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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 2) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors / The Bottle Neck / The Buckwheat / The Butterfly / A Cheerful Temper / The Child in the Grave / Children's Prattle / The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock / The Daisy / The Darning-Needle.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 8) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: The Old Street Lamp / Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God / Ole the Tower-keeper / Our Aunt / The Garden of Paradise / The Pea Blossom / The Pen and the Inkstand / The Philosopher's Stone / The Phoenix Bird / The Portuguese Duck.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 5) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: A Leaf from Heaven / Holger Danske / Ib and Little Christina / The Ice Maiden / The Jewish Maiden / The Jumper / The Last Dream of the Old Oak / The Last Pearl / Little Claus and Big Claus / The Little Elder-tree Mother.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 7) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: What the Moon Saw / The Neighbouring Families / The Nightingale / There is no Doubt about it / In the Nursery / The Old Bachelor's Nightcap / The Old Church Bell / The Old Grave-stone / The Old House / What the Old Man Does is Always Right.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 1) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: A Story / By the Almshouse Window / The Angel / Anne Lisbeth / The Conceited Apple-branch / Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind / The Beetle Who Went on His Travels / The Bell / The Bell-deep / The Bird of Popular Song.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 4) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: The Flying Trunk / The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship / The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf / The Goblin and the Huckster / The Golden Treasure / The Galoshes of Fortune / She was Good for Nothing / Grandmother / A Great Grief / The Happy Family.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 12) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: In a Thousand Years / The Brave Tin Soldier / The Tinder-box / The Toad / The Top and Ball / The Travelling Companion / Two Brothers / Two Maidens / The Ugly Duckling.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 10) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: A Story from the Sand-hills / The Saucy Boy / The Shadow / The Shepherdess and the Sheep / The Silver Shilling / The Shirt-collar / The Snow Man / The Snow Queen / The Snowdrop / Something.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Volume 6) is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Contents: Little Ida's Flowers / The Little Match-seller / The Little Mermaid / Little Tiny or Thumbelina / Little Tuk / The Loveliest Rose in the World / The Mail-coach Passengers / The Marsh King's Daughter / The Metal Pig / The Money-box.

The fourth installment of Russian Collection for Kids features stories that begin in everyday life and end in magic. Their main characters are children - boys and girls thrown into tough circumstances and having to test the limits of their courage and ingenuity to solve problems without grown-up help.

"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor": These are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar…and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs and genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale.

Enter a world of magic and shadows where the line between good and evil is blurred and the consequences of one's actions can be deadly. In this collection of dark fairy stories, you'll encounter treacherous witches, cursed princesses, and malevolent creatures lurking in the shadows. These tales will leave you on the edge of your seat and questioning the true nature of happily ever after. These are not the fairy tales of your childhood. Proceed with caution. So keep listening and let the magic unfold, but beware: Once you enter the realm of the dark fairies, you may never want to leave.

From 20-year veteran storyteller Pleasant DeSpain, known for reducing folktales to their essence, 20 "retellable" folktales from around the world. Folktales captivate generation after generation because they remind us that our forebears overcame seemingly insurmountable odds and we can, too! Folktale characters show us the best in ourselves; our sense of humor, our perseverance, our resilience that overcomes giant hurdles, and our innate sense of fair play.

For centuries, children and adults have treasured the stories handed down by Aesop, a slave who lived in ancient Greece approximately six centuries B.C. Known for their charm and simplicity, these simple tales feature brief adventures of animals, birds, and beasts - with a message hidden in each narrative. Every child should meet up with "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Ants and the Grasshopper", "The Goose and the Golden Egg", "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", and other characters.

A jealous and evil queen casts a dreadful spell over her 12 stepchildren - she exiles her beautiful stepdaughter, Elise, and turns her 11 stepsons into wild swans. Princess Elise sets out to find her brothers and release them from the spell, but finds that she must perform a nearly impossible task to carry out the rescue - create coats of mail out of sharp nettles for each of her brothers, and not speak a word the entire time. Even the love of a king - and the treachery of his adviser - must not deter her from her task. Sigourney Weaver narrates this beautiful version of one of Hans Christian Andersen's most compelling tales.

Download eight timeless audio tales from a magical storyteller. This enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi Lewis, contains eight of Hans Christian Andersen’s magnificent fairy tales. It includes Thumbelina, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high, The Emperor’s New Clothes, the tale of a man who cares only for his appearance and The Little Mermaid, who longs to one day marry a human prince.

Plusieurs fois "Grand Prix du Disque", les enregistrements de Lucienne Vernay et des Quatre Barbus sont indissociables de l'univers du disque pour enfants. Réalisés par Jacques Canetti, ces six contes, enregistrés avec des illustrations sonores et des bruitages, font voyager les enfants à partir de quatre ans dans le monde fabuleux ou frissonnant des châteaux, des ogres, des loups, des princesses.

An overnight camping trip! Chester the cat is worried. The woods, Chester informs Harold the dog, are not only full of cockleburs and ticks, but of spirits - evil spirits who prey on the innocent. Harold is not taking Chester seriously. But when two strange men and their even stranger dog set up camp next to the Monroes, things begin to happen that make even Harold wonder.

"The Story of Peter Pan", by James M. Barrie, is one of the most famous tales about youth and dream-like adventures; this classic adaptation of Barrie's play will let you fly on the wings of your imagination. "The History of Tom Thumb" was the first fairy tale ever printed in English. "The Three Sillies" is a very old folktale, and has been handed down over the centuries for its entertainment value. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a classic folktale of which numerous versions are known; they all delight and educate children about the importance of boundaries and personal property. Last but not least, "Jack the Giant Killer" is a fascinating folk tale coming from the Middle Ages, set during King Arthur's reign; it shows how a young man uses clever tricks to outwit terrible giants and rid England of their terrible threats.

We have collected for you the best fables and fairy tales ever written. This collection begins with tales from Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault, two absolute masters of the genre, whose stories have been universally read ever since: "The Beauty and the Beast", "Cinderella", T"he Fairies", and "Hansel and Gretel". As for the fables, Jean de la Fontaine is the most famous French fabulist ever; he was recognized as one of the foremost men of letters of France, and his Fables are still learned by every child as an essential part of moral culture.