CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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Adaptations of novels for younger readers - suitable for all ages.
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FEN RUNNERS by John Gordon, read by Gareth Armstrong
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At The Back of the North Wind, by George Macdonald
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THE GIANT UNDER THE SNOW by John Gordon, read by Julia Barrie
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The Box of Delights (1995) by John Masefield, starring Donald Sinden and Lionel Jeffries
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 1. Sadko; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 2. The Fool of the World; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 3. Baba Yaga; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Last of the Dragons - 1. Last of the Dragons, by E Nesbit, read by Prunella Scales
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Last of the Dragons - 2. Kind Little Edmund, by E Nesbit, read by Prunella Scales
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Last of the Dragons - 3. The Deliverers of their Country, by E Nesbit, read by Prunella Scales
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Last of the Dragons - 4. The Book of Beasts, by E Nesbit, read by Prunella Scales
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Last of the Dragons - 5. The Dragon Tamers, by E Nesbit, read by Prunella Scales
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Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea (1996) starring Michael Maloney and Judi Dench
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 4. The Transparent Apple and the Silver Saucer; by Arthur Ransome
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 5. Little Master Misery; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 6. Salt; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 7. Fish Tales; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 8. Ivan; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 9. The Stolen Turnips; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Old Peter's Russian Tales - 10. Frost; by Arthur Ransome, starring Trevor Cooper
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Susan Cooper's Over Sea and Under Stone (1995) starring Ronald Pickup (Dark is Rising Sequence 1)
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The Water Babies (1998) by Charles Kingsley, starring Julia Mackenzie and Timothy West
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Five Children and It (1998) by E Nesbit, starring Julia McKenzie
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The Jungle Book (1994) by Rudyard Kipling, starring Nisha K. Nayer, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones
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The Box of Delights, by John Masefield (1968 Version)
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The Story of the Amulet (1999) by E Nesbit, starring Clive Francis
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The Moon of Gomrath (1989) by Alan Garner
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The Dragon of Og (1997) by Rumer Godden
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The Phoenix and the Carpet (1994) by E. Nesbit, read by Patricia Hodge
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The Owl Service (2000) by Alan Garner
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (2011) by Alan Garner, starring Robert Powell
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Alan Garner - The Return to Brisingamen (2009) A Documentary
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Black Hearts in Battersea (2009) by Joan Aiken
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Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising (1997) starring Ronald Pickup (Dark is Rising Sequence 2)
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The Secret Garden (1991) by Frances Hodgson Burnett, starring Harriet Walter and Beryl Reid
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Tom's Midnight Garden (1998) by Philippa Pearce, starring Una Stubbs and Crawford Logan
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Watership Down (2016) by Richard Adams
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Terry Jones's Fairy Tales - 1. The Fly By Night & Simple Peter's Mirror, read by Eve Myles
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Terry Jones's Fairy Tales - 2. Jack One Step & Brave Molly, read by Alex Jones and Griff Rhys Jones
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Terry Jones's Fairy Tales - 3. The Wooden City & Dr Bonocolus' Devil, read by Eve Myles
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Terry Jones's Fairy Tales - 4. Tim O'Leary and The Big Noses & The Beast with a Thousand Teeth
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Terry Jones's Fairy Tales - 5. The Silly King & The Beast with a Thousand Teeth
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Peter Pan (1995) by J.M. Barrie, starring Ron Moody and Toyah
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The Devil in the Fog (2010) by Leon Garfield, starring Juliet Aubrey
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The Witches (2007) by Roald Dahl, narrated by Toby Jones
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1994) by Joan Aiken, starring Emily Watson and Jane Lapotairre
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Peter Pan (1986) by J.M. Barrie, starring Robert Lang and Joanna David
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Moondial (2001) by Helen Cresswell
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Watership Down (2002) by Richard Adams
