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The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection

by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Audiobook
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A perfect story from the Newbery Medal-winning and New York Times bestselling author of American Gods and Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman.

A talking tiger is the only one who may be able to get a princess to speak in this story set in a mythic India.

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  • Release date

    October 6, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780061987342
      • File size: 23168 KB
      • Duration: 00:48:15

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 3-6

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This outstanding collection includes four of Gaiman's wonderfully offbeat and engaging children's tales, which showcase his talents as a storyteller for the whole family. From The Wolves in the Walls (playfully scary) to Cinnamon (a touching story in which a little princess is taught to speak by an enormous tiger) to the outlandish The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish and the delightfully rhyming Crazy Hair, this collection demonstrates a range of creative energy that will appeal to a wide audience. Gaiman is also a terrific performer who captivates listeners with his pleasant British voice, which is persuasively easy on the ear. The collection includes a charming interview by Gaiman's young daughter in which we learn why his first children's book lives in a box in his attic, why he loves to hear authors read their own work, and what it's like to write for both children and adults. J.C.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2005 Audie Award Finalist (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from January 10, 2005
      As author Gaiman demonstrated on his recording of his first children's novel, Coraline
      , he's more than up to the task of reading his work with great style. Here, again, he performs as a consummate storyteller, reading four stories, two of which have been published as picture books. Gaiman has a slow, suspense-building pace and a slightly ominous tone on "The Wolves in the Walls," in which Lucy tries to warn her preoccupied family of what the creaking, crackling, scritching, scratching noises in their house must surely be. "On The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish," Gaiman's first picture book, the author/narrator rolls along at a jaunty, entertaining clip. On "Crazy Hair," Gaiman is sprightly, reading this silly rhyming poem about the very wild 'do of the 11-year-old narrator, big enough to house nesting birds and lions making a lair, and very resistant to brushing. Listeners and fans are also treated to a reading of "Cinnamon," a colorful original fable about a princess who refuses to speak (though a tiger in the exotically set tale has lots to say). which had previously appeared only on Gaiman's Web site. Gaiman's daughter Maddy conducts a warm, revealing and lively interview with her dad that is likely to charm listeners of all ages. Ages 5-up. (Nov. 2004)

      FYI:
      A CD recording containing
      The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish also appears in a limited edition reissue of the picture book, released by HarperCollins Children's Books in October 2004
      .

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:3-6

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