Children's Writers - The Spoken Word
Settle down and enjoy as ten favourite children's writers read extracts from their own books. Listen to the actual voices of J.R.R. Tolkien, Roald Dahl and Philip Pullman among others. It makes for enjoyable family listening.
The CD makes for enjoyable family listening and the tantalising tasters will inspire some children to read the books they come from.
Time Out
Listen to sample tracks using Windows Media Player:
Jim and the Beanstalk - Raymond Briggs
Double Act - Jacqueline Wilson
Track listing:
1. A.A Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh
2. J.R.R Tolkien - The Hobbit
3. Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
4. Michael Bond - Paddington Helps Out
5. Penelope Lively - The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
6. Raymond Briggs - Jim and the Beanstalk
7. Michael Morpurgo - Why the Whales Came
8. Jaqueline Wilson - Double Act
9. Philip Pullman - I Was A Rat!..or The Scarlet
Slippers
10. Anne Fine - Flour Babies
