Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Audio Book Review: The Treebobs and the Runaway Cauldron by Declan Harney


 
 
Treebobs audio books enchant children with fantastic tales of adventure and mystical delight
 
The Treebobs are a unique series of audible audios for children that are sweeping across the country. The remarkably well-crafted stories will have children and adults giggling and howling with delight as each adventurous calamity unfolds.
 
How wonderful would life be if you could spend your days living on top of a magic sycamore tree in an enchanted forest?

How much fun would life be if you could fly over the tops of the forest in a flying pip made from acorn shells and sycamore seeds?


Welcome to the enticing and enchanting world of the Treebobs! These adorable little elves, rescued by the fairies, are full of mischief and fun.

The latest release is titled THE TREEBOBS AND THE RUNAWAY CAULDRON.  With their best friends, the fairies, the Treebobs enjoy nothing more than foiling the dastardly plans of the forest’s two resident witches, Badlot Barbara and Rotten Rena. Join in the madcap antics with the Treebobs newest concoction, as the fairies and wicked witches go banana bonkers when Rotton Rena's mother enters Rena into the great egg and cauldron race.  Poor old Rotten Rena just has to win or mother will not be pleased!

Excerpt transcript from the audio version:

“Rena” she said, “I’m not at all happy with you, in fact YOU ARE A DISGRACE.  I’ve got reports coming in from all over telling me just how bad a witch you are,  and when I say bad I don’t mean in a good way my girl.  None of your wicked spells ever seem to work and your Aunty Marge tells me that you could well be asked to leave the Witches Union.  If that happens you will have to give up this cottage and move away from here…in fact rumour has it that Grotty Grelda has already applied to take over as wicked witch here!”
 
“Oh no” said Rotten Rena.
 
“Oh yes” snapped her mother through the Gramagram “and from what I hear there aren’t many witches as wicked as Grotty Grelda so you’re going to have buck up your ideas or out you will be,  broomstick,  cauldron and all!”
 
“Oh but how?” said Rotten Rena “how do I buck my ideas up. What can I do?”


This exquisitely styled audio CD will have children giggling with delight at the delightfully awful characters and the remarkable and hilarious situations they get themselves into.

Here is a unique and totally different type of entertainment for children. 


The Treebobs and the Runaway Cauldron
Declan Harney

$2.95 MP3 Download – Instant Download
ISBN-10: 095698732X ISBN-13: 978-0956987327
Audio CD in production

All the Treebobs audible audios are available at Amazon.com and audible.com


 Our Thoughts

These Treebob stories are the best! I have been trying to cut back on the amount of technology that my children watch so this is a great alternative. Also, I love the theme of these stories, witches! A lot of narrated stories have an annoying voice that I just can’t listen too, even for the sake of my kids but these stories are not annoying at all, the voice is very pleasant to listen too.

Unfortunately, it took the power being off before I could get my children to focus on the actual stories, but it ended up being a great experience. As I lit the kitchen with candles, I played the stories on my laptop that was already charged and they listened to these stories while playing with playdoh. The battery ran out halfway through one of the stories, The Treebobs and the Runaway Cauldron, and they were disappointed they didn’t get to finish it until later!

Living far away from family, these stories are going to save my life in long car rides, thank you for creating these lovely stories that capture my children’s attention!

Reviewed by Jackie


***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. I did receive a sample of the product to try in order to write a fair and honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and were not influenced in any way. ***

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