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Going Solo Dahl’s extraordinary early adulthood escapades gave him story fodder for the rest of his life.   This is the second part of Roald Dahl's remarkable life story, following on from Boy.  When he grew up, Roald Dahl left England for Africa – and a series of dangerous adventures began. From tales of plane crashes to surviving snake bites, this is Roald Dahl's extraordinary life before becoming the world's number one storyteller. Running time - 4 hours 38mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English Boy  Explore thrilling stories of Roald Dahl’s own boyhood, from taste-testing chocolate bars to The Great Mouse Plot.  Throughout his young days at school and just afterwards, a number of things happened to Roald Dahl, which made such a tremendous impression he never forgot them. Boy is the remarkable story of Roald Dahl's childhood; tales of exciting and strange things – some funny, some frightening, all true. Running Time - 3 hours 11mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English  Revolting Rhymes  Your favourite nursery rhymes retold with an ever-so-wicked Roald Dahl flourish. 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. Please note: Roald Dahl invented quite a few fantastic words in his time, including "Scrumdiddlyumptious" and "Splendiferous"! But one or two words in this title err on the PG side of G, and we understand that tastes may have changed since it was written. If you'd like to buy this title, we recommend exercising caution, practicing forgiveness, or getting in touch for more detail! Running Time - 35mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English Billy & the Minpins Comedian Bill Bailey reads Roald Dahl’s final story for children, a lesser-known tale that’s still quintessentially Dahl.  Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, that's exactly what he does! There he meets the Minpins, tiny tree-dwelling people whose children are the size of matchsticks. They live in fear of the terrible, galloping GRUNCHER. Will it gobble Billy too – or can he find a way to defeat the hungry beast? Running time - 47mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English Dirty Beasts A menagerie of hilariously grisly comic rhymes. Watch out for the rumbling Tummy Beast, it won’t be pleasant… In Dirty Beasts we meet a ghastly menagerie of wonderfully comic animals that can only have been invented by Roald Dahl. There is the toad that jumps to France - at his own peril; the pig who ponders the meaning of life; the anteater who gets the wrong end of the stick; and many more. Snigger, titter and laugh at their antics in this collection of irreverent and absurdly comic verse! Running time - 34mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English Esio Trot. Quentin Blake turns his talent to narration to tell this kooky courting tale involving a flat full of tortoises and some back-to-front magic.  Mr Hoppy loves Mrs Silver. Mrs Silver loves Alfie the tortoise. Sometimes Mr Hoppy wishes he could become a tortoise. Until one day he finds a way to win Mrs Silver's heart, with the help of a little magic and some cabbage. Running time - 33mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English The Twits The IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade narrates some of Roald Dahl’s most enduringly twisted images (worm spaghetti, anyone?). Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye.Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet.Down in their garden, the ghastly, evil Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage.But not for much longer! Because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits and make their escape, once and for all.... Running time - 57mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English The Magic Finger Dahl gives his female protagonist supernatural powers with which to exact delicious revenge on those who are cruel to animals. Read to great effect by Kate Winslet.  Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it's made her so angry she's PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL. And very strange things have begun to happen . . . Running time - 26 mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English  The Enormous Crocodile Stephen Fry reads the trials of the greedy croc as he tries (in vain!) to find some children to fill his tummy.  The Enormous Crocodile by Raold Dahl 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! Running Time - 23 mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English  Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl’s classic caper is brought to life by The IT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd.  Mr Fox steals food from the horrible farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean – one fat, one short, one lean. These three crooks concoct a plan to dig Mr Fox out of his home, but they don't realise how truly fantastic Mr Fox is, or how far he'll go to save his family… Running time - 1 hour 15mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English  George's Marvellous Medicine Known for his Shakesperian roles, Derek Jacobi taps into a different tenor to read Roald Dahl’s madly inventive tale.  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. Running time - 1 hour 35mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English  The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Hugh Laurie brings his comedic chops to narrate Roald Dahl’s tale of The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company.  Billy dreams of turning a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop. But a giraffe, a pelly, and a monkey already live inside! Soon they are friends, and when they meet the richest man in England, Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true… Running time - 45mins Age Range - 5 - 8yrs Language - English  Matilda Beloved by bookworms the world over, Matilda is absolute classic Roald Dahl and read here by the wonderful Kate Winslet.  Matilda Wormwood is an extraordinary genius with really stupid parents. Miss Trunchbull is her terrifying headmistress who thinks all her pupils are rotten little stinkers. But Matilda will show these horrible grown-ups that even though she's only small, she's got some very powerful tricks up her sleeve… Running time - 4 hours 18mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English The BFG David Walliams takes on the challenge of bringing to life Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant, young dreamer Sophie and HM The Queen.  The BFG is a nice and jumbly giant. In fact, he is the only big friendly giant in Giant Country. All the other giants are big bonecrunching brutes, and now the BFG and his friend Sophie must stop them guzzling up little human beans – with some help from Her Majester, the Queen. Running time - 4 hours 24mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English  The Witches One of Dahl’s more spine-tingling creations. Beware the witches who look like normal women but can frizzle kids like fritters… The Witches have a motto: “One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear.” The Grand High Witch of All the World is the scariest of the lot, but one boy and the grandmother he adores have a plan to get rid of the witches for good. Running time - 4 hours 28mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory One of Roald Dahl's greatest and best-loved children’s stories of all time, with a unique cast of characters that’s seared into the collective imagination. Charlie Bucket desperately wants to eat more than cabbage soup every day. But even more than that, he longs to see Wonka's enormous chocolate factory! Now Mr Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, has hidden golden tickets inside his delicious creamy chocolate bars. Only five winners can go through those great iron gates; will one of them be Charlie? Running time - 3 hours 17mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English  Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl's follow-up to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is as phizz-whizzing a trip as the original.  Charlie Bucket and his family are rushing around the Earth at seventeen-thousand miles an hour in a great glass elevator. It belongs to the fantastic Mr Willy Wonka, and the adventure becomes even greater upon discovering they're not the only ones orbiting the Earth at that particular time... Running time - 3 hours 15mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English  Danny the Champion of the World A lovely, heart-warming story about the bond between father and son, with a dose of mystery and some added mischief! Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had – but Danny's dad has a very big secret. This secret leads them both into the strangest adventure of their lives, and a daring plot that makes Danny the champion of the world. Running Time - 4 hours 27mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language- English  James and the Giant Peach Join James on an extraordinary journey aboard a ginormous juicy fruit.  James Henry Trotter's parents have been eaten by a rhinoceros, so now he lives with his two repulsive aunts. One hot day something peculiar happens and an enormous peach grows in their garden. Soon James and the Giant Peach are rolling away from his horrible aunts, towards a most marvellous and wonderful place… Running time - 3 hours 18mins Age Range - 5 - 12+yrs Language - English

