Unabr idged Au d i o b o o k s f o r Ch i l d r e n W.F. H owe s L td J u ly - S e pt e m b e r 2016
Dear Librarian, Our third quarter titles will not fail to disappoint young listeners – including favourite characters returning for another action packed adventure, as well as exciting brand new stories to fall in love with! July sees the return of our favourite family of hilarious hyenas in The Bolds to the Rescue by Julian Clary, narrated by the author himself with fantastic sound effects and Julian’s comedic flare. Plus, don’t miss out on the fourth instalment of Compton Valance: Revenge of the Fancy-Pants Time Pirate – be prepared for the time crime agents Compton and Bryan to get up to all sorts of mischief! For any aspiring bakers, The Royal Bake Off by Clémentine Beauvais is a perfect title from our August titles. And fly over the moon with the world’s timeless favourite car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over The Moon. In September, Young Bond is back on another mission impossible in Young Bond: Heads You Die by Steve Cole – full to the brim with fast pace action! Your favourite characters from Pip Street are back in Pip Street: The Pesky Pig Panic – a perfect story for young listeners. And don’t miss out on Teacher Trouble, our next exciting instalment from the timeless and adored children’s author, Alexander McCall Smith. Save 20% by signing up to one of our Nudged Standing Order Plans. And don’t forget, if you’ve already signed up to an adult plan, we’ll give you an even bigger discount of 33% off the list price. Our plans are the best way to guarantee you’re getting the newest titles, available exclusively from W.F.Howes. We hope you enjoy all the titles in this brochure and we look forward to any feedback you may have. Best wishes,
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David Tennant David Tennant is a Scottish actor best known as the Tenth Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who and Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He has also appeared in many stage productions including the title role in the acclaimed RSC production of Hamlet. You can hear him narrate Frank Cottrell Boyce’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon, the third official sequel to Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, available in August.
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Compton Valance: Revenge of the Fancy-Pants Time Pirate Matt Brown
Matt Brown has worked as a radio producer and TV presenter, appearing on children’s channel Nickelodeon.
Magnificently moustachioed madman Gussage St Vincent is back from the dead and set on using his pirate galleon time machine to become OVERLORD OF THE UNIVERSE. It’s up to Trainee Time Crime Agents Compton and Bryan to stop him, in a battle involving the pongiest pants in history, the Great Fish-Slapping Game and a LOT of custard pies.
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Told at a speed to match the time-travel theme of the story, this is a highly entertaining and wittily illustrated adventure. JULIA ECCLESHARE, on Compton Valance The Most Powerful Boy in the Universe
The Bolds to the Rescue Julian Clary
More wildly funny animal madness from dream team Julian Clary and David Roberts!
Narrator: Matt Brown ISBN: 9781510035751 Duration: 2.75hrs
JULY 2016
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A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9+, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail.
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The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house. But now their kindness to animal waifs and strays has become legendary, and more and more animals keep turning up to stay! But when the Bolds take in a couple of race horses who are on the run, they worry their animal magnetism is getting to be too much. Have these hyenas bitten off more than they can chew?
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Another helping of hilarious fun and mischief with Britain’s wildest family!
Funny and clever with a good dose of yucky humour. Children will appreciate the wry digs at the nonsense of modern living. THE BOOKSELLER, on The Bolds
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Narrator: Julian Clary ISBN: 9781510035713 Duration: 2.75hrs
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The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow Katherine Woodfine
The Unlikely Outlaws Philip Ardagh
You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department store! Enter a world of bonbons, hats, perfumes and MYSTERIES around every corner. WONDER at the daring theft of the priceless CLOCKWORK SPARROW! TREMBLE as the most DASTARDLY criminals in London enact their wicked plans! GASP as our bold heroines, Miss Sophie Taylor and Miss Lilian Rose, CRACK CODES, DEVOUR ICED BUNS and vow to bring the villains to justice…
Join author Philip Ardagh, assistant Dotty and harassed editor, Adrian, as together they craft the entertaining escapades of young knight-to-be, Tom Dashwood and his merry band of outlaws. Well, just as soon as Philip can be convinced to write the manuscript... A story within a story, this rollicking laugh-out-loud romp is sure to appeal to readers of all ages and is particularly suitable for 7-9s.
