Best Laura Dockrill Podcasts (2024)

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17: This Is An Emergency. With Laura Dockrill 48:13

3+ y ago48:13

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This week I spoke to the children’s author, illustrator and writer Laura Dockrill. Her book, What Have I Done covers her experience of post-partum psychosis, feeling suicidal and, eventually, getting well. We discuss all of these things in the episode so it carries a trigger warning: mentions of suicide, psychosis and mental illness. You can follow…

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16: One Plus One Equals Three. With Tiffany Stevenson. 44:06

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This week I spoke to the comedian and actor, Tiffany Stevenson about work, love and being a stepmother. You can follow Tiffany on Twitter at @TiffanyStevenson https://twitter.com/tiffstevenson and on Instagram at @tiffstevensoncomic https://www.instagram.com/tiffstevensoncomic/?hl=en I also interviewed the psychologist and founder of Happy Steps, L…

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15: Should I have sex or visit my Mum? With Rose Stokes. 49:55

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This week I spoke to the writer and events doyenne, Rose Stokes about love, lockdown, self-esteem and bad break ups. You can follow Rose on Twitter at @RoseStokes https://twitter.com/RoseStokes and on Instagram at @rosestokes https://www.instagram.com/rosestokes/?hl=en I also interviewed the relationship counsellor Simone Bose. You can follow Simon…

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14: I worried I might be a failure. With Caspar Salmon. 48:34

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This week Nell spoke to Journalist, Film Critic and writer, Caspar Salmon. Caspar spoke to Nell about changing careers, self belief, coming out and representation in the media. Caspar's website is: https://casparsalmon.com/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/CasparSalmon Nell also spoke to Clinical Psychologist Dr Sophie Mort, who unpicked some of the dif…

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13: The Act Of Being Fine. With Katie Wix. 41:47

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This week I spoke to the comedian, actor, writer and star of Ghosts and Stath Lets Flats, Katy Wix. Katy has just published a phenomenal memoir called Delicacy which, as she puts it, is all about cake and death. It’s funny and wry and brutal and sad. In the book, Katy covers quite a bit of her panic years, from the crap jobs to the unhappy sex, mov…

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12: I think they've lost it. With Miranda Ward. 52:40

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This week I spoke to the writer, Miranda Ward. Miranda's book Adrift: Field Notes From Early Motherhood covers the five years Miranda spent trying to get, and stay, pregnant. It's a funny, poignant, clever and thoughtful book, which tackles the seldom discussed topic of "almost motherhood." Find Miranda on Twitter at @MirandaWardC https://twitter.c…

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11: Hold on, I think I might be addicted to weddings. With Sian Harries. 51:19

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This week I had the huge pleasure of speaking to the comedy writer, performer, broadcaster and Welsh speaker, Sian Harries. You may know her work from Man Down, The Froth, The Tourist Trap, she’s written for Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The News Quiz, she co-hosted the Rhod Gilbert show on Radio Wales. She’s done it all. Sian and I spoke about marr…

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10: People are pretty cool, on the whole. With Josie Long 53:33

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This week I was lucky enough to speak to the comedian, actor, screenwriter, activist and mother, Josie Long. I was desperate to get Josie on the podcast because, from Love and Adventure to Cara Josephine, to Something Better to Tender, Josie’s shows have been the very mirror to my Panic Years. We spoke about work, love, break ups, bringing chaos in…

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9: I'm just being honest about my body. With Freddy McConnell. 48:13

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This week I spoke to the journalist, film maker and dad who gave birth, Freddy McConnell. While we both carried our children, both gave birth in pools and both write about the experience, as a queer parent, Freddy has taught me loads about the panic years that I may never have understood on my own. I loved talking to him about being a single dad, g…

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8: Rick-Rolling the fertility clinic. With Kat Brown. 47:54

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This week I spoke to journalist, writer, social media editor and South London amazonian, Kat Brown. During our chat, we talked about grieving for children that never were, timelines that didn't happen and what it’s like when IVF proves unsuccessful. You can follow Kat on Twitter at @KatBrown https://twitter.com/katbrown and on Instagram at @katbrow…

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7: Is there a libido conspiracy? With Rob Delaney. 49:49

