Classic Nature

Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends as they gather for an outdoor adventure in search of the North Pole. This LibraryCall adaptation comes from A. A. Milne’s first Winnie-the-Pooh story collection, published in 1926.

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 short Aesop fable, a tiny mouse helps a great, big lion.

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, 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.

The Origin and Nature of Folk Music: As Exemplified in the Welsh National Melodies was originally published in 1911. Kenneth Morris was a fantasy writer and Theosophist from Wales. In this short piece, he looks at the bardic poetry and chants of Ireland, Wales and England, called a "hwyl".

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American author Jack London published in 1903. The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The novella details Buck's struggle to adjust and survive the cruel treatment he receives from humans, other dogs, and nature. He eventually sheds the veneer of civilization altogether and instead relies on primordial instincts.

On the day of Debbie’s birthday party, Mog sets off on an adventure through the alphabet, filled with dragons in the dark and the jaguar with a jug of jelly. M is for Mog, but also for the mad mouse monster! The perfect Mog adventure for learning the alphabet.

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.

Diese Compilation enthält Lesungen von folgenden Gedichten: „Herbstlied“, Sprecherin: Christine Davis, ES: 01.09.1985, „Der Besuch“, Sprecher: Günter Lampe, ES: 22.10.1987, "Der Aufruhr in den Cevennen", Sprecher: Wolfgang Reinsch, ES: 30.01.1988, "Ein altdeutsches Künstlerfest in Italien", Sprecher: Peter Lieck, ES: 12.08.1988.

The Tale of Pigling Bland - written by Beatrix Potter describing the adventures of the pig of the title and how his life changes upon meeting a soul mate, in much the same way that Potter's life was changing at the time the book was published.

In Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on the meaning of customs and politeness in civil society. He argues that the purpose of manners is more to facilitate the creation and proper working of society and not to establish hierarchies.

Runaway Bunny, The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant, and Goodnight Moon are national treasures and many of us remember them from our childhoods. Catherine Zeta-Jones narrates The Runaway Bunny in a new piano-trio version composed by GPR Records artistic director and four-time Emmy Award Winner, Glen Roven. This piece premiered at Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony. Runaway Bunny was written in 1942 and has been published continuously since that time - it's a wonderful timeless story of free thinking and creativity.

Zwei hochdramatische Erzählungen Heinrich von Kleists, mit unheimlicher Konsequenz zu einem furchtbaren Ende geführt. Mit Musik von Modest Mussorgsky.

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.

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.