Stories for Summer Holidays for age 5+: Two hours of fun to listen to on planes, trains and cars

Twelve of the best-loved children’s book stories to get your little ones through the longest journeys this summer.

Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this Summer? … Worry no more with this compilation of twelve of the best-loved children’s stories. Two hours of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys – keeping at bay the dreaded question, ARE WE THERE YET?

Featuring some of the biggest names in children’s stories – Michael Morpurgo, Oliver Jeffers, Michael Bond and Jill Barklem – this collection has it all. Full of laughter, and tonnes of fun. A must-have for the Summer Holidays.

Playlist:

Michael Bond: PADDINGTON: THE ORIGINAL STORY OF THE BEAR FROM PERU – read by Stephen Fry

Michael Morpurgo: DOLPHIN BOY – read by Jot Davies

Jonathan Langley: NURSERY TALES (The Three Billy Goats Gruff) – read by Victoria Wood

Ian Whybrow: LITTLE WOLF AND SMELLYBREFF: WHAT’S THE TIME, LITTLE WOLF? – read by Griff Rhys Jones

Oliver Jeffers: THE INCREDIBLE BOOK EATING BOY – read by Jim Broadbent

Dr. Seuss: THE BIPPOLO SEED – read by Neil Patrick Harris

Dr. Seuss: THE RABBIT, THE BEAR, AND THE ZINNIGA-ZANNIGA – read by Anjelica Huston

Jonathan Langley: NURSERY TALES (The Story of Rumpelstiltskin) – read by Victoria Wood

Jenny Valentine: IGGY AND ME ON HOLIDAY (And in my Suitcase I Put) – read by Charlotte Strevens

S. A. Wakefield: THE ADVENTURES OF BOTTERSNIKES AND GUMBLES (Running Down to the Beach) – read by Nicholas Osmond

Jill Barklem: BRAMBLY HEDGE: SUMMER STORY – read by John Moffatt

Michael Bond: PADDINGTON AND THE MARMALADE MAZE – read by Jim Broadbent

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Lydbog: 26. november 2026