Classic Childrens Literature

The mice of Brambly Hedge have many adventures but they always have time for fun too. All through the year, they mark the seasons with feasts and festivities and, of course, the mice never miss an opportunity to meet and celebrate. This collection contains four classic stories following their adventures throughout the year.

This is a collection meant to be cherished for a lifetime. Whether encountering these cherished tales for the first or the 50th time, listeners will find enchantment in this collection.

Louis is a Trumpeter Swan, but he has no voice. Leaving his wild and beautiful home, he finds a young human friend, Sam Beaver, who helps him learn to read and write. When he returns to the lake, Louis discovers his education isn't enough: the beautiful swan he loves, Serena, can't read his declarations of love, and he can't trumpet them. Louis' resolution to win the swan of his desire launches him on an adventure that will take him far from home and lead where fate and love have a few surprises in store.

5 heures d'écoute pour redécouvrir et faire découvrir aux enfants les plus beaux contes de notre enfance.

Join Frank and Joe Hardy as they take on a thrilling new case in The House on the Cliff, the second book in the classic Hardy Boys series. When their father, the famous detective Fenton Hardy, goes missing while investigating a smuggling ring, the brothers are determined to uncover the truth.

Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood was published in 1893. The novel recounts the adventures of the German boy Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp, who goes by the name "Baron Trump", and his dog Bulger, as they discover fantastic underground civilizations, offend the natives, escape from their involvements, and repeat this pattern until arriving back home at Castle Trump. The novel was part of a trend in American children's literature that responded to the demand for fantastic adventure stories created by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Witness a tale of love, fairies, and betrayal in this classic tale. Theseus, duke of Athens, is preparing for his marriage when Hermia, and her father, Egeus, burst into his court and beg for Theseus’s judgment regarding whom Hermia, Egeus’s, daughter, should marry. Theseus tells Hermia she must marry Demetrius, even though she really loves Lysander.

When they are left in the woods by their parents, two children find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons series stands alone. Originally published over a half-century ago, the twelve books are still eagerly read by children and adults alike – by all those captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Such longevity is not only due to Ransome’s unparalleled gift of storytelling, but also his championing of qualities such as independence and initiative; virtues that appeal to every generation, whether young or old.

This charming little tale, with a gigantic heart, was written by E.B. White, best-known for the perennial favorite Charlotte's Web.

Island of the Blue Dolphins is the remarkable story of a strange and beautiful Indian girl who lives a serene and courageous life as the solitary survivor on an island off the California coast. Left behind when the rest of her tribe fled, she waits, year after year, for a ship to come for her. She fights for her very survival, building a shelter, hunting for food, and making weapons to stave off her enemies, the wild dogs who took her brother.

More teetering tales and quirky characters from the 30th floor of towering Wayside School. The craziness continues.

تصل آن شيرلي الحاصلة على ليسانس الآداب والغارقة في الحب بجنون — إلى بيتها الجديد في مدينة سمر سايد. وعليها أن تنتظر مرور عامين لكي تتزوج. لقد جاءت إلى المدينة لتشغل منصب مديرة المدرسة الثانوية المحلية. لسوء الحظ، لم تنل آن إعجاب أقوى عائلة في المدينة ويبدو أن سحرها قد لاقى نظيرا له. تجد آن العزاء في كتابة الرسائل من داخل غرفتها حتى جاء اليوم الذي اكتشفت فيه سرا سيغير مجرى الأمور تماما.

لقد مر خمس سنوات منذ أن جاءت آن إلى جرين جيبلز وها هي على وشك أن تصبح شابة بالغة. صحيح أنها ما زالت تفضل الكتابة عن الحب بدلا من الوقوع فيه، وما زال أنفها يحمل سبع نقاط من النمش لكن كما جاء معلم جديد إلى مدرستها القديمة، قررت التخلي عن عاداتها القديمة؛ فلا مزيد من كسر الألواح أو التسكع فوق أسطح المنازل. إنها مصممة على ألا تقع في المزيد من مشكلات لكن كيف تستطيع الفتاة الصغيرة أن تكف عن كونها صغيرة؟

Un monde en péril, un livre fantastique et un garçon ordinaire. Prêts pour l'aventure ? Un jour, Bastien Balthazar Bux, dix ans, découvre un livre incroyable. Il conte l'histoire d'un pays fantastique, en proie à un mal qui le ronge petit à petit : le Néant. Ce monde est peuplé des personnages les plus étonnants, des elfes nocturnes montés sur des chauve-souris, les surprenants Mange-Pierres, sans oublier Atréju l'enfant guerrier et Fuchur, le bienveillant Dragon de la Fortune.

Freddy is certainly an extraordinary pig by all accounts. Although he spends his time oversleeping and overeating just like a normal pig, he also finds the time to daydream, enterprise, and even write poetry! Always full of new ideas, he proposes that the animals of Bean Farm start a tour company.

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.

Benjy, Penny, Rory and Sheila are spending the holidays with their aunt and uncle at Cherry Tree Farm. They play with the animals and learn to feed them, roam the countryside and hunt for the mysterious Tammylan, who lives deep in the woods. Everywhere is teeming with adventure and the children are bound to get into mischief!

Eleven-year-old Josh and 12-year-old Amanda just moved into the oldest and weirdest house on the block - the two siblings think it might even be haunted! But of course their parents don't believe them. You'll get used to it, they say. Go out and make some new friends. But the creepy kids are not like anyone Josh and Amanda have ever met before. And when they take a shortcut through the cemetery one night, Josh and Amanda learn why.

The Pevensie siblings travel back to Narnia to help a prince denied his rightful throne as he gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.