AuthorClare Balding
NarratorClare Balding
Duration4h 30m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS2
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
VersionUnabridged
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Racehorse Who Learned to Dance written and read by Clare Balding. Charlie's racehorse has certainly earned the name Noble Warrior: he won the Derby against all odds and bested a bunch of nasty kidnappers. But now Noddy is facing his greatest challenge yet . . . Charlie's best friend Polly is still recovering from an accident that left her almost paralysed. But Polly has a real talent with horses - and she and Charlie are determined not to let it go to waste. Can the two best friends find a way to make Polly's equestrian dreams come true, and forge a new path for the racehorse who wouldn't gallop?
Author: Clare Balding
Author Clare Balding
Narrator Clare Balding
Duration 1h
Clare Balding looks back at the last time that the Olympic Games came to London in 1948. Three years after the end of the Second World War, Britain was still gripped by austerity. Rationing was still in force, severe bomb damage was still much in evidence and no new sports facilities could be built. Visiting athletes were put up in schools and RAF...
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Charlie Bass Series Book 2: The Racehorse Who Disappeared
Author: Clare Balding
Author Clare Balding
Narrator Clare Balding
SeriesCharlie Bass, Book 2
Duration 3h 50m
Penguin presents the audio download edition of The Racehorse Who Disappeared written and read by Clare Balding. Life is slowly getting back to normal for Charlie after her reluctant racehorse, Noble Warrior, won the Derby and saved her family from financial ruin. But drama soon returns to Folly Farm when thieves break into the farmyard in the dead...
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Charlie Bass Series Book 1: The Racehorse That Wouldn't Gallop
Author: Clare Balding
Author Clare Balding
Narrator Clare Balding
SeriesCharlie Bass, Book 1
Duration 3h 25m
Charlie Bass is a horse-mad nine-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when her eccentric parents announce that they are going to buy a racehorse, Charlie is thrilled. The horse they buy, Noble Warrior, looks the part: strong, fit and healthy. There's just one problem - he won't gallop. In fact, he won't even trot round the field without h...
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Author: Clare Balding
Author Clare Balding
Narrator The Author
Duration 9h 12m
100 of the most heroic, inspirational and sometimes hilarious animals from history, brought to life by national treasure Clare Balding. Bobbie the Wonder dog crossed more than 2,500 miles of plains, desert and mountains to find his way home .Cher Ami the pigeon delivered a message that saved the lives of 194 soldiers in 1918.Trakr the police dog sp...
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Author: Clare Balding
Author Clare Balding
Narrator Clare Balding
Duration 9h
Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen. She and her younger brothe...
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