Asian Fairy Tales

様々な分野で活躍するタレントや声優が名作文学のハイライトシーンを朗読します。　NHKラジオ第１「きらり10代！名作を読もう」で放送され、好評を得た作品がオーディオブックに登場！　朗読は鈴木杏さん。主な出演作：映画「空中庭園」、「頭文字D」ほか

様々な分野で活躍するタレントや声優が名作文学のハイライトシーンを朗読します。　NHKラジオ第１「きらり10代！名作を読もう」で放送され、好評を得た作品がオーディオブックに登場！　朗読は山寺宏一さん。主な出演作：「おはスタ（メイン司会）」、洋画吹き替え「アポロ13（トム・ハンクス）」ほか

"Cion Cion Blu" è un contadino cinese che veste solo di blu e arancione; ha un gatto tutto blu e un cane tutto arancione. E un pesciolino, che si chiama Bluino. Una notte, la neve copre di fiocchi bianchi tutti i suoi alberi d'aranci: quanto buon gelato d'aranciata! Per venderlo al mercato Cion Cion Blu s'incammina...

In this Caldecott Medal-winning tale set in Old Japan, a lively little woman who loves to laugh pursues her runaway dumpling - and must outwit the wicked three-eyed oni when she lands in their clutches.

"The Boy Who Drew Cats" is a Japanese folk tale collected by Lafcadio Hearn in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is his most anthologized story. It concerns a boy who drew cats everywhere. Everyone in the town thought this was a waste of time until a goblin invaded their temple. They boy, and his cat, then come to the rescue.

Jolina can't take Claudine's bullying any longer! Though Jolina knows she's still in training to use her grandfather's arbularyo magic, she sneaks into his potions lab. Jolina brews a batch of gayuma, a powerful love potion. And it works. The love potion conquers Claudine's hateful nature. In fact, Claudine doesn't just stop bullying Jolina - now she wants to be Jolina's BFF, and does everything and anything Jolina asks. But magic comes with a cost, and bad intentions beget bad returns. Controlling another person's ability to love - or hate - will certainly have consequences.

Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster she accidentally released from his 500-year prison sentence. Thom agrees to help the Monkey King get back his magical staff if he'll take away her strength.

Stella and Luna know that their mama, Elsie, came from the Philippines when she was a child, but they don't know much else. So one night, they ask her to tell them her story. As they get ready for bed, their mama spins two tales: that of her youth as a strong-willed middle child and immigrant; and that of the young life of Mayari, the mythical daughter of a god. Both are tales of sisterhood and motherhood, and of the difficult experience of trying to fit into a new culture, and having to fight for a home and acceptance.

I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother's legacy. I am yours to command. Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn't know that pelesits have a dark side - and when Pink's shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive...before they are both lost to the darkness.

6-12 yoshli bolalar uchun mo’ljallangan ertak va afsonalar. Ushbu ertak-afsona To’lg’onoy ismli qiz haqida bo’lib, u dovyurakligi va qat’iyati sababli hayotini saqlab qola olishi, o’z ona qishlog’iga, suyukli yori yoniga qaytib, baxtga erishishi haqida hikoya qiladi.

7-13 yoshli bolalar uchun mo’ljallangan odamlar haqidagi sehrli ertak. Ertakda bir kalning topqirligi va makkorligini ishga solib, Vospiroxun ismli go’zal bir qizga uylanishi, shohga aylanishi haqida, Vospiroxunning ikki nafar bolasi hamda ularning makkor jodugar kampirning makrini boshlaridan o’tkazishlari haqida, shuningdek kal podshohning uch nafar nabiralari-yu, ulardan faqatgina bittasi rostgo’y chiqqanligi haqida hikoya qilinadi.

6-12 yoshdagi bolalar uchun mo’ljallangan odamlar haqidagi sehrli ertak. Bu ertakda bir shohning ov paytida g’or ichidan kichkinagina qizcha Qorasochparini topib olishi-yu, so’ngra u qizning ulg’ayib, katta bo’lishi hamda sehrgardan sehr o’rganishi hikoya qilinadi, shu bilan birga ertakda shahzodaga sadoqat bilan xizmat qiluvchi, barcha mo’jizalarning sirini topib, Qorasochparini Rumning yovuz va zolim hukmdorining qo’liadan qutqargan ajoyib yigit haqida ham hikoya qilinadi.

6-12 yoshli bolalar uchun mo’ljallangan hukmdorlar haqida ertak. Ertak Chin mamlakati hukmdori bilan vazirining o’g’illari bo’lmish Ha-san va Hu-san haqida bo’lib, ularning sayohatga chiqishlari, ko’pgina ajoyib sarguzashtlarni boshlaridan kechirishlari-yu, hamda ikki go’zal sohibjamol qiz, ya’ni malika Mohinabonu bilan arab halifasining qizi Zulayhoning muhabbatiga sazovor bo’lishlari haqida hikoya qiladi.

6-12 yoshgacha bo’lgan bolalar uchun mo’ljallangan odamlar haqida sehrli ertak. Ertak bag’dod xalifasining o’g’li shahzoda Shavkat haqida bo’lib, uning Mohistara ismli sohibjamol go’zal bir qizga maftun bo’lishi, bu qiz o’ziga oshiq bo’lgan barcha yigitlarga shart qo’yishi, bu shartni hech kim bajara olmay, kallasidan judo bo’lishi, Shavkat esa Mohistaraning sirini fosh qilib, barchani uning zulmi va yovuzligidan xalos etishi-yu, o’zi esa oxir-oqibat uni chin qalbdan sevuvchi go’zal bir qizga uylanishi haqida hikoya qiladi.

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"Give me six months, and I will teach your sons how to live wisely. They will make you proud," said the Pandit. And thus was born the great book of animal stories—the Panchatantra. Cunning jackals, stupid crocodiles, lumbering elephants and clever mice. Foolish fish and clever crows, quick-witted monkeys and dim-witted lions. Pit your wits against them in this feast of animal stories! The Panchatantra stories are ancient, yet so contemporary that they have been retold again and again through the ages. They remain as modern as any new story today.

Jiho comes from a long line of forest rangers who protect the Kidahara - an ancient and mysterious wood that is home to powerful supernatural creatures. But Jiho wants nothing to do with the dangerous forest. Five years ago, his father walked into the Kidahara and disappeared. Just like the young Princess Koko, the only daughter of the kingdom’s royal family. Jiho knows better than anyone else the horrors that live deep in the magical forest and how those who go in never come back.

Soma's mother, T.M. Song, was a storyteller and this is a tale she used to tell her daughters when they were little girls. Her mother had told it to her when she was growing up in a rural village in Korea during the reign of King Kojong.... The underlying lesson is filial piety, respect for one's parents, presented in an engrossing Oriental Cinderella story.

You are in luck, because you are about to be entertained by some of the most engaging, supernatural stories from Chinese mythology.

When Astrid Xu stumbles upon a magic Chinese scroll, she can't help but wonder if it holds the key to helping her mom's depression. What Astrid doesn't expect is to be transported along with her little sister, Marilla, to Zhen -- a realm where the Chinese legends of old are real! But all is not well in Zhen. An ancient evil known as Chaos is wreaking havoc throughout the land, and Astrid is the only one who can stop it.