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A wonderful book, with a glorious heroine and a true spirit of adventure. KATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Rooftoppers
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510035737 Duration: 7.25hrs
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Three-stories-in-one about outlaw adventures from funnyman Philip Ardagh.
Philip is the author of over 100 books including Grubtown Tales and The Grunts. In 2009 he won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510032316 Duration: 2hrs
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Two hilarious comedies for younger readers from award winning author Ross Collins.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon Frank Cottrell Boyce
Blamehounds: Whenever there’s a pong, poo or puddle that can’t be explained, Norman and Ringo are the hounds that take the blame. Determined to exploit their status for profit, Blamehounds Inc. is soon in business and small dogs the world over are admitting responsibility for accidents, eruptions and even the occasional war.
The Tootings are stuck in 1966! Somebody’s stolen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and left them behind. But their biggest problem is that Little Harry’s been kidnapped by whoever stole their magical car. The Tootings must find the Potts – the family that originally built Chitty, and together the families may stand a chance of rescuing both Little Harry and Chitty. But a fiendish criminal has different plans, ones that involve flying Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the moon and putting an explosive scheme into action!
Cheesemares: Hal is convinced there is a connection between his well-loved cheesy snacks and the horrible nightmares he keeps having. Hal sets off on a mission to solve his cheesemares once and for all.
From the award-winning Frank Cottrell Boyce comes the third official sequel to Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Ross Collins has over a hundred titles to his name, winning many prestigious awards including the Scottish Children’s Book Award and Royal Mail Book Award.
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The first installment of the Iremonger Trilogy, Heap House introduces readers to a gloriously imagined dark world whose inhabitants come alive on the page.
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Fast-paced, entertaining and laced with wry humour. LANCASHIRE EVENING POST
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Narrator: David Tennant ISBN: 9781510037281 Duration: 6.25hrs
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Heap House Edward Carey
Completely Cassidy: Drama Queen Tamsyn Murray
Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. The Iremongers are a mean family, robust and hardworking, but Clod has an illness. He can hear the objects whispering. His birth object, a universal bath plug, says ‘James Henry’, Cousin Tummis’ tap is squeaking ‘Hilary Evelyn WardJackson’ and something in the attic is shouting ‘Robert Burrington’ and it sounds angry. A storm is brewing over Heap House and the whispers are getting louder.
Cassidy can’t wait to enrol at Dance and Drama Academy summer school! She’s always dreamed of discovering her hidden talent – could she be a star in the making? But with auditions looming, Cassidy is gripped by stage fright. As big brother, Liam, keeps reminding her, she does have a knack for embarrassing herself. What if Cassidy’s stage debut turns out to be an all-singing, all-dancing disaster?
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Heap House is delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be. ELEANOR CATTON, author of The Luminaries
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Cheesemares and Blamehounds Ross Collins
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AUGUST 2016
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This is a story that readers will enjoy very much [...] a great tale for the pre-teen market. NEWCASTLE EVENING CHRONICLE
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Tamsyn Murray writes with flair, imagination and, one would imagine, with a big smile on her face as Cassidy’s laughter-filled life springs into glorious action. LANCASHIRE EVENING POST
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510037298 Duration: 3.75hrs
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Baking as you’ve never seen it before! The third adventure in this highly imaginative and hilarious series is full of sibling squabbles, cheeky royals and crazy cakes.
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The Royal Bake Off Clementine Beauvais
Strawberry Crush Jean Ure
Holly, Anna and Pepino are delighted when King Steve invites them to be his kitchen assistants in an international Royal Bake Off, organised by his older brother, King Sam of Americanada. The prize money could finally make their dream come true: the intergalactic holiday of a lifetime. With one of the contestants also plotting to take over Americanada, can Anna, Holly and Pepino stay out of danger and win the competition?
