Thomas & Friends: Thomas to the Rescue

The Fat Controller will read the latest Thomas the Tank Engine adventure. Emily thinks she knows the best shortcut, but it gets her into trouble and she needs a Really Useful Engine to come to her rescue.

Recommended Reading Age: Pre-school

Available for viewing from 11.00a.m.

Kitten Chaos, by Anna Wilson
An actor will read Anna Wilson’s Kitten Chaos. Cat-astrophe hits when Bertie Fletcher has kittens coming out of her ears as her pet Kaboodle hides all the neighborhood cats from a local brute in their house, resulting in purrfect pandemonium.

Recommended Reading Age: 5+

Available for viewing from 1.00p.m.

Magic Ballerina: The Magic Dance, by Darcey Bussell
Former ballerina Darcey Bussell will read a new Magic Ballerina story. Holly has to find someone to hand the magic ballet shoes on to – could Jade the street dancing girl be the one? Meanwhile, in Enchantia King Rat is up to mischief again and Holly has to save her friends from his dastardly ways.

After retiring as a principle dancer at the Royal Ballet in 2006, Darcey helped create the Magic Ballerina series of books in 2008.

Recommended Reading Age: 5+

Available for viewing from 10.00a.m.

The Charlie Small Journals: Valley of Terrors
An actor will read the latest action-packed Charlie Small adventure. 400-year-old Charlie Small is a keen amateur explorer; his interests include swinging through jungles, cooking for pirates, puppet skills and lassoing. Gadgets, inventions, monstrous creatures, evil villains…no adventure is too big for Charlie Small! Find out where his travels take him next in the latest installment of his lost journals.

Recommended Reading Age: 5+

Available for viewing from 12.00p.m.

Dinosaur Cove: Battle of the Giants, by Rex Stone
An actor will read from Jamie’s latest adventure in Dinosaur Cove. When Jamie moved to Dinosaur Cove he was looking forward to some fossil hunting on the beach. Instead, he and his friend find their way in to a hidden world of dinosaurs, and get more than they bargained for as they dodge the deadly Tyrannosaurus Rex

Recommended Reading Age: 5+

Available for viewing from 2.00p.m.

Grubtown Tales: The Great Pasta Disaster, by Philip Ardagh
Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Philip Ardagh will read his new Grubtown Tale.
Farflung Heaps, self-appointed leader of the Angry Mob becomes so FURIOUS about being served floppy lettuce that he challenges the restaurant to a 'pasta taste-off' with truly EXPLOSIVE results. Can Jilly Cheeter and short shorts-wearing Mango Claptrap save the day when tomato sauce and meatballs become as dangerous as a deadly weapon? And who will pay for all that dry-cleaning?

Recommended Reading Age: 7 +

Available for viewing from 2.00p.m.

Pongwiffy and the Important Announcement, by Kaye Umansky
Author Kaye Umansky reads from her new World Book Day Pongwiffy tale. Pongwiffy and her fellow Witches from Witchway Wood are in a spin - Grandwitch Sourmuddle is going on holiday and there is going to be a Supply Grandwitch to replace her! No matter, thinks Pongwiffy craftily, the replacement will be a pushover - it won’t matter if Pongwiffy oversleeps and is late for Coven Meetings. How little Pongwiffy knows and how much she has to learn! Not only is Grandwitch Crackwhippy terrifying, but there are goblins up to no good. Witches, Familiars, Goblins and a runaway bed are set to collide – in spectacular fashion.

Recommended Reading Age: 7+

Available for viewing from 11.00a.m.

Jamie Johnson: Born To Play by Dan Freedman
A life-long football fanatic, author Dan Freedman will read his fast-paced prequel to The Kick Off - Jamie Johnson is eleven and having a tough time. Bullies won’t let him play football at break, his best mate is at another school, and he even gets picked on for not having a dad. But everything changes when he realizes his football skills can take him further than he thought…Kick Off, the first story about Jamie Johnson – was published in 2007.

Recommended Reading Age: 9+

Available for viewing from 10.00a.m.

Walking The Walls by Chris Higgins
Author Chris Higgins reads from Walking the Walls, inspired by her years as a secondary school teacher in English and Drama. Felix is not scared to be different - but his fellow pupils find him confusing. Felix doesn't care, but everyone around him seems to have something to say about how he's living his life... Why can't they just let him be Felix?

Recommended Reading Age: 11+

Available for viewing from 10.00a.m.

Medusa Project: The Thief by Sophie McKenzie
Author Sophie McKenzie will read from a new Medusa Project adventure. Fourteen years ago four babies were implanted with the Medusa gene - a gene for psychic abilities. Now teenagers, Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan have been brought together by government agents to create a secret crime-fighting force - The Medusa Project. On their way to a distant boot camp, the four teens are attacked and forced to carry out a high-risk diamond theft…

Recommended Reading Age: 11+

Available for viewing from 1.00p.m.