Collections Classic Fairy Tales

Classic fairy tales and stories are an essential part of children's development. Our audiobook collection means to bring together the fairy tales, stories, myths and legends which have fed the children of many generations in the years when the imagination is awakening and craving stimulus and material to work upon. The classic stories in this compilation all have in common the use of powerful imagery, to feed children's dreams, ignite their imagination and stir healthy emotions into light; let your children discover the love of these fundamental parts of our culture and share the pleasure of narration.

Les œuvres essentielles d'Andersen et de Perrault, qui leur valut la célébrité mondiale, est constituée par leurs contes. S'inspirant des récits populaires, empruntant ses personnages et ses intrigues à la légende, à l'histoire ou à la vie quotidienne, leurs écrits sont destinés aux enfants, mais ils s'adressent aussi aux adultes par leur imagination poétique et surtout par le sens moral ou philosophique qui se cache derrière l'anecdote.

We have collected for you the best folktales ever written, from medieval English stories to the French fairy tales of Charles Perrault and the elegant Danish stories by Hans Christian Andersen. Enjoy these timeless gems, which had been handed down for centuries before being collected in writing, and shared for their wit, inventiveness and educational value.

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.

A collection of the best-loved of Aesop's fables including: "The Fox and the Grapes", "The Hare and the Tortoise," and "The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse."

"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.

Les œuvres essentielle de Jean de la Fontaine, d'Andersen et de Perrault, qui leur valut la célébrité mondiale, est constituée par leurs contes et leurs fables. S'inspirant des récits populaires, empruntant ses personnages et ses intrigues à la légende, à l'histoire ou à la vie quotidienne, leurs écrits sont destinés aux enfants, mais ils s'adressent aussi aux adultes par leur imagination poétique et surtout par le sens moral ou philosophique qui se cache derrière l'anecdote.

Recopilación de los cuentos clásicos infantiles más famosos. Estos relatos para niños y toda la familia, están escritos por numerosos escritores clásicos, como Charles Perrault, los Hermanos Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen y Joseph Jacobs. Este espléndido audiolibro, recopila 5 de los mejores cuentos infantiles que nos han acompañado toda la vida, para que los más peques se diviertan y relajen aprendiendo. Este audiolibro cuenta, además de la narración, con diferentes efectos de sonido y canciones, utilizando una edición cuidada, llena de estímulos.

Listen to a spellbinding version of the beloved classic "Beauty and the Beast" followed by two of Hans Christian Andersen's two classic fairy tales, "The Tinderbox" and "The Princess and the Pea". Prepare yourself for an hour of fascinating stories and storytelling.

C'era una volta una vecchia casetta così malconcia da far vergognare le altre case della strada. Ma il bambino che abitava di fronte ad essa la amava e amava osservarla giorno e notte. Quando un giorno il bambino scoprì che il vecchio proprietario della casa vi abitava tutto solo, decise di mettere le cose a posto. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) è stato uno scrittore, poeta e artista danese. È celebre la sua letteratura per bambini; tra le sue fiabe più amate si citano "I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore", "La sirenetta", "L'usignuolo", "Il soldatino di stagno".

A queen sewing by the window during a snowfall pricks her finger. Admiring the drops of blood on the snow, she wishes for a daughter as white as that snow, as red as that blood, and as black as this ebony window frame. The queen dies after giving birth to Snowdrop. The girl's stepmother, a vain and vindictive woman with a magic mirror, plots to eliminate Snowdrop, who grows more beautiful by the day. Snowdrop is left in the forest to die but takes shelter with seven dwarfs who become her protector when the evil stepmother learns she is still alive.

A tailor parleys his success at killing seven flies in one stroke into a string of unlikely successes. Making a belt with the words Seven at one blow written on it, the gullible townspeople assume the tailor to have amazing strength. After a contest in which he tricks a giant into believing he is stronger, the tailor persuades the king he can rid the kingdom of giants. In exchange for this the king offers his daughter's hand in marriage and half his kingdom. When the king balks on this promise and creates more conditions, the tailor must again rely on his wits to prove his bravery.

A series of huntsmen disappear in a mysterious forest. It is eventually discovered that an iron-skinned man is dragging passersby into the lake where he lives. The man is captured by the king and subsequently released by a sympathetic prince, who then must flee the kingdom. The prince, with the help of the iron-skinned man, defeats an army and wins the hand of a princess. The prince is reunited with his parents, and Iron Hans is revealed to be a normal man who was under a spell and released from it by the prince who was found to be pure of heart.

A peasant sends his seven sons to fetch water for his daughter's christening. Having lost their pails in the well, they are afraid to return home without having completed their task. The peasant, thinking they have gone off to play, curses them whereupon they are immediately transformed into ravens. When the daughter is grown up she sets off to discover the whereabouts of her long-lost brothers.

In Briar Rose, better known as Sleeping Beauty, seven good fairies are invited to be godmothers to an infant princess. An old, overlooked fairy feels slighted and puts a deadly curse on the princess. A kind fairy modulates the curse from death to 100 years of deep sleep which can be broken by the kiss of a handsome prince.

A mother goat leaves her kids home alone, warning them not to open the door. A big bad wolf shows up and tries to talk his way in, but the kids hold fast. When the wolf finally gets past the door through trickery, he eats all but one of the kids. The mother goat returns to find the wolf sleeping under a tree. With the help of the one child who wasn't eaten, she rescues the remaining six with the help of a pair of scissors and some large rocks.

In this folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward, a young girl is forced by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters to a life of servitude. Sleeping next to the fireplace, she earns the nickname Ashputtel, or Cinderella.

A delightful and humorous adventure of a man's youngest son, despised by his brothers for his simple mind, whose kindness to a stranger is grandly rewarded. Sure to put a smile upon the listener's face.

Hansel and Gretel are two hungry children abandoned in the forest, who then happen upon a wonderful house made of gingerbread. But danger lurks within this tasty abode. Will the poor children escape or are they doomed to the cruel fate a wicked witch has in store for them?

This is a story from the Tales from the Arabian Nights collection.