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The Snow Queen (1994) by Hans Christian Andersen, starring Dirk Bogarde and Diana Rigg
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009) by L Frank Baum, starring Emma Fielding and Zubin Varla
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Danny, Champion of the World (1999) by Roald Dahl, starring Jack Dee and Hywel Bennett
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A Little Princess (2017) by Frances Hodgson Burnett, starring Archie Panjabi
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Mary Poppins (2004) by P. L. Travers, starring Juliet Stevenson
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The Children of Green Knowe (1999) starring Patricia Routledge
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The Midnight Folk (2006) by John Masefield, starring Charles Dance
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The Little White Bird (2004) by J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens)
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The Rose and the RIng (1999) starring Prunella Scales, Maureen Lipman and Roger Allam
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The Wind in the Willows (1994) by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Alan Bennett
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The Willows in Winter (1995) by William Horwood, read by David Suchet
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Goblin Market (2014) by Christina Rossetti, read by Shirley Henderson
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Ballet Stories - 1. Swan Lake, by Elizabeth Buchan, read by San Phillips
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Ballet Stories - 2. Coppelia, by Adam Thorpe, read by Emily Woof
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Ballet Stories - 3. The Firebird, by Bonnie Greer, read by Anthony Dowell
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Ballet Stories - 4. Giselle, by John Burnside, read by Ronald Pickup
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Ballet Stories - 5. The Nutcracker, by Berlie Doherty, read by Anna Massey
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A Change in the Willows (2011) by Ian Buchan, starring Stephen Managan and Julian Rhind-Tutt
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The Wind in the Willows (2013) adapted by Neil Brand from Kenneth Grahame's novel
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Swallows & Amazons (1999) by Arthur Ransome
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Coram Boy (2008) by Jamila Gavin, starring Marc Warren
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Greyfriars (2004) by Ronald Frame, starring Crawford Logan (a prequel to Greyfriars Bobby)
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The Borrowers (2008) by Mary Norton, starring Clare Corbett, Jeff Rawle and Paula Wilcox
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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (2017) by Philip Pullman, read by Simon Russell Beale
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Moominland Midwinter (2021) by Tove Jansson, starring John Finnemore and Samantha Bond (The Moomins)
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Moonfleet (1998) by J Meade Falkner, starring Robert Glenister
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Treasure Island (1989) by R.L. Stevenson, starring Peter Jeffrey
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Elidor (2011) by Alan Garner
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Matilda (2009) by Roald Dahl, narrated by Lenny Henry
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (2011) by Robert Browning, read by David Tennant
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The Fir Tree (1991) by Hans Christian Andersen, read by Paul Copley
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The Railway Children (1991) by E. Nesbit, starring Victoria Carling and Paul Copley
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The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (1991) by E.T.A. Hoffmann, starring Tony Robinson and James Grout
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1996) by Lewis Carrol
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Alice through the Looking Glass (2012) by Lewis Carrol, starring Julian Rhind-Tutt and Sally Philips
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Emil and the Detectives (1991 version) by Erich Kastner, starring Roy Marsden
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Emil and the Detectives (2009 version) by Erich Kastner
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The Railway Children: The Saving of Albert Perks (2021) read by Bernard Cribbins
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Black Beauty (2004) by Anna Sewell
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The Hunting of the Snark (1963) by Lewis Carrol, read by Alec Guinness
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The Hunting of the Snark (2015) by Lewis Carrol, narrated by Tony Robinson
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1986) by Alan Garner
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2011) by Ian Fleming, starring Imogen Stubbs
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50 Years of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2013) presented by Brian Sibley
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Good Show Clarissa: 1. A Midnight Revel, read by Dame Helen Mirren
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Good Show Clarissa - 2. Jemima Gets Them Guessing, read by Lisa Dillon
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Good Show Clarissa - 3. The Cheat, read by Joanna Lumley
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Robert Westall's Blitz, read by Susan Jameson and James Bolam