When Maya falls off her bike and into the arms of Jake Harper, her cousin Mattie thinks the crush that follows will be as short-lived as the rest – especially as Maya is a Year 8 nobody and Jake is a Year 12 god. Mattie’s pretty sure that Jake’s taken, anyway. But if Jake’s got a girlfriend then why does he keep offering Maya lifts around town? And why does Maya accuse Mattie of being jealous of her? Perhaps there’s more to this crush than meets the eye…
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Cleverly written, this book is lots of fun. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
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A brand new story of crushes, first love and friendship from the original Queen of Tween – Jean Ure!
Narrator: tbc ISBN: 9781510037311 Duration: 1.5hrs
SEPTEMBER 2016
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Mike had no idea that his best friend Alex was a Gris-Kwok – he can turn into any living creature he chooses!
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Jean Ure’s books are funny, funky, feisty – and fantastic reads! JACQUELINE WILSON
Narrator: Jilly Bond ISBN: 9780008120382 Duration: 3hrs
SEPTEMBER 2016
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My Friend’s a Gris-Kwok Malorie Blackman
Young Bond: Heads You Die Steve Cole
When Mike finds out that his best friend, Alex, is a Gris-Kwok and can turn into any animal he chooses, it’s the start of some crazy adventures! Alex’s naughty little sister Polly is a Gris-Kwok too and she won’t do as she’s told. Mike and Alex are in for the worst babysitting job in the world as they try to keep up with her!
BEFORE THE MAN BECAME THE LEGEND.
Malorie Blackman OBE is one of the UK’s best-loved writers for children and young people and has won numerous literary awards for her writing.
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BEFORE THE BOY BECAME THE MAN. Young Bond is back – and his fate will be decided by the flip of a coin: heads or tails – live or die…
James Bond is back again in Steve Cole’s second Young Bond adventure.
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Action-packed, with references to Fleming’s Bond that will surprise and delight the most avid Bond fan. MAIL ON SUNDAY, on Young Bond: Shoot to Kill
[Cole] is a master of action, and the scenes on the sinister airship as it makes its way over the Atlantic are particularly tense.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES, on Young Bond: Shoot to Kill
Narrator: Nathaniel Parker ISBN: 9781510038011 Duration: 7.75hrs
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Will Jenny and her pupils survive the day?
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Teacher Trouble Alexander McCall Smith
Pip Street: The Pesky Pig Panic Jo Simmons
Jenny is very tall for her age, and when she dresses smartly for her first day at a new school, she looks very grown-up indeed. So grown-up, in fact, that when she arrives at the school, she is mistaken for a new teacher, and left in charge of a classroom of kids! Jenny is forced to keep up the act, and soon finds herself in all sorts of tricky situations. Whatever happens, it’s going to be a real education!
Who turned out all the lights? Oh, no one – it’s a power cut. Which is bad news for usually brave Bobby Cobbler, because he’s scared of the dark. And worse luck for Bobby, this is not just one random power cut – it’s the beginning of a plague of power cuts! Something on Pip Street isn’t right and just between you and me, I think it might be to do with that pig with the spooky hypnotic eyes who’s living in Jeff the Chalk’s house…
Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors. He has written novels for adults and children alike.
Narrator: Melody Grove ISBN: 9781510038035 Duration: 1hr
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Are you ready to meet the World’s Worst Children? Five beastly boys and five gruesome girls! Meet TV super-fan, Sofia Sofa, so stuck to the sofa that she’s turning into one; Dribbling Drew, a boy whose drool gets him into trouble; and not forgetting Blubbering Bertha, a girl who bawls and tells terrible tales. Also featuring a special appearance from everyone’s favourite character: Raj!
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David Walliams’ children’s books are now guaranteed bestsellers […] watch this fly off the shelves. DAILY MAIL I absolutely love David Walliams’s books. In a few more years they will become classics. GUARDIAN
But that’s for Bobby and Imelda to figure out, just as soon as they find their torches!
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Welcome to Pip Street! The very ordinary place where extraordinary things happen!
Narrator: Richard Dillane ISBN: 9781510038059 Duration: 1hr
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From Number One bestselling author David Walliams comes this collection of wickedly funny, deliciously mischievous tales.
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