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Hello! This week I spoke to the the comedian, actor, writer and all round beautiful man, Rob Delaney. You can watch Rob’s stand up special Jackie here https://800pgr.lnk.to/robTW and if by some miracle you don’t already follow him on social media he is on Twitter at @robdelaney and on Instagram at @robdelaney https://www.instagram.com/robdelaney/?h…

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6: Excuse Me? Do you think my brain fell out? With Saima Mir. 46:30

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Hello! This week I spoke to the author and award-winning journalist Saima Mir. Saima has written the most incredible first novel, The Khan, which is out on the first of April. Buy it here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-khan/saima-mir/9780861541416 She has also written brilliantly about her life, past relationships, faith and family. She has …

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5: Am I a mother, or just somebody who had a baby? With Pandora Sykes. 43:49

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Hello! This week I spoke to the author, podcaster and journalist Pandora Sykes. I was thrilled to interview Pandora all about the flattened female identity of motherhood; how we generalise, lump together and dismiss mothers into one homogenous group and how that impacts everyone either thinking about having a baby or who has become a parent. Pandor…

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4: Jump, the next decade is here. With Nikesh Shukla. 43:32

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This week I had a lovely time talking to the writer, screenwriter, editor, broadcaster and all-round force for good, Nikesh Shukla. Nikesh edited the best-selling essay collection The Good Immigrant, has since co-founded The Good Journal and The Good Literary Agency and is the host of the Brown Baby podcast. He has also written a beautiful book - p…

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3: Hold on, I think I might be allergic to weddings. With Sara Pascoe. 41:50

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This week I had the huge pleasure of speaking to the comedian, writer, author and broadcaster Sara Pascoe. We talked weddings: why we hate them, why people keep having them, how to cope when you're at them and why Sara got married without even having one. I have been a fan and admirer of Sara for years. God she’s good. Her books Animal and Sex, Pow…

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2: Darling, I (might) (not) want to have your baby. With Daisy Buchanan. 38:55

3+ y ago38:55

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This week I spoke to the brilliant writer, broadcaster and author, Daisy Buchanan from her home in Margate. We discussed everything from Daisy's decision to be child free to the emotional intensity of supermarkets, love, guilt, pride, family and her apparently insatiable appetite for lamb. As well as a funny, honest and open woman, Daisy is also an…

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1: Introduction: The Panic Years With Nell Frizzell 1:18

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This is the podcast for anyone who feels out of synch. Journalist and Author Nell Frizzell talks to some of her favourite people about The Panic Years - the period between carelessness and matching crockery, between your friends passing out on the dancefloor and those same people becoming parents; The time when we all start wondering when did every…

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Skellig by David Almond 6:43

7+ y ago6:43

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Skellig By David Almond Read by David Almond When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Mich…

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How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell 6:39

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How to Train Your Dragon By Cressida Cowell Read by David Tennant Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, was a truly extraordinary Viking Hero. Warrior chieftain, awesome sword-fighter and amateur naturalist, he was known throughout Vikingdom as 'the Dragon Whisperer', on account of his amazing power over these terrifying beasts. But it wasn't always like …

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Darcy Burdock by Laura Dockrill 6:02

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Darcy Burdock By Laura Dockrill Read by Laura Dockrill Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers. Curious, smart-as-a-whip, funny and fiercely loyal, she sees the extraordinary in the everyday and the wonder in the world around her.In this first book, we are introduced to her family: Mum, who Darcy loves as much as her favourite fried eg…

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Grandpa's Great Escape by David Walliams 10:15

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Grandpa's Great Escape By David Walliams Read by David Walliams & Michael Gambon Jack’s Grandpa… *Wears his slippers to the supermarket*Serves up Spam a la Custard for dinner*and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day…An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his…

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Five Minute's Peace by Jill Murphy 7:27

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Five Minute's Peace By Jill Murphy Illustrated by Jill Murphy Read by Miriam Margolyes A modern picture book classic– there's never a dull moment with the Large Family! A family picture book favourite, this is the story of Mrs Large the elephant – who just needs five minutes of peace and quiet away from her boisterous children! So, taking refuge in…

