World Book Day - A World of Stories Online
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Am I Normal Yet? By Holly Bourne Read by Charlie Sanderson First book of The Spinster Club series All Evie wants is to be normal. And now tha...
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Lie Tree By Frances Hardinge Read by Emilia Fox Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and a...
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Monster Calls By Patrick Ness Based on an original idea by Siobhan Dowd Read by Jason Isaacs Costa Award winner and Guardian Prize winning ...
Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Revolting Rhymes By Roald Dahl Read by Tamsin Greig You can think again if you thought you knew the stories of some of the most popular fairy ta...
The Bolds by Julian Clary
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Bolds By Julian Clary Read by Julian Clary Mr and Mrs Bold are just like you and me: they live in a nice house, they have jobs and they love...
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins Read by Carolyn McCormick First in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the ...
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maggot Moon By Sally Gardner Read by Robert Madge A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion Winner of the Carnegi...
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones By Cassandra Clare Read by Ari Graynor Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Man...
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Worst Witch By Jill Murphy Read by Gemma Arterton Hold on to your broom for magical mayhem! Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is a t...
CHERUB: The Recruit By Robert Muchamore
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
CHERUB: The Recruit By Robert Muchamore Read by Simon Scardifield A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover...
Geek Girl by Holly Smale
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Geek Girl By Holly Smale Read by Kate Sobey “My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.” Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles i...
Half Bad by Sally Green
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Half Bad By Sally Green Read by Carl Prekopp A debut novel about one boy's struggle for survival in a hidden society of witches. You can't read,...
Grandpa's Great Escape by David Walliams
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Grandpa's Great Escape By David Walliams Read by David Walliams & Michael Gambon Jack’s Grandpa… *Wears his slippers to the supermarket...
How I Live Now by Meg Rossoff
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How I Live Now By Meg Rossoff Read by Amber Sealey Meg Rosoff's charming coming-of-age novel, How I Live Now is set over a summer of love and de...
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Noughts and Crosses By Malorie Blackman Read by Paul Chequer Sephy is a Cross - a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought - ...
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rooftoppers By Katherine Rundell Read by Gordon Griffin Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Rooftoppe...
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How to Train Your Dragon By Cressida Cowell Read by David Tennant Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, was a truly extraordinary Viking Hero. Warrio...
Darcy Burdock by Laura Dockrill
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Darcy Burdock By Laura Dockrill Read by Laura Dockrill Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers. Curious, smart-as-a-whip, funny and...
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Murder Most Unladylike By Robin Stevens Read by Gemma Chan When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deep...
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan Read by Jesse Bernstein "Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the s...
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George's Marvellous Medicine By Roald Dahl Read by Derek Jacobi George Kranky is eight years old and wondering what sort of mischief he might ge...
Skellig by David Almond
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Skellig By David Almond Read by David Almond When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly...
Marge in Charge by Isla Fisher
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marge in Charge By Isla Fisher Read by Isla Fisher Meet Marge, the mischievous babysitter with rainbow hair who loves to make a mess and bend th...
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat By Chris Riddell Read by Roni Ancona Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disgu...
Flying Fergus: The Best Birthday Bike by Chris Hoy
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Flying Fergus: The Best Birthday Bike By Chris Hoy Read by Chris Hoy The first in a fantastically fun, magical cycling adventure series from Sir...
Paddington Takes the Test by Michael Bond
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Paddington Takes the Test By Michael Bond Read by Hugh Bonneville ‘ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS!’ Paddington read on the glossy leaflet showing ...
Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island By Enid Blyton Read by Jan Francis Julian, Dick and Anne are spending the holidays with their tomboy ...
The Diary of Dennis the Menace by Steven Butler
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Diary of Dennis the Menace By Steven Butler Read by Steven Butler The Diary of Dennis the Menace gives listeners the inside story on every c...
The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog By Jeremy Strong Read by Martin Clunes Streaker is a mixed-up kind of dog . . .with quite a bit of Ferrari and a la...
Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Meerkat Mail By Emily Gravett Illustrated by Emily Gravett Read by John Sessions Sunny the meerkat lives with his enormous family in the Kalah...
The Giant of Jum by Elli Woollard
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Giant of Jum By Elli Woollard Illustrated by Benji Davies Read by Stephen Mangan "Fee!" he said, and "Fi!" he said, and "Fo!" he said and ...
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aliens Love Underpants By Claire Freedman Illustrated by Ben Cort Read by Rik Mayall Aliens love underpants, in every shape and size! First pu...
Five Minute's Peace by Jill Murphy
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Five Minute's Peace By Jill Murphy Illustrated by Jill Murphy Read by Miriam Margolyes A modern picture book classic– there's never a dull m...
Where Are You Blue Kangaroo? By Emma Chichester Clark
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Where Are You Blue Kangaroo? By Emma Chichester Clark Read by Joanna Lumley Lily loves Blue Kangaroo, but sometimes he disappears and Lily says,...
The Hueys in the New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Hueys in the New Jumper By Oliver Jeffers Read by Jarvis Cocker The things about the Hueys is that they are all the same. They all look the ...
Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch By Valerie Thomas Illustrations by Korky Paul Read by Berny Stringle Winnie the Witch lives in a black hou...
Hugless Douglas By David Melling
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hugless Douglas By David Melling Read by Alan Davies Hugless Douglas is a huggable, lovable young brown bear who wakes up one morning in need of...
Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit Book Burglar by Emily Mackenzie
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit Book Burglar By Emily MacKenzie Read by Lenny Henry Meet Ralfy, a very unusual rabbit, with a passion for . . . books! Some rab...