儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Champion

In the eighteenth chapter of our series, Basil learns to fight with a two handed sword from one of historys masters of the martial art. He takes part in a jousting contest and is feeling rather battered, bruised, and fed up. Just in case you are wond

儿童故事集：The Easter Fair

The Wicked Uncle takes Jeremy and Jemima to an Easter Fair. What could possibly go wrong? Well almost anything. Of course Uncle Jeff is not really that wicked but he is both fun and irresponsible. Mum and Dad never feel comfortable when hes around, b

儿童故事集：The Luck of the Wicked Uncle

This is a story about luck, or chance or fate. Some people believe that everything that happens is set in the stars at the dawn of time and some people believe everything happens chaotically and at random, and other people believe that we are totally

儿童故事集：The Wicked Uncle By the Sea

The first time we met Jeremy and Jemimas wicked Uncle Jeff, we discovered that he was not so much wicked as irresponsible. Mum and Dad decided that it would be better if he did not look after the children again. But when Dad forgot to book a holiday,

儿童故事集：The Wicked Uncle

Mum and Dad are going away for a romantic weekend, and Wicked Uncle Jeff is left in charge of the children. The children have homework to do, but Uncle Jeff thinks that is far too boring. He has other ideas, and a misadventure follows. The idea for t

儿童故事集：The Beauty at the Last Ball

We have reached the final episode of our Waking Beauty series about the mysterious Princess Talia, and her friends Basil and Sally. They have travelled back and forth in time and confronted their arch enemy. Now the sleeping city of Oxford is waking

儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Challenge

We reach the climax of our Waking Beauty series in which Basil and Sally return to present day Oxford. Basil must face the champion of Morgan Le Fay in hand to hand combat, and then win a challenge of a very different sort. Story by Bertie. Read by E

儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Time

We are now in medieval times. In the seventeenth chapter of our Waking Beauty series, Sally meets some famous people and Basil is increasingly anxious that he might have to fight a duel with a knight. Story by Bertie. Read by Elizabeth. Proofread by

儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Homeland

Chapter sixteen of our Waking Beauty series takes us far away from our usual setting, as Basil and Sally awake in Talias homeland. A Miller takes them to a medieval tournament where he says they can meet the Wizard Merlin. Story by Bertie. Read by El

儿童故事集：The Beauty and Sir Basil

We reach the fifteenth chapter of our Waking Beauty series, and some of the mystery surrounding Princess Talia will be revealed. The city of Oxford has fallen asleep under a cloud of fog. Only Basil and one or two others are awake. He meets Princess

儿童故事集：The Beauty and the Big Sleep

Our Waking Beauty series is about to get even more mysterious. We reach the fourteenth chapter in our Princess Talia series, in which she is taken against her will to be interviewed by a psychiatrist. She answers all the questions honestly, and Basil

儿童故事集：The Beauty Departs

The authorities of Westerly College, Oxford have given Princess Talia a choice. She can either be sent down and leave the college for good, or she can visit a psychiatrist and undertake any treatment prescribed. Of course both Talia and her friend Ba

儿童故事集：The Beauty on Trial

Princess Talia is getting into deeper and deeper trouble with the college authorities. She is convinced that the Rectors wife is a dangerous witch. Many people in college now think that she is crazy with the notable exceptions of her friend Basil, an

儿童故事集：The Beauty and the Tower

We have reached chapter ten of our popular Waking Beauty series. The Police officers had instructions to see Talia safely back to the door of her rooms at college. They left Basil and Count Anthony standing in the quad. Story by Bertie. Read by Eliza

儿童故事集：Christmas in Space

This is our most ambitious story about the Wicked Uncle Uncle Jeff. Of course hes not really wicked, merely irresponsible, and somewhat annoying to Mum and Dad. But the kids love him. This story refers back to our summer story, The Wicked Uncle by th

儿童故事集：The Beauty Under Arrest

Princess Talia finds the modern world frightening. When she wants to go shopping she asks her college friend, Sally, to come with her. In a department store, a woman steals Talias purse. Talia attacks the thief with unfortunate consequences for herse

儿童故事集：The Philosophical Beauty

In chapter eight of our Waking Beauty series, people at Westerly College Oxford are beginning to accept that Princess Talia is brilliant, if somewhat strange. But although she is a genius at languages and music, she hates Philosophy tutorials. She in

儿童故事集：The Singing Beauty

Chapter seven of our Waking Beauty series is longer than the others so far so keep listening, and dont miss the singing towards the end! Some people are starting to suspect that Princess Talia might be crazy. Her friends, Basil and Sally, decide that

儿童故事集：The Christmas Beauty

The Michaelmas (Christmas) term at Westerly College has come to an end. Sally is about to go back to her family, but her neighbour, the mysterious Princess Talia, has no home to go to. At the last moment, Sally calls her mum and asks if she can bring

儿童故事集：The Timeless Beauty

This, the fourth part of our Awaking Beauty series, sees Princess Talia in rather a different and unexpected light. Princess Talia is now moving in her own high circles, and Sally, her first friend at Westerly College Oxford, is rather regretting tha