Family Classics

Corduroy is excited to celebrate Christmas! To get ready, he decorates his tree, bakes cookies, and wraps presents. When the snow starts falling on Christmas Eve, Corduroy hangs up his stocking and leaves a note for Santa. Merry Christmas, Corduroy!

Emmi hat Geburtstag und die Kinder führen ein Puppentheater auf, doch das Stück ist nicht unbedingt für Kinder geeignet... Die Eltern sind sprachlos! Anna Thalbach liest eine Episode aus dem Leben der Familie Buchholz von Julius Stinde

Familie Buchholz macht einen Ausflug in den Zoologischen Garten. Alle amüsieren sich, doch Frau Buchholz trifft einen alten Bekannten und dann ist es mit dem Spaß vorbei... Katharina Thalbach nimmt den Hörer mit in den "Zoologischen" nach Berlin, zusammen mit Frau Wilhelmine Buchholz, von Julius Stinde.

Here is the preface to 12 magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates - with unequaled grace and tenderness - the deepest feelings we have.

Winner of the 2008 Christian Book Award and written by Ruth Graham, the daughter of today's most beloved evangelist, Billy Graham, this is a beautiful four-color family devotion with over 300 photographs that retells 100 important Bible stories and helps parents and children walk together on their faith journey. Each devotion takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and has been used by four generations of the Graham family.

"Oliver Twist" ist ein Hörbuch der Überraschungen und Wendungen, die Personen und Teilhandlungen sind kreuz und quer verknüpft - das ist große Dramaturgie. Die Personen sind klar gezeichnet und haben ihren Charakter. Da ist Oliver selbst, der unter schlimmsten Umständen die Ehre seiner Mutter verteidigt, da ist Nancy, eine sehr starke Frauenfigur, da sind die "Bösen", in denen sich oft noch ein wenig Gutes findet.

Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens – and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden . . . which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Frances Hodgson Burnett original by Clare West.

Life on the streets of turn-of-the-century London hurls the orphan Oliver Twist into a danger-filled adventure! With him we meet the Artful Dodger and Fagin, and learn the ways of the hard world...

In The Happy Family, a pair of snails live inside a burdock forest near an old manor house. They remember the old days when their kinfolk were served on platters in the old house and suspect the house has since been abandoned. Deciding to grow their family, they adopt a common snail and must arrange a marriage for their new child.

Many would have disliked to live if possessed of the peculiar features of Arthur Jermyn, but he had been a poet and scholar and had not minded, until a peculiar box object arrived from Africa and after seeing it, he went out on the moor and set himself on fire. Discover what it was about the object that explained his peculiar personal appearance, and made him end his life.

This is the tale of two distinguished snails whose adopted son is in need of a wife. The mother and father snail believe they know more about life than any creature, but accept the help of ant and gnat to find a wife for their son. A short tale of whimsy and delight from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen.

宋金和宜春青梅竹马，结婚之后，生活十分美满。然而，宋金生了一场大病，宜春的父母嫌弃他拖累家庭，暗中背着宜春，把宋金给抛弃了……宋金和宜春青梅竹馬，結婚之後，生活十分美滿。然而，宋金生了一場大病，宜春的父母嫌棄他拖累家庭，暗中背著宜春，把宋金給拋棄了……

Isegrim, der Wolf, Meister Lampe, der Hase, oder Reineke Fuchs - seit langer Zeit faszinieren Fabelwesen und ihre lehrreichen Geschichten Leser jedes Alters. Gemeinsam mit seinen Söhnen und Freunden verleiht Rolly Brings den fabulierenden Erzählungen einen ganz eigenen Klang: Neu verfasst in der gewohnt charmanten, augenzwinkernden Art des Autors erklingen die Fabeln von Aesop, Martin Luther, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe oder Wilhelm Busch auf diesem Hörbuch in lebendigem Kölsch.

Billy the King tells the story of a relentless dreamer who can’t accept a boring reality when his mind is so filled with delightful fantasies.

Gerd Köster, eine der beliebtesten Vorlesestimmen Deutschlands, startet eine neue Hörbuch-Reihe mit den legendären Krimis um den Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes und seinen Begleiter Dr. Watson. Die ungekürzten Lesungen auch selten gehörter Geschichten werden durch Kösters Einfühlungsvermögen, Ausdruck und Wandlungsfähigkeit zu neuem Leben erweckt. Über Kösters Sprecherqualitäten schrieb die "Buchkritik": "Köster wechselt - je nach Stimmung und Figur - immer wieder die Tonlage und schafft so schon fast ein Ein-Personen-Hörspiel. Ein ganzes Ensemble von Sprechern könnte es kaum besser machen."

The End of the Young Family Feud: A week before Christmas, Aunt Jean wrote to Elizabeth, inviting her and Alberta and me to eat our Christmas dinner at Monkshead. We accepted with delight. Aunt Jean and Uncle Norman were delightful people, and we knew we should have a jolly time at their house.

One day, Naomi and her family moved to a city called Moab. Her two sons married two women from Moab. Eventually, Naomi's husband and both of her sons died. Without her family beside her, she became homesick for her hometown of Bethlehem.

What happened to Naomi's two daughter-in-laws? Did Naomi move back to Bethlehem? Did God provide for her during her journey? Who came with her? Did Naomi give God thanks for her home and family? Listen to find out for yourself!

Excerpts from the classic medieval poem, performed in the original language with English translation, original music, and commentary.

Excerpts from the classic medieval poem, performed in the original language with English translation, original music, and commentary.

Everybody's met a Judy. Somehow, as crass and rusty on the outside as they always are, you always like them. Deep down inside they have a soft heart, which you can see in their eyes if you look long enough. Why? Because often they have a story - of pain, and they just like to hide it under the gruff face. Meet Judy, raised by her grandparents because of her dysfunctional home; has a baby out of wedlock in her teens and is dying of cancer.