HarperCollins Children’s Books Presents: Stories for Summer Holidays for age 2+ : An hour of fun to listen to on planes, trains and cars

Twelve of the best-loved picture book stories to get your little ones through the longest journeys this summer.

Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this Summer? . . . Worry no more with this compilation of twelve of the best-loved picture book stories. One hour of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys – keeping at bay the dreaded question, ARE WE THERE YET?

Featuring some of the biggest names in children’s stories – David Walliams, Oliver Jeffers, Judith Kerr and Emma Chichester Clark – this collection has it all. Full of laughter, and tonnes of fun. A must-have for the Summer Holidays.

Playlist:

Oliver Jeffers: STUCK – read by Terence Stamp

Judith Kerr: ONE NIGHT IN THE ZOO – read by Susan Sheridan

David Walliams: THE BEAR WHO WENT BOO! – read by David Walliams

Emma Chichester Clark: MELROSE AND CROC: FRIENDS FOR LIFE – read by Emilia Fox

David Mackintosh: MARSHALL ARMSTRONG IS NEW TO OUR SCHOOL – read by Stephen Mangan

Jez Alborough: CAPTAIN DUCK – read by Matt Lucas

Rob Scotton: SPLAT THE CAT – read by Anthony Head

Simon Puttock: THE LOVE BUGS – read by Cassandra Harwood

Rachel Bright: LOVE MONSTER – read by David Walliams

Jez Alborough: DUCK IN THE TRUCK – read by Harry Enfield

Jackie French: DIARY OF A BABY WOMBAT – read by Finty Williams

Oliver Jeffers: UP AND DOWN – read by Richard E Grant

Copyright: STUCK © 2013 Oliver Jeffers (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; SPLAT THE CAT © 2012 Rob Scotton (P) 2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; LOVE MONSTER © 2012 Rachel Bright (P) 2012 Harpercollins Publishers Limited; MARSHALL ARMSTRONG IS NEW TO OUR SCHOOL © 2011 David Mackintosh (P) 2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; CAPTAIN DUCK © 2002 Jez Alborough (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; THE LOVE BUGS © 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited (P) 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; DIARY OF A BABY WOMBAT © 2010 Jackie French (P) 2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; MELROSE AND CROC: FRIENDS FOR LIFE © 2006 Emma Chichester Clark (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; THE BEAR WHO WENT BOO! © 2015 David Walliams (P) 2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; UP AND DOWN © 2011 Oliver Jeffers (P) 2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; DUCK IN THE TRUCK© 1999 Jez Alborough (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; ONE NIGHT IN THE ZOO© 2010 Judith Kerr (P) 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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