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Fairy Tales & Folklore Audiobooks
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In the classic style of the great epic storytellers, Newbery Honor-winning author Jamake Highwater breathes new life into the ancient literary traditions of India. With non-stop action, powerful superheroes, and evil monsters, Rama is an exciting introduction to the richness of The Ramayana.
The tales of the Norse gods, of the giants, demons, trolls and dwarves, still have the power to fascinate more than a thousand years after they were first told. Here are the stories of the one-eyed god Odin, the all-seeing, who from his throne in Asgard the home of the gods, has to prepare for Ragnarok, the final conflict between good and evil. There are tales too of Tyr the god of war, of the cunning Loki, of Thor the mighty thunder god and a host of others. These retellings of the old tales are given extra dramatic perspective by the music of Mahler, Grieg, Smetana. They come to life as never before.
THE RED SHOES
This Hans Christian Andersen tale, which was made into a very successful movie, tells of a pair of shoes that had their own ideas of when and where to dance!
THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER (also known as The Constant Tin Soldier)
Tin he may be, but there is a certain something about this particular soldier - as you'll soon be able to tell.
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In THE SNOW QUEEN, a little girl, Gerda, searches for her lost brother who has been carried away by a strange woman to an unknown land. She encounters robbers, princesses, and a magic reindeer which flies her to the wastelands where she hopes he is to be found.
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES tells of a silly emperor and his silly court, who fall prey to a couple of wily tricksters, and who finally understand the price of vanity and self-importance.
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A little lady, only one inch high, dodges about between toads, witches, moles, cockchafers, and, oh yes, there's a certain prince....
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BIG CLAUS, LITTLE CLAUS
Little Claus makes up for what he lacks in brawn, by using a very astute brain to lead his tormentor (his brother, Big Claus), a merry dance indeed....
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A young soldier meets a witch who tries to get him to retrieve a special box of coins. The soldier is smarter than she guesses. He soon separates her from the box - and finally from her head!
Thanks to this extraordinary box, the now rich soldier finds he has a huge number of friends: so eventually he considers courting the local princess ... but that will take quite a lot of doing.
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A delightful tale about (yet another!) emperor, written by a man of immense perception. One soon gets the idea that Perfection may not be the most desirable goal to aim for, after all.
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"I hate Samurais, I hate Samurais,' I muttered to myself as I made my way back to the little temple. The words made a chant that I could not keep in step with. 'I hate Samurais.I hate Samurais,' I kept singing until I was home. Suddenly I realized that I was whole, that I hadn't lost my head, that Saru was still Saru ."-from The Boy and the Samurai With feudal wars raging through the Japanese countryside, it is no place for children, particularly homeless orphans like six-year-old Saru, who grow up fast and hard in the cold city. When begging does not fill his stomach, stealing and cunning do the trick. The only warmth Saru knows is from a kindly priest who allows him to sleep under his little Shinto shrine in the winter, and Neko, his adopted kitten. Living day-by-day, Saru gives little thought to the future or the course his life might take. But Saru's fortunes change overnight when he meets a Samurai soldier in need of something only he-and his street skills-can provide.
Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
After eating his way into Elephant’s melon and getting stuck, Anansi decides his only way out is to trick his friends into believing that the melon can talk. Elephant is delighted to share his special melon with the other animals, especially King Monkey. When the melon insults the King, however, mayhem ensues, much to Anansi’s glee. Snappy and fresh, this playful tale is a perfect read-aloud. In the most recent book about the sly Spider, Anansi steals Hyena’s magic cleaning stick, with disastrous results. The essence of the various animals’ characters is brilliantly captured in this humorous narration and the lesson learned is as engaging as the story itself.
