About Nadia Shireen: Nadia Shireen enjoyed making homemade magazines and comics as a child. She studied law at university and then worked in magazine journalism; it was during this time that she started to draw again. After a lifetime of doodling in the sidelines, Nadia decided to pay some attention to drawing and in 2007 was accepted onto an MA course in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Her debut book Good Little Wolf received a mention in the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Award. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She lives in London.

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The next audio collection from Nadia Shireen features more of her best loved stories, including Barbara Throws A Wobbler, as well as brand new story Geoffrey Gets the Jitters. Presto visits the funfair to try out his conjuring skills, Rolf learns how to be a wolf, and Yeti makes a new friend 
 
With original sound design, this is a fun and heart warming listen.

Barbara Throws a Wobbler and Other Stories

"Shireen's latest gem ought to come on prescription" The Observer's Best Children's Books of 2021. 
 
Barbara is having one of those days. She has a sock problem and there's a strange pea. Then, all of a sudden, Barbara's Wobbler is out of control! 
 
But what happens when a bad mood like this comes along? Barbara has a lot to learn about the ways of wobblers in this laugh-out-loud story from Nadia Shireen. 
 
A brilliantly funny and sensitive way to understand and deal with tantrums. 
 
"These are the most brilliant, beautiful and silly picture-books out there at the moment. Little doorways of joy." Caitlin Moran

Barbara Throws a Wobbler

Yeti lives alone in a wintery landscape. Well, maybe not quite alone, but no one is brave enough to go near big, scary Yeti. No one apart from Bird, who gets lost on her way south, makes a special friend, and opens up a whole new world for our Yeti… 
 
A funny, brilliantly original book from Nadia Shireen - winner of the UKLA Book Award, shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and mentioned in the Opera Prima category of the international Bologna Ragazzi Prize.

Yeti and the Bird

From the creator of Barbara Throws a Wobbler comes a World Book Day short, 16-page mini book celebrating and exploring what we feel. 
 
Barbara is an expert on moods - she has so many every day! Join Barbara on a day full of excitement, frustration, impatience and WOBBLERS. 
 
This new mini picture book has been created especially for World Book Day 2025. 
 
Don’t miss these other books by Nadia Shireen: 
Barbara Throws a Wobbler 
Geoffrey Gets the Jitters 
The Bumblebear 
Billy and the Beast

Barbara's Very Useful Guide to Moods: A World Book Day 2025 mini book

Introducing a brand-new audio bundle from much-loved author Nadia Shireen! Featuring the brilliantly funny stories Billy and the Beast, Billy and the Dragon, Billy and the Pirates, Bumblebear and The Cow Who Fell to Earth. 
 
Join Billy on her missions to defeat the Terrible Beast, to save Fatcat from a fire-breathing dragon and to escape Captain Howl and his gang of pirates! 
 
Also listen along to the heart-warming tales of Norman the honey-loving bear whose bee disguise is very convincing and the little lost cow who crash lands to earth in this zany, intergalactic farmyard tale. 
 
Featuring an array of fun and immersive sound effects!

The Adventures of Billy and Other Stories

Join Billy and Fatcat on their quest to escape Captain Howl in their third thrilling adventure, filled with singing mermaids and sticky toffee eating sharks. 
 
Ahoy there! It's time to sail the ocean blue with Billy and her trusty feline friend, as they embark on a noble seafaring adventure. 
 
Billy and Fatcat find a mysterious message in a bottle at sea. When suddenly something terrible happens: they bump into a pesky pirate and his smelly crew. Oh no! 
 
Fortunately for our courageous twosome, they're no strangers to peril: they always have a trick (or treat) up their sleeves. 
 
Nadia Shireen is back with her third instalment from our favourite heroine and hangry cat. 
 
Explore the other titles from Billy and Fatcat: 
Billy and the Beast 
Billy and the Dragon

Billy and the Pirates

Selected for the UKLA Book Awards Shortlist for 2025. 
Shortlisted for the Oscar’s Book Prize, 2024. 
 
