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This beloved fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a lonely outcast duckling who is transformed into a beautiful swan offers a magical glimpse into the realm of human nature. Cher narrates this charming and entertaining rendition, which represents storytelling at its best. Musical accompaniment by Patrick Ball enhances the narration. Ages four and up.

Get ready for Easter with this collection of well loved Easter stories that have been keeping children entertained for generations. Each Story has be handpicked to help calm your little one down and to keep them busy during the Easter holidays, whether your on long car journeys to see family, trying to get some work done or just want some relaxing family time.

Get ready for the Easter holidays with a collection of entertaining short stories which will keep your little ones entertained during the day and send them off to a deep sleep at night. Easter holidays will never be the same allowing you to have some Quiet Time, and get the holiday you need as well. Don’t miss out! Press play and let the magical adventures begin now!

La Reine des Neiges est un conte écrit par Hans Christian Andersen en 1844. Il raconte l'histoire de deux enfants, Gerda et Kay, amis depuis leur plus jeune âge. Un jour, Kay est atteint par un éclat du miroir déformant confectionné par le diable. Le cœur du garçon va durcir et devenir comme un morceau de glace. La Reine des Neiges emmène alors Kay dans son palais de glace. Gerda part à sa recherche, bravant de nombreux dangers et rencontrant des personnages fantastiques.

"Once upon a time, there were twenty-five tin soldiers who were all brothers, as they were all born from an old tin spoon. They held their weapons on their arms, their heads were turned to the right and their uniform, red and blue, was rather smart." One tin soldier, though he was exactly the same as his brothers, found himself, by accident, setting out alone on a series of adventures. But do not worry, this tin soldier was afraid of nothing. - Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist.

Ewan McGregor reads "The Little Match Girl", a story about a poor little girl who is sent by her parents to sell matches in the street. It is Christmas Eve and it is very cold, but she dares not return home empty-handed. Instead, to try and warm herself ups bit, she lights match after match, and the glow of each reveals an extraordinary, but ephemeral, vision. Ewan McGregor is a Scottish actor, most famous his roles in "Trainspotting", "Moulin Rouge!" and the "Star Wars" franchise.

The tale follows a barefoot girl trying to sell matchsticks on a frigid New Year’s Eve. As the night grows colder, she lights the matches for warmth and has visions of her dead grandmother. Feel the cold seep into your bones as you hear this tale that has haunted listeners for over a century.

The Princess and the Pea is the story of a prince who wishes to marry a princess but is having difficulty finding a suitable wife. One night a young woman who claims to be a princess arrives at the palace, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected guest by placing a pea under her bed, covered by 20 feather mattresses. In the morning, the guest tells her hosts that she had a sleepless night, kept awake by something hard in the bed. So the two are married because only a real princess would be sensitive enough to feel a pea through so much bedding.

In The Little Match Girl, a barefoot girl tries unsuccessfully to make money for her family by selling matches on the street. Afraid to go home empty-handed and face her father’s wrath, she decides to take shelter in an alley for the night and lights matches to keep herself warm. The harsh realism of this story reminds listeners to be grateful and kind during the cold holiday season.

La petite sirène est impatiente de monter à la surface de la mer. Le jour tant attendu arrive enfin. Ce soir-là, le prince donne une fête sur son navire. Mais une tempête survient et le fait chavirer. La petite sirène plonge aussitôt pour sauver le prince et en tombe éperdument amoureuse. Elle décide alors de sacrifier sa voix enchanteresse et sa queue de poisson pour connaître le destin des humains.

L'empereur de Chine, qui ne quitte jamais les limites de son palais, ignore qu'il existe un peu plus loin, au-delà de ses jardins maniérés, des lacs profonds et des bois touffus que les gens du peuple connaissent bien.

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.

Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature listeners as well.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales is an enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi Lewis, and contains twelve of Hans Christian Andersen's magnificent stories, including 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.

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.

Pour revivre les petits bonheur des histoires racontées au coin du feu, laissez ce recueil de contes merveilleux connus ou oubliés vous emporter. Ces histoires hivernales ont fait vibrer des générations de lecteurs, alors fermer les yeux et laissez la magie opérer.

Vol. 1 of a 2-Volume collection of the finest fairytales by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, including The frog king, Rapunzel, Hansel and Grethel, The wolf and the seven little kids, The emperor's new clothes, Thumbelina, The snow queen, and many more.

Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.

This delightful selection of stories by one of the classic masters of the genre includes some well-known and lesser-known tales, presented in lively Naxos AudioBooks style with music and sound effects.

This is a story from the Thumbelina and Other Fairy Tales collection.