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The Centaur's Spectacles

A new story from the award-winning Katherine Rundell. A pair of spectacles made by a centaur have an extraordinary and magical effect on the human wearer. Read by the author.

A specially commissioned story from the award-winning Katherine Rundell.

A pair of spectacles made by a centaur have an extraordinary and magical effect on the human wearer.

Read by the author

Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

Katherine Rundell is the bestselling author of Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasure, shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year.
Her novels for children include Impossible Creatures, Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer and The Good Thieves for which she has won the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Her books have sold over 2.5 million copies internationally.

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14 minutes

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Sat 16 Mar 2024 14:45
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