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WELCOME TO OAKHILL CHILDREN’S AUDIO BOOKS
Dear Librarian
Once again Oakhill’s Unabridged Children’s Audio list this quarter features
everything from the strange to the downright funny.
Special places is the theme running through several books. The troubled young
girl in Gwyneth Rees’s Cherry Blossom Dreams discovers the only place she can
find solace is a crumbling mansion, full of its own secrets. In Emma Carroll’s
In Darkling Wood, Alice, staying with her much-disliked grandmother while her
brother has a heart transplant, is only at peace in the nearby wood – and her
grandmother wants to cut it down! In the case of Knitbone Pepper: Ghost Dog by
Claire Barker it’s a ghostly animal who’s in danger of being evicted from his
derelict mansion.
If it’s pirates you’re after then look no further! Lyn Gardner & Ros Asquith’s
seafaring horrors continue to wreak havoc in The Ghastly McNastys: Fright in the
Night. In John Matthews’ rather more sinister Henry Hunter and the Cursed
Pirates a friend’s parents have gone missing and Henry sets off on a quest which
ends with Blackbeard himself.
A small boy with a huge voice hopes to save his classmates from a spell cast
over them by a new teacher in Super Loud Sam by Jo Simmons, while in Steve
Cole’s Aliens Stink! one boy and his father are determined to find out just what
is behind the unsettlingly pollution-free planet and the true meaning of the
strange lights in the sky.
In an attempt to catch the person behind the theft of World Cup memorabilia
at the local leisure centre our doughty duo sign up for dance lessons there in
Kate Scott’s Spies in Disguise: Boy in a Tutu.
A dragon’s magical voice has been stolen and Hattie is the only person who
can get it back in Claire Taylor-Smith’s Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Dragon’s
Song. Also missing are some chickens in Hilary McKay’s Binny in Secret – is
there a weird creature hiding in the undergrowth and stealing them? Theft on
an altogether different level, this time that of precious jewels, is the plot of
Harriet Whitehorn’s Violet and the Pearl of the Orient.
Acclaim for Violet and the Pearl of the Orient
‘An adventure brimful of charm, told with brio and a good deal of panache
...Young readers, particularly fans of Lauren Child, will be very taken with Violet
and her world’ – Books for Keeps
Finally – and topically – we have Anna Wilson’s The Great Kitten Cake Off, in
which best friends both apply to take part in The Junior Cake Off, a course of
action that doesn’t do a lot for their friendship!
Don’t forget, our new Children’s Audio Books are now available in MP3 CD
format as well as traditional CDs. To find out more visit our website where
you will find details of these and our many other excellent and entertaining
recordings in our ecologically-friendly catalogue.
Best wishes,
Julian Batson
Acclaim for Knitbone Pepper
‘Packed with mayhem, chuckles and
woofs’ – The Bookseller
Acclaim for In Darkling Wood
‘Absorbing, sensitive and genuinely
magical in feel’ – Independent
Acclaim for Super Loud Sam
‘Just brilliant ... like Philip Ardagh at
his best’ – Bookbag
Acclaim for Binny in Secret
‘ … the intensity of childhood
emotions shine through the pages
of this warm, thought-provoking
book’ – Daily Mail
Julian Batson
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UK, CANADA & NEW ZEALAND • DECEMBER 2015 AUSTRALIA
LYN GARDNER & ROS ASQUITH
INTEREST AGE
7+
The Ghastly McNastys:
Fright in the Night
Read by Daniel Philpott
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.
About the authors
Lyn Gardner was a founder member of the City Limits cooperative where
she edited the theatre section, before joining The Guardian. She has written
several children’s books. Ros Asquith started out as a photographer, and
became a theatre critic before emerging as a cartoonist. She draws regularly
for The Guardian. The first book in the popular Alien Schoolboy series was
shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and The Great Big Book of Families,
which she illustrated, won the SLA Information Book Award 2011. The previous
titles in the Ghastly McNastys series are also available from Oakhill.
2 CDs • COCD 385 • 978-1-78433-530-4
1 MP3 CD • COMP 385 • 978-1-78433-542-7 • Playing time: 1hr 30mins*
INTEREST AGE
INTEREST AGE
9+
GWYNETH REES
Cherry Blossom Dreams
Read by Clare Corbett
INTEREST AGE
7+
JO SIMMONS
7+
CLAIRE TAYLOR-SMITH
Super Loud Sam
Read by David Thorpe
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 ...
About the author
Gwyneth Rees studied Medicine and qualified
as a doctor, working as a child and adolescent
psychiatrist before she became a full-time writer.
Her books include the Fairy Dust series, Cosmo
and the Magic Sneeze and The Mum Hunt, winner
of the Red House Award.
SUPER LOUD SAM is a smaller
than the average boy with a louder
than the average voice. Often
people – 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?
About the author
Jo Simmons is a freelance journalist and writer.
She has written several books on interiors, a
humorous ‘non-guide’ to parenting called Can I
Give Them Back Now? and the Pip Street series of
four children’s books.
