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Catch the holiday spirit with this magical collection of beloved Christmas tales. Christmas favorites from L.M. Montgomery, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Hans Christian Anderson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bret Harte and Anthony Trollope are lovingly recorded and presented here in one enchanting volume.

A touching story of the moments following the death of a child. Comfort, memories, and a visual reminder of life here follows a young boy on his journey. What may be most compelling is his angelic companion. A classic fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Cuento popular de un niño valiente que consigue habichuelas mágicas y vence al gigante antipático.

Joanna Lumley reads "The Snow Queen". One day, a diabolical troll builds a mirror that shows everything that is beautiful as ugly and all that is good as evil. Delighted, the trolls decided to carry this mirror to heaven and mock the angels, but on their way the mirror breaks and shatters into hundreds of pieces that spread across the world. Some bigger pieces are turned into windows and others are made into spectacles, but some of tiniest bits get stuck into people’s eyes or in their heart, changing their life for ever.

"The Voyages of Sinbad" from the Arabian Nights - Sinbad is a Baghdad merchant who acquires great wealth by going on seven voyages. He describes these to a poor discontented porter, Hinbad, to show him that wealth can only be obtained by enterprise and personal exertion. The Jungle Book - Animal stories set in India. The central figure is a human boy, Mowgli, brought up by a wolf as her cub and instructed in the lore of the jungle. "The Flying Trunk". A tale of a magical trunk that allows the owner to go wherever they wish.

Un soldadito de plomo mutilado, se enamora de una bailarina. Después de pasar por muchas desgracias, el diablo de la caja de sorpresa, de marinero por las alcantarillas, se lo come un pez...al final, gracias a su empeño y a su fuerza de voluntad, consigue estar unido a su bailarina, ya que debido a una caída fortuita en el fuego de la chimenea de la casa, sus penas se fundirán y se unirán para siempre formando un bonito corazón.

El día de su cumpleaños, un niño recibe una caja con veinticinco soldaditos de plomo. Uno de ellos tiene solamente una pierna, pues al fundirlos había sido el último y no había habido suficiente plomo para terminarlo. Cerca del soldadito se encuentra una hermosa bailarina hecha de papel con una cinta azul anudada en el hombro y adornada con una lentejuela. Ella, como él, se detiene sobre una sola pierna, y el soldadito se enamora de ella.

Dix histoires spécialement choisies pour les enfants de 6 à 10 ans : de quoi les faire rêver, développer leur attention, leur offrir de belles histoires pour s'endormir et leur permettre de partager la culture qui nous a façonnés. Leur imaginaire va profiter de ces histoires qui marquent durablement, font rêver, frémir, sourire. Lue par Fabienne Prost, cette sélection rassemble les plus beaux contes classiques : "Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs", "Conte des mille et une nuits" ; "Le vaillant petit tailleur" (Grimm), "Barbe-Bleue" (Perrault), "Le stoïque soldat de plomb" (Andersen).

Hans Christian Andersen's beloved tale The Snow Queen is an enchanting story of the bond of love and friendship between young playmates Kai and Gerda. When a small shard of a wicked troll's broken mirror lodges in Kai's eye and heart, he loses his joyfulness and sees only the world's imperfections. With his heart turned to ice, the Snow Queen kidnaps him and returns to her castle in the far northern reaches of Lapland.

Every parent wants two things for their children: One is to have a rich, imaginative life; the other is to have everything they need to be physically healthy. Well, as far as colorful lives and staying healthy are concerned, Short Stories or Kids by Kids Club is just the thing! Using the most famous children's stories—including Aesop's Fables, The Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, and many more—this book will help your child enrich their life through the magic of storytelling and provide a wonderful, gadget-free sleep routine to help them recover from long, hectic days!

Hans Christian Andersen est un conteur et poète danois, célèbre pour ses nouvelles et ses "contes de fées". Voici réunis ses 56 contes pour enfants les plus célèbres, notamment : "L'Aiguille à repriser", "Les Amours d'un faux", "Les Aventures du chardon", "La Bergère et le ramoneur", "Le Bisaïeul", "Le Bonhomme de neige", "Bonne humeur", "Le Briquet ".

Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales have become so much a part of the Western culture that they are often assumed to be a part of folklore and not credited to the strange and gangling Dane who wrote them. Several years before the fairy tales came out, the Brothers Grimm had published their tales taken from the folklore of European stories, but Andersen was to change the understanding of what a tale can achieve.

The 100 greatest fairy tales by Denmark's legendary author Hans Christian Andersen: The snow queen, The wild swans, The little mermaid, The ugly duckling, The little match-seller, The emperor's new suit, The brave tin soldier, The princess and the pea, and many more! Also included: pdf file with complete track list.

Es war einmal eine Frau, die sich sehr nach einem kleinen Kind sehnte, aber sie wusste nicht, woher sie es nehmen sollte.

Die schönsten Märchen-Hörspiele von Grimm, Hauff und Andersen in Hörspielfassungen, wunderbar gesprochen...

Here's a marvellous tale by the famous Hans Christian Andersen, about a young woman whose royal identity is determined by a pea hidden under a stack of mattresses, voiced by the wonderful Emma Forbes. Emma Forbes began her TV career in 1993 as a children's presenter on the BBC show Live & Kicking,/i>. She went on to host What's My Line? and voice Mummy Hippo in the hit children's animated series Peppa Pig before moving to radio.

Plus de 3 heures d'écoute pour découvrir ou redécouvrir les contes et fables de notre enfance.

Here's the classic story of an ugly little duckling teased by the entire barnyard. Embarking on a journey of adventure and discovery, the poor little creature eventually makes a triumphant, heart-warming return to his home.

Eine Frau wünscht sich ein Kind und bittet dafür eine alte Hexe um Hilfe. Sie erhält von ihr ein magisches Gerstenkorn, das sie in einem Blumentopf anpflanzt. Daraus wächst eine Blume, in deren Blüte sich ein kleines Mädchen findet, das nicht länger als ein Daumen ist und darum Däumelinchen genannt wird.

Eine Entenmutter brütet sechs Enten aus. Das siebte Ei ist jedoch größer, weshalb es länger dauert, bis das graue junge Entlein ausschlüpft. Der Nachzügler wirkt tollpatschig und unbeholfen und wird daher von den Tieren verspottet und drangsaliert. Es beschließt, davonzulaufen.