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Little children need tales and stories, for they play an essential part in their development by awakening their imagination, introducing them to symbolic imagery, and bringing forth emotions in a healthy, constructive way. Our audiobook collection brings together the fairy tales, stories, myths and legends, which have fed the imagination of children of many generations in the years when the imagination is awakening and craving stimulus and material to work upon.

Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, West Africa, where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father’s father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. But when the unthinkable – a sudden death – occurs during a festival between rival villages, Kofi ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves.

A New York Times bestseller! A group of children investigate the threat that prompted large-scale evacuations in this “solid and engrossing” (Booklist) companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Alone told in multiple POVs. After an imminent yet unnamed danger forces people across...

Brought to you by Ladybird. A magical new story in the no.1 bestselling Ten Minutes to Bed series, written specifically to help children settle down for bedtime. Poppy the fairy wishes she could fly as high as all of her friends, but there's just one thing - her wings are very small! When Poppy...

Brought to you by Ladybird. Poems performed by Elli Woolard, Joshua Seigal, Amina Jama, Joseph Coelho, Nadine Wild-Palmer, Caleb Femi, Sheila Norton, Matt Goodfellow, James Carter, John Rice, Sue-Hardy Dawson, Jay Hulme, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Ben Bailey Smith, Roger Stevens, Karl Nova, Steven...

It’s Christmas, and this Odd Dog is running out of time to find the perfect present for her pal. But when she meets a new friend who needs helps, she realises that gifts might not be the most important thing about Christmas after all.

Are you looking for a children's book that is highly entertaining, great for early listeners, and is jam-packed with bedtime stories? Listen to a bedtime story with your child tonight and enjoy this special time together! This is an excellent listen for beginning and early listeners. Each story is easy to listen to and exciting for younger listeners!

All children love traditional rhymes. Popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Download this audiobook version now!

Timothy is on probation. It's a strange word - something that happens to other kids, to delinquents, not to kids like him. And yet, he is under house arrest for the next year. He must check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist and keep a journal for an entire year. And mostly, he has to stay out of trouble. But when he must take drastic measures to help his struggling family, staying out of trouble proves more difficult than Timothy ever thought it would be. 

37 familiar rhymes, songs and games, ranging from the traditional Ring-a-ring o' Roses to Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear from the original book Playtime Rhymes...

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a poem written in 1922 by Robert Frost and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. Imagery, personification, and repetition are prominent in the work. In a letter to Louis Untermeyer, Frost called it "my best bid for remembrance".

From musician and New York Times bestselling author Rory Feek, comes The Cow Said Neigh!, a fun and humorous tale of farm animals who wish they were like the other animals . . . which leads to a barn full of confusion! Children will laugh out loud when the cow wants to run free like a horse, the...

Nine favorite rhymes are sung on this audio to delight children.

Come join the Odd Dog, Penguin Blue and Fred the Bear in this amazing audio collection of bestselling stories from from Rob Biddulph – the genius behind the #DrawWithRob phenomenon and the bestselling and award-winning Blown Away! Enjoy four hilarious and heartwarming stories from the...

“Each poem is as raw as it is beautiful.” —Alex Gino, author of ALA Stonewall Award-winning novel Melissa For fans of Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff, a poignant novel in verse about a trans girl with ADHD who plays a computer game to process the isolation of middle school, her...

Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first contraband camp of the Civil War - seen by some historians as the "beginning of the end of slavery in America". One night in 1861, three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a Union-held fort. The runaways were declared "contraband of war" and granted protection. As word spread, thousands of runaway slaves poured into the fort, seeking their freedom. These "contrabands" made a home for themselves, building the first African American community in the country.

Read by the author, Pam Ayres. Join Hattie the playful Brown Hare as she leaps from meadow to farm to heath, in this heartwarming tale written in rhyme by the much-loved poet Pam Ayres, author of The Last Hedgehog. We didn’t always live here, once we had a sunny home, We came here with...

All his life, William Stanley searched for a wild place of his own. Growing up in the straightened-out city blocks of his childhood and finding some respite in summer trips to a cabin in the woods, he yearned for space, fragrant soil, tall trees, and the silence that surrounds them. In Hawaii, he learned of acres of land depleted from toxic agricultural practices, and he became determined to restore that land and create one of the most comprehensive palm gardens in the world. 

Selected and accompanied by commentary from best-selling author and literature professor Joseph Pearce, this exciting collection of verse contains classic poems that every child should know to begin a poetic ascent towards God.

Jake feels alone at school and alone at home. Some days it feels like the only people who understand him is the poet Emily Dickinson—and Jake's beloved grandma. But there is also the Voice inside him, louder than any other, who professes to know him best of all. The one that says "You have me." The Voice is loud enough to drown out everything else, even the hunger Jake feels, until his mom intervenes and sends him to Whispering Pines. Here Jake will learn how to confront the loneliness inside him, and find out who he is and what he has to live for.