Audio books can be just as engaging a way into a love of books as bedtime reading. The old notion associated with the use of audiobooks is that they are used for those who have reading problems or learning disabilities of some sort. This has been blatantly refuted, particularly since the introduction of MP3 players. Now long car journeys can be transformed by good family listening – and by the conversations about the books afterwards. Young children especially will love listening to their favourite stories as they dance and sing along.

	The Gruffalo and Friends – Julia Donaldson This box set includes six bestselling titles on CD, each featuring the classic story and the song! Performed by many well-loved actors including Imelda Staunton, Josie Lawrence and the author herself - Julia Donaldson.
	Charlie & Lola: My completely Best Story Collection – Lauren Child Charlie and Lola, first seen in I Will Not Ever NEVER Eat a Tomato, are stars of the screen, page, and now audio. The fabulous audio collection contains five classic Charlie and Lola stories, enhanced with music, sound effects, and classic Charlie and Lola dialogue. With an all-star cast featuring Charlie, Lola, Lotta, Marv, Soren Lorensen, as well as Sizzles the dog.
	The Enormous Crocodile – Roald Dahl Stephen Fry reads this enhanced audiobook edition of Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile. The Enormous Crocodile is a greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little girls and boys. But the other animals have a scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all!
	A Basketful of Kipper – Mick Inkpen An 80-minute CD collection of 8 Kipper adventures, read by Dawn French. If you know any fans of Kipper, that most appealing of canine characters, then you must buy this for them. If you know any child of 3+ who hasn't come across Kipper, then you've got to buy this book for them as well
	There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly – Pam Adams The story is about a huge old lady who accidentally swallows a fly then swallows a great many animals one by one as a remedy, until she finally ingests one to many. Repetition and build up are strong features of the story.
	The Big Mog – Judith Kerr A classic collection for the first time available on CD, read by Andrew Sachs and Geraldine McEwan. This compilation of five Mog stories should prove to be a must-have for all fans of Judith Kerr’s feline heroine. With music and sound effects, and extended text written especially for tape by Judith Kerr.
	Bedtime Stories – Various Authors 60 minutes play time and 11 well known and loved children's stories:  Dick Whittington and his Cat, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, The Ugly Duckling, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Animal Band, The Old Woman and her Pig, The Big Pancake, Chicken Licken, Nail Soup, The Elves and the Shoemaker, and The Tortoise and the Hare.
	Nursery Tales: Six Favourites read by Victoria Wood – Jonathan Langley A welcome return to the audio list for Jonathan Langley’s warmly humorous retellings of these traditional tales. Perfect for an audience of age 3+. The stories on this tape are: The Three Bears and Goldilocks, Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Princess and the Frog, and The Ugly Duckling.
	The Paddington Treasury for the Very Young – Michael Bond Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over fifty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, six best-loved classic picture books are brought together in one lavish volume, truly to be treasured. This sumptuous treasury brings together six of the most popular stories.
	Winnie-the-Pooh – A.A. Milne Two CDs packed full of fun and adventure with Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends in the Hundred Acre Forest. Each CD forms part of a wonderful dramatisation of Winnie-the-Pooh by David Benedictus with music composed, directed and played by John Gould. With a cast of carefully-chosen actors, this adaptation conveys all the magic of Milne's classic stories.