Acclaim for Super Loud Sam
‘Just brilliant ... like Philip Ardagh at his best’
– Bookbag
5 CDs • COCD 386 • 978-1-78433-531-1
1 MP3 CD • COMP 386 • 978-1-78433-543-4
Playing time: 5hrs 53mins*
2 CDs • COCD 387 • 978-1-78433-532-8
1 MP3 CD • COMP 387 • 978-1-78433-544-1
Playing time: 1hr 38mins*
Hattie B, Magical Vet:
The Dragon’s Song
Read by Penelope Rawlins
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.
About the author
Hattie B is inspired by a little girl called Harriet,
who once asked ‘where do unicorns and dragons
go when they’re unwell?’ Her mum, Lindsay Taylor,
and their friend, Suzanne Smith thought long and
hard and suddenly realised – a magical vet of
course! With this twinkle of an idea they met the
writer Claire Baker and together they created the
Kingdom of Bellua – and the pen name Claire
Taylor-Smith.
2 CDs • COCD 388 • 978-1-78433-533-5
1 MP3 CD • COMP 388 • 978-1-78433-545-8
Playing time: 1hr 27mins*
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NOVEMBER 2015 AUDIO BOOKS AVAILABLE ON CD & MP3 CD
UK, CANADA & NEW ZEALAND • JANUARY 2016 AUSTRALIA
CLAIRE BARKER
INTEREST AGE
7+
Knitbone Pepper: Ghost Dog
Read by Rosie Jones
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?
About the author
Claire Barker writes stories and paints pictures. When she’s not busy doing
this she spends her days wrestling sheep, battling through nettle patches and
triumphantly catching rogue chickens. Claire has a degree in English Literature
and History. She studied Illustration and worked as a teaching assistant. Find out
more at : clairebarkerauthor.com
Acclaim for Knitbone Pepper
‘Packed with mayhem, chuckles and woofs’ – The Bookseller
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
INTEREST AGE
9+
EMMA CARROLL
STEVE COLE
In Darkling Wood
Read by Victoria Fox
INTEREST AGE
7+
7+
HARRIET WHITEHORN
Aliens Stink!
Read by the author
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 beautiful Darkling Wood at
the end of her garden – but Nell wants to have
it cut down. Alice feels at home there, at peace,
and even finds a friend, Flo. But Flo doesn’t seem
to 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?
About the author
Frost Hollow Hall, Emma Carroll’s debut novel
won the North East Book Award. Her second
novel, The Girl Who Walked On Air set in a Victorian
circus has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal
2015. Both are available from Oakhill.
Acclaim for Emma Carroll
‘Absorbing, sensitive and genuinely magical in feel’
– Independent
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 skies. 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.
About the author
Steve Cole is the slightly crazy, highly frantic,
million-selling, non-stop author of Young Bond,
Astrosaurs, Cows In Action, Astrosaurs Academy, Slime
Squad, Z. Rex, Magic Ink and many other books
(including several original Doctor Who stories). He
used to edit magazines and books but prefers the
job of a writer because he can wear pyjamas and
eat chocolate all day.
5 CDs • COCD 390 • 978-1-78433-535-9
1 MP3 CD • COMP 390 • 978-1-78433-547-2
Playing time: 6hrs 2mins*
4 CDs • COCD 391 • 978-1-78433-536-6
1 MP3 CD • COMP 391 • 978-1-78433-548-9
Playing time: 4hrs 31mins*
Violet and the Pearl of
the Orient
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
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 uncover the truth ...
About the author
Harriet Whitehorn grew up in London,
where she still lives with her husband and three
daughters. She has studied at Reading University,
the Architectural Association and The Victoria and
Albert Museum and has always worked in building
conservation. She currently works for English
Heritage. Violet and the Pearl of the Orient is her
first novel.
Acclaim for Violet and the Pearl of the Orient
‘An adventure brimful of charm, told with brio
and a good deal of panache ...Young readers,
particularly fans of Lauren Child, will be very taken
with Violet and her world’ – Books for Keeps
2 CDs • COCD 392 • 978-1-78433-537-3
1 MP3 CD • COMP 392 • 978-1-78433-549-6
Playing time: 1hr 59mins*
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DECEMBER 2015 AUDIO BOOKS AVAILABLE ON CD & MP3 CD
UK, CANADA & NEW ZEALAND • FEBRUARY 2016 AUSTRALIA
JOHN MATTHEWS
INTEREST AGE
7+
Henry Hunter and the Cursed Pirates
Read by Max Dowler
Dare you open the Henry Hunter files? 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 …
About the author
John Matthews is an historian, screenwriter and children’s author who has
produced over ninety books on myth, the Arthurian Legends and Grail Studies,
as well as short stories and a volume of poetry. John has been involved in many
film projects over the past 10 years, and was the historical advisor to the Jerry
Bruckheimer movie ‘King Arthur’. He shared a BAFTA award for his work on the
Educational DVD made to accompany the King Arthur movie. John lives with
his wife, author Caitlin Matthews, in Oxford, England. His book Henry Hunter
and the Beast of Snagov is also available from Oakhill.
