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Here is our next audio book read by teachers. This time it's a festive edition. Miss Parker reads the first two chapters of the all time classic, 'A Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens. Sit back and enjoy.

Duration: 14m 24s.

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'Tick, tock, tick, tock!' Some stories are like that. Once you've wound them up, nothing will stop them...' sit back and enjoy the first part of our new audio book read by teachers.

Duration: 7m 6s.

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Charlie's adventure continues with the second part of our audio book read by teachers. Sit back and enjoy!

Duration: 30m 29s.

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The transport capsule is in trouble! Get ready for attack number 1 and the battle of the knids!

Duration: 27m 36s.

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"A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?" "A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know? He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws." And so begins the story of a quick-witted mouse as he encounters a host of predators who seem to think he might make a tasty treat. As he ventures deeper into the deep dark wood, stumbling across a hungry fox, a not-so-wise owl, and a slimy snake, spinning ever-extraordinary yarns about the scary, scaly gruffalo, he quickly realises that the hungry beast he has been talking of isn't imaginary after all. Sit back and enjoy as Mrs Clayton reads the first of our short stories read by teachers.

Duration: 5m 16s.

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Enjoy our next short story read by teachers.

Duration: 14m 30s.

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Sheila K. McCullagh is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Sheila K. McCullagh include The Wild Pirates (Three Pirates), The Wide Awake Mice and Other Stories (Tales from Puddle Lane).

Duration: 22m 24s.

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The hour was late and Mr Bear was tired. But he could not sleep - however he tried and wherever he tried, SNORE, SNORE went Mrs Bear. TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK went the clock. Would he never get to sleep?

Duration: 5m 13s.

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As Lenny's father goes off to fight in the second world war he gives his son a brass badge with a lion and a unicorn on it. Lenny keeps it with him when bombs are dropped on his street and when he has to be evacuated to a big house in the country. He misses his parents a great deal and the other children there and at school are spiteful in teasing him. But he finds a secret walled garden to escape to with a stone unicorn. Here he meets the wounded soldier Mick and learns again how hard it is to be brave. It is the unicorn who finally rescues him from his sadness and loneliness and proves itself to be his guardian angel by bringing his mother to him.

Duration: 26m 7s.

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Ravi and Anjali are fascinated by their grandfather's stories of India, where the sun is like a ferocious tiger, the wind is like a wild horse, and monsoon rains cascade from the sky like waterfalls. Ravi particularly loves to hear about the festival of Diwali, where parading elephants take pride of place in their grandfather's memories, and he dreams of having an elephant dance to the tune he composes on his flute.

In addition to an evocative, beautifully written story, Elephant Dance also contains endnotes on the cultural heritage of India, making it a perfect introduction to Indian life and traditions.

Duration: 9m 33s.