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Archive for July, 2012


More Stories from Red Robin Books and Neil Griffiths

We have added 5 new titles by the wonderful storyteller and author, Neil Griffiths. Neil’s stories have an appealing quality and humour which are a delight to share with children or to listen to as an audio book.

Neil narrates all of his stories and with Red Robin books has added extra tracks to his audio stories. Your children can now take part in listening games and quizzes and hear how Neil finds his ideas for all his stories.

New titles include:

Ringo the Flamingo
Fatou, Fetch the Water
Florence Was No Ordinary Fairy
There’s a Spider in the Bath
Sam’s Sack From Santa

Eleanor Johnson recently contributed an article to the Innovate My School website where she describes her experience of sharing one of Neil’s story’s, ‘Albert’s Tuneful Trunk’ with a group of young children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. You can read her article here.

Audio stories from Red Robin Books cost between £3.49 and £4.49, you can also order hard copies of the books to accompany the audio stories.

More New Audio Stories from Little Tiger Press

Little Tiger Press are renowned for creating appealing stories with beautifully recorded accompanying audio stories. We have now added 5 new titles to the download store including:

The Very Noisy Night
Shaggy Dog and the Terrible Itch
Pooh, Is That You  Bertie?
Quiet!!
Smiley Shark

This means that there are now 15 Little Tiger Press titles to choose from in the StoryPhones download store. All of these audio downloads include two versions of the story. The listen along version has accompanying music and sound effects and is a brilliant way to enjoy a story together. The read along version includes page turn prompts and gives children an opportunity to listen independently with the book. The stories are read by celebrities such as Jamie Theakston and Helen Lederer.

You can also visit our Facebook page and read Eleanor Johnson’s post in May about using The Bad Tempered Ladybird audio story with a group of EYFS children.

All audio downloads cost £5.00 and include a listen along and read along version of the story. Price includes a site license for the story to be played through out your setting.

AudioGO, home of BBC Audiobooks comes to StoryPhones download store!

 

The BBC is the home of the spoken word and we are so pleased to be working with AudioGO, making their high quality audio stories available for our StoryPhones customers. There are now 19 titles from Audiogo (previously BBC Audio Books) available to buy in the StoryPhones download store.

You can choose from the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, told by Johnny Morris. Introduce your children the timeless characters of Ratty, Mole and Mr Toad, along with the gentle story of The Reluctant Dragon. Traditional tales are beautifully narrated by Lenny Henry and Sheridan Smith. All of these audio stories will introduce your children to the wonderfully rich tradition and language of timeless tales and story telling.

Other titles include the BBC Schools Radio ‘Listen and Play’ series, packed with stories, songs and rhymes, ideal for supporting children’s spoken language and listening along with early reading skills . The series consultant was Sue Palmer and supports many of the requirements of the EYFS curriculum.

Download prices start from £9.99 and include a site license for the audio stories to be played throughout your setting.