3 CDs • COCD 393 • 978-1-78433-538-0
1 MP3 CD • COMP 393 • 978-1-78433-550-2 • Playing time: 3hrs 9mins*
INTEREST AGE
INTEREST AGE
9+
HILARY McKAY
Binny in Secret
Read by Jilly Bond
With her awful secondhand
uniform and stuck-up classmates,
Binny’s new school is horrible.
And life gets even worse when a
storm damages the roof of 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?
About the author
Hilary McKay read voraciously from an early age.
After studying Botany and Zoology at St Andrews
University she worked as a biochemist, but always
had a burning desire to write – so she decided to
give it a go.
Acclaim for Binny in Secret
‘ … the intensity of childhood emotions shine
through the pages of this warm, thought-provoking
book’ – Daily Mail
INTEREST AGE
8+
KATE SCOTT
ANNA WILSON
Spies in Disguise:
Boy in a Tutu
The Great Kitten Cake Off
Read by Emma Weaver
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)
for long enough to find the clues and figure out
who’s really behind the next Great Robbery?
About the author
Kate Scott has written for CBeebies (Big and
Small, Chuggington), and The Hive (Disney World).
Her radio play Voice was shortlisted for the
Nick Darke Award. Her previous book in Spies
in Disguise: Boy in a Dress, is also available from
Oakhill. She lives in Dorset with her husband and
two children.
5 CDs • COCD 394 • 978-1-78433-539-7
1 MP3 CD • COMP 394 • 978-1-78433-551-9
Playing time: 5hrs 18mins*
7+
3 CDs • COCD 395 • 978-1-78433-540-3
1 MP3 CD • COMP 395 • 978-1-78433-552-6
Playing time: 3hrs 11mins*
Ellie Haines despairs of her family.
Her brother is obsessed with
getting on TV, Mum is going through
some kind of midlife crisis and
Dad’s bad ‘yolks’ have reached
alarming ‘egg-stremes’. 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?
About the author
Anna Wilson is both a cat and a dog person. She
is the author of Puppy Love, Pup Idol, Puppy Power,
Puppy Party, Kitten Kaboodle, Kitten Smitten, Kitten
Cupid, Monkey Business, Monkey Madness and I’m a
Chicken, Get Me Out of Here!
4 CDs • COCD 396 • 978-1-78433-541-0
1 MP3 CD • COMP 396 • 978-1-78433-553-3
Playing time: 4hrs 10mins*
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R. J. ANDERSON
ANDY BRIGGS
Read by Lucy Scott
Read by Garrick Hagon
Nomad
Tarzan: The Jungle Warrior
Exiled from her underground home by Betony, the jealous queen of the piskeys, Ivy sets
out to make a new life for herself in the world above – a quest that leads her to mystery,
adventure, and a hoard of spriggan treasure. But a deadly poison still lingers in the Delve,
and Ivy cannot bear to see her people dying under Betony’s rule. With the help of some
old friends she sets out to warn the piskeys of their danger, urging them to rise up and free
themselves – before it is too late.
When a baby gorilla is snatched from its family by the world’s most infamous hunter,
Tarzan will stop at nothing to track him down – crossing the wild jungle and hostile African
savannah to bring him to justice. But Robbie has ideas of his own. He has formed a plan
that will get rid of Tarzan for good, and keep the secrets of his own past safe. Tarzan:The
Jungle Warrior brings the classic story bang into the 21st century.
8 CDs • COCD 341 • 978-1-78433-101-6 • 2 MP3 CDs • COMP 341 • 978-1-78433-226-6
Playing time: 8hrs 45mins • Interest age: 9+
EMMA CARROLL
TOM BANKS
6 CDs • COCD 333 • 978-0-85735-974-2 • Playing time: 7hrs 14mins • Interest age: 9+
Frost Hollow Hall
Read by Penelope Rawlins
The Great Galloon
Read by the author
The Great Galloon is an enormous airship, built by Captain Meredith Anstruther and
manned by his crew who are able to fight off invading marauders whilst drinking tea and
sweeping floors! Captain Anstruther is preparing to marry the beautiful Lady Isabella, but
disaster strikes when his evil brother comes aboard for the wedding and steals Isabella
away. Stanley, a clever boy, and Rasmussen, a reluctant countess-to-be, are waiting for an
adventure. Now they must save the Galloon from sinking, but how will they ever find the
Captain’s bride when nothing’s happening?
3 CDs • COCD 325 • 978-0-85735-966-7 • Playing time: 3hrs 17mins • Interest age: 7+
Will dares Tilly to come ice-skating up at Frost Hollow Hall. No one goes near the place
these days. Ten years ago the young heir, Kit Barrington, drowned there in the lake. Rumour
has it that the house is haunted ... But Tilly never turns down a dare. Then it goes horribly
wrong. The ice breaks, Tilly falls through and almost drowns. At the point of death, a
beautiful angel appears and saves her. Kit Barrington’s ghost. Kit needs Tilly to solve the
mystery of his death, so that his spirit can rest in peace.
