British Childrens Classics

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of...

“A must-read for booklovers.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Next Year in Havana A heartwarming story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of books that bring them together, by the bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London. In...

Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where life is full of everyday adventures! Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she goes blackberry picking, gets ready to throw a party and goes to her village fete – whatever Milly-Molly-Mandy and her...

It’s the season of peace and goodwill, but a Victorian Christmas is no holiday for the world’s most popular detective in this new book from Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood. It’s Christmastime in London, and Sherlock Holmes takes on two cases...

Brought to you by Puffin. The first audio collection in the Doctor Who: Puffin Classics series featuring four adventures. Old legends and new worlds collide in this magnificent Doctor Who crossover with King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table While investigating a strange energy in...

A terrifying phantom stalks the fog-drenched streets of Victorian London, leaving behind a trail of empty cradles and a calling card of dizzying optical malice. When an ordinary deal crate from the river steps at Wapping lands on the rug at 221B Baker Street, it shatters Sherlock Holmes’s brooding melancholy. Inside rest five brilliantly lacquered wooden spheres scored with hypnotic spirals—and a stark white sixth ball bearing an insolent challenge in violet ink: “Five vanished in the London fog; five empty cradles across the Thames. When the sixth ball comes to rest, Mr. Holmes, the ...

Jack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He may be pompous, and they may seem ill-matched, but the couple are devoted to each other. When Jack's widowed sister, Lilian, and her two stepchildren arrive to spend...

The complete series of Father Christmas letters written by JRR Tolkien for his own children between 1920 and 1943. Can you imagine writing to Father Christmas and actually getting a reply? Every year, the children of J.R.R. Tolkien would write to Father Christmas, and the letters they received...

This collection of delightful children’s stories celebrates two iconic British authors, A. A. Milne and Beatrix Potter. Included are the ever-popular Winnie-The-Pooh, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of The...

Tilly Thistlewood and the Tenby Terror A glowing monster is stalking the coast. Tourists are fleeing. And Tilly Thistlewood is certain something doesn't add up. When Tilly joins her friends Oliver and Grace for a holiday in the beautiful seaside town of Tenby, she expects sunshine, beaches and adventure. What she doesn't expect is the terrifying legend of the Tenby Terror — a giant glowing creature said to roam the cliffs and beaches after dark. As frightened visitors abandon their holidays and rumours spread through the town, Tilly begins investigating. With the help of Oliver, Grace and...

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king. With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in...

'One of the best British crime writers' – Lee Child It's a race against time as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace tries to stop a grieving mother from taking the law into her own hands . . . Read by Daniel Weyman (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) A university student is killed in a...

Gripping and tense story of secret agents, even more secret government facilities, and a deadly virus, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Mordon Chemical Research Centre: an ultra top secret facility hidden in the English countryside and one of the most secure places in the world...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Immensely gripping…Stayed up till past 2am to finish this’ Sophie Hannah Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave. Matthew: the perfect husband. Titus: the perfect son. Charlie: the perfect illusion. Rachel: the perfect stranger...

Nursery rhymes are often among the first stories and verses we encounter as children. They are sung beside a cot, repeated in the playground and remembered years later when we find ourselves sharing the same familiar words with another generation. Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo-Peep, Jack and Jill, Old Mother Hubbard and the Grand Old Duke of York have become enduring companions of childhood. This Illustrated Book of English Nursery Rhymes has been created to help keep that wonderful tradition alive. Some rhymes are funny, others mysterious or delightfully nonsensical, while many preserve ...

An all new digital audio edition of DEATH ON THE NILE narrated by Kenneth Branagh, director and star of 20th Century Studios’ upcoming Death on the Nile feature film. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head...

Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, is one of literature’s most beloved stories of love, marriage, and sisterhood. For Elinor Dashwood, sensible and sensitive, and her romantic, impetuous younger sister Marianne, the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, brought to life by award-winning actress Sheridan Smith. Featuring magical sound effects and specially composed music, this promises to delight and enamour children and adults...

Tilly Thistlewood and Platform Zero. Book 5 of the Tilly Thistlewood Adventures Some secrets were never meant to be forgotten... When Tilly Thistlewood receives a mysterious parcel addressed only with the words "Deliver before the next full moon," she, Oliver and Grace uncover the first clues to the greatest mystery Brackenby has ever hidden. Buried beneath the village station lies Platform Zero—a magnificent underground railway station erased from history almost one hundred years ago. Hidden timetables, missing station records and cryptic messages left by the last stationmaster lead the ...

Three children, one railway, endless adventures. When Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis's father mysteriously vanishes one night, their comfortable London life is turned upside down. Suddenly forced to move to a tiny cottage in the countryside, the children must face a world that feels scary and unfamiliar. But then they hear the thunderous roar of steam engines! Right behind their new home runs a magnificent railway line where massive trains thunder past every day. What starts as curiosity quickly becomes the adventure of a lifetime as the children discover that the railway holds the key to ...