From the creator of Barbara Throws a Wobbler - the ultimate story to chase (and laugh) your worries away 
 
‘A wise and comical look at anxiety and how to banish it ... With funny pictures and a guide to different kinds of worries, this is soothing for all ages’ - The Times 
 
Geoffrey's got the jitters! It started last night when he was thinking about school - a funny, wiggly feeling in his tummy that grew and grew. But when Geoffrey's tummy jitters started talking to him - that's when he knew they were out of control. Geoffrey had to do something... 
 
Through a laugh-out-loud story and loveable character, Nadia Shireen shows how to understand and dispel anxieties, one jitter at a time. 
 
Selected as one of The Sunday Times Best Children's Book of the Year. 
Selected for Book Trust’s Great Book Guide 2024-2025

Geoffrey Gets the Jitters

Our fearless heroine Billy is back! But, something TERRIBLE has happened! 
 
Billy's loyal sidekick Fatcat is kidnapped by a fire-breathing dragon. Uh-oh! 
 
Luckily for Fatcat, Billy won't stand for that: off she goes on a brave rescue mission... 
 
Join Billy for another fairy tale adventure with a twist. 
 
'It's a great story for everyone, especially those not used to seeing themselves centre-stage'- The Guardian on Billy and the Beast 
 
'Shireen's latest book confirms her as one of the brightest and best picture book creators working in Britain today... Sensational.' - The Observer 
 
Explore the other titles from Billy and Fatcat:: 
 
Billy and the Beast 
Billy and the Pirates

Billy and the Dragon

While out on a lovely walk in the woods, Billy and her trusty sidekick Fatcat hear a terrible rumble... a terrible rumble coming from a Terrible Beast! 
 
He's making a Terrible Soup out of all of Billy and Fatcat's friends! 
 
Luckily, our brave heroine Billy has a trick or two up her sleeve (or in her hair)... Join quick-thinking Billy on her mission to defeat the Terrible Beast (and save those adorable little bunny rabbits too). 
 
Young readers will adore this hilarious story, packed with playful, energetic and simple to read text. 
 
'It's a great story for everyone, especially those not used to seeing themselves centre-stage'- The Guardian 
 
Explore the other titles from Billy and Fatcat: 
 
Billy and the Dragon 
Billy and the Pirates

Billy and the Beast

Norman is a bear. A bear who LOVES honey. 
 
According to Norman, there can never be enough honey; he needs to get his paws on more, more, more! 
 
And who has the most honey? The bees, of course! 
 
So, dressed up in his very best bee onesie, he thinks he looks quite convincing as he infiltrates Bee School with his eye on their huge honey supply. 
 
But how long will his disguise last? And when the hive is endangered, can he finally discover his true destiny and become. . . The Bumblebear?

The Bumblebear

Once upon a time there was a wolf called Rolf - a good little wolf who liked baking cakes and was always kind to his friends. But real wolves aren't supposed to be good - they're supposed to be BIG and BAD. 
 
Can a good little wolf still be a real wolf? 
 
And will Rolf discover there's something big and bad lurking inside him after all? 
 
Discover more titles from the award-winning author: 
 
Barbara Throws a Wobbler 
The Cow Who Fell to Earth 
Yeti and the Bird

Good Little Wolf

One night a star CRASH-LANDS right on top of a flock of bumbling sheep. 
 
But the star is not a star... It's a little lost cow. 
 
And all she can say is 'WOOOOOO'. How will she find her way home when nobody can understand a word she's saying? 
 
Packed with bold illustrations and hilarious text, this heartwarming story is the perfect bedtime read. 
 
"I haven't met a child who didn't LOVE these books. Sweet, funny, odd in a life-affirming way." - Caitlin Moran 
 
Discover more titles from the award-winning author: 
 
Barbara Throws a Wobbler 
Good Little Wolf 
Geoffrey Gets the Jitters

The Cow Who Fell to Earth

Presto is a very talented magician, so when he and his friend Monty join a funfair and start a magic show things look good for our duo. But fame goes to Monty's head, and soon Presto loses his friend and his show! Will true friendship prevail? And will there be a touch of magic in the air?

Hey, Presto!

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