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Orphans In Waiting (1990) by Wally K. Daly
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Out of the Hitler Time (2012) by Judith Kerr (When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit)
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Goodnight Mr. Tom (1992) by Michelle Magorian, read by David Brierley
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Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (1990) starring Mick Ford and Zelah Clarke
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The Adventures of Tintin: 1. The Black Island
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The Adventures of Tintin: 2. The Secret of the Unicorn
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The Adventures of Tintin: 3. Red Rackham's Treasure
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The Adventures of Tintin: 4. Destination Moon
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The Adventures of Tintin: 5. Explorers on the Moon
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The Adventures of Tintin: 6. Tintin in Tibet
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Charlotte's Web (2005) by E B White, starring Sophie Thompson
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I Am David (2004) by Anne Holm
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The Magic City (2002) by E. Nesbit, starring David Jason and Jane Horrocks
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My Family & Other Animals (2001) by Gerald Durrell, starring Celia Imrie and Toby Jones
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The Death of Magnus Sweet (2008) by Alastair Jessiman, starring Miles Jupp and Gareth Thomas
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Andrew Birkin's The Lost Boys (2006) with Ian Holm as J.M. Barrie
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Skellig (2000) by David Almond
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The Red Balloon (2001) by Albert Lamorisse
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Joan Aiken's The Kingdom Under the Sea and other stories
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Witch Week (2012)
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Noggin and the Ice Dragon (1961) by Oliver Postgate (TV Audio)
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Noughts and Crosses (2012) by Malorie Blackman
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Worzel Gummidge, by Barbara Euphan Todd, read by Jon Pertwee
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Shadowlands (2009) starring Martin Jarvis and Joanne Whalley
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Heidi (1995) by Johanna Spyri, starring Ciara Janson
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A Walk in Wolf Wood (1985) by Mary Stewart
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Boy (2007) by Roald Dahl, narrated by Patrick Malahide
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Groosham Grange (1992) by Anthony Horowitz
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An Abominable Bestiary: Where the Wild Things Are (2002)
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An Abominable Bestiary: By the Coast of Coromandel: In Search of Edward Lear (2002) (Derek Jacobi)
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War Horse (2008) by Michael Morpurgo, starring Brenda Blethyn and Bob Hoskins
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The Wizard of Oz (1994) by L. Frank Baum
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The Indian in the Cupboard (2010) by Lynne Reid Banks
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Pinocchio (2012) by Carlo Collodi, featuring Lee Ingleby and Lyndsey Marshall
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Pinocchio (1994) by Carlo Collodi, starring Stephen Moore and Mark Burrows
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The Hunting of the Snark (2000) by Lewis Carrol, starring James Fleet and David Bamber
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National Velvet (2001) by Enid Bagnold, starring Kate Maberly and Sorcha Cusack
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The Demon Headmaster (1990) starring Edward De Souza
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (1994) by Norman Hunter, read by Dinsdale Landen
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Going Solo (2016) by Roald Dahl, narrated by Patrick Malahide, starring John Heffernan
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The Call of the Wild (2020) by Jack London, read by Kerry Shale
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The Swish of the Curtain (1994) by Pamela Brown
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Golden Pavements (sequel to The Swish of the Curtain) (1994) by Pamela Brown, feat. Susannah Harker
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The Magic Faraway Tree (2012) by Enid Blyton, starring Ronnie Ancona, Jonny Vegas and Lucy Beaumont
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Incarceron (2011) by Catherine Fisher
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Private Peaceful (2012) by Michael Morpurgo
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Tarka The Otter (2000) by Henry Williamson; a drama-documentary read by Christian Rodska
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The Mousehole Cat (1992) by Antonia Barber, read by Jon Angove
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Watership Down (Argo Decca) by Richard Adams, read by Roy Dotrice
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Carrie's War, by Nina Bawden; read by Zelah Clarke
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The Silver Sword (2011) by Ian Seraillier