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Where Are You Blue Kangaroo? By Emma Chichester Clark 13:26

7+ y ago13:26

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Where Are You Blue Kangaroo? By Emma Chichester Clark Read by Joanna Lumley Lily loves Blue Kangaroo, but sometimes he disappears and Lily says, “Where are you, Blue Kangaroo?”And Blue Kangaroo waits for Lily to find him…By A World of Stories Online in association with World Book Day

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Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens 5:51

7+ y ago5:51

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Murder Most Unladylike By Robin Stevens Read by Gemma Chan When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't.) Then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, M…

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The Hueys in the New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers 4:01

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The Hueys in the New Jumper By Oliver Jeffers Read by Jarvis Cocker The things about the Hueys is that they are all the same. They all look the same, think the same and do the same things. Until one day, Rupert Knits himself a new jumper….How will the other Hueys react?A hilarious story about individuality.…

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 6:59

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan Read by Jesse Bernstein "Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now…

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George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl 6:45

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George's Marvellous Medicine By Roald Dahl Read by Derek Jacobi George Kranky is eight years old and wondering what sort of mischief he might get into. George's Grandma is a grizzly old grouch and George wants to teach her a lesson.... And when Grandma's finished drinking George's marvellous medicine, she'll really have something to grumble about.…

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Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne 5:00

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Am I Normal Yet? By Holly Bourne Read by Charlie Sanderson First book of The Spinster Club series All Evie wants is to be normal. And now that she's almost off her meds and at a new college where no one knows her as ‘the-girl-who-went-nuts,’ there's only one thing left to tick off her list... a boyfriend. But relationships can mess with anyone's he…

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CHERUB: The Recruit By Robert Muchamore 7:18

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CHERUB: The Recruit By Robert Muchamore Read by Simon Scardifield A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on he…

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Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman 4:41

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Aliens Love Underpants By Claire Freedman Illustrated by Ben Cort Read by Rik Mayall Aliens love underpants, in every shape and size! First published in 2007, Claire Freedman and Ben Cort’s tale of knicker-snatching aliens was an instant hit and now this zany, hilarious tale is delightfully brought to life with an audio reading by the late, great R…

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The Giant of Jum by Elli Woollard 6:56

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The Giant of Jum By Elli Woollard Illustrated by Benji Davies Read by Stephen Mangan "Fee!" he said, and "Fi!" he said, and "Fo!" he said and "Fum!" Look out children, the Giant of Jum is grumpy and hungry and he's off in search of a tasty snack. And the tastiest of all is a boy called Jack! But Jack and his friends don't see a scary giant, they se…

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Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett 10:59

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Meerkat Mail By Emily Gravett Illustrated by Emily Gravett Read by John Sessions Sunny the meerkat lives with his enormous family in the Kalahari desert. They are all very close . . . so close, in fact, that one day Sunny decides it's just too crowded and packs his bags. He's off to visit his mongoose cousins. But from the watery world of the Marsh…

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The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong 6:07

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The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog By Jeremy Strong Read by Martin Clunes Streaker is a mixed-up kind of dog . . .with quite a bit of Ferrari and a large chunk of whirlwind . Trevor's mum has offered him £30 to walk the dog every day of the holidays. But Streaker is no ordinary dog; she's a rocket on four legs with a woof attached! Trevor enlists the hel…

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Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl 5:05

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Revolting Rhymes By Roald Dahl Read by Tamsin Greig You can think again if you thought you knew the stories of some of the most popular fairy tales. Here are six of the best known retold, with more than a twist or two, by the master of the comic and the blood-curdling.By A World of Stories Online in association with World Book Day

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Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell 6:19

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Rooftoppers By Katherine Rundell Read by Gordon Griffin Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Rooftoppers is a charming novel. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. Found floating in a cello case, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel. But Sophie remembers seeing …

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The Bolds by Julian Clary 6:51

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The Bolds By Julian Clary Read by Julian Clary Mr and Mrs Bold are just like you and me: they live in a nice house, they have jobs and they love to have a giggle. One slight difference: they're hyenas. That's right - covered in fur, tails tucked into their trousers, and they really like to laugh. So far, the Bolds have managed to keep things under …

