Tag: Kate Winslet

The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree

by Enid Blyton (George Newnes, 1943); audiobook read by Kate Winslet (ABC Audio, 2014)

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Younger children will still thrill to the imagination of the Faraway Tree and the many lands that cycle into place above it. Adults may be less impressed, but at least must credit Kate Winslet for her composure in reading about toffee shocks.

 

 

Matilda

Matilda

by Roald Dahl (Jonathan Cape, 1988); audiobook read by Kate Winslet (Puffin, 2013)

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If Roald Dahl is one of the great middle grade writers, and Matilda one of his greatest books, then Kate Winslet takes us into the greatness stratosphere with her brilliant and definitive reading, making Matilda, Miss Honey and the Trunchbull truly unforgettable.