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Elizabeth Ann is being carefully brought up by her Aunt Frances. Aunt Frances shares in all Elizabeth Ann's fears and slights, walks her to and from school each day, and conscientiously follows the most modern theories on child-rearing. She is the original helicopter parent. Not surprisingly, at nine years old Elizabeth Ann is timid and shy, friendless, and completely dependent on her doting aunt. Then an emergency occurs, and the fearful little girl is temporarily sent to other relatives who live on a farm in Vermont.
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Like a picnic on a warm spring day
- By Jo on 11-15-16
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1
- By: J.K. Rowling
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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A great reading of the wrong book
- By P on 11-24-15
By: J.K. Rowling
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East of the Sun
- By: Julia Gregson
- Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
- Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
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Autumn 1928. Three young women are on their way to India, each with a new life in mind. Rose, a beautiful but naive bride-to-be, is anxious about leaving her family and marrying a man she hardly knows. Victoria, her bridesmaid couldn't be happier to get away from her overbearing mother, and is determined to find herself a husband. And Viva, their inexperienced chaperone, is in search of the India of her childhood, ghosts from the past and freedom.
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Indian history takes a back seat to 3 young women
- By Richard on 05-24-16
By: Julia Gregson
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Call the Midwife
- A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
- By: Jennifer Worth
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
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At the age of 22, Jennifer Worth left her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in postwar London’s East End slums. The colorful characters she met while delivering babies all over London - from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lived to the woman with 24 children who couldn't speak English to the prostitutes and dockers of the city’s seedier side - illuminate a fascinating time in history.
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The best book I've listened to this year
- By Richard on 06-12-13
By: Jennifer Worth
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A Change of Climate
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Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. 30 years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affair, Anna finds no forgiveness in her heart, and 30 years of repressed rage and grief explode, destroying not only a marriage but also their love, their faith, and everything they thought they were.
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Beautifully written
- By Patricia S. on 10-11-15
By: Hilary Mantel
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A Clergyman's Daughter
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Dorothy Hare, the dutiful daughter of a rector in Suffolk, spends her days performing good works and cultivating good thoughts, pricking her arm with a pin when a bad thought arises. She does her best to reconcile her father’s fanciful view of his position in the world with such realities as the butcher’s bill. But even Dorothy’s strength has its limits, and one night, as she works feverishly on costumes for the church-school play, she blacks out. When she comes to, she finds herself on a London street, clad in a sleazy dress and unaware of her identity.
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Bottom-Shelf Orwell, but still G-D Orwell
- By Darwin8u on 08-11-19
By: George Orwell
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs.
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Not sure why they banned this book all the same...
- By Exec. Chef 'Special K' on 03-03-13
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Crooked Heart
- A Novel
- By: Lissa Evans
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
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When Noel Bostock - aged 10, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment, he lands in a suburb northwest of the city with Vera Sedge - a 36-year-old widow drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money, she's unscrupulous about how she gets it.
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Surviving The Blitz In WWII Great Britain
- By Sara on 04-24-16
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Mr. Fox
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- By: Helen Oyeyemi
- Narrated by: Carol Boyd
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Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently....
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A Great Novel, just Poor for Audio
- By James A. Dittes on 08-13-16
By: Helen Oyeyemi
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The Secret of Platform 13
- By: Eva Ibbotson
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Beyond the everyday world of King's Cross Station lies an island of oddities and magic. When their infant Prince is stolen, the island's magical residents form a team to rescue him. The only trouble is, they can't get to him for nine years.
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Light, funny, magical listen.
- By E. Onaya on 06-01-17
By: Eva Ibbotson
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William's Happy Days
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Here are 10 hilarious stories from the genius pen of Richmal Crompton, featuring legendary, lateral-thinking schoolboy William Brown.
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Fun, Light-hearted Stories
- By Mama C on 07-23-09
By: Richmal Crompton
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Meet Ramona. She lives on Klickitat Street with her mother, father and big sister, Beezus. She’s not afraid of anything and is always up to something. And that’s just the beginning…. In this audio collection, join Ramona, one of Beverly Cleary’s most beloved characters, on all her wacky adventures!
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Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell? Danny has a life any boy would love - his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.
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Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on the porch and a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson. Whether Pippi's scrubbing her floors, doing arithmetic or stirring things up at a fancy tea party, her flair for the outrageous always seems to lead to another adventure.
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For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams.
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Seven superb stories, from the world's no. one storyteller. Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A cleaver mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins.