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Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman 6:45

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Noughts and Crosses By Malorie Blackman Read by Paul Chequer Sephy is a Cross - a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought - a 'colourless' member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early childhood. But that's as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more soc…

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The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy 5:58

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The Worst Witch By Jill Murphy Read by Gemma Arterton Hold on to your broom for magical mayhem! Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is a trainee at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's making an awful mess of it. She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick. Yet she manages to get by until she turns Ethel, the teache…

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How I Live Now by Meg Rossoff 6:29

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How I Live Now By Meg Rossoff Read by Amber Sealey Meg Rosoff's charming coming-of-age novel, How I Live Now is set over a summer of love and destruction. American girl Daisy has had a troubled background, and is sent from New York to stay with her charmingly shambolic family of British cousins, who she has never met. They are Isaac, Edmond, Osbert…

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Half Bad by Sally Green 7:01

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Half Bad By Sally Green Read by Carl Prekopp A debut novel about one boy's struggle for survival in a hidden society of witches. You can't read, can't write, but you heal fast, even for a witch. You get sick if you stay indoors after dark. You hate White Witches but love Annalise, who is one. You've been kept in a cage since you were fourteen. All …

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Geek Girl by Holly Smale 6:21

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Geek Girl By Holly Smale Read by Kate Sobey “My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.”Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a “jiffy” lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. She knows that bats always turn left when exiting a cave and that peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. …

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The Diary of Dennis the Menace by Steven Butler 6:08

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The Diary of Dennis the Menace By Steven Butler Read by Steven Butler The Diary of Dennis the Menace gives listeners the inside story on every cheeky trick and prank played by the star of The Beano. Written and read by Roald Dahl Funny Prize-shortlisted author of The Wrong Pong series, Steven Butler, this hilarious book will delight Beano fans. Mee…

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Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton 6:09

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The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island By Enid Blyton Read by Jan Francis Julian, Dick and Anne are spending the holidays with their tomboy cousin George and her dog, Timothy. One day, George takes them to explore nearby Kirrin Island, with its rocky little coast and old ruined castle on the top. Over on the island, they make a thrilling discov…

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Paddington Takes the Test by Michael Bond 6:41

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Paddington Takes the Test By Michael Bond Read by Hugh Bonneville ‘ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS!’Paddington read on the glossy leaflet showing a large, sleek, silver-grey car. It took him a long time to eat fifteen packets of currants in order to enter the competition. And the Rolls-Royce he’d expected to win turned out to be one of ten thousand consola…

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Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare 5:51

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Mortal Instruments: City of Bones By Cassandra Clare Read by Ari Graynor Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistably drawn towards a group of sexy demon hunters, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City – and the dangers of forbidden love.By A World of Stories Online in association with World Book Day

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Flying Fergus: The Best Birthday Bike by Chris Hoy 7:16

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Flying Fergus: The Best Birthday Bike By Chris Hoy Read by Chris Hoy The first in a fantastically fun, magical cycling adventure series from Sir Chris Hoy. Fergus Hamilton, a boy who always dreams big, gets a rusty old bike for his ninth birthday from his mum and granddad. It's not the flashy Sullivan Swift he'd longed for - but when it's all clean…

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Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner 7:11

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Maggot Moon By Sally Gardner Read by Robert Madge A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion Winner of the Carnegie Medal and a 2012 Costa Award winner. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, MAGGOT MOON is a starkly and heartbreaking tale of friendship a…

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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell 5:38

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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat By Chris Riddell Read by Roni Ancona Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr. Munroe. No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve . . . Ottoline lives in a stylish apartment in Big City with a small hairy creature called Mr. Munroe. To…

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 7:16

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The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins Read by Carolyn McCormick First in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-yea…

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Marge in Charge by Isla Fisher 5:31

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Marge in Charge By Isla Fisher Read by Isla Fisher Meet Marge, the mischievous babysitter with rainbow hair who loves to make a mess and bend the rules ... At dinnertime Chef Marge cooks up chocolate soup, and at school Marge the Musician conducts a chaotic concert in the playground! In these three stories, Jake and Jemima have brilliant fun with t…

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