Share a Story: January Audio Book Highlights

If you’re hoping to hit the road and make the most of the long weekend before heading back to work and school then it’s the perfect time to listen to a few audio books. They can make long car trips bearable, keep kids off devices and bring the whole family together.

With a captive audience and none of the usual distractions they are also the perfect way to share a story with your kids.

As we head into the final week of down time, take a look at our January Highlights from Bolinda audio to ensure you have a great selection of audiobooks for the little members of your family.

Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend by Guy Bass |Read by Guy Bass

Ben’s imaginary friend is about to become unimaginary and his world will never be the same again. Prepare for monsters, pirates and a story so truly unbelievable that it must, unbelievably, be true. For strange things can happen when imaginations run wild …

The Somerset Tsunami by Emma Carroll |Read by Katherine Press

Somerset, 1616. When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother, Jem, she’s only having a bit of fun. But now is not the time for a girl to be drawing attention to herself and she is sent away to find work dressed as a boy. Luckily a rich manor house is hiring. Yet Berrow Hall’s inhabitants harbour dangerous secrets of their own; the suspicious owner is hunting for witches and the house itself is a little too close to the sea …

The Secret Starling by Judith Eagle | Read by Tania Rodrigues

Clara has lived a life of solitude, home schooled under her mean uncle’s strict regime … until now. The day that Uncle abandons Clara, leaving her with nothing but a wedge of ‘guilt money’ and a half empty, crumbling manor house, she is determined to do things her way for a change. And when streetwise Peter turns up, with his rescue cat and a surprising array of knowledge, she is sure that between them they have everything they need to survive. But Uncle has lied to Clara and the house is to be sold! Nothing is as it seems …

The Big London Treasure Hunt by Jennifer Gray | Read by Eloise Oxer

Ermine can’t wait to see Big Ben, ride a red bus, and help her new friend Minty uncover her family’s lost Tudor treasure. But someone else has got their eyes on the prize … Can Ermine and Minty find their fortune before the devious villain grabs the gold?

The Great River Race by Tim Harris|Read by Rupert Degas

Chegwin’s adventures at Toffle Towers continue when his staff are ‘reverse mugged’. The hotel could lose all its guests if Chegwin can’t solve the mystery and stop the chaos. But there’s a greater challenge looming. Chegwin must go head-to-head with rival hotel owner Brontessa Braxton in the Great River Race. The stakes couldn’t be higher!