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Mr. Hoppy is in love with his neighbor, Mrs. Silver; but she is in love with someone else—Alfie, her pet tortoise. With all her attention focused on Alfie, Mrs. Silver doesn’t even know Mr. Hoppy is alive. And Mr. Hoppy is too shy to even ask Mrs. Silver over for tea. Then one day Mr. Hoppy comes up with a brilliant idea to get Mrs. Silver's attention. If Mr. Hoppy's plan works, Mrs. Silver will certainly fall in love with him. After all, everyone knows the way to a woman’s heart is through her tortoise.
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To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it's turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that's just the beginning of their problems….
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- Mon Dobrin
- 02-07-15
Delightful
This is a great match of story and performance. I've loved Matilda since I was old enough to read, my copy of Matilda has been replaced several times over.
From now on I want Kate Winslet to read all books, every book. She throws herself into the story with abandon. The grotesqueness of the Wormwoods, the brutality of Miss Trunchbull, the sick mess that is Hortensia (blech!) and of course, the loveliness of Matilda and Miss Honey. I would love to have been a fly on the wall as she recorded this.
My only compliant is that Kate does get really loud. It fits the performance, but it can be overwhelming.
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- BeesKnees
- 11-25-17
Problems with volume
This is a great story. Both of my children (6 and 8) enjoyed this book. The story kept their interest and Kate Winslet is a great narrator. The only issue is the sound and voices raise and fall sharply causing you to have to turn down the volume only to have to turn it up again.
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- Rusty
- 08-03-17
Wow
Would you listen to Matilda again? Why?
Kate Winslet was incredible. I couldn't believe the voices she was able to do—she was an utter surprise and delight.
What other book might you compare Matilda to and why?
Of course, the book was wonderful. Roald Dahl is a magician with words.
Which character – as performed by Kate Winslet – was your favorite?
I loved her take on Mrs. Wormwood.
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- Emily in GA
- 08-17-17
Amazing listen!
Loved every moment of this and so did my kids. Kate Winslet's reading is superb, and of course, the story is one of my favorites!
This is an excellent choice for the entire family!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-12-21
Kate Winslet is a marvel as a reader of one of RD’s most satisfying books-
Kate Winslet is incredible and incredibly funny at doing the multitude of characters - honestly, my estimation of her as an actor which was already very high, has grown even more. If you want to captivate listeners, young and old, for few hours, sit them on comfortable chairs and start the story. A brilliant young girl takes on a frightfully bullying adult and saves her teacher through wit and a little bit if magic- what more could one want?
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- AMBER C M CANTRELL
- 09-29-20
Amazing Performance!!!
Amazing performance by Kate Winslet!! I'll be searching for more read by her. So glad I listened even though I knew the story.
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- Sandra R. Merrill
- 03-17-21
Matilda is wonderful!
Miss Honey and Matilda are wonderful characters and are wonderful kindred spirits.
My favorite part is where the chalk is used to write the message to Trunchable.
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- Darla Hall
- 05-20-21
so worth it!
Great story,
Great reading and speed
Fantastic accents!
Will listen again!
Timeless story, I could visualize the scene as the story unfolded.
thank you
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- Simon
- 11-30-20
Book Worm
I think I read this when I was little and haven't since. I recently found a collection of Dahl's books books for sale and decided to re read and read the one's I haven't read.
The story is still amazing and it has that something that the inner kid inside me likes. Matilda is the one book I can relate to because when I was very young I had just as an amazing time discovering books in the library. I even remember after watching movie that I hoped I had special powers too.
Reading this as an adult makes me view things differently, especially with the adults in the book. I can now understand all the characters better. I like how Dahl never hides anything from us, he creates a very real world with real problems. Matilda's family is the perfect example of horrible parents that do exist and the principle is a modern monster, I can connect her to authority figures who abuse their power and know they can get away with it.
What I'm decisive about is the ending, many times I like Dahl's ending compare to the movie because Dahl's endings seem more real. But with this book I couldn't help but compare and maybe prefer the ending and story line of the movie better. The book has more details but the way the movie shot the story line with Miss Trunchbull getting scared in her house and then Matilda's family giving her to Miss Honey felt like it had a better flow. But I haven't seen movie in years so I will also have to revisit that.
So far I have been enjoying my trip thru Dahl's books and I would recommend them.to anyone of any age.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-13-18
My 10 year old loved this book.....and so did I !!
If you could sum up Matilda in three words, what would they be?
Funny, Clever, Sweet.
What other book might you compare Matilda to and why?
Not sure what would compare, now that we have heard Roald Dahl, she is interested in all his books.
Which scene was your favorite?
The end when the teacher gets to keep Matilda as her own.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
One of the best books I've listened to in a long time, had my daughters attention throughout. She was so excited we bought the hardcover so she can take it to school and have her teacher read it.
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