Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Michelle Robinson

Tom McLaughlin

My name is Nugget. Chicken Nugget . . . 
 
It's not easy being the smallest chick in the family, but Nugget has had some good news: he's going to be a big brother! Little baby Benedict is still an egg at the moment and it's Nugget's job to look after him. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
Another cracking story from bestselling duo Michelle Robinson and Tom McLaughlin.

Chicken Nugget: Scrambled Egg

Pat Hutchins

A TITCH storybook by award winning author, Pat Hutchins. Titch is the smallest and the youngest in his family. His brother Pete and his sister Mary have bigger biokes than Titch, kites that fly high-up in the sky and instruments that make much BIGGER noises. But when Titch plants a tiny seed thay all find out that starting off small is just the first stage of GROWING!!!

Titch

Harry Horse

Little Rabbit is very excited at the thought of being a big brother. However, when Mama has three babies, instead of the expected one, things don't go as smoothly as Little Rabbit had hoped. Perhaps babies are not as much fun as he first thought! But Little Rabbit's new siblings adore him and when Little Rabbit is the only one who can get them to sleep, he realizes how special it is to be a big brother. A very poignant tale, full of humourously familiar moments for any family expecting a new baby.

Little Rabbit's New Baby

Shirley Hughes

Molly wished that they had a real garden, big enough to play in. Then one day, her wish came true! Mum and Dad told the children that they had found a house with a garden for them all to live in! Right away everyone began to make plans.

Moving Molly

Freddy McConnell

Rosalind Beardshaw

A lyrical picture book that celebrates the special bond between parent and child. 
 
Join Papa and Little one on a very ordinary day, as they explore Little One's extraordinary question: "What do we need?" 
Together, they decide they need lots of things - clean water, friends, a home - but, above all, they need each other.

Little Seahorse and the Big Question

Lizzie Finlay

When the 'delightfully different, bright yellow and rather scruffy' Dandylion joins Miss Gardener's neat and tidy class, chaos and fun follow. But after one messy incident too many he's told to go home - he just doesn't fit in. It doesn't take long, however, for everyone to realise that too much neatness and order isn't always a good thing and everyone's desperate for Dandylion to return! 
 
At last, Dandylion feels like a wildflower in the right place! 
 
An empowering story about friendship, diversity and finding your place.

Dandylion

Nadia Shireen

Once upon a time there was a wolf called Rolf - a good little wolf who liked baking cakes and was always kind to his friends. But real wolves aren't supposed to be good - they're supposed to be BIG and BAD. 
 
Can a good little wolf still be a real wolf? 
 
And will Rolf discover there's something big and bad lurking inside him after all? 
 
Discover more titles from the award-winning author: 
 
Barbara Throws a Wobbler 
The Cow Who Fell to Earth 
Yeti and the Bird

Good Little Wolf

Alfie's Nursery School is right next door to the Big School. Alfie wishes that he could be friends with the most popular big boy, Ian Barger, but Ian never takes any notice of the little kids. 
 
One morning, Mum takes Alfie to a Plant Pot Sale. Alfie hasn't been there long when he spots Ian Barger screaming and yelling, "I want my mummy!". Ian grabs Alfie's hand and holds onto him very tightly until his mum returns. Alfie realizes that big boys don't always act so big after all!

Alfie and the Big Boys

James Bowen

Garry Jenkins

This is a fully-illustrated, 32-page picture book for children by the authors of A STREET CAT NAMED BOB. 
 
When Bob finds a lost little puppy in the park, he remembers what it's like to be homeless and hungry so he does all he can to help his new friend. 
 
Perfect for younger fans of Bob the cat and James Bowen.

Bob to the Rescue

An Illustrated Picture Book

Allan Ahlberg

Janet Ahlberg

The story of a baby who is sad and sets off one day in search of a mummy. He meets a cat, a teddy, a clockwork hen and an uncle who all refuse to be his mummy but offer to help him in his search. They find a lady who has no baby and she agrees to bethe baby's mummy. They all have tea together and uncle reads a story about a baby who had no daddy and this leads to another search until finally a daddy is found too!

Bye Bye Baby

A Sad Story with a Happy Ending

A collection of FIVE extremely good stories all about ABSOLUTELY very important things like making friends, being independent and even taking part in your very first school sports day! 
 
This collection contains: You Can Be My Friend, Help! I Really Mean It, I Am Really, Really Concentrating, I Can Do Anything That's Everything All On My Own and Charlie is Broken.

Charlie and Lola: My First Ever and Best Story Collection

Ladybird

Brought to you by Ladybird. 
 
A collection of ten original spooktacular original audio stories written for 3-7 year olds. With friendly monsters, Halloween parties and plenty of slime these new stories are perfect to listen to in front of the fire on cold winter evenings. 
 
These new stories are especially written for family or independent listening and contain fun sound effects and specially commissioned music to entertain young minds! 
 
The stories in this collection are: Dad's Birthday Surprise, The Halloween Party, Lost, Pumpkin Pals, Midnight, One Good Deed, The Skeleton Olympics, The Visitor, House Party and Willow. 
 
Other audiobooks in the Ladybird Audio Original series include Ladybird Stories for Rainy Days, Ladybird Stories for Car Journeys, I'm Ready for Big School and the Ladybird Audio Adventures

Ladybird Spooky Stories

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