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Set of 6 self-adhesive-backed magnets to display your library of cards on the fridge for easy access to audio adventures at breakfast time! These self-adhesive magnets stick to your Yoto Cards so they don’t get lost. Then your kids can arrange their card collection on fridge doors, white boards and flat-sided radiators so that family favourites are always close to hand!

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PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE FOR THE ORIGINAL YOTO PLAYERS AND NOT THE NEW 3RD GEN ONES Perfect for all your audio adventures! Personalise your Yoto Player and protect it from the wear and tear of daily life. This silicone carry-coat fits snugly over your Yoto Player, protecting it from smalls bumps and making it easier to carry from place to place. With your Adventure Jacket fitted, you'll still have access to all of Yoto Player's features including the nightlight, buttons, charger and headphone port. Adventure Jacket also has a small lip on the front which lifts your Player's display off the ground when in nightlight mode. Personalise your Yoto Player with one of six eye-catching colours or use different colours to distinguish between multiple Players.

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Relive the magic of all these much-loved films with these junior novel retellings of Disney Pixar stories. Toy Story Toy Story takes kids on a fun-filled adventure with two rival toys: Woody, an old-fashioned cowboy toy, and Buzz Lightyear, a heroic space action-figure. When they’re separated from their owner, the mismatched duo put aside their differences and embark on a mission to find him. What follows is a hilarious and exciting adventure about friendship and self-acceptance. Running time: 2 hours 7 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Brave Take a heroic journey with Merida, a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom, sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land. When her actions inadvertently unleash chaos in the kingdom, Merida must harness all of her skills and resources - including her clever and mischievous triplet brothers - to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late. Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Up Carl Fredricksen is a retired balloon salesman in search of one last adventure. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sails off in search of the lost world of his childhood dreams. But unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer is in the wrong place at the wrong time... Carl’s front porch. The world’s most unlikely duo reach new heights and make new friends in this sky-bound adventure. Running time: 2 hours 4 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Soul What is it that makes you...You? Joe Gardner is a middle school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tries to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions. Running time: 3 hours 1 minute Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Finding Nemo Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly captured from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and taken to a dentist’s office aquarium. It’s up to Marlin, his worrisome father, and Dory, a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, to make the epic journey to bring Nemo home. Their adventure brings them face-to-face with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls and more. Marlin discovers a bravery he never knew, but will he be able to find his son? Running time: 1 hour 28 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Monsters Inc Loveable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at MONSTERS, INC., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. But when a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it’s the monsters who are scared silly. It’s up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home. Running time: 1 hour 49 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Toy Story 2 When Woody is kidnapped by a toy collector, Buzz and the gang spring into action to rescue their pal. With newfound friends in tow, it’s a race against time to get Woody home before Andy returns from camp. Running time: 2 hours 6 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Toy Story 3 As Andy prepares to depart for college, a mix-up lands Woody and the gang at Sunnyside Daycare, where they meet a host of new toys. But all is not as it seems - and a wild new adventure is just beginning. Running time: 2 hours 3 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English Toy Story 4 When Woody, Buzz and the gang join Bonnie on a road trip with her new craft-project-turned-toy, Forky, the innocent little spork’s antics launch Woody on a wild quest filled with new characters - and one long-lost friend! Running time: 2 hours 21 minutes Age Range - 5 - 12yrs Language - English  Cars Relive the magic of the much-loved film with this junior novel retelling of Disney and Pixar’s Cars. Hotshot race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane - until he hits a bump in the road and gets stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on Route 66. There, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson and a heap of hilarious characters who help him discover that there’s more to life than trophies and fame. Age Range - 5 - 12yrs  Toy Story 1,2 & 3 Collection  Language - French Running Time - 17 mins Age - 5 - 8yrs

