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A charming re-telling of the Christmas story from the legendary Michael Morpurgo. Who looks after the sheep when the shepherds rush off to see the new baby Jesus?...

Albert starts a new school and soon learns about the headmaster’s new monstrous marble crusher machine…

Sid Creedy decides to have fun with the new boy, Albert. The trusting Albert believes his outrageous stories until the tale of the Marble Crusher reaches the Head...

A wonderful tale from the former Children’s Laureate.

Read by Jot Davies, this enthralling tale from former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo has all the qualities of a classic for generations to come...

At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake.

At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake. When she takes Slinky to school and her he wriggles out of her...

A wonderful story written by the Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

One morning, while chopping wood in the forest, Tod notices a small white fawn fleeing the King’s hunt. Swiftly, Tod gathers the fawn into his arms and runs back to his father’s cottage. As the...

A brilliant tale about making friends from the master storyteller

To get revenge on her show-off cousin Geraldine, Millie tells her about the red-eyed ghost who lives in the garden shed…and scares herself silly...

Jo-Jo sells melons in Venice. One dark night he has to save the city from the sea…

Jo-Jo sells melons in Venice. One dark night he has to save the city from the sea. With the help and a little encouragement from the Doge’s daughter, Jo-Jo realises that anything is...

Classic fables are told with a twist by the wonderful children’s author Michael Morpurgo. Read by Harry Man.

Classic fables which are told with a twist by the wonderful Childrens book author Michael Morpurgo. READ BY HARRY...

Things have been difficult for Harry since his mother remarried. With a new baby at home, and only trouble at school, life is unbearable. Ocky the chimp, escaped from the circus, offers Harry a chance for a new life.

Things have been difficult for Harry since his mother...

Robbie says swimming is easy. You just have to pretend you’re a mermaid. With a little bit of help from a new special friend, Mairi soon learns that swimming is fun and that she has nothing to worry about.

Robbie says swimming is easy. You just have to pretend you’re...

“I’ll put you together again. And Mum and me, we’ll look after you alright?!?”

Jackie wants a horse of her own, one that’ll be the fastest on the estate, the fastest in all of Ireland and the fastest in all the world. Mum wants a little cottage in the country...

It’s Christmas in 1914 in the trenches of the Western Front. And something wonderful has just happened…

A forgotten letter in a secret drawer brings one night in the Great War vividly back to life. Writing home from the front, a soldier has an incredible story to...

On m'appelle Tommo et j'ai dix-sept ans. Ce soir, j'ai la nuit entière devant moi, et je ne la gaspillerai pas à dormir, je ne la passerai pas à rêver. Je veux essayer de me souvenir de tout. Me souvenir de mon frère Charlie tel qu'il était à la maison, de nous tels que nous étions tous. Cette nuit, plus que jamais dans ma vie, je veux me sentir vivant...

Antonito n'a pas de plus grand ami que Paco, le petit taureau qu'il a vu naître. Paco est destiné à la corrida et le petit garçon ne peut se résoudre à voir son taureau mourir dans l'arène. À l'aube, les deux amis prendront la fuite. Nous sommes en 1936. Ils ne savent pas que la guerre civile gronde derrière les collines.

Un jeune garçon décide de se rendre dans les îles du Levant lors de la grande marée d'équinoxe. Le brouillard se lève et la mer l'engloutit. Lorsqu'il revient à lui, il est près d'un vieil homme qui affirme être le roi Arthur et lui raconte sa vie, son enfance, le couronnement, le rôle de Merlin, Guenièvre, les chevaliers de la Table ronde et sa disparition.

Sam is a city boy through and through - and isn’t looking forward to his school trip to Nethercott Farm at all. But busy days of farm work, animals and learning all about nature weave their magic - and when Sam finds a duck about to be dinner, he is determined to save him. But how?

Michael Morpurgo’s wonderful storytelling and Jim Broadbent’s compelling performance combine to tell this true story against the epic backdrop of World War Two. Francis Cammaerts, Jim Broadbent and Michael Morpurgo happen to be all part of the same family, so this production is a very special collaboration bringing family members' voices to life. Francis and Pieter are brothers. As the shadow of one war lingers and the rumbles of another approach, the brothers argue. Francis is a fierce pacifist while Pieter signs up to fight.

Sir Michael Morpurgo retells two of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, Macbeth and Hamlet, in this stunning audio collection in association with the RSC, featuring readings by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Michael himself.

Take part in the heroic rescue of a fishing boat in trouble, meet a boy who makes an extraordinary discovery in the vegetable patch, and find out how a farm cat forms a very special connection with a young Ukrainian girl. These three uplifting stories capture the wonder, muck and magic of a city child’s week on the farm.

Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, read by Christopher Barlow.

TORO! TORO! is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito...