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Christmas books: kids’ listening

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Jack and the Beanstalk and other stories

(BBC, 1 CD, £5.86; Buy this book)

Four fairy stories recorded with jaunty music and sound effects by Lenny Henry and Sheridan Smith.

Willo the Wisp

(BBC, 1 CD, £5.86; Buy this book)

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Kenneth Williams’s audio version of Nicholas Spargo’s children’s TV cartoon series.

Roald Dahl reads Five Favourite Stories

(HarperCollins, 5 CDs, £15.99; Buy this book)

These unabridged recordings reveal the master on peak form.

The Coral Island

(Naxos, 3 CDs, £13.99; Buy this book)

The narrator Wayne Forrester and a fine abridgement make R. M. Ballantyne’s 1857 classic, period language and all, fluent and easily comprehensible.

The Unabridged Just William Collection

(CSA Word, 5 CDs, £18.59; Buy this book)

Ideal listening for impatient children and busy parents.