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  • Spectacular Stories for the Very Young

  • Four Hilarious Stories
  • By: David Walliams
  • Narrated by: David Walliams
  • Length: 33 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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Spectacular Stories for the Very Young

By: David Walliams
Narrated by: David Walliams
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Publisher's Summary

Four of David Walliams’ amazing picture books in one spectacular collection for the first time! Read by the author himself.

33 minutes of side-splitting stories for the very young, hilariously read by David Walliams. This unabridged compilation includes:

THE SLIGHTLY ANNOYING ELEPHANT
What’s big, blue, bossy, and turns up uninvited? A slightly annoying elephant, of course!

THE FIRST HIPPO ON THE MOON
Two big hippos. One ENORMOUS dream. Who can make it to the moon first?
3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .BLAST OFF!

THE BEAR WHO WENT BOO!
At the top of the world, surrounded by snow and ice, lives a very cheeky polar bear cub who loves to go…BOO! But this little bear cub doesn’t always know when to stop…

THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY SCHOOL!
Miranda loves to be different, and on Bring-your-pet-to-school Day she introduces everyone to her very DIFFERENT pet…Penelope the snake.

©2018 David Walliams (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic Reviews

"Pre-schoolers will roar with laughter." (Daily Express)

"Part Aesop, part Spike Milligan...this is rollicking stuff.” (Big Issue)

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David Walliams ‘Spectacular Stories for the Very Young

Loved these stories and that they were read by David himself. I already had 2 on hard cover and enjoyed the audio versions very much.

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7yo- it was the best story I've ever heard!
Was great fun listening to this over breakfast with my child.

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Like it.

I wished there was more stories . 3 stories is not a enough for me . 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 but I loved it.

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Very short for an audiobook

Fun stories just at 30 minutes there not that great value relative to other titles.

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