Classic Nature

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?

Eeyore’s tail is missing, and his friend Winnie the Pooh offers to find it for him. While searching, Pooh visits Owl in The Hundred Acre Wood to ask for his help. This adaptation comes from A. A. Milne’s first Winnie-the-Pooh story collection, published in 1926.

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!

From the creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat comes a delightful Christmas adventure about a really remarkable cat. It’s Christmas, and Mog’s house is full of strange noises and peculiar smells. Everyone is busy hanging holly and blowing up balloons, and where is that tree going…? But it’s always a Merry Christmas in the end when you're with Mog and her family.

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.

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.

Eines Tages begegnet Maja in einem Himbeergebüsch einem merkwürdigen Tier: Es ist eckig, seltsam platt und hält die Augen geschlossen. Als die neugierige Maja versucht, das Tier mit Honig dazu zu bewegen, sich bei ihr vorzustellen, entfernt sich das Tier, ohne ein Wort mit ihr zu sprechen. Ein wunderschöner Schmetterling, der lachend über Maja im Himbeerbusch sitzt, lüftet schließlich das Geheimnis um das seltsame kleine Ungeheuer und verrät Maja sogar noch etwas anderes.

Maja fliegt glücklich und beseelt von der schönen Welt durch einen Obstgarten. Als sie am Ende des Gartens durch Brombeerranken hindurchfliegt, um zu den süßlich duftenden Jasminblüten zu gelangen, legt sich plötzlich etwas Eigenartiges über sie. Maja versteht erst nicht, was geschehen ist. Als sie schließlich die Silberfäden entdeckt, die überall an ihrem Körper festkleben, begreift sie, dass sie sich in einem Spinnennetz verfangen hat.

Der Schneider Hannibal erzählt Maja, wie es dazu kam, dass er eines seiner acht Beine verloren hat. Als Maja ihm nicht glaubt, dass sich sein ausgerissenes Bein noch von selbst weiterbewegen konnte, wird Hannibal böse und droht Maja, sie zu fressen. Doch Maja weiß sich zu helfen.