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4-Pocket Binder. High quality scrapbook contains 20 hard bound pages, each page has 4 pockets front and back of standard size of 6.9 cm x 9.1 cm (2 3/5 inches x 3 3/5 inches) or less. Practical and durable: high-quality PP material, waterproof, dustproof and twist-proof, very strong and not easy to break, cards are easy to insert The folder holds 160 single cards with side slot (side load), it has an elastic band for secure closure - the side slot of the cards in the individual pockets prevents them from falling out. Long durability, acid & PVC free. Ideal for collecting cards: all standard size playing cards such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, sports cards and others. Can also be used to store Yoto cards to keep them safe and so your young ones can see their cards. Note: the product does not contain any cards

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Relive the excitement and adventure of the action-packed films with this collection of four Marvel audio retellings.Ant-ManWhen master thief Scott Lang is recruited by Dr Hank Pym to wear a suit that makes him ant-sized; he realises his days of breaking and entering are far from over! Can Ant-Man; Hank and his daughter Hope defeat a power-hungry villain who wants to sell the suit‘s technology to an international terrorist organisation?Age of UltronWhen Tony Stark and Dr Bruce Banner begin work on a global peacekeeping system; things go very wrong. Can Iron Man; Captain America; Thor; the Incredible Hulk; Black Widow and Hawkeye save the world from Ultron’s evil plan to destroy the human race?Captain America: The Winter SoldierAs Steve Rogers tries to adjust to modern life working for S.H.I.E.L.D.; director Nick Fury is attacked by a mysterious assassin! It’s up to Captain America; Black Widow and new friend the Falcon to solve an international conspiracy and defeat a formidable new enemy.Guardians of the GalaxyWhen a group of cosmic misfits team up to protect a mysterious Orb from a villain who wants to destroy the universe; they achieve more than they ever believed they could. Meet the Guardians of the Galaxy: Peter Quill; Gamora; Drax the Destroyer; Rocket and Groot! Captain America: The First Avenger Relive the excitement of the film with this junior novel retelling of Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger. Steve Rogers was once just a scrawny kid. But after a top-secret government experiment, he became Captain America. Join the action when this Super Hero protects the free world against the Red Skull and Hydra in this complete origin story as told in Marvel’s Avengers Phase One: Captain America: The First Avenger. US English Accent Running time: 2 hrs 47 minutes Age Range - 8 - 12yrs The Incredible Hulk Relive the excitement of the film with this junior novel retelling of Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk. Bruce Banner was once just a shy scientist. But after a devastating lab accident, he became The Incredible Hulk. Join the action as this Super Hero fights against Abomination in his complete origin story as told in Marvel’s Avengers Phase One: The Incredible Hulk. US English Accent Running time: 2 hrs 52 minutes Age Range - 8 - 12yrs Thor Relive the excitement of the film with this junior novel retelling of Marvel’s Thor. Once just a powerful and arrogant royal from another realm, Thor became one of Earth’s finest defenders. Join the action as this Super Hero battles for mankind in this complete origin story as told in Marvel’s Avengers Phase One:Thor US English Accent Running time: 2 hrs 55 minutes Age Range - 8 - 12yrs Captain America Civil War Following the war with Ultron, the world has lost trust in the Avengers. With the group bitterly divided, it’s up to Captain America to trust his own judgement and fight for what he believes in. Running Time - 3 h 25 min Age Range - 8 - 12 Doctor Strange After a tragic car accident, it’s up to talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange to protect the world from dark forces! Can he act as a middle-man between reality and alternate dimensions and learn the secrets of a hidden world? Running Time - 2 h 51 min Age Range - 8 - 12 Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 Nothing is ever easy for the Guardians of the Galaxy. When Rocket steals an important battery, they find themselves back on the run - with their survival dependent on a powerful being called Ego who claims to be Peter’s father! Amongst all the chaos, can the Guardians keep their newfound family together? Running Time - 2 h 45 min Age Range - 8 - 12