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Tarka the Otter (2002) by Henry Williamson, read by Nicholas Farrell
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The 101 Dalmatians (1993), by Dodie Smith, read by Juliet Stevenson
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Just William, Rightin' Wrongs: 1. The Pennymans Hand on the Torch (2011) by Richmal Crompton
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Just William, Rightin' Wrongs: 2. The Knights of the Square Table (2011) by Richmal Crompton
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Just William, Rightin' Wrongs: 3. William Helps the Cause (2011) by Richmal Crompton
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The Greengage Summer (1998) by Rumer Godden, starring Ellie Beaven, Abigail Docherty & Ciara Janson
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Just William Live: The Sweet Little Girl in White (2001) by Richmal Crompton
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Just William Live: William and the Princess Goldilocks (2001) by Richmal Crompton
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The Tales of Beatrix Potter (2013): The Tale of Pigling Bland starring Johnny Vegas & Morwenna Banks
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The Tales of Beatrix Potter (2013): The Tale of Peter Rabbit starring Chris Addison
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The Tales of Beatrix Potter (2013): The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck, starring Janine Duvitski
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The Tales of Beatrix Potter (2013): The Tale of Mr Tod
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The Tales of Beatrix Potter (2013): The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, starring Reece Shearsmith
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The Nutcracker (2004) by E.T.A. Hoffmann, starring Hannah Gordon and Nicky Henson
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Just William, Pursuin' Happiness: The Knight at Arms (2010) by Richmal Crompton
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Just William, Pursuin' Happiness: The Revenge (2010) by Richmal Crompton
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Just William - Live! William and the Musician (2019) by Richmal Crompton, read by Martin Jarvis
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Just William - Live! William Holds the Stage (2012) by Richmal Crompton, read by Martin Jarvis
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Just William - Live! The Outlaws and the Triplets (2014) by Richmal Crompton, read by Martin Jarvis
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Just William - Live! The New Neighbour (2014) by Richmal Crompton, read by Martin Jarvis
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Just William - Live! Aunt Arabella In Charge (2012) by Richmal Crompton, read by Martin Jarvis
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Just William - Live! William and the School Report (2019) by Richmal Crompton, read by Martin Jarvis
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The Queen's Nose (2011) by Dick King-Smith, starring Lauren Mote
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Goodnight Mister Tom (1998 TV, Enhanced Audio Track) by Michelle Magorian, starring John Thaw
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DARK CHRISTMAS: John Gordon Double Bill: THE GIANT UNDER THE SNOW and FEN RUNNERS
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Children's Classics for Christmas - 12 Hours of Fantasy Adventures for Family Listening
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (2012) by Judith Kerr; read by Rosemary Leach
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Bedknob & Broomstick (1993) by Mary Norton, read by Patricia Hodge
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Kim (1970) by Rudyard Kipling
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Little Women (1992) by Louisa M. Alcott; starring Buffy Davis
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Good Women (1993) by Louisa M. Alcott; starring Buffy Davis
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Ice (1998) by Martin Jameson
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Why the Whales Came (2004) by Michael Morpurgo, starring Sarah Badel and David Bradley
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The Machine Gunners, by Robert Westall; read by James Bolam
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Theo (1995) BY Moya O'Shea; starring Martin Jarvis
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The Little Prince (1999) by Antone De Saint-Exupery, narrated by Robert Powell
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Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen (1994) by John Peacock, starring Tom Georgeson and Polly Walker
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Tom Brown's Schooldays (2001) by Thomas Hughes, narrated by Robert Hardy
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The Golden Age (2002) by Kenneth Grahame, narrated by James Fleet
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Greyfriars (2004) by Ronald Frame, starring Crawford Logan
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Black Beauty (2004) by Anna Sewell
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Watership Down (2016) by Richard Adams
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The Summer Book (1999) by Tove Jansson, starring Sophie Thompson and Phyllida Law
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The Summer Book (1999) by Tove Jansson, starring Sophie Thompson and Phyllida Law
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I Capture the Castle (2015) by Dodie Smith; starring Holliday Grainger and Scarlett Alice Johnson
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