The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Narnia has been at peace since Peter, Lucy, Susan and Edmund helped rid the kingdom of the evil White Witch. But now the children have returned to their own world, and in their absence a dark presence rules the once harmonious land. More info...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 
When Charlie Bucket finds himself the proud winner of a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, he knows he has the greatest treat in the world in store for him.

Join Charlie on his fantastic world-famous adventures in Willy Wonka's miraculous chocolate factory, where he sees strawberry-juice water pistols, luminous lollipops, a chocolate river, and rainbow drops - and has the time of his life. More info...

Bob the Builder
 
In Bob's Big Plan, a special extended episode, Bob hears that Sunflower Valley, where he and his brother Tom used to camp, is being developed. Bobsville architect Mr Adams wants to build nightclubs, skyscrapers and restaurants, but Bob's plan for an eco-town wins the day. More info...

Alex and the Little People of the Rock
 
Alex likes playing and jumping across the gap between two large rocks on a local hill. But what he discovers one day and the adventures he has will stay with him for the rest of his life. "Another great story for young children." More info...

Feathers

Frannie doesn't know what to make of the poem she's reading in school. She hasn’t thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about.

Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more “holy.” There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he’s not white. Who is he?

During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie starts seeing a lot of things in a new light - her brother Sean’s deafness, her mother’s fear, the class bully’s anger, her best friend’s faith and her own desire for “the thing with feathers.”

Newbery Honor-winning author Jacqueline Woodson once again takes listeners on a journey into a young girl’s heart and reveals the pain and the joy of learning to look beneath the surface. More info...

Horrid Henry

Henry encounters the babysitter from hell, traumatizes his parents on a car journey, goes trick-or-treating at Hallowe'en, and emerges victorious from a raid on Moody Margaret's Secret Club. Not a pleasant child!

Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats, Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter, Horrid Henry's Raid , Horrid Henry's Car Journey. More info...

Sparky's Magic Piano and other stories
 
Since the beginning of the recording era, the radio, the 78 and LPs have produced an unforgettable list of Classic Children's Favourites. Here, on this unique set, are many of the finest, performed by great stars of the past. Danny Kaye presents Tubby the Tuba and others; Spike Jones sings Old Macdonald Had A Farm, Harold Fraser-Simson is At Buckingham Palace (with Christopher Robin).

There is The Runaway Train, The Owl and the Pussy Cat, The Teddy Bears' Picnic and I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat. On a gentler note, the inimitable Paul Robeson sings Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day. There is the cut-glass accent of Uncle Mac, the uninhibited rasp of Popeye. More Info...

The Boy Who Could Fly
 
Thomas Top can fly. Just because he couldn't think what else to say when the Fat Fairy turned up at his house and granted him a birthday wish. Flying makes Thomas the most popular boy in the school, but he isn't happy.

His mum and dad are having problems and Thomas is concerned that his dad can't see the wonderful things he can do. More info...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Ernest Hemingway wrote: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn."

It is an unblinking portrait of American society during slave times, as seen through the eyes of the title character, who narrates the tale.

Thirteen-year-old Huck runs away from his alcoholic and abusive father in a stolen canoe. Hiding on a wooded island, he comes upon a slave named Jim, who is also fleeing - from slavery.

The two set off down the Mississippi on a piece of a raft, each in search of his own kind of freedom. Some critics have condemned Huck's attitudes towards slavery, his treatment of Jim, and his derogatory language, citing it as evidence that Mark Twain was a racist. But, others say, you are getting a black man, an adult, seen through the partially condescending eyes of a young white boy." More info...

Anderson's Fairy Tales
 
The world of Hans Christian Andersen is seen through the eyes of children. There is the every-day wonder of an ugly duckling being transformed into a swan; the puffed-up Emperor being fooled by his own importance; the tender tragedy of a little match girl; the upright honesty of John rewarded by his travelling companion.

By bringing true feelings to these stories, Andersen's tales have become part of universal folk lore. More info..