The Secret Garden (Radio Theatre) [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Frances Hodgson Burnett (Original Author), Focus on the Family (Producer)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 8, 2008 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Radio Theatre

Mary, a young orphaned girl, meets her bedridden cousin, Colin. She discovers an enchanting secret place, separate from the outside world. It is in this place that Colin and Mary learn lessons about overcoming obstacles. By putting their faith in God and others, their lives are forever altered. This story will captivate audiences of all ages.
From the award winning team that brought you The Chronicles of Narnia, these classic stories feature performances by a full cast of actors, including Gemma Jones from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and many others. This complete audio theatrical performances with original musical scores features motion-picture quality sound design.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Audio CD
• Publisher: Tyndale Entertainment; Unabridged edition (December 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589975561
• ISBN-13: 978-1589975569
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,593,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you couldn't finish the book, this is a great alternative, December 28, 2009

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My husband and I are avid readers. We have read many classics to our children (aged 5 mo; 2 yrs; 3 yrs; 6 yrs). I know what some of you may be thinking... they don't/can't understand what is happening in the book or won't sit still quietly long enough for anyone else to hear the story. That is somewhat true however, you may be surprised to know how much they do glean from the story and as they become involved in the story will sit quietly (perhaps not so still, though.. ha, ha), but mostly they just want to hear your voice and be with you doing an activity together. We don't read very much at one time, just enough to keep them interested in the book. They love it. That said, we also live four hours one-way away from any of our relatives so spend a fair amount of time in our van. We put in one of the story CD's and everyone is mesmerized. We are all doing the same activity, all talking about or asking questions about the same activity as well as giving our children a "step inside a book" sense.

These dramatized books stay fairly true to the books (unlike a movie version) and keep imagination soaring... everyone gets to imagine the same scene in their own way. We also listen to these for 10 minutes or so after our nightly ritual just before bed. If your CD player (iPod, etc) has a "sleep" setting, it works lovely to send them off to dreamland with a wholesome and wonderful storyline.

This series is quite well done and the characters do not seem like they are "reading" their part. It is more like listening to a play as not only the characters are spectacular, but the background music and noises are perfectly timed. We have many books on CD by this production company and none of them disappoint!