Oscar Wilde's is most famous for his satirical plays which he wrote at the time of great literary enlightenment, when all Britons were able to embrace literature previously only available to the wealthy and educated. At the height of the prosperity sweeping through London in the Victorian Era Oscar Wilde also wrote many tales offering rich and dramatic portrayals of the human life and condition. This volume of Oscar Wild tales includes:
The Model Millionaire
The Star-Child
The Sphinx Without a Secret
Read in English, unabridged.
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.
Five Fall Into Adventure
The Famous Five are really worried - George and her devoted Timmy have disappeared. Not only that, somebody has broken into Kirrin Cottage. Will the Five find George and Timmy and bring them home safe?
Five Get Into Trouble
The Five need to find their friend Dick who, mistaken for somebody else, has been kidnapped. But when the gang finally track him down to an abandoned house, they too are seized. Miles from home and help, how will the intrepid Five get themselves out of this mess?
Featuring two exciting dramatised adventures in one!
(P) Hodder Children's Books 2008
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.
Featuring two exciting dramatised adventures in one!
Five Go Off to Camp
The Famous Five investigate spook trains in the dead of night. The trains seem to vanish into thin air, but where do they go? The Five discover an unusual underground tunnel system and a secret train-service. If they follow the tracks, will they solve the mystery?
Five Go to Billycock Hill
It's holiday time at Billycock Hill and the Famous Five make new friend - a real pilot! But when he disappears with top secret equipment, the Five begin to wonder if their new friend could be a spy, or worse, a traitor.
This audio CD edition features the text from the Classic edition. Both stories are abridged and dramatised with a full cast and make wonderful listening for all Famous Five fans. Each story is one hour.
(P) Hodder Children's Books 2008
Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.
Five go to Mystery Moor
The Famous Five find out about something dangerous out in Mystery Moor. They'll have to risk the treacherous mists and follow the trail if they want to find what's lurking in the shadows. Do they know what they've let themselves in for?
Five on Kirrin Island Again
Uncle Quentin has locked himself away on Kirrin Island. What's he up to and why won't he let anyone visit? Then the Famous Five discover that a suspicious stranger is watching Uncle Quentin's every move. Can the Famous Five warn Uncle Quentin in time?
This audio download features the text from the Classic edition. Both stories are abridged and dramatised with a full cast and make wonderful listening for all Famous Five fans. Each story is one hour.
(P) Hodder Children's Books 2004
After one night at her grandparent's beach house, Jessica is ready to go home to Mommy and Daddy.
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Do you know what it takes to run a farm? Gail Gibbons uses her signature combination of clear and informative wording, with plenty of illustrations to explore life on a farm throughout the year. Kids will see the work required to take care of various kinds of animals, as well as indoor chores necessary to maintain the farm. Showing how activities change from one season to the next, Gibbons explains how farmers deal with weather and use machines to grow crops which become our food.
In this audio edition of Father Christmas Needs A Wee, Bernard Cribbins brings to life the excruciating dilemma that Santa faces every Christmas Eve.On Christmas Eve every child leaves out a drink and a snack for Father Christmas. Before long he really, really needs a wee but what can he do about it? There's a long time to wait before he can get home and when he finally does he's lost his house key! A hilarious take on a dilemma that every toddler will identify with.
As every respectable scientist knows, messing with the space-time continuum is more trouble than it's worth.
That's why Felix Frost, secret child genius, has locked up his time machine for good. Yes, sir.
But, when your best friend is an adventure-loving bossy pants and you've got a history project to do. Well, that changes things.
When Missy and Felix visit Bill Hudson, Missy's great grandfather, to ask him about his years as a pilot in WW2, he tells them the story of the ghost plane: a fighter jet that went out on a routine mission, and when it came back, its pilot had vanished.
Join Felix, Missy and Einstein as they dust off the time machine to travel back to England, 1943. Can they solve the mystery of the ghost plane without getting caught out as time travellers? Or worse, spies!
(P)2016 WF Howes Ltd
How to build an accidental time machine:
1. Activate your homemade particle accelerator
2. Fail to supervise your pet chameleon
3. Watch in horror as he kicks a quartz rock in front of the particle ray
... and BAM! Let the adventures begin!
Join Felix Frost, secret boy genius, his chameleon Einstein and his classmate Missy as they travel back in time to Ancient Rome, where terrifying danger and embarrassing togas await.
But can they solve the riddle of a mysterious gladiator skeleton without getting themselves skewered in the gladiator arena?
Funny, fast-paced and full of you-won't-believe-it facts, Felix Frost: Time Detective will have readers hooked on history and sold on science!
(P)2015 WF Howes Ltd
Here is a wonderfully timeless collection from the best sources of fairy tales: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Antoine Galland (translator of The Thousand and One Nights), and others.
