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  • Farm Boy

    Michael Morpurgo, Derek Jacobi, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Sept. 30, 2010)
    Set on a farm in rural Devon, Farm Boy is a collection of Grandpa's reminiscences and stories, touchingly told to his grandson. Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. In War Horse, published 12 years ago, Joey was sent away from the farm to be a warhorse in World War I. Grandpa had joined the cavalry in order to find, and fight, with Joey. Farm Boy brings us forward 50 years, with Grandpa not only telling his grandson Joey's story but also a 'shameful secret' which he has held for years -- Grandpa has never learned to read and write. The story is set in Iddesleigh in Devon and lovingly evokes the bonds between farm and farmer; grandson and grandfather. The spirit of rural life is superbly captured in Michael Morpurgo's writing.
  • Mr Stink

    David Walliams, Matt Lucas, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audible Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, May 27, 2010)
    The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel and audiobook for children performed by David Walliams and Matt Lucas. This wonderful story is told by two of Britain's best loved comedians and the characters from David's book spring to life with fantastic voices and characters galore that will make you laugh out loud. Read by David Walliams and Matt Lucas. Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well.... Chloe sees Mr Stink every day, but she's never spoken to him. Which isn't surprising, because he's a tramp, and he stinks. But there's more to Mr Stink than meets the eye (or nose) and before she knows it, Chloe has an unusual new friend hiding in her garden shed. As Chloe struggles to keep Mr Stink a secret, and her dad tries to hide a secret of his own, the stage is set for an epic family confrontation. But there's one other person with a an extraordinary secret - Mr Stink himself....
  • A Bear Called Paddington

    Michael Bond, Stephen Fry, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audible Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, June 24, 2008)
    "A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement. "Don't be silly - there can't be." The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase, and his hat. The Browns soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear. Ordinary things - like having a bath, travelling underground or going to the seaside - became quite extraordinary, if a bear called Paddington was involved.
  • Strength to Love

    Martin Luther King

    Mass Market Paperback (HarperCollins Publishers, Aug. 29, 1977)
    This is a collection of classic sermons preached by Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • The Hidden Power of F*cking Up

    The Try Guys, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audible Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, June 18, 2019)
    The Try Guys deliver their first book - an inspirational self-improvement guide that teaches you that the path to success is littered with humiliating detours, embarrassing mistakes and unexpected failures. To be our best selves, we must become secure in our insecurities. In The Hidden Power of F*cking Up, The Try Guys - Keith, Ned, Zach and Eugene - reveal their philosophy of trying: how to fully embrace fear, foolishness and embarrassment in an effort to understand how we all get paralyzed by a fear of failure. They'll share how four shy, nerdy kids have dealt with their most poignant life struggles by attacking them head-on and reveal their - ahem - sure-fail strategies for achieving success. But they're not just here to talk; they're actually going to put their advice to work. To demonstrate their unique self-improvement formula, they'll each personally confront their deepest insecurities. A die-hard meat lover goes vegan for the first time. A straitlaced father transforms into a fashionista. A perpetually single sidekick becomes the romantic lead. A child of divorce finally grows more intimate with his family. Through their insightful, emotional journeys and surprising, hilarious anecdotes, they'll help you overcome your own self-doubt to become the best, most f*cked up version of yourself you can be!
  • Maybe You Should Fly a Jet!

    Theo LeSieg, Michael J. Smollin

    Hardcover (HarperCollins Publishers, April 27, 1981)
    What do you want to do when you grow up? A ticket taker! a pizza maker!? A wrestler, a writer or maybe a waiter? A whole host of silly and sensible options dances before your eyes in this rhythmic, rhyming cavalcade of jobs. This title belongs to the highly acclaimed Beginner Book series developed by Dr. Seuss, in which the essential ingredients of rhyme, rhythm and repetition are combined with zany artwork and off-the-wall humour to create a range of books that will encourage even the most reluctant child to read. Originally published under the pseudonym of Theo LeSieg, Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet! is being relaunched with a stylish new cover design which reveals, for the first time, the true identity of the author -- Dr. Seuss himself!
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  • Little Wolf’s Book of Badness

    Ian Whybrow, Griff Rhys Jones, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, April 26, 2012)
    Letters home from an adventuring wolf cub, read by Griff Rhys Jones. Dear Mum and Dad, Please please PLEEEEZ let me come home. I only cleaned my teeth last week for a joke. And brushing my fur, and going to bed early, that was just tricks to trick you! Why must I go to Cunning College to learn Uncle Bigbad’s 9 Rules of Badness? Yours fedupply, Little Wolf. Little Wolf’s very first adventurous journey to Cunning College now available once more on tape. A real treat to listen to, with specially composed music and sound effects, this narration by Griff Rhys Jones will be a favourite for the whole family.
  • Queen Lucia Part I

    E. F. Benson, Nancy Mitford

    Paperback (HarperCollins Publishers, Jan. 15, 1984)
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  • The Ice Monster

    David Walliams, Jane Horrocks, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Serafinowicz, Nitin Ganatra, James Goode, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audible Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Nov. 20, 2018)
    From number one best-selling children's author David Walliams comes his biggest and most epic adventure yet! This is the story of a 10-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth... Read all about it! Read all about it! Ice Monster found in Arctic! When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster - a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole - she's determined to discover more.... A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature and sparks the adventure of a lifetime - from London to the heart of the Arctic! Heroes come in all different shapes and sizes in David Walliams' biggest and most epic adventure yet!
  • Cruel to Be Kind: Saying No Can Save a Child's Life

    Cathy Glass, DeNica Fairman, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audible Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Sept. 7, 2017)
    Cruel to Be Kind is the true story of Max, age six. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his social worker isn't the only one in denial; his whole family are, too.
  • A Birthday for Frances

    Russell Hoban, Lillian Hoban

    Paperback (HarperCollins Publishers, Sept. 4, 2012)
    Tomorrow is Gloria's birthday, and her party is sure to be fun for everyone—except Frances, that is, who wishes it was her own birthday. This new edition of the beloved classic is perfect for beginning readers.
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  • Dragon Keeper: The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 1

    Robin Hobb, Saskia Butler, HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    Audible Audiobook (HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Aug. 6, 2009)
    Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. One such is Thymara. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching; as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons. But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly; some seem witless and bestial. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them. To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist...