I nabbed this CD on a whim, and was lucky to have done so. It was
wonderful - and read by Gaiman himself, (and well, to boot, which
isn't always the case when the author steps up to the plate).
The tale is pretty straightforward in its beginning: Coraline is
bored. Bored bored bored. So, after a few other attempts at
"busywork" from her parents, she starts counting things, and finds
a door that is bricked up - but when she finds a way through it,
she finds herself in a mirror-flat where her parents exist, but are
distorted, and have black buttons instead of eyes, and sharp teeth,
and oh, they say they'd love her to stay...
Creepy, but ultimately a story about a brave little girl, Coraline
is definitely a good choice for a spooky night's listening
pleasure!