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The six wonder tales on this audiobook are gems of the genre. They have a "long ago and far away" quality. The listener is invited to suspend the logic of ordinary reality and leap into an imaginative world where impossible events can occur.

Grimms Märchen verzaubern seit Jahrhunderten kleine und große Geschichtenfans. Die auf diesem Hörbuch versammelten Original-Hörspiele aus den 50er- und 60er-Jahren erwecken mit großen Stimmen wie Eduard Marks und Helmut Peine und eigens komponierter Orchestermusik fünf unvergessene Märchen zauberhaft zum Leben: Das Hörbuch enthält die Original-Hörspiele: "Schneewittchen", "Daumesdick", "König Drosselbart", "Der gestiefelte Kater", "Die sieben Raben".

The teacher Patrick Healy travelled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half a thousand myths, legends, and folktales and several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. 61 Filipino Tales is the third volume of his work, in his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them.

Once upon a time there were two beautiful and kind-hearted sisters who were loved by all. Their adventures begin when they take in a mysterious magical bear and encounter a deceptive dwarf.

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.

A good story takes us in a new, fantastic world; the pleasure is all the greater if it keeps us inside for long enough. We have carefully selected for you ten long stories, for you to enjoy the craft of the writer as much as the opportunity of evasion good stories bring to us; they will make perfect bedtime stories, to accompany young children as long as they need to get into a peaceful sleep. Enjoy these tales by Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, and from the "Arabian Nights" (or "One Thousand and One Nights"), narrated in a warm and lively way.

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses is about a young girl whose special joy is tending to the horses of her village. In Crazy Horse's Vision, Joseph Bruchac focuses on key events from Crazy Horse's childhood in a dramatic tale of the legendary Lakota warrior told by Robert Tree Cody, Curtis Zunigha, and Joseph Bruchac.

Una volta ci fu un re che aveva due figli gemelli: Giovanni e Antonio... Così inizia la fiaba "II palazzo delle scimmie", in cui un futuro re deve prendere in moglie... proprio una scimmia! I cinque scapestrati, invece, con le loro "arti" riescono a gabbare il re di Francia e la sua pazza figlia. E poi ci sono iI soldato napoletano e due suoi amici che, sfidando i giganti, si trasformano in re e duchi. E furbi sono anche Cricche, Crocche e Manico d'Uncino che fanno una scommessa per vedere chi è il "mariuolo più fino".

Soothe your soul at bedtime as you listen to some of the world's most beautifully written classic stories, exquisitely read by Alison Larkin and Virginia McKenna. Alison's AudioFile Earphones award-winning reading of Peter Pan is followed by Through the Looking Glass and The Snow Queen. How the Elephant Got Its Trunk is read by Virginia McKenna, OBE, the iconic English actress best known for the films Born Free, A Town Like Alice, and Ring of Bright Water.

7 сказок в стихах и 7 колыбельных песен (на каждый день недели) в исполнении Натальи Варлей. Содержание: 1. Вступление, 2. Понедельник. Воробей, 3. Вторник. Мартышка, 4. Среда. Медведь, 5. Четверг. Лиса, 6. Пятница. Тигр, 7. Суббота. Бегемот, 8. Воскресенье. Слон. Автор стихов и музыки: Марк Фримштейн. Аранжировка: Андрей Горбачев.

Con fantasia giocosa e imprevedibile umorismo, Rodari invita grandi e piccini a guardare lontano e a percorrere, senza pregiudizi, le innumerevoli vie dell'amicizia.

Dame Joan Collins reads "The Emperor’s New Clothes", the story of an emperor who was only interested in one thing: his clothes. He spent all his money on his outfits and had a different one for every time of day and every occasion. One day, two thieves arrived in town and pretended to be weavers who knew how to make the most beautiful and sophisticated fabric. This material, they said, had the marvellous property of only being visible to those who did their job well. It was the perfect offer for our fashionable king, who immediately placed an order.

Emma Samms narrates "The Tinderbox", the story of a soldier who meets a wicked witch on his way home from the war . She promises him great riches if he is willing to dive into the bottom of a hollow tree for her. In this tree, there are three chambers, each with a chest full of silver. She tells him that he can take anything he wants there, as long as he in return, brings her back her old lighter from inside the tree. Emma Samms is a British actress who is best known her roles in the TV shows Dynasty and General Hospital.

Der Komponist Peter Schindler hat zu den russischen Erzählungen eine ganz außergewöhnliche Klangwelt geschaffen. Mit eigens für diese Texte komponierter Musik, eingespielt auf akustischen Instrumenten, illustriert und umrahmt er die Geschichten auf unvergleichliche Weise. Die vollen, erdigen Töne des Fagotts nehmen mit auf eine wundersame Reise in das Russland vergangener Tage. Zusammen mit der Musik bildet die ruhige, wohlklingende Stimme von Reinhold Weiser eine harmonische Einheit.

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.

Самый известный и популярный персонаж детского писателя Сергея Козлова - Ёжик, приглашает всех вас еще раз окунуться в волшебный и неповторимый мир сказок. В сборнике кроме всеми любимого "Ёжика в тумане" вас также ждут сказки: Ёжик в тумане; А уже зима; Снег пошел; Долгим зимним вечером; Как Ослик.

Charlotte Rampling reads "Thumbelina", the story of a woman who desperately wants a child but not knowing how to go about it, asks a witch for help. The witch gives her a barley seed and tells her to plant it. No sooner has she done so that a large tulip starts to grow. When it blooms, the woman discovered a tiny girl inside of the flower, no bigger than her thumb. She calls her Thumbelina. Charlotte Rampling is a British actress, singer, and model who has starred in blockbuster such as "Red Sparrow" (2018), "The Duchess" (2008), and TV shows "Broadchurch" and "Dexter".

"La Danza degli gnomi" è un libretto leggero, piacevole e sereno, che raccoglie dodici fiabe, scritte per il "Corriere dei Piccoli". Sono racconti che riappacificano l'uomo con la natura e l'ordine delle cose. Il mondo delle creature magiche, delle fate e degli gnomi, il mondo dove gli animali parlano e dalle cui borse esce sempre oro, rappresenta il metodo allegorico di un meritevole servizio morale. In queste tenere novelle, principi e principesse, figli e figliastri vengono compensati o puniti secondo giustizia ed equità, senza mercenari sconti di castigo.

Barbablu è una delle fiabe che Collodi ha tradotto dal francese e che, come dice egli stesso nella prefazione, "nel voltare in italiano (...) qua e là mi feci lecite alcune leggerissime varianti, sia di vocabolo, sia di andatura di periodo, sia di modi di dire: e questo ho voluto notare qui di principio, a scanso di commenti, di atti subitanei di stupefazione e di scrupoli grammaticali o di vocabolario. Peccato confessato, mezzo perdonato: e così sia."

With the help of a small boy and his trusty pea-shooter, five yellow peas venture out in the world to see their fortunes.