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Timeless Tales for Kids
- Narrated by: Alistair McGowan, Olivia Colman, Bill Nighy, Luke Evans, Russell Tovey, Elizabeth McGovern, Dominic Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Timeless Tales for Kids is an enchanting compilation of children's classic stories read by an all-star cast.
Olivia Colman reads E. Nesbit's classic novel The Railway Children, a masterpiece in children's fiction wonderfully evoking a bygone age, packed with fun, excitement and adventure.
Bill Nighy reads a much-loved children's classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which continues to delight young and old with its enchanting tale of witches, flying monkeys and magical shoes.
Dominic Cooper reads Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist. Dickens' timeless novel transports readers to a Victorian England filled with frightened orphans, grim workhouses and gangs of thieving children.
Gemma Arterton reads Lewis Carroll's all-time classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice meets characters like the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat in a story that has delighted and entranced readers for more than a hundred years.
Full story listing:
- Alistair McGowan reads The Jungle Book
- Olivia Colman reads The Railway Children
- Bill Nighy reads The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Luke Evans reads Treasure Island
- Russell Tovey reads Black Beauty
- Elizabeth McGovern reads Little Women
- Dominic Cooper reads Oliver Twist
- Jenna-Louise Coleman reads The Secret Garden
- Gemma Arterton reads Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Gemma Arterton reads Alice Through the Looking-Glass.
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- T L Waldron
- 12-27-19
Needs Chapter names
Lazy publishers who don’t name audible chapters deserve one star reviews. I’m sure the stories are great but I hate having to guess which chapter is which book. Sort it out. This is not rocket science!
36 people found this helpful
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- Mairi
- 06-25-20
You don't know which book you're on as no headings
Great performers but we can't really use this book. My daughter only likes certain books (is scared by others at night) but there is no way of knowing when one book ends and another begins - let alone chapter starts and endings! Given this is what Audible does - makes audio books - you'd have thought they could sort this one out! Same problem with many of their kids collections.
14 people found this helpful
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- Mrs A
- 01-17-21
Irritating lack of chapter titles!
The narrator's are great, stories are great but the into and not being able to see which story you want is seriously irritating!
5 people found this helpful
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- Andy McHugh
- 03-27-19
Fab
My son listens to stories to go to bed and he really enjoyed listening to these stories
4 people found this helpful
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- Ibrahim G.
- 12-01-21
Brilliant for bedtime but not much else!
Saw this as I was browsing the Audible Plus collection. These timeless tales for kids young and old have delighted and enchanted me over the years. I was delighted with the performances and usually choose one of these to fall asleep to if I'm struggling to drift off. These tales however are very and I do mean very heavily abridged. You can find these as solo downloads elsewhere, so if there's a tale you particularly want to read then please feel free to get the unabridged version and read them as the author intended.
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- LVN
- 11-27-20
terrible chapter naming
The stories titles are not listed in the contents to allow you to choose the tale to play!!!
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- Tracey
- 07-30-22
Lovely
A nice telling of some classic fairy stories, all narrated very well, listen whilst going to sleep
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- leigh
- 07-14-22
Ugh just ugh
Pls tell us what chapters these are all bc of we don’t know if we are still listening to the same story! I sometimes feel like I’m listening to the never ending story without telling me the other chapters.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-02-22
Mixed stories
Some stories were really good quality but others weren’t. The Railway Children was my favourite.
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- Me
- 01-02-22
Children’s stories great for adults too
Great performances though I never realised children’s stories were so dark until I listening to this collection as an adult. I would recommend this and the choice of narrators were perfect.