Playaway

Children

July to August

2010

Pre-Loaded Digital Audio Books

The first all-in-one audiobook is now available from BBC Audiobooks. Playaway doesn't require a separate player, so it comes ready-to-listen. And as it comes already loaded with great digital content, there's no need for CDs, cassettes or downloads.

It's light and compact - smaller than a pack of cards - so you can fit a whole book in your pocket. It also has digital quality sound and up to 80 hours of playing time. Just plug-in the headphones that are included, press 'play' and listen straight away. No technical knowledge is needed - Playaway's user-friendly features mean you can bookmark your favourite points and control the speed of the narrator's voice. It even remembers your place when it's turned off. Now you can listen wherever you go.

Light, compact,
complete and unabridged…

Siobhan Dowd
The London Eye Mystery

Read By Paul Chequer
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off – except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin. And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unput-downable spine-tingling thriller–a race against time.

Chris Priestley
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship

Read By Bill Wallis
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship is Chris Priestley's second collection of macabre tales and once again he demonstrates that he is the master of the form ... These grisly, gothic tales deserve to be read aloud and are perfect for Halloween'

Julia Green
Breathing Underwater

Read By Lisa Coleman
Freya has come to visit her grandparents who live on a remote island. Last year she visited them with her brother - but last year her brother died alone in a boating accident. Whilst back on the island, Freya finds a way, with the calming presence of her grandparents and the gentle care and attention of the people around her, to adjust to the fact that her brother has gone, and that life - and love - are still vibrantly in the air.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World

Read By Matthew Rhys
The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular Strand Magazine during the months of April 1912-November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between Native Americans and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.