7 CDs • COCD 329 • 978-0-85735-970-4 • Playing time: 8hrs 13mins • Interest age: 9+
EMMA CARROLL
The Girl Who Walked on Air
Read by Victoria Fox
TOM BANKS
Voyage to the Volcano: A Great Galloon Adventure
Read by the author
Poor Captain Anstruther is still searching for his kidnapped bride, Isabella, but he thinks
the key to winning her back may lie in the heart of the Chimney Islands, a mind-boggling
patchwork of volcanoes where Anstruther and Isabella first swore eternal love. Can he
attend the party and be reunited with his beloved? Stanley and Rasmussen must do battle
once more with the Captain’s nefarious brother Zebediah, encountering old friends, new
friends and unexpected friends in frilly pink dresses along the way. Expect hilarity and
chaos to ensue!
3 CDs • COCD 337 • 978-1-78433-097-2 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 337 • 978-1-78433-222-8
Playing time: 3hrs 49mins • Interest age: 7+
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+
RACHEL CARTER
Ethan’s Voice
Read by James Price
GUY BASS
Stitch Head
Read by Jack Hawkins
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+
ANNE BOOTH
Girl with a White Dog
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
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 ...
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+
How do you begin to tell your story when you can’t speak? Ethan lives on the canal. He
likes it there. He can learn everything he needs to know from books and from his mum.
No one there laughs at him because he doesn’t talk. Ethan can’t remember exactly when
he stopped talking or why. It is only when he meets Polly, a girl who has recently moved to
the canal, that he begins to wish things were different.
3 CDs • COCD 317 • 978-0-85735-934-6 • Playing time: 3hrs 16mins • Interest age: 9+
SIMON CHESHIRE
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+
SIMON CHESHIRE
Swarm: Project Venom
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH
The Name of this Book is Secret
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.
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?
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+
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+
Read by Eric Meyers
STEVE COLE
Secret Agent Mummy: Book 1
Read by the author
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+
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Secret Agent Mummy: The Cleopatra Case
Magnificat
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?
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+
From the instant his fingers touched her back the little cat knew. The boy was someone
she would trust. Homeless and hungry, Magnificat is desperate for someone to take her
in, so when she sees a kindness in local boy Ben, she is happy to give herself over to him.
But a cat isn’t something Ben wants. He’s got enough problems with a prickly relationship
with his mum and an absent father besides, he’s a dog person. He wants an exuberant, loyal,
doting companion, not a gentle, self-contained cat. Magnificat might move into his house,
but he doubts she’ll ever find a place in his heart ...
5 CDs • COCD 309 • 978-0-85735-872-1 • Playing time: 5hrs 59mins • Interest age: 9+
SARAH COURTAULD
Buckle and Squash and the Monstrous Moat-Dragon
ADAM FROST
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?
Read by Daniel Philpott
Read by Madeleine Brolly
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+
EMILY DIAMAND
Run! The Elephant Weighs a Ton!
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 ...
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
Ways to See a Ghost
ADAM FROST
The ghost put his hands together in prayer or pleading, his fingernails withered and
cracked. ‘We need you, Isis Dunbar’. Isis is the daughter of a fake psychic. But unlike her
mum, Isis really can see ghosts. When a terrifying creature escapes from the dark places
that even spirits fear to go, Isis realises that it puts everyone she cares about in grave
danger. Will her powers be enough to protect them? And who will protect Isis?
Read by Daniel Philpott
Stop! There’s a Snake in your Suitcase!
Read by Joe Coen
JOHN DOUGHERTY
The Nightingale family live on a barge on the canal near London Zoo, and Mum is a vet.
When Tom and Sophie find a bag of snakes dumped at the gates of the zoo, a great and
exciting adventure begins. Soon they are finding out about the trade in illegal animals and
learning how to care for these wonderful creatures. The snakes are carefully housed in the
zoo and, just as they are about to be introduced to the many visitors to the reptile house,
a desperate race begins to collect some precious antivenin. The first book in a new series
of pacy adventure stories lots and lots of fascinating animal facts.
Read by Robert Nairne
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
6 CDs • COCD 321 • 978-0-85735-938-4 • Playing time: 7hrs 30mins • Interest age: 9+
Stinkbomb & Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers
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 & Ketchup-Face and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine
2 CDs • COCD 335 • 978-0-85735-976-6 • Playing time: 1hr 40mins • Interest age: 6-8
The Odd Squad: Bully Bait
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+
Read by Max Dowler
MICHAEL FRY
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 ...
Read by David Thorpe
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+
RODDY DOYLE
Brilliant
Read by Stephen Hogan
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+
RUTH EASTHAM
Arrowhead
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+
LYN GARDNER & ROS ASQUITH
The Ghastly McNastys: Raiders of the Lost Shark
Read by Daniel Philpott
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! Youngsters Tat and Hetty have outwitted them before and can see what
the dastardly duo is really up to – but will anyone believe them?
