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Poor Cinderella has to stay home while her wicked stepsisters go to the ball. When they return home later that night, with stories of a beautiful girl who captivated the prince, Cinderella smiles with secret delight: the beautiful young woman was her!

Best Loved Irish Legends brings together some of Ireland’s most loved folk stories for a younger audience. Stories from long, long ago, part of an ancient oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation and written down by the Christian monks of medieval Ireland.

Bloomsbury presents Super Great Kids' Stories: From storytellers around the world curated by Kim Normanton, read by Amy Douglas, Baden Prince Junior, Daniel Morden, Emily Hennessey, Emmy Bidois, Gayle Ross, Juliana Marin, Kate Corkery, Kim Normanton, Masako Carey, Pamela Marre, Peter Chand...

Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life. So swift was his attack that no man heard an outcry; but when the dawn came, thirty of Hothgar's best and noblest thanes were missing. Only Beowulf, foremost among warriors, has the strength and courage to battle with Grendel the Night-stalker....

The folklore of Ireland has long been beloved by children across the world, but the lesser-known heroes and villains of Irish legends are the faerie folk. From trickster spirits to slippery shape-shifters, from the tiny leprechaun to the enormous giant, this stunning audiobook will guide you through sixteen remarkable Irish faeries. Inspired by true tales found in the Irish Folklore Collection, this will be a special listen for children everywhere.

Join Winston the mouse as he sets out on another irresistible Christmas adventure! From Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series, comes How Winston Came Home for Christmas – the festive sequel to the much-loved How Winston Delivered Christmas. Full of gorgeous colour artwork and...

For centuries, children and adults have treasured the stories handed down by Aesop, a slave who lived in ancient Greece approximately six centuries B.C. Known for their charm and simplicity, these simple tales feature brief adventures of animals, birds, and beasts - with a message hidden in each narrative. Every child should meet up with "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Ants and the Grasshopper", "The Goose and the Golden Egg", "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", and other characters.

Where gentle fairy magic, twinkling lights, and heartwarming woodland adventures guide your little one into peaceful sleep and comforting dreams. Step into an enchanting world with Fairy Bedtime Stories for Kids by Joy Palmer, a soothing collection of magical tales crafted to help your child unwind and settle into a restful night. These stories lead you through glowing forests, moonlit clearings, and whimsical fairy villages where brave, kind, and curious fairies discover courage, friendship, compassion, and the joy of helping others.

Download eight timeless audio tales from a magical storyteller This enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi Lewis, contains eight of Hans Christian Andersen's magnificent fairy tales. It includes Thumbelina, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high, The Emperor's New...

Delightfully funny folktale compendium written and compiled by Jem Roberts revisiting classic folktales and reinterpreting them for a 21st century audience. Featuring famous heroes such as Dick Whittington, Robin Hood and King Arthur to the lesser known, but no less entertaining, Mollie Whuppie, Bran the Blessed and Jack O'Kent. Something for everyone of all ages in this lively collection.

It's been years since Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith introduced the world to the Cinderumpelstiltskin, Little Red Running Shorts, Chicken Licken, and the rest of the hilarious cast of characters in The Stinky Cheese Man. In this audio edition, listen to some really off-the-wall fairy tales...

Relive the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a beautiful princess hidden away, a witch's curse, her fairy godmothers, a handsome prince, and the magic of true love's kiss, in this collection of classic tales from Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.

A selection of some of the most famous fairy stories which every child needs to foster their imagination. The following stories can be found on this title: "The Story of the Three Little Pigs", "The History of Dick Whittington", "Beauty and the Beast", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Puss in Boots", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Ali Baba", "The Brave Little Tailor", and "The Princess on the Glass Hill".

The teacher, Patrick Healy, traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half a thousand myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This is the second volume of his work. Patrick grouped 14 famous Czech children's stories and myths with his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them.

Mother Goose has been charming readers for centuries, and this Classic Treasury of Nursery Rhymes features many beloved poems as well as some new favorites. Sit with little Miss Muffet on her tuffet, climb the hill with Jack and Jill, and baa with the black sheep in this timeless classic. This...

Teacher Patrick Healy traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half a thousand myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This audiobook is the eighth volume of his work, 21 Japanese Tales, in his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them.

A classic fable from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, read by Johnny Morris. Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.

Ideal for sharing on a journey or at bedtime, this audio collection of six entertaining animal stories includes: Ernest takes a ride, The jumble sale, Noisy Norman, Mervyn's glasses, The queue and The up and down story...

Not much happens here. A mole gives up spring-cleaning. A dragon refuses to fight. Children explore gardens, secrets, and grown-up nonsense. And that's exactly the charm. In The Classic Collection of Kenneth Grahame, the smallest moments matter: a picnic basket, a dusty lane, a long afternoon with nowhere in particular to go. These are tales where animals talk, time meanders, and adventure might mean simply getting lost — on purpose. This volume brings together four of Grahame's most loved works: The Wind in the Willows, The Reluctant Dragon, The Golden Age, and Dream Days.

With material gleamed on that trip and from the tradition of African tellers in North America, Bobby Norfolk electrifies audiences with energized retellings of Anansi the wise, Anansi the resourceful, and Anansi the mythic underdog figure who is never undone or outdone.