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Audiobooks Narrated by Miranda Richardson
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Penguin presents a brand new recording of Roald Dahl's classic The Witches, read by Miranda Richardson.
The Witches have a motto: One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and
make them disappear.
The Grand High Witch of All the World is the scariest of the lot, but one boy and the grandmother he adores have a plan to get rid of the witches for good.
The 23rd Horrid Henry storybook containing four brand new stories - including Horrid "Henry's Ketchup", "Horrid Henry's Chicken", "The Revenge of the Bogey Babysitter" and "Horrid Henry Tells It Like It Is".
Discover the one thing Horrid Henry is scared of, watch out for the return of Rabid Rebecca, find out what happens when Henry makes a film about his family and lots more in the most hilarious and horrid storybook yet. Read by Miranda Richardson.
Miranda Richardson has appeared in films such as The House, Sleepy Hollow, The Crying Game, Empire of the Sun and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. TV work includes A Dance to the Music of Time, Jackanory, Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder and Queen Mary in The Lost Prince. She has won two Spoken Word awards for her inspired readings of Horrid Henry and the Secret Club and Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb audiobooks for Orion.
"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
This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches.
Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories-but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!
From the Compact Disc edition.
Four hilarious new HH stories - HH's Mother's Day, probably not the day his mum looks forward to most in the year, HH's Nightmare where Henry's chased by a ghost bunny with huge teeth, a wailing graveyard ghost and, for good measure, a slimy zombie, then a new story about one of his greatest enemies in The Return of the Demon Dinner lady and last but not least Fluffy Struts Her Stuff.
Read by Miranda Richardson. Miranda Richardson has appeared in films such as The Hours, Sleepy Hollow, The Crying Game, Empire of the Sun and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. TV work includes A Dance to the Music of Time, Jackanory, Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder and Queen Mary in The Lost Prince. She has won two Spoken Word awards for her inspired readings of Horrid Henry and the Secret Club and Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb audiobooks for Orion.
Four brand new stories in which Horrid Henry makes his own scary movie -- The Undead Demon Monster Who Would Not Die, persuades Peter to hand over his stash of Grump Cards (as a brilliant scheme to get him out of the punishments his parents give him) and spends a weekend at Aunt Ruby's where he has to share a bedroom with his two arch-enemies, Stuck-Up Steve and Bossy Bill. Then when Henry's school decides to have a mini-Olympics, he sets up his own Holympics, with medals for crisp-eating, TV watching, and Burping to the Beat.
Read by Miranda Richardson
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Four new stories in which Horrid Henry terrorizes his classmates at a school sleepover in the museum; plays with Perfect Peter and tricks him into handing over all his money; gets out of writing his own story for
Miss Battle-Axe by adapting one of Peter's; and meets the Nudie Foodie, a celebrity chef, who comes to the school to improve school dinners. No more burgers! No more chips!
Read by Miranda Richardson
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Four new stories read by Miranda Richardson:
Horrid Henry's Invasion - Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter keep invading each other's rooms.
Moody Margaret's Sleepover - Moody Margaret invites all the members of the Secret Club for a sleepover, with catastrophic results.
Horrid Henry's Autobiography - Miss Battle-Axe's class all have to write their autobiographies, the best to be published in the local paper.
Horrid Henry Rocks - Horrid Henry wants to go to the Killerboy Rats concert while his family want to go to the Daffy and her Dancing Daisies concert.
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Horrid Henry finds a surefire way of wielding the remote control to ensure he always watches his programme of choice, vies with Moody Margaret to become the head of the school, shows off his prowess as a magician in the school talent show, and battles it out with Perfect Peter over who gets the green dinosaur and who gets the purple one.
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game, comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks his birthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party, and gets it by taking over as Head Teacher when Peter plays school with his goody-goody friends.
Read by Miranda Richardson
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Dizzy the dog loves to sing, but the mean old Alley Cats won't let him join their chorus. But what do cats know about singing anyway? It's time to show them just what the dogs can do!
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
A book of Farmyard stories from the bestselling author Francesca Simon introduces the animals from Buffin Street. Being on audiobook gives the opoportunity to create entertaining and funny animal sound effects that children will delight in reading along with.
1) Runaway Duckling
2) Baa Baa! Where Are My Lambs?
3) Billy The Kid Goes Wild
4) Barnyard Hullabaloo
6) Mish Mash Hash
7) Chicks Just Want to Have Fun
8) Moo Baa Baa Quack
Read by Miranda Richardson
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.
It's a dreadful shock for Horrid Henry when Perfect Peter is born, and despite his best - or worst - efforts, he can't manage to get rid of him. As Peter gets bigger, Henry gets crosser adn crosser, but the day comes when Henry inadvertently finds himself saving Peter and discovers that its rather nice to be a hero.
Read by Miranda Richardson
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd
