Short Stories Fairy Tales

Eight short tales to walk us across a variety of timeless landscapes through the turning Wheel of the Year honoring the eight Celtic seasonal celebrations. Eight opportunities disguised as challenges. Eight ways for nature to teach us her deep lessons. As we are spellbound by nature's splendor, magic brings us fairies, ghosts, and goddesses to inspire meaning, making, and a lesson or two along the way. Perfect for young and old alike.

В книгу Капитан Клюквин замечательного писателя Юрия Коваля вошли рассказы о птицах, зверях и людях. Гордый клёст учится жить вместе с человеком и даже начинает давать концерты. Лесной зверь, на удивление, сам стремится к охотникам. Гроза над картофельным полем вот-вот разразится и изменит жизнь людей, попавших в стихию. Для среднего школьного возраста.

This book contains 40 famous fables and three bonus fable from another book. So, you’ll get total of 43 Fables with this books. This book is part of a series of Aesop’s Fables books. You should check the other volumes of this series. Whole series consist of 102 Aesop’s Fables. Each fable ends with a moral. So, there’s something more than entertainment, your child will learn ethics and good manners. This audiobook will be an awesome gift for your kids.

Ben Loory returns with a second collection of timeless tales, inviting us to enter his worlds of whimsical fantasy, deep empathy, and playful humor, in the signature voice that drew listeners to his highly praised first collection. In stories that eschew literary realism, Loory's characters demonstrate richly imagined and surprising perspectives, whether they be dragons or swordsmen, star-crossed lovers or long-lost twins, restaurateurs dreaming of Paris or cephalopods fixated on space travel.

Gemeinsam mit Euch öffnen wir unsere alte Büchertruhe und tauchen ein in 50 große und kleine Geschichten, Märchen, Mythen und Fabeln dieser Welt.

This story is excerpted from The Pied Piper of Hamelin: And Other Tales by Geoffrey Thomas. These short stories are brimming with the big-heartedness, warmth, and homespun humor that the author is known for.

Cinder, a poor and beautiful young man who designs clothing, makeup, and hair for his stepmother and stepsisters, offers his clothing and slippers to a naked stranger in the woods, who turns out to be none other than Prince Charming. Follow Cinder and Prince Charming in this twist on the classic Cinderella tale as they discover their inner strengths and find their very own happily ever after.

Ce sont trois contes écrits par Valérie Bonenfant, lus par Fabienne Prost. Le conte J’habite une flaque d’eau est illustré de façon sonore par Julien Jammes, designer sonore. La mer a des boutons : Alerte ! La mer est malade, elle est pleine de boutons blancs sur son eau de surface, mais que lui arrive t-il ? Elle n’est pas bien du tout. Peut-on la sauver ? L’oiseau et le sac : Un conte, où parfois le vent fait voler de drôles d’oiseaux. Vous n’en avez jamais vus ? Mais, si, ils sont colorés, transparents et pas toujours propres.

Is your child wild about dinosaurs? No one quite understands why so many kids go through a “dinosaur phase.” It may be because they are extinct and although they may have been huge and hungry, they are harmless to a child since they no longer exist. These mysterious and powerful creatures interest many children and are a fun and exciting way to introduce relaxation, mindfulness and meditation. There is nothing as powerful as this to help refocus, regulate and relax the human brain.

From the far-ranging imaginations of Book View Caf authors comes this delirious collection of classic tales newly twisted into dark, dangerous, and occasionally hilarious re-tellings. From the golden isles of Greece to the frozen north, from fairytale castles to urban slums, join us on an unforgettable journey! Stories by Vonda N. McIntyre, Laura Anne Gilman, Sherwood Smith, Judith Tarr, and more.

Recollected under the theme of magic, these three tales originally from volumes one and two of the Dreamwood Tales series were chosen to be the best platform for a consummate narrator to create an audiobook. That narrator's name is Jon Caruth. Each tale speaks of magic, exists in magical places, or turns on our heads our concepts of what is magic.

Meet the Kitchen Imps - mischievous creatures who lurk behind the cupboard and under the fridge. Where do all the missing socks go? Find out with "The Joy of Socks". Learn the mysteries of the "Secret Kitchen" and gaze upon a rather familiar world with "Free Will". Dare you risk the king's wrath when you venture into the "House of Treasure"?

Astarte, grew up an orphan and she had no recollection of ever having known her mother. From childhood, she could hear the silver ringing of the music of the fairies as they twirled in the moonlight below the caves. She saw them dancing, the fireflies glittering in and around them, adding a shimmer of gold in the moonlight.

The Legendary Casey Jones brings together many of Geoffrey Thomas’s short stories for the first time, each brimming with the big heartedness, warmth, and homespun humor that he is known for. Sweeping through southern deltas, western prairies and colonial outposts, Geoffrey Thomas introduces a host of extraordinary characters in his mesmerizing tales of American heritage: blacksmiths, farmers, frontiersmen try to get by; a brave railroad engineer becomes a national hero; a Native American girl changes the course of history.

Оказывается, не всё так просто в нашем сказочном королевстве, как мы думали! Вот знаете ли вы, откуда взялось слово "царь", почему русские русалки без хвостов, а "дурак" - вовсе не обидное прозвище, откуда магическая сила в метле Бабы-Яги и кто же такой на самом деле Колобок? И вообще, внимательно ли вы читали сказки? Знаете, как приручить нечистую силу и даже подружиться с ней? А какая родня есть у наших сказочных героев помните? С этой буквально переполненной юмором и полезной информацией книгой-досье скучно не будет ни детям, ни взрослым! Даже если вы считали себя сказочным экспертом русского фольклора!

Before Black Elk Speaks, before his epic poem "A Cycle of the West", John G. Neihardt wrote many short stories that found favor with readers and critics. Among his best were the 17 collected in Indian Tales and Others in 1926. "The Singer of the Ache", considered Neihardt's highest achievement in short fiction, portrays young Moon-Walker's quest for supernatural powers achieved at a price.

From creation stories and explanations of natural phenomena to fables and cautionary tales, ancient Basque mythology has endured for centuries thanks to a strong oral tradition and, quite simply, love of a good story. In this unique collection, Basque-American author Caryn Larrinaga explores and expands upon the rich, traditional folklore from her family's homeland. Dive into stories about love, loss, greed, and revenge. Meet creatures like the mischievous Galtzagorriak, the deadly Gaueko, the beautiful Lamiak, the legendary Erensuge, and more.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson,

Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, and Blair Underwood.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson,

Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Blair Underwood, and more.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson,

Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, and Blair Underwood.