DAGGIE DOGFOOT

ACE

Fame is waiting round the corner for Ace the pig.

AMBROSE FOLLOWS HIS NOSE

Ambrose may seem like an ordinary rabbit, but he has the most extraordinary sense of smell. He can detect any aroma from sweets to kittens - and even niffy foxes! He lives with his family in a hutch and is visited every day by Biddy, who is desperate to take him home to be her pet - if only her mum and dad would let her. Biddy trains Ambrose to become a tracker rabbit - which comes in very handy when Ambrose's little sister, Roly, goes missing. But when Biddy's family find themselves in real danger, can Ambrose's sensitive nose save the day?

THE CROWSTARVER

Spider Sparrow is abandoned as a baby and brought up by a kindly shepherd and his wife, surrounded by animals who love and trust him. But nothing in life comes easy.

THE CUCKOO CHILD

Jack thinks his father's geese would make perfect foster parents for his ostrich eggs. But what will they make of a giant son who sinks when he should swim and runs faster than any bird on earth?

DICK KING SMITH'S FARM YARD TALES

Puffin presents five classic children's stories from master storyteller Dick King-Smith. This collection features tales from the farm yard including Julius Caesar's Goat. Julius Caesar's Goat is the story of how Julius Caesar became the owner of a goat so smelly the enemy ran away at the merest whiff of him! And then there's Caesar's girlfriend... Queen Cleopatra may be beautiful but she uses Siberian wolf's wee for perfume and rancid donkey milk for bathwater. How can Caesar stand to be near this pungent pair? The other stories included in this collection are The Rats of Meadowsweet Farm Cuckoo Bush Farm and Farmer Bungle Forgets.

EMILY'S LEGS

Emily the spider seems exactly the same as all her brothers and sisters, until she races for the Spider Sports, when they discover she has ten legs instead of eight. They accuse her of being a cheat, and she is catapulted from the web. After being swallowed by a vacuum cleaner, she meets another spider, James, who befriends her.

GEORGE SPEAKS

George looks like an ordinary baby but his sister, Laura, soon discovers he is extraordinary.

GODHANGER

The animals of Godhanger Wood live in fear of the cruel gamekeeper, but the mysterious bird Skymaster sees all and soon a deadly battle of wills begins.

HARRY'S MAD

Harry's imagination runs riot when he hears of his dead Uncle's will.

THE HODGEHEG

Max the hedgehog lives with his family on the wrong side of the road from the park. The road is very busy but Max notices that humans manage to cross it quite easily. He decides to try to find a safe way to reach the park but his first attempt results in a bump on the head, after which his words are all mixed up when he speaks.

THE MAGIC CARPET SLIPPERS

When Mr Sloggett discovers that his slippers are magical he wants to keep them a secret. Then something awful happens and only a hero with super powers can save the day.

MAGIC STORIES

This collection of exciting stories includes The Magic Carpet Slippers! The great thing about being 75 years old is that you can wear your slippers everywhere - Percy Sloggett wears his in the garden and to the shops as well as in the house. In time his battered old slippers need to be replaced and he gets something of a surprise when he discovers that his new pair are magic. They make him feel years younger and also make him strong and clever. Percy is desperate to tell someone his secret and so tells his friend's grand-daughter, Lollie - for of course children understand magic better than adults do. Percy's slippers turn out to be life-savers as they enable him to leap across the road to save Lollie from a disaster! The other brilliant stories included in this collection are: The Magic Carpet Slippers, Uncle Bumpo, Philibert the First and The Ghost at Codlin Castlee

THE MERMAN

On Zeta's tenth birthday she finds something that changes her life - a merman swimming in the far north of Scotland. The two become friends and a heart-warming story begins.

A MOUSE CALLED WOLF

Wolfgang Amadeus is a mouse with a talent for singing. His beautiful voice leads him into making a very special new friend.

MR APE

When his wife and children leave home, A.P.E. Spring-Russell, known as 'Ape', decides to share his huge stately house with some animals.

NOAH'S BROTHER

An amusing story of Noah's Ark.

PHILIBERT THE FIRST AND OTHER STORIES

A boy who eats sausages for every meal; a baby girl who mows the grass by eating it and a four year old at school who knows as much as the Headmaster.

THE ROUNDHILL

Evan loves the Roundhill and believes it is a magical place. One summer he meets Alice, a mysterious girl who loves the Roundhill as much as he does!

SADDLEBOTTOM

When Saddlebottom, the piglet, runs away from home his life becomes a series of unexpected events.

THE SHEEP PIG

When Babe arrives at the Hoggets' farm he is the only pig in the yard and rather small and lonely. He is adopted promptly by a sheepdog, Fly, and before very long a puzzled farmer finds he has quite an efficient working sheep-pig.

TALES OF ADVENTUROUS CHILDREN FROM DICK KING SMITH

Puffin presents seven stories, in audio for the first time, from master storyteller Dick King-Smith. This collection includes: Connie and Rolo, Warlock Watson, Bobby the Bad, Dragon Boy, What Sadie Saw, Treasure Trove and Back to Front Benjy. Get ready to go treasure hunting with Ben, cast spells with Sam and take flight with Montagu in this beautifully recorded new collection.