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Lost on Infinity A heartwarming musical adventure with an ecological twist that will have children enthralled and adults singing along Far away in the Sea of Tranquility is the Island of Infinity, home to the world's lost creatures. Infinity has a secret for the world but Moog, a boy from Battersea in London, and Rockford his dog are the only ones who can deliver its message. Travelling to Infinity, Moog and Rockford are drawn into an adventure that threatens the entire human race.At its heart Lost on Infinity, the first adventure from Rockford's Rock Opera, is a tale about extinction. But it's a hopeful story that shows that even the smallest creatures, and humans, can make the biggest difference.An award-winning, psychedelic, spell-binding, thought provoking 21st Century adventure! Running Time - 2 h 31 mins The King of Nowhere No matter how small you might feel, you’ll always find where you belong. The second magical, musical story from Rockford’s Rock Opera. Far away in the Sea of Tranquility is the Island of Infinity, home to the last one of every extinct animal species. This is where the sticky Cocklebur Ick must now find a home. But her search brings her into the domain of the mysterious King of Nowhere, the most feared creature on Infinity.The King of Nowhere, the second adventure from Rockford's Rock Opera, is a tale about extinction and redemption. It's a hopeful story that shows that even the smallest creatures can make the biggest difference and that although we may sometimes may feel lost, there is always hope. The 75-minute audio story includes six new songs and a great new adventure.A psychedelic, spell-binding, thought-provoking 21st century adventure! Running Time - 1 h 15 mins The Spooo Who Grew An evolutionary tale, featuring a birthday bonanza and a brand new song. The third musical adventure from Rockford’s Rock Opera. The Spooo Who Grew is a mini-adventure featuring our favourite characters, a thought-provoking evolutionary tale with a new song.On Infinity, the Cocklebur Ick is surprised to see the whole Island has turned out to celebrate someone’s birthday. But who’s birthday is it?! And who could be SO important that every single creature wants to share in the celebrations? The third story by the award-winning Rockford's Rock Opera. Running Time - 18 mins The End of Infinity No matter how great the challenge may be, with friends by your side, you can’t fail. The fourth musical story from Rockford’s Rock Opera.Two years have passed since Moog and Rockford’s first adventure on the magical, Island of Infinity. When they returned, many people believed Moog’s amazing story about the land of extinct creatures, although others said he’d just made it all up.One man who’d believed everything was the strange Dr. Ermine Skinner, a collector of rare animals. But when he sets off to the island, Moog and Rockford find they are the only ones who can stop him and save the creatures of Infinity.So begins an incredible race back through the history of life on Earth where Moog discovers that the wonders of Infinity go far deeper than anyone could possibly imagine. And the world finally realises that there are some things we can all agree on. A thrilling, magical, funny, thought-provoking musical story with lots oftwists… and evolutionary wrong turnings. Running Time - 3 h  

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