Read by Morwenna Banks. — Running time approx. 3 hours. Abridged. After spending most of his 10 years in a London orphanage, Oliver Smith is horrified to discover he is the sole master of a grand old mansion. Oliver is quite satisfied with his life just as it is, but he soon finds himself ensconced in a spooky, creaky tower bedroom in Helton Hall, under the care of his two...
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. — Running time approx. 3 hours. Abridged. 'We must kidnap some children,' announced Aunt Etta. 'Young, strong ones. It will be dangerous, but it must be done.' Three children are stolen and taken to a bizarre island, which is home to some extraordinary creatures including mermaids, selkies and the legendary kraken. The island is the base for a very...
Read by Adjoa Andon. — Running time approx. 3 hours. Abridged. Hectate Tenbury-Smith can turn people into animals, and create new animals out of thin air. She?s an animal witch, and a recent graduate of a school for good witches. Determined to make the world a better place, Heckie befriends a boy named Daniel, and informs him of her mission to do good by turning bad people into...
Read by David Tennant. — Running time approx. 3 hours. Abridged. Can two children foil an outrageous criminal plot with the help of some of the funniest and maddest ghosts ever invented? Clawstone Castle is ancient and famous, but its elderly owners have no money. In its great park live a legendary herd of wild white cattle that have roamed there since the days of the Druids,...
Read by John Session. Abridged. Running time approx. 3 hours. (The book to read) A seriously spooky and brilliantly comic story from the outstanding Eva Ibbotson! ‘Nobody knew what had gone wrong with Humphrey. Perhaps it was his ectoplasm.’ Humphrey the Horrible sounds scary, but he’s actually a very friendly skeleton, with twinkling eye sockets and jangling finger bones....
Read by Anton Lesser. — Running time approx. 3 hours. Abridged. The Times: 'Anton Lesser entices us irresistibly into the tale and keeps us mesmerised.' A spooky and hilarious adventure from the brilliant Eva Ibbotson! The book is about a kid, Alex Macbuff, who wants to sell his castle. He wants to sell the castle because of expensive operational price. There is a millionaire...
Read by Alex Jennings. — Running time approx. 3 hours. When a Hag, an orphan boy and a troll called Ulf get sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, they expect it to be a fairly standard magical mission. But the ogre is depressed, the princess doesn't want to be rescued - and the ogre's dead wife is turning in her grave. The Norns who rule their fates decide to take things in hand...
Read by Sian Thomas. — Macmillan, 1994. — Duration approx. 3 hours. Abridged. Under Platform 13 at Kings Cross Station there is a secret door… It appears only once every nine years. When it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years before....
Read by Lesley Sharp. — Running time approx. 3 hours. Abridged. When Arriman the Awful, the handsome wizard of the North, announces a contest to choose his bride, every witch in town is a flutter. The meanest, most powerful witch will wed the wizard. But little Belladonna is dismayed, because as hard as she tries, her spells conjure up begonias and baby birds, and not a single...
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