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Bedtime went from a battle to something my seven-year-old actually asks for. The narrator does all the silly superhero voices without overdoing it, and the chapters are short enough to finish one before lights out. Murph being the ordinary kid in a school full of powers is a nice twist for a kid who

We listen to this in the car almost every school run now, and the bit where Murph accidentally ends up at a superhero academy still gets a laugh every time. Nice that it's just one card, so no fumbling around swapping them mid-journey.

We grabbed this for a long car trip and it kept my daughter completely hooked—she loves that the main character gets into a superhero school by accident. The story’s got a great message about ordinary kids being heroes too, and the card’s been played at least five times already.