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+
Read by David Thorpe
When thirteen-year-old Jack moves to Norway, he’s sure there’s no truth in the local
myths and legends. But then he comes face to face with one: the body of a Norse warrior
boy, frozen in the ice, and carrying with him an ancient arrowhead that contains a terrible
curse. If Jack’s going to survive, he has to overcome both an ancient wrong and a newlyrisen enemy in this thrilling adventure from an award-winning author.
5 CDs • COCD 334 • 978-0-85735-975-9 • Playing time: 5hrs 53mins • Interest age: 9-12
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JILL HUCKLESBY
Read by Rosie Jones
Read by Victoria Fox
Magic Trix: Flying High
Little Lost Hedgehog
Trix can’t wait to learn how to fly – maybe this will turn her into a real witch! But it isn’t
as easy as it looks. As she and her magic kitten, Jinx, grapple with broomsticks and try to
help their friend while outwitting mean girl, Stella, Trix finds her whole world turned upside
down – literally!
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.
2 CDs • COCD 322 • 978-0-85735-939-1 • Playing time: 1hr 47mins • Interest age: 7+
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+
JENNIFER GRAY
Atticus Claw Lends a Paw
WILLIAM HUSSEY
Read by Joe Coen
Jekyll’s Mirror
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.
Can Atticus reach the lost city of cats and save the priceless treasure from the villains
before it’s too late?
Read by David Thorpe
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 ...
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+
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+
RACHEL HAMILTON
JULIA JARMAN
Read by Sarah Ovens
Read by Joan Walker
The Case of the Exploding Loo
Make Friends Break Friends & A Friend in Need
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!
Daisy has two best friends, Phoebe and Erika, but they don’t get on. Erika thinks Phoebe’s
feeble and Phoebe thinks Erika’s a bully. Daisy has a plan to get her two best friends to
like each other, but suddenly everyone is against her! In the second book in Julia Jarman’s
Friends series Daisy and Phoebe are worried about Erika – she seems really quiet and is
avoiding them. Erika is good at everything, and has loads of friends. If it wasn’t Erika they’d
be worried she was being bullied, but who would bully the most popular girl in school?
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+
POPPY HARPER
2 CDs • COCD 330 • 978-0-85735-971-1 • Playing time: 1hr 43mins • Interest age: 7+
JULIA JARMAN
The Time-Travelling Cat and the Viking Terror
Maisie Mae: Bad Luck Bridesmaid
Read by Wayne Forester
Read by Penelope Rawlins
Maisie Mae and her best friend Bethany-next-door like pink, unicorns and heart-shaped
cushions. Maisie Mae’s five stinky brothers like worms, football and CHAOS! When Maisie
Mae is asked to be a bridesmaid it’s a dream come true! Because weddings mean flowers
and cake and, most importantly, BEAUTIFUL dresses. But things never run smoothly in
Maisie’s house and disaster is followed by more DISASTER! This time, Maisie might not
even be able to blame her brothers. Maisie is probably the UNLUCKIEST bridesmaid in the
history of forever. Can best friend Bethany-next-door help to save the day?
2 CDs • COCD 336 • 978-0-85735-977-3 • Playing time: 1hr 29mins • Interest age: 7+
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 345 • 978-1-78433-105-4 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 345 • 978-1-78433-230-3
Playing time: 4hr 27mins • Interest age: 8-12
PETE JOHNSON
The Ghost Dog
Read by Thomas Eyre
POPPY HARPER
Maisie Mae: No Boys Allowed!
When Daniel and his friends make up a ghost story about a terrifying dog what begins as a
story turns into a nightmare ... A spine tingling tale about a boy haunted by the monstrous
creature he created in his own imagination.
Read by Penelope Rawlins
Maisie Mae and her best friend Bethany-next-door like pink, unicorns and heart-shaped
cushions. Maisie Mae’s five stinky brothers like worms, football and Maisie Mae’s life is
complete and utter CHAOS! They think it’s funny to put snails under her duvet, fish-food
in her sandwiches and hide her favourite things in the rabbit hutch. What Maisie really,
really, REALLY wants is a room where there are NO BOYS ALLOWED! And she’ll do
anything to get it ...
2 CDs • COCD 318 • 978-0-85735-935-3 • Playing time: 1hr 23mins • Interest age: 7+
RUTH HATFIELD
The Book of Storms
Read by Thomas Eyre
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+
2 CDs • COCD 313 • 98-0-785735-931-5 • Playing time: 1hr 53mins • Interest age: 9+
PETE JOHNSON
The Phantom Thief
Read by Jack Hawkins
The first time Alfie sees the boy, he appears as if from nowhere in the school detention
room – the ‘padded cell’. There’s something odd about him and Alfie is definitely not
pleased when he realises the boy has nicked his new jacket. But a ghost? His new friend
Sarah is convinced – so convinced she is prepared to ghost-watch with him. And that’s
when the warning message appears, scratched out on the blackboard by a phantom hand ...
2 CDs • COCD 331 • 978-0-85735-972-8 • Playing time: 2hrs 18mins • Interest age: 9+
PETE JOHNSON
The Vampire Bewitched
Read by Madeleine Brolly
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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JOHN MATTHEWS
Read by David Thorpe
Read by Max Dowler
No True Echo
Henry Hunter and the Beast of Snagov
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.
