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A classic story for all ages. A plot that has been used often in great storytelling, and a heroine beloved by many generations. Let Cinderella charm you again.

If you had some beans that grew into a huge stalk, that grew into the sky...would you be brave enough to climb it? Jack did...not once, but 3 times! And what he found at the other end was quite an adventure of giants, fairies, and harps that could play by themselves... Listen to the theatrical narration by Kathy Verduin.

In order to save his own life, Puss becomes a very clever kitty. He makes his master into something he's not, fools a King and his daughter, and eats an Ogre, all in a day's work! The French tale is narrated with vivid voices, by Kathy Verduin.

La bella durmiente relata la historia de una hermosa princesa que cae bajo el maleficio de un hada malvada que no ha sido invitada a una fiesta en el palacio. Sólo un príncipe, cien años después, será quien encuentre el palacio y rompa ese hechizo que mantenía dormido a todo un reino.

La pequeña Caperucita Roja necesita atravesar el bosque para visitar a su abuela. A mitad de camino, aprovechando la soledad del bosque, un malvado lobo engañará a la niña, para llegar primero a la casa de la abuela y hacer de las suyas. Este tradicional cuento infantil deja una maravillosa enseñanza para los niños lectores.

Este cuento narra las aventuras de un gato que con astucia y artimañas logra que su amo, el hijo de un pobre molinero, se convierta en el dueño de grandes extensiones de tierra y otros bienes que pertenecían a un poderoso ogro. De esta manera, puede aspirar también a conquistar el corazón de la princesa.

This story is proof that there may be no more cunning a creature in all the world - as a cat. Deceptive, conniving, underhanded, and perhaps caring only about their own comfort. Welcome to the world of cats in this delightful tale that gives a great gift to a miller's son, but never at the expense - of the cat. A classic narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Poor, raggedy little girl, meets Fairy Godmother, who transforms her life from rags to riches. This puts her way beyond the reach of her nasty step sisters... But, what does she do to them when she marries the Prince?

The French version of the classic fairy tale of "Good meets Evil." Little Red is happily on her way to her sick Grandma's house, with cakes in hand, only to get a BIG surprise upon entering!

Quando si sveglierà la Bella Addormentata? Di chi sarà una scarpina così piccola? Come mai la nonna di Cappuccetto Rosso sembra tanto strana? E poi quale nuova idea brillante avrà il Gatto? Arriveranno in tempo i fratelli al palazzo di Barbablù? Avventure di principi e principesse, lupi cattivi e bambini prodigiosi, tra boschi e castelli, fate incantatrici e terribili orchi.

There may be more reason to avoid marrying blue beard than the color of his facial hair. There may be more reason to avoid a certain closet than a simple request. There may be more to this man than meets the eye.

Zhili na svete korol' s korolevoj. Detej u nih ne bylo, i jeto ih tak ogorchalo, tak ogorchalo, chto i skazat' nel'zja. I vot, nakonec, kogda oni sovsem poterjali nadezhdu, u korolevy rodilas' dochka. Mozhete sebe predstavit', kakoj prazdnik ustroili po sluchaju ejo rozhdenija, kakoe mnozhestvo gostej priglasili vo dvorec, kakie podarki prigotovili!

Zhil-byl odin pochtennyj i znatnyj chelovek. Pervaja zhena ego umerla, i on zhenilsja vo vtoroj raz, da na takoj svarlivoj i vysokomernoj zhenshhine, kakoj svet eshhe ne vidyval. U nee byli dve docheri, ochen' pohozhie na svoju matushku i licom, i umom, i harakterom. U muzha tozhe byla dochka, dobraja, privetlivaja, milaja - vsja v pokojnuju mat'. A mat' ee byla zhenshhina samaja krasivaja i dobraja.

Zhila-byla odna devochka, kotoraja pochemu-to ochen' ne ljubila hodit' prjamym i korotkim putem. Vsegda ona vybirala samuju dlinnuju i izvilistuju dorogu. A uzh esli mat' posylala ee kuda-nibud' s porucheniem, to zhdat' ee prihodilas' ochen' dolgo. Devochka chasami mogla brodit' po okrestnym lugam i lesam, sobirat' cvety i jagody i napevat' pesenki. A eshhe ona ljubila zagovarivat' s kazhdym, kto vstrechalsja ej na puti, dazhe sovsem s neznakomymi.

Bylo u mel'nika tri syna, i ostavil on im, umiraja, vsego tol'ko mel'nicu, osla i kota. Brat'ja podelili mezhdu soboj otcovskoe dobro bez notariusa i sud'i, kotorye by zhivo proglotili vsjo ih nebogatoe nasledstvo. Starshemu dostalas' mel'nica. Srednemu osjol. Nu a uzh mladshemu prishlos' vzjat' sebe kota.

Zhila-byla odna koroleva, i rodila ona syna, takogo uroda, chto dolgo somnevalis', da polno, chelovek li jeto? Volshebnica, kotoraja nahodilas' pri ego rozhdenii, zaverila, chto on budet ochen' umen. Ona pribavila dazhe, chto, siloju ee charodejstva., on budet soobshhat' svoj um vsjakomu, kogo krepko poljubit. Vse jeto neskol'ko uteshilo bednuju korolevu, kotoraja ochen' ogorchalas' tem, chto rodila takogo bezobraznogo rebenka.

Zhil-byl odnazhdy chelovek, u kotorogo vodilos' mnozhestvo vsjakogo dobra: byli u nego prekrasnye doma v gorode i za gorodom, zolotaja i serebrjanaja posuda, shitye kresla i pozolochennye karety, no, k neschast'ju, boroda u jetogo cheloveka byla sinjaja, i jeta boroda pridavala emu takoj bezobraznyj i groznyj vid, chto vse devushki i zhenshhiny, byvalo, kak tol'ko zavidjat ego, tak davaj bog poskoree nogi.

Zhil da byl udachlivyj v delah, sil'nyj, smelyj, dobryj korol' so svoej prekrasnoj zhenoj korolevoj. Ego poddannye obozhali ego. Ego sosedi i soperniki preklonjalis' pered nim. Ego zhena byla ocharovatel'na i nezhna, a ih ljubov' byla gluboka i iskrenna. U nih byla edinstvennaja doch', krasota kotoroj ravnjalas' dobrodeteli. Korol' s korolevoj ljubili ee bol'she zhizni.

Zhila-byla vdova, u kotoroj byli dve docheri; starshaja do togo na nee pohodila i licom i nravom, chto, kak govoritsja, ne razvel by ih. Tak oni byli obe gordy i neprivetlivy, chto, kazhetsja, nikto by ne soglasilsja zhit' s nimi. Mladshaja, naprotiv, vyshla v otca krotost'ju i vezhlivost'ju, da i sverh togo krasavica ona byla neobyknovennaja. Vsjakomu cheloveku nravitsja to, chto na nego pohodit: mat' byla bez uma ot starshej docheri, a k mladshej chuvstvovala otvrashhenie neodolimoe.

Zhil byl odnazhdy drovosek, i bylo u nih s zhenoj semero synovej: dva blizneca po desjat' let, dva blizneca po devjat' let, dva blizneca po vosem' let i odin mladshen'kij semi let. On byl ochen' malen'kij i molchalivyj. Kogda on rodilsja, to byl rostom ne bol'she vashego pal'ca, pojetomu ego i nazvali Mal'chik-s-pal'chik.