National Storytelling Week 2021

According to a report by the National Literacy Trust, children and young
people are reading and enjoying reading more during lockdown.  Audiobooks are also gaining popularity, for those who prefer listening to stories.  

During National Storytelling Week, why not challenge yourself to download and listen to an audio book or watch and listen to an author reading and talking about their books on YouTube?  Here are some suggestions:

Neil Gaiman reading The Graveyard Book and Coraline:

Marcus Sedgwick reading his debut novel Floodland:

On BBC Sounds:

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 

More BBC Sounds audio books are available here.