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?
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+
MARGI McALLISTER
GARETH P. JONES
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+
A Home for Teasel
Read by Helen Bourne
The Society of Thirteen
Read by Ailsa Joy
London, 1891. When orphans Esther and Tom are caught stealing by Lord Ringmore, little
do they realise the peril they are in. Rather than hand them over to the police, he employs
the children. But what does he really want? Blackwood is a man obsessed. He has devoted
his life to unearthing the roots of magic. Tormented by the thought of death he knows that
only real magic can overcome mortality. He has in his possession a book that contains the
secret of true magic, but he cannot unlock its meaning alone. Only Tom and Esther can help
him unravel its terrible and dangerous secrets ...
6 CDs • COCD 319 • 978-0-85735-936-0 • Playing time: 7hrs 37mins • Interest age: 9+
Gwen’s has always dreamed of having a pony, but there’s no way her parents can afford one
– and there’s no point waiting for money to drop out of the sky! So Gwen does odd jobs,
adding pennies to her pony fund. But when she meets Mrs Tilney, everything changes. Gwen’s
elderly neighbour has a pony that needs looking after. Spending time with Teasel is Gwen’s
dream come true. A natural with horses, she quickly bonds with Teasel. But when Mrs Tilney
has a stroke, Gwen’s world comes crashing down. Will she ever see her beloved pony again?
5 CDs • COCD 332 • 978-0-85735-973-5 • Playing time: 5hrs 49mins • Interest age: 9+
MARGI McALLISTER
Fawn
Read by Helen Bourne
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
Moon Bear
Read by Nigel Carrington
When 12-year-old Tam is sent to work at a bear farm he hates seeing the cruel way the
bears are treated, but speaking up will mean losing his job. And if he can’t send money
home, how will his family survive? When a sick cub arrives at the farm, Tam nurses it back
to health and they develop an unbreakable bond. Tam swears to return his beloved cub to
the wild, but how will they find a way to be free?
5 CDs • COCD 314 • 98-0-785735-932-2 • Playing time: 6hrs 5mins • Interest age: 9+
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+
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+
GERALDINE McCAUGHREAN
The Middle of Nowhere
Read by Ailsa Joy
When Mary Pinny dies from a snakebite, she leaves her young daughter, Comity, and
husband Herbert in the Middle of Nowhere. As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Repeater
Station, Herbert Pinny takes great pride in his job; receiving morse messages and passing
them down the Wire. But Comity dreams of a different life and sends letters to her
grandmother and her snooty aunt full of colourful tales of her imaginary life. That is, until
the new station assistant, Quartz Hogg, arrives and brings Comity and her father sharply
back down to earth.
6 CDs • COCD 315 • 978-0-85735-933-9 • Playing time: 6hrs 37mins • 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! And then ... And then ...
5 CDs • COCD 347 • 978-1-78433-107-8 • COMP 347 • 978-1-78433-232-7
Playing time: 5hrs 28mins • Interest age: 9+
JOANNA NADIN
Penny Dreadful Causes a Kerfuffle & Cooks Up a Calamity
Read by Jane McDowell
Penny Dreadful manages to Cause a Kerfuffle with three uproarious stories in which she
ends up blue, along with her sister’s swan outfit, and turns Joshua Bottomley pale and green
by doing a science experiment on him. Penny then Cooks Up a Calamity as she tries to
turn over a new leaf in the school show, on a class trip and by making the cake of dreams
for her mum’s birthday ... but some how her efforts still turn into a huge disaster.
2 CDs • COCD 323 • 978-0-85735-940-7 • Playing time: 1hr 50mins • Interest age: 7+
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DAN SCOTT
Read by Daniel Philpott
Read by Sean Ruttledge
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish
Gladiator School Book 1: Blood Oath
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+
Young Lucius’ life is suddenly turned upside down, leading him to seek answers amongst the
slaves and warriors who work and train at Rome’s gladiator school.When his father is accused
of being a ruthless government informer, the ‘Spectre’, and disappears, Quintus takes the
dreaded Blood Oath and vows to become a gladiator. But while Quintus risks his life in the
arena, his brother Lucius must fight for their survival behind the scenes, plunging himself into
danger and mystery.Where has their father gone? Why has he abandoned everything he once
stood for? And what is the meaning of the coded messages that Lucius has been receiving?
3 CDs • COCD 310 • 978-0-85735-873-8 • Playing time: 3hrs 33mins • Interest age: 9+
HILTON PASHLEY
Gabriel’s Clock
DAN SCOTT
Jonathan is in terrible danger. After his home is attacked by faceless monsters in bowler
hats, he wakes up in the strange village of Hobbes End. Built by a fallen angel and hidden
deep within a forest, Hobbes End protects those who need to be safe – and nobody is
more in need of protection than Jonathan. Jonathan is the only half-angel, half-demon in
the universe, and now the forces of Hell want him for their own purpose. The mysterious
Gabriel’s clock is ticking ... and time is running out.
