Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories
- Author Puffin Books
- Narrator Samantha Bond, Sophie Aldred, Christopher Timothy
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date 26 October 2017
- Run Time 1 hours and 52 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories.
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What to expect
Penguin presents the audio download edition of The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories, read by Sophie Aldred and Christopher Timothy.
A lively collection of nineteen short, snappy stories, some old, some new, to make you gasp, laugh, frown or giggle.
Featuring:
The Little Wooden Horse
Clever Cakes
The Orchestra That Lost Its Voice
Ostriches Can't Fly
Little Red Riding Hood
Miss Dose the Doctor's Daughter
Ticky Picky Boom Boom
A Thousand Yards of Sea
The Gingerbread Man
Blessu
Hedgehogs Don't Eat Hamburgers
Mrs Simkin's Bathtub
The Horrendous Hullabaloo
How the Leopard Got His Spots
Puffling in a Pickle
Cold Feet
The Fish Cart
Wil's Tail
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
| Author | Puffin Books |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Samantha Bond, Sophie Aldred, Christopher Timothy |
| Duration | 1 hours and 52 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780241344781 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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