What Stanley doesn’t realise is he’s about to have the most
confusing time of his life.
5 CDs • COCD 344 • 978-1-78433-104-7 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 344 • 978-1-78433-229-7
Playing time: 5hrs 6mins • Interest age: 9+
5 CDs • COCD 362 • 978-1-78433-337-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 362 • 978-1-78433-348-5
Playing time: 5hrs 50mins • Interest age: 11+
KATE SCOTT
WILLIAM SUTCLIFFE
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Spies in Disguise: Boy in Heels
Circus of Thieves and the Raffle of Doom
James Bond never had to dress up as a girl! Spies-in-training Joe and Sam have one last
mission before Joe’s family is moved on and he can finally ditch the dresses and stop
pretending to be ‘Josie’. They have to use their growing stealth skills - not to mention the
latest gadgets from HQ - it’s perfect! At least, it is until Joe’s spy mum is put in danger and
needs an urgent body double ... Joe’s disguise is about to become a lot taller! Can he walk
in high heels - and learn what it means to be a spy, but also a parent - to fool the enemies
and save his family?
3 CDs • COCD 419 • 978-1-78433-809-1 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 419 • 978-1-78433-821-3
Playing time: 2hrs 20mins • Interest age: 8+
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Hannah’s life is boring, boring, boring! But when Armitage Shank’s Impossible Circus comes
to town, Hannah’s world is turned on its head. She meets Billy Shank, his astonishing camel,
Narcissus, and a host of other bizarrely brilliant members of the circus. But all is not as
it seems, Armitage Shank, evil ringmaster and Billy’s surrogate father, has a dastardly plan
involving light-fingered thievery. Can Hannah and Billy stop his rotten scheme before it’s
too late ... ? This is the first Circus of Thieves story.
2 CDs • COCD 399 • 978-1-78433-628-8 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 399 • 978-1-78433-640-0
Playing time: 2hrs 19mins • Interest age: 9+
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KATE WILLIS-CROWLEY
Read by Simon Bubb
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
Dan and the Dead
Queen Sardine in Kitten Chaos
Dan can see ghosts. See them, speak to them, and sometimes help them – for a price. Dan
and his ghostly sidekick Simon help the unquiet dead solve their problems and move on.
But when they take on the case of a teenage shoplifter, things start to spin out of control.
Soon Dan is up against a dangerous and badly-dressed gangster, a rather unusual vicar, the
ghost of a Victorian stage magician who cut off his own head and a spot of grave robbing!
2 CDs • COCD 360 • 978-1-78433-245-7 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 360 • 978-1-78433-257-0
Playing time: 2hrs 19mins • Interest age: 12+
CLAIRE TAYLOR-SMITH
When Ivy’s friend Kei suggests that they camp in the garden overnight, Ivy is nervous about
sleeping outside in the dark. But brave Queen Sardine promises to keep guard all night!
As the camping sleepover looms Ivy starts to worry. Camping out is wonderful and the
girls have great fun - until they are woken by frightening noises in the night. Her Majesty
investigates, only to discover that Big Molly has given birth to four gorgeous kittens! But
one of them has wandered off. Can Queen Sardine find the lost kitten?
2 CDs • COCD 420 • 978-1-78433-810-7 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 420 • 978-1-78433-822-0
Playing time: 1hr 35mins • Interest age: 7+
Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Dragon’s Song
KATE WILLIS-CROWLEY
On her 10th birthday Hattie B is swept into the magical kingdom of Bellua where she
meets a little pink dragon who needs her help. Evil King Ivar of the Imps has stolen the
dragon’s magical voice and Hattie is the only one who can help her get it back.
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
Queen Sardine & Queen Sardine and Princess Persia
Read by Penelope Rawlins
2CDs • COCD 388 • 978-1-78433-533-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 388 • 978-1-78433-545-8
Playing time: 1hr 30mins • Interest age: 7+
Eight-year-old Ivy gets a real shock when a strange cat splash-lands in her bath. The shocks
get bigger when Ivy discovers the cat can talk and is called Queen Sardine! Queen Sardine
tells Ivy she’s scared to go back home. Not only does Ivy have to keep the cat a secret
from her mum, she soon realises Queen Sardine is one demanding feline.
3 CDs • COCD 363 • 978-1-78433-338-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 363 • 978-1-78433-349-2
Playing time: 3hrs 10mins • Interest age: 7+
CLAIRE TAYLOR-SMITH
Hattie B Magical Vet: The Unicorn’s Horn
ANNA WILSON
Read by Penelope Rawlins
Hattie B is the young vet who helps the animals in the magical Kingdom of Bellua. When
Hattie returns to the Kingdom of Bellua she finds that wicked King Ivar has taken the
magic from a unicorn’s horn! Only Hattie can make the special medicine the unicorn needs
- can she find the ingredients before it’s too late?
2 CDs • COCD 412 • 978-1-78433-802-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 412 • 978-1-78433-814-5
Playing time: 1hr 25mins • Interest age: 7+
HOLLY WEBB
I’m a Chicken, Get Me Out of Here!
Read by Penelope Rawlins
Titch the chicken is trapped. She arrived at Wilf’s house by mistake when one of Mum’s
Internet orders went wrong (again). Now she is desperate to GET OUT OF THERE!
There’s a dopey dog to deal with and a very snooty cat. Titch is no birdbrain and plots to
escape. But when the other pets are put in danger, Titch realises she has to stay and help
her new friends ...