Read by David Thorpe
Gladiator School Book 2: Blood & Fire
Read by Joe Coen
5 CDs • COCD 326 • 978-0-85735-967-4 • Playing time: 6hrs 7mins • Interest age: 9+
JAMES RIORDAN
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?
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+
When the Guns Fall Silent
Read by James Price
KATE SCOTT
Jack, standing among the war graves, sees a face he recognises. Suddenly, it’s 1914 again and
he’s a young lad back in the trenches.Visions of killing and misery come to him with horrible
clarity. But then Jack remembers too the incredible moment when the guns fell silent for a
short time, and fighting gave way to football on the frozen ground of No-Man’s-Land.This
amazing story shows that even in times of conflict and extreme sadness, there is always hope.
Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
3 CDs • COCD 327 • 978-0-85735-968-1 • Playing time: 3hrs 8mins • Interest age: 9
DAVID ROBERTS & ALAN MacDONALD
Dirty Bertie: Dinosaur! & Zombie!
Read by Evelyn McLean
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.
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
SIOBHAN ROWDEN
The Revenge of the Ballybogs
Read by Jack Hawkins
Finally free of devious bogles, Barnaby Figg and his parents are working happily at Granny
Hogsflesh’s Pickle Factory. But when Barnaby’s mum goes missing along with the pickled
remains of Belchetta Ballybog, it can only mean one thing: the bogles want revenge and they’re
determined to bring down Granny Hogsflesh once and for all.The mission to rescue mum from
the depth of the bogle’s bog is packed with sticky situations, bogle family secrets, dangerous
beetroot, the interfering Ladies Pickled Institute, and more disgusting pickles than before.
4 CDs • COCD 306 • 978-0-85735-869-1 • Playing time: 4hrs 11mins • Interest age: 9+
SIOBHAN ROWDEN
Wild Moose Chase
Read by Jack Hawkins
Twins Burt and Cameron are in competition with each other about everything. When they
hear the Queen wants moose cheese – which is near-impossible to make – they embark
on a dangerous world-wide venture to collect the ingredients for the Queen. Only they
are so busy being in competition with each other, they don’t even notice Dr X, another
competitor, steal all their ingredients to claim the prize himself. And worse, the twins
uncover Dr X’s plot to poison the Queen with his moose cheese! The twins must figure
out how to work together for the first time ever to save the Queen.
3 CDs • COCD 338 • 978-1-78433-098-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 338 • 978-1-78433-223-5
Playing time: 3hrs 38mins • Interest age: 7+
KATE SAUNDERS
The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix
Spies in Disguise: Boy in Tights
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+
MARCUS SEDGWICK
Monster Mountains: Elf Girl and Raven Boy Book 2
Read by Thomas Eyre
Saving the world isn’t going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They’ve left Fright Forest
and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find
a sign telling them to Turn Back. They really shouldn’t have ignored it! It’s not the strange
wailing noises they hear in the dark, or the gigantic yeti who wants to eat them for breakfast
that they find alarming, so much as the crazy wizard, Jeremy, who seems intent on adding Elf
Girl and Raven Boy, not to mention Rat, to his collection of all too life-like stone statues.
2 CDs • COCD 307 • 978-0-85735-870-7 • Playing time: 1hr 58mins • Interest age: 9+
MARCUS SEDGWICK
She Is Not Invisible – includes bonus author and reader interview
Read by Anna Cannings
Laureth Peak’s father has taught her to look for recurring events, patterns, and numbers
– a skill at which she’s remarkably talented. Her secret: She is blind. But when her father
goes missing, Laureth and her 7-year-old brother Benjamin are thrust into a mystery that
takes them to New York City where surviving will take all her skill at spotting the amazing,
shocking, and sometimes dangerous connections in a world full of darkness.
5 CDs • COCD 339 • 978-1-78433-099-6 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 339 • 978-1-78433-224-2
Playing time: 5hrs 55mins • Interest age: 12+
J.L. SMITH
The Abominators & The Abominators in the Wild
Read by Andrew Piper
Mucker, Boogster, Cheesy and Bob, also known as The Abominators, are the most mischievous
characters you will ever have come across.Their interests include: chaos, mayhem and filling
the school toilets with strawberry jelly.Their interests definitely DO NOT include: making
friends with panty-wanty-woo-wearing new boy, Cecil Trumpington-Potts. Cecil, however, is
certain he can change their minds ...Will an adventure involving baked beans, a midnight quest
and an escaped bear help to change their minds? There’s only one way to find out ...
3 CDs • COCD 311 • 978-0-85735-874-5 • Playing time: 3hrs 4mins • Interest age: 7+
Read by Rita Sharma
A secret government department, once again, needs the magical help of Oz and Lily in a
desperate new mission. Along with everyone’s favourite cantankerous cat, Demerara, her
ratty companion Spike, and the help of some powerfully magical chocolate, the children
must travel back in time to the height of the Blitz. Can they defeat some very dangerous
supernatural creatures and save London’s famous cathedral from destruction by fire? The
exciting companion to The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop.
