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The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a British children’s book by Margery Williams. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit’s desire to become real through the love of his owner, a small boy—a heartwarming fairy tale enjoyed by children for generations. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association voted the book #28 on the “Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children.”

Âne, mulet, cheval, aucun animal n'accepte d'être chevauché par le soldat. Les parents de Delphine et Marinette lui proposent alors un mouton qui, docile, se laisse conduire à la guerre. Les fillettes, qui étaient attachées à l'animal, sont inconsolables et vont dès lors s'employer par tous les moyens à retrouver leur ami ! Titre recommandé par le ministère de l'Éducation nationale pour le cycle 3 (en classe de CM1-CM2) et en classe de 6e. La lecture pleine d’espièglerie de François Morel, servie par une ambiance sonore haute en couleurs, donne vie aux contes intemporels et savoureux de Marcel Aymé!

A mother turkey protects her sleepy chicks from a sly fox and sings them a lullaby.

The little red hen asks her barnyard companions for help as she works to plant and harvest wheat, make flour, and bake some bread. But no one else does any of the work—and so no one else gets any of the reward. This classic story has been told and retold countless times.

Winnie-the-Pooh y sus amigos embarcan juntos en una aventura al aire libre buscando el Polo Norte.

In this fable by Aesop, a thirsty crow finds a pitcher, but can’t reach the water at the bottom. How will the clever bird quench its thirst?

In this fable by Aesop, two mice with very different lives highlight the value of simplicity.

In this fable by Aesop, Fox plays an insensitive trick on his friend Stork while they eat dinner together.

Peter Rabbit, a mischievous bunny, sneaks into Mr. McGregor’s garden to snack on lettuce and radishes. When Mr. McGregor finds Peter near his cucumbers, a chase begins. This beloved children’s story by Beatrix Potter is full of suspense and delight.

Little Bobby was the only son of a small farmer who lived out of town upon a country road. It was lonely on the farm, especially when his father and mother were both busy working, but the boy found a special way to amuse himself. He was very fond of music, and his father one day brought him a small fiddle, which he soon learned to play. Bobby enjoyed learning new tunes and the fiddle soon became his constant companion. To find out how the cow, the cat, and the moon became involved, you will need to listen to this delightful tale and become much wiser.

This delightful story tells of the Little Bun Rabbit who is befriended by Dorothy, a little girl. She knows the rhyme and asks the little rabbit about it. Bun Rabbit tells her that indeed, he sees Santa every year as he drives by in his sleigh loaded with toys. One year Santa stopped to talk with him and ask if he would come to his workshop at the North Pole so he could use him as a model to make toy rabbits for little babies. He agrees and this is his exciting adventure with Santa. That is why so many stuffed bunny rabbits are made and given at Christmas to be loved by children everywhere.

En esta fábula de Esopo, dos ratoncitos con vidas muy diferentes enseñan el valor de la humildad.

Peter Rabbit is a little cottontail who's fond of tall tales. He tells them to his mother, his sisters and even his cousin, Benny. Then, a run-in with Mr. McGregor's hungry cat causes Peter to tell one tale too many. Thinking his sisters have been boxed up and mailed to Zanzibar (a place at least 30 miles away!), Peter and Benny set out to rescue the girls. So come on! Hit the bunny trail with for a journey into pure storytelling enchantment with a rousing, rib-tickling New Adventures of Peter Rabbit!

In this adaptation of the first chapter of A. A. Milne’s well known classic “Winnie-the-Pooh,” Pooh gets himself into trouble when he tries to take honey from a bee hive.

Howard Garis was an American author who wrote many volumes for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. While Garis wrote several books under pseudonyms, the best known titles penned under his own name are those in the Uncle Wiggily series. The title character is an elderly rabbit, who suffers from rheumatism. In his rambles about the neighborhood he uses a distinctive and colorful walking cane. Although he is infirm, and sometimes appears slow of apprehension, he usually manages to defeat the deceptive wiles of his less scrupulous neighbors.

No matter how many times the story of The Velveteen Rabbit (Or How Toys Become Real), a children's book classic written by Margery Williams in 1922, is told, it never grows old. It tells the story of how a child can love a toy so deeply that it eventually becomes real.

Blitzschnell fliegt Maja Richtung Heimat, um ihren Bienenstock vor den Hornissen zu warnen. Aber wie soll sie ihren Stock bloß wiederfinden? Seit sie aus ihrer Heimatstadt fort ist, hat sie sich das Umland nicht so einprägen müssen wie die anderen Bienen, die von ihren weiten Ausflügen mit dem gesammelten Honig zum Stock zurückfinden müssen. Schließlich überkommt Maja ein eigenartiges Gefühl, das sie in eine bestimmte Richtung drängt. Von dieser Intuition lässt sie sich leiten.

In letzter Minute bereiten sich die Bienen auf den Überfall der Hornissen vor. Die Wachsbereiterinnen verengen das Tor mit Wachs, sodass immer nur eine Hornisse nach der anderen hindurchpasst. Als die Bienenkönigin die letzten Anweisungen gibt, ist schon das Surren der herannahenden Räuber zu hören. Angespannt erwarten die Bienen die erste Hornisse am Tor. Als der Eingang sich verdunkelt, verhalten sich die Bienen im Stock so still, dass die Hornissen glauben, der Stock schliefe.

This classic and moving story shines light on the supernatural powers of genuine love. Margery Williams beautifully portrays the desire to be fully known and fully loved as the thing that makes one feel most real. The little toy rabbit, forgotten and aging, learns he can only truly experience life through the love of a child. After finally feeling the joys of a child’s love, the poor rabbit once again faces a hopeless future as the fear of being forgotten seems a likely fate.

Auf einem Kastanienblatt nahe eines Bauernhauses begegnet Maja der Stubenfliege Puck. Als die vorlaute Fliege Majas Bienenvolk beleidigt, gerät Maja außer sich vor Wut und greift Puck an. Erschrocken verspricht Puck Maja, ihr alles über die Menschen zu erzählen, was sie weiß, wenn sie ihr dafür nichts tut. Puck erzählt Maja vom Schlummergesang der Menschen, erklärt aus ihrer Sicht, was ein Spiegel ist und verrät Maja zum Schluss, wie sie in die Behausung der Menschen gelangen kann.