Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaarder
Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaarder
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Hello? Is Anybody There?

Author: Jostein Gaarder

Narrator: Joss Ackland

Unabridged: 1 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/24/2013

Synopsis

In the hours before his brother is born, eight year old Joe has an unusual visitor, Mika, who falls out of a spaceship and lands upside down in an apple tree in Joe's garden. Hens, dinosaurs, an astronaut and a white rabbit all play their part in this magical story in which the encounter between Earth-boy and alien opens up the wonders of the universe.

Tender and enchanting as The Little Prince and with the same classic quality, HELLO? IS ANYBODY THERE? confirms Jostein Gaarder as an exceptional writer for children.

Read by Joss Ackland
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd

About Sally Gardner

Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and have sold more than one million copies in the UK. Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander, won the Smarties Children's Book Prize in 2005. Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West (The Wire) has bought the film rights to both titles. Her YA novel, The Double Shadow, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Sally Gardner's stories for middle readers include Lucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles: The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers, The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet, and The Boy who could Fly, which are also available as audio books. She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes. Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it is not a disability, but a gift.Her website is www.sallygardner.net and you can follow her on Twitter @TheSallyGardner

About Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder is the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a huge bestseller in over 40 countries. He was born in Oslo in 1952 and lives there now with his wife and two sons.

About Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland has had a distinguished acting career on stage, film and in television. Stage successes include Falstaff in Henry IV, both Captain Hook and Mr Darling in Peter Pan, Jorrocks in Jorrocks, Peron in Evita and Frederick in A Little Night Music. His films include White Mischief, The Sicillian and Lethal Weapon. His hundreds of television appearances include most famously CS Lewis in Shadowlands and Alan Holly in First And Last, both of which won Emmy and BAFTA awards. He has been a subject of This Is Your Life and Desert Island Discs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by هدى

مهلا..مهلا هل تظن أن الرواية للناشئين من فضلك فكر جيدا واقرأ لهذا العبقري =) ميكا: لماذا تقف مقلوبًا هكذا ؟ فضحكت وقلت :أنت الذي تقف مقلوبًا فقال لي : عندما يلتقى شخصان ويكون أحدهما مقلوبًا ، ليس من السهل ‏معرفة أيهما المقلوب وأيهما المعتدل‏ ******* الأسفار تطوف بك حول العالم..أما الأحلام فتأخذك إلى داخل ال......more

Goodreads review by BookHunter M ُH َM َD

للقراء من النشء يقدم جاردر قصة هذا العالم و بالتحديد هذا الكائن الذي يصعد كل يوم قمة جديدة في طريق لا تبدو له نهاية. الكتاب القصير ذكرني بالفصل الاخير من رواية عالم صوفي و اظنه كتبه قبلها. كتاب تعليمي تثقيفي ممتع و بسيط.......more

Goodreads review by Rinda

احنا كان بيتضحك علينا و احنا عيال بحواديت عبيطة يا رجالة :) ******************************************** "عندما يرفع شخصان رأسيهما عاليًا أعلي من واديهما و يلتقيان عند قمة جبل، فلا يهم اسم الجبل ، و لا يهمهما أين أتي كل منهما لأننا عندما نقف عند قمة جبل نشعر أننا واقفين علي قمة العالم و في الليلة الت......more

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