5 CDs • COCD 324 • 978-0-85735-941-4 • Playing time: 6hrs 14mins • Interest age: 9+
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HOLLY WEBB
Read by Jack Hawkins
Read by Clare Corbett
Out of this World
The Reindeer Girl
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 ...
One Christmas, Lotta is visiting her great-grandmother in Norway. Soon, she finds herself
drawn into a magical adventure – travelling by sledge, herding reindeer from the snowy
mountains to the summer pastures. But when a mother reindeer is lost, Lotta must find
her before her calf starves ...
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+
HOLLY WEBB
ROB STEVENS
2 CDs • COCD 328 • 978-0-85735-969-8 • Playing time: 1hr 51mins • Interest age: 7+
The Winter Wolf
Read by Victoria Fox
Would the Real Stanley Carrot Please Stand Up?
Read by Robert Nairne
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. Just who is the real Stanley Carrot?
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+
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+
KATE WILLIS-CROWLEY
Queen Sardine & Queen Sardine and Princess Persia
Read by Ashleigh Cheadle
THOMAS TAYLOR
Dan and the Dead
Read by Simon Bubb
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+
AOIFE WALSH
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 because there’s a monster there. Not only does
Ivy have to keep the cat a secret from her mum, she soon realises Queen Sardine is one
demanding feline. And while Ivy’s struggling to cope with Marcy, a new girl at school, Queen
Sardine has a new cat to contend with in the shape of spoiled pedigree Princess Persia. Can
Ivy and Queen Sardine work together to sort out their new-girl problems?
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+
ANNA WILSON
I’m a Chicken, Get Me Out of Here!
Look After Me
Read by Penelope Rawlins
Read by Annie Aldington
‘But we don’t know the first thing about looking after babies.’ Phoebe’s mum and dad
are foster parents, and they’re having a tough time. Her dad’s moved out for bit, and her
little foster brothers are playing up. So when Phoebe and her brother Adam find a baby
abandoned in their den, they decide to try and look after her themselves ...
5 CDs • COCD 340 • 978-1-78433-100-9 • 1 MP3 CD • COMP 340 • 978-1-78433-225-9
Playing time: 5hrs 20mins • Interest age: 12+
JILL PATON WALSH
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 – and, worse, Wilf has made her
share a room with Brian, an EXTREMELY fussy guinea pig. 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+
Fireweed
ANNA WILSON
Read by Joe Coen
Monkey Madness: The Only Way Is Africa!
Bill is a 15-year-old runaway evacuee, and he’s finding that surviving on the streets of
London is pretty easy. Things get more complicated for Bill with the arrival of Julie. She’s a
runaway too, and although she’s a bit posh, she’s just as determined as Bill to stay free of
interfering parents and ‘the social’. But although it’s fun for a while to duck Jerry missiles
and camp out in bombed-out houses, the reality of living through the Blitz quickly begins
to set in.
Read by Victoria Fox
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!
4 CDs • COCD 308 • 978-0-85735-871-4 • Playing time: 3hrs 59mins • Interest age: 9+
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+
ERICA-JANE WATERS
ALEX WOOLF
Petticoat Pirates: The Mermaids of Starfish Reef
& The Sea Fairies of Whirlpool Gully
Aldo Moon and the Ghost at Gravewood Hall
Read by James Price
Read by Victoria Fox
Together, Marina, Aqua and Oceana are the Petticoat Pirates! Living aboard their ship in the
Periwinkle Lagoon, they are surrounded by the magical high seas which hold all sorts of
adventure. In these two stories they find themselves helping three mermaids find their sea
snails which have been let loose by a creature from the deep, and set off to find a cure for
a mysterious curse afflicting the other pirates on the Lagoon.
2 CDs • COCD 320 • 978-0-85735-937-7 • Playing time: 1hr 57mins • Interest age: 7+
HOLLY WEBB
Flamboyant, eccentric and a touch wild, Aldo Moon has the ability to pick up ‘ripples in the
ether’, which he uses to investigate supernatural goings-on in late 19th century England.
He is accompanied on his many adventures by the intrepid and volatile Nathan Carter, the
story’s narrator, and the prim, arch-sceptic Lily Morelle. In this, his first adventure, Aldo
inquires into mysterious nocturnal noises at a spooky house in the country. With the help
of his companions, he gradually uncovers an evil and sinister secret at Gravewood Hall.
4 CDs • COCD 312 • 978-0-85735-875-2 • Playing time: 5hrs 2mins • Interest age: 9+
MALALA YOUSAFZAI WITH PATRICIA McCORMICK
Maisie Hitchins: The Case of the Stolen Sixpence
Malala
Read by Victoria Fox
Maisie Hitchins lives in her grandmother’s boarding house, longing for adventure. She
idolises the famous detective, Gilbert Carrington, and follows his every case. But Maisie is
about to be given the opportunity of a lifetime: her own mystery to solve! The streets of
Victorian London are never safe, but Maisie’s on the case!
2 CDs • COCD 316 • 978-0-85735-930-8 • Playing time: 1hr 44mins • Interest age: 7+
Read by Neela Vaswani
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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