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From twenty-year veteran storyteller Pleasant DeSpain - known for reducing folktales to their essence - twenty "retellable" folktales from around the world.

It is both amazing and wonderful that so much of the richness of our language and our moral education still owes a huge debt to a Greek slave who was executed over 2,000 years ago. Yet "sour grapes", "crying wolf", "a dog in a manger", "actions speak louder than words", "honesty is the best policy", and literally hundreds of other metaphors, axioms, and ideas that are now woven into the very fabric of Western culture all came from Aesop's Fables.

Fortellinger for tøysekopper og annet godtfolk er en samling med sju små, morsomme, eventyrlige og fantasifulle historier for barn og voksne. De sju fortellingene er: Hans Høytidelighet Hanen av Hønsegården, Påskeharen Petra som falt i hullet, Mads og det mugne gjørmemonsteret, Skogmusen, heksen og de tre ønskene, Pinnsvinet Pelle med de myke piggene, Ellen Enhjørnings første skoledag og Min mormor sier mjau.

Följ med in i H.C Andersens värld av roliga och spännande sagor! I denna sagosamlingen finner du de bästa av H.C Andersens berättelser, bland annat "Den ståndaktige tennsoldaten", "Elddonet" och "Den fula ankungen". En radiopjäs med musik och ljud för att fördjupa dig ännu mer i berättelsen! Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) var en dansk författare och poet. Hans böcker har översatts till hundratals språk, och några av hans mest älskade verk är bland annat "Snödrottningen", "Den fula ankungen", "Den lilla sjöjungfrun" och "Kejsarens nya kläder".

The second of Andrew Lang's famous collections of fairy tales, The Red Fairy Book will whisk you away to long-ago, faraway lands full of magic, danger, and adventure. Remember to always listen to the elder by the road who gives you a list of directions, and never look inside forbidden doors! Inside you'll find delightful original versions of the 12 Dancing Princesses, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and many more in this collection of 37 stories from French, German, Danish, Russian, Romanian, and Norse roots.

12 января 1628 года в Париже, во времена мушкетеров и завитых париков, родился тот, кого сегодня называют одним их самых великих сказочников - Шарль Перро. Именно он написал всеми любимых "Красную шапочку" и "Мальчика с пальчик", "Синюю бороду" и "Спящую красавицу". Его сказки удивительно волшебные и реалистичные одновременно.

Op een dag maakte een duivelse trol een spiegel die alles wat mooi was als lelijk deed verschijnen, en alles wat goed was als kwaad. Verrukt besloten de trollen om hun spiegel naar de hemel te brengen en de spot te drijven met de engelen, maar onderweg barstte de spiegel en de scherven verspreidden zich over de wereld. Zo werden sommige scherven ramen en werden andere scherven brillen, maar de meest onfortuinlijke mensen kregen kleine scherfjes in hun ogen of in hun hart, waardoor hun leven voor altijd zou veranderen.

Diese prächtige Sammlung vereint die 50 schönsten Märchen der Brüder Grimm, gelesen von den bekanntesten und beliebtesten Sprecherinnen und Sprechern der deutschen Hörbuchlandschaft. Mit den Märchen: Aschenputtel, Brüderchen und Schwesterchen, Das Hirtenbüblein, Das Lämmchen und das Fischchen, Das Lumpengesindel, Der alte Großvater und sein Enkel, Der Eisenhans, Der faule Heinz, Der Frieder und das Katherlieschen, Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, etc.

Mit Märchen wie "Das hässliche Entlein", "Die kleine Seejungfrau" oder "Des Kaisers neue Kleider" wurde Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) zu einem der meistgelesenen Autoren der Welt. Alle 165 Märchen und Geschichten Andersens liegen hier erstmals komplett in deutscher Sprache als Hörbuch vor - mit einer Spieldauer von 42 Stunden! Die Märchen zeigen Andersen als "Dichter für sämtliche Lebensalter", der es verstand, Kinder und Erwachsene gleichermaßen anzusprechen.

The tragic and captivating persona of Vsevolod Garshin wouldn't be out of place at the heart of a grand drama, complete with breathtaking plot swings and poignant dialog. As it was, over the course of his short life, Garshin created a sizable and formidable body of work. The tales in this collection were initially intended for children. However, following the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde, Garshin's stories transcend one age group and one audience, offering something to people of all ages.

The fourth installment of Russian Collection for Kids features stories that begin in everyday life and end in magic. Their main characters are children - boys and girls thrown into tough circumstances and having to test the limits of their courage and ingenuity to solve problems without grown-up help.

An anthology of time’s most beloved stories, written and adapted by the world’s most well-known fairy tale authors, and narrated by a variety of great storytellers.

Nationally acclaimed storyteller J.J. Reneaux grew up Cajun for true, surrounded by the stories, music, food, and culture of rural communities in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana. A traditional storyteller who collects by word-of-mouth, Reneaux has developed her repertoire over years of collecting - on front porches, school playgrounds, and her beloved fishing trips, as well as at nursing homes, airports, and at neighborhood fais-dodos.

Outside of Russia, Leo Tolstoy is known mostly as the author of the Napoleonic War epic War and Peace. Therefore, this collection is bound to be a new experience for most, since it includes a set of Tolstoy's stories intended for children.

Una maravillosa antología de 16 cuentos infantiles inolvidables, animados y musicalizados para que los más pequeños no dejen de soñar.

Ben and his trained dog, Sancho, run away from the circus and soon find a warm welcome in a kind community where spirited games are played. Theatricals and imaginative pageantry are all part of the fun.

Csukás istván két közismert mesealakjának történeteit nyújtjuk át a Hangoskönyvek hallgatóinak. Pom Pom és Mirr-Murr a magyar meseirodalom klasszikus szereplői, a gyermekek és a gyermeki lelkületű felnőttek kedvencei. Kalandjaik, melyeken generációk nőttek fel, a kiváncsiság és a játékos képzelet jegyében felhőtlen derűt csempésznek életünkbe.

Riscopri le fiabe più amate della tua infanzia o conduci un giovane lettore nel magico mondo di uno dei più grandi narratori di sempre, Hans Christian Andersen. Quasi due secoli dopo la loro prima pubblicazione, le fiabe di Andersen rimangono con noi come racconti del bene e del male, dell'amore e della perdita, e della fedeltà attraverso le avversità. Sono facilmente accessibili ai bambini, ma possono anche dare lezioni importanti ai lettori maturi, poiché affrontano temi che vanno oltre l’età e la nazionalità.

Andrew Snow is given muffins with magical powers by a little elf that he meets in a strange topsy-turvy bakery. He is told to only use them when he needs them. But like any power, it gets out of control. Little by little, Andrew learns how to use the muffins to his advantage.

They’re just ordinary kids living ordinary lives… until the strange and eerie comes knocking. In this chilling debut by R. C. Hill, eleven spine-tingling tales interrupt the everyday and bring nightmares a little too close to home. Experience stories ranging from a backyard pool with something lurking beneath the surface to an innocent school field trip that ends with a life changing insect encounter. A girl ignores her family’s warning to stay inside after dark... and discovers why no one ever talks about what lives in the mountains.