4 CDs • COCD 384 • 978-1-78433-439-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 384 • 978-1-78433-451-2
Playing time: 3hrs 53mins • Interest age: 7+
The Scruffy Puppy & The Brave Kitten
Read by Jane Slavin
ANNA WILSON
Bella instantly falls in love with scruffy puppy Sid when she sees him at the animal shelter.
She gets her family to agree that he’s the perfect pet for them. But Bella’s friend Megan is
pretty snooty about Bella’s mongrel, so Bella decides to enter Sid in the local dog show
... Helena loves to help out at the vet’s surgery where her older cousin Lucy works as a
nurse. Then one day a young cat is rushed in after an accident. Helena helps care for the
brave kitten, but where will he go if his owner can’t be found ... ?
Monkey Madness: The Only Way Is Africa!
Read by Victoria Fox
2 CDs • COCD 400 • 978-1-78433-629-5 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 400 • 978-1-78433-641-7
Playing time: 2hrs 25mins • Interest age: 7+
Felix is going on safari! He cannot believe his luck when Dad announces he is going on
a business trip to Africa and is going to take the family too. Flo, Felix’s best friend in the
whole world is FURIOUS that Felix is going to see so many amazing animals without her.
In order for Felix to prove his friendship, she sets him a horribly difficult task: to bring her
back a BABY MONKEY!
HOLLY WEBB
3 CDs • COCD 364 • 978-1-78433-339-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 364 • 978-1-78433-350-8
Playing time: 2hrs 58mins • Interest age: 7+
The Winter Wolf
ANNA WILSON
Read by Victoria Fox
From best-selling author Holly Webb comes a gorgeous wintery story of a very special
friendship. Amelia is exploring the huge, old house where her family are spending Christmas
when she finds a diary hidden in the attic. It was written by a boy struggling to look after
an abandoned wolf pup. Before she knows it, Amelia is transported into the wintry world
of the diary. Fans of Holly Webb’s The Reindeer Girl will delight in this beautiful winter’s tale.
2 CDs • COCD 380 • 978-1-78433-435-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 380 • 978-1-78433-447-5
Playing time: 1hr 39mins • Interest age: 7+
The Great Kitten Cake Off
Read by Emma Weaver
Ellie despairs of her family. Her brother is obsessed with getting on TV, Mum is going
through some kind of mid-life crisis, and Dad’s bad ‘yolks’ have reached alarming ‘eggstremes’. The only bright spots in Ellie’s life are her naughty kitten, Kitkat, and her best
mate, Mads. But when Mads and Ellie apply for The Junior Cake Off, their friendship soon
starts to crumble. Can Ellie win back her best mate, or will their friendship go up in smoke?
4CDs • COCD 396 • 978-1-78433-541-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 396 • 978-1-78433-553-3
Playing time: 4hrs 10 mins • Interest age: 7+
HARRIET WHITEHORN
Violet and the Hidden Treasure
ANNA WILSON
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
Violet has spent her holidays exploring India with Godmother Celeste, including visiting
Celeste’s good friend the Maharajah and meeting his very special cockatoo. But back at
home,Violet gets a surprise visit from the Maharajah’s butler, asking her to look after the
bird.Violet couldn’t be more amazed (and her cat Pudding couldn’t be less pleased…), but
the cockatoo holds the key to the Maharajah’s fortune, and someone is trying to bird-nap
her! Can Violet discover who the culprit is before they succeed?
2 CDs • COCD 416 • 978-1-78433-806-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 416 • 978-1-78433-818-3
Playing time: 2hrs 5mins • Interest age: 7+
HARRIET WHITEHORN
Summer’s Shadow
Read by Victoria Fox
Following the sudden death of her mother, Summer has been torn away from London and
sent to live with relatives she never knew existed. Scared, lonely and feeling haunted by a
series of strange occurrences, Summer spends more and more time at a beautiful sheltered
beach she discovers nearby. But she’s not alone. Zach, a local boy, seems to think the secret
cove is his too. Can Zach help Summer escape the ghosts of her family’s past?
5 CDs • COCD 408 • 978-1-78433-637-0 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 408 • 978-1-78433-649-3
Playing time: 5hrs 30mins • Interest age: 12+
Violet and the Pearl of the Orient
MALALA YOUSAFZAI WITH PATRICIA McCORMICK
When a new family move in next door Violet is sure there’s something strange about them.
Then her eccentric but lovely neighbour, Dee Dee Derota, has a precious jewel stolen.
Could the new family be to blame? Violet is on the case to discover the truth.
Read by Neela Vaswani
Malala
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
2 CDs • COCD 392 • 978-1-78433-537-3 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 392 • 978433-549-6
Playing time: 2hrs • Interest age: 7+
Malala Yousafzai was only 10 when the Taliban took control of her region of Pakistan. They
said music was a crime, women weren’t allowed to go to the market and girls couldn’t go
to school. But Malala fought for her right to be educated. And on 9 October, 2012, she
nearly lost her life for the cause. She was shot point-blank on her way home from school.
No one expected her to survive. Now she is an international symbol of peaceful protest
and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner.
4 CDs • COCD 356 • 978-1-78433-334-8 • COMP 356 • 978-1-78433-335-5
Playing time: 4hrs 54mins • Interest age: 12+
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