Classical Myth

Un precioso volumen con los cuentos clásicos más conocidos y queridos por los pequeños oyentes.

This enticing ensemble of children’s classic stories with sound effects and original songs features a full cast of voice actors, including multi-award-winning voice talent Barbara Rosenblat and ATC Seneca Award-nominee Georgia Lee Schultz. Included in the collection are Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and International Radio Festival-winner Scourge of the Desert.

Once upon a time, six famous children's stories were magically reimagined...with hilarious results! Meet the sneaky Ninjabread Man, cheeky Little Rude Riding Hood, ground-shaking Cinder-Elephant, and clever Octo-Puss in Boots. Snow White has ditched her woodland cottage for a spaceship and seven robots...and the Three Little Narwhals are on the run from the Big Bad Shark! This wonderful compendium brings together riotously funny retellings of well-known tales by popular children's authors Chris Jevons, Samantha Newman, and Jo Franklin.

Tanya Robyn Batt has a lifelong love of fabrics and is fascinated by the ways in which they can change the way we perceive the world and are seen by others. In this captivating collection, she brings together her favorite stories about fabrics from all over the world, and shows how storytelling itself is a magical weaving process. The history and passage around the world of each of the fabrics, from wool to batik, from flax to silk, is fascinatingly described.

Imaginez un joli château, avec un jardin. Et, tout au fond, derrière, une sombre forêt. C'est là qu'habitent Monsieur et Madame de Réan, leurs domestiques, leurs chevaux, leurs gros chiens... et Sophie, leur petite fille. Cette jeune héroïne, pétrie d'espièglerie, ne cesse de faire des bêtises qui lui attirent les foudres de ses parents... Quand elle n'est pas occupée à couper en morceaux les poissons rouges de son bocal, à dévorer en cachette les réserves de pâtes de fruits de la maison ou à se promener en chemise de nuit sous la pluie, c'est qu'elle prépare déjà sa prochaine sottise.

This is a story from the Grimm's Fairy Tales collection.

The story of an evil Persian king, who marries a new wife each day and then kills her the next morning. To stop this murderous ruler, a brave woman named Scheherazade risks her own life and marries the king herself...but not without a plan. On their wedding night, she will entertain him with the tale of the Fisherman and the Genie, a legend so great, he'll never want it to end.

Anasi, one of the great folk heroes of the world, is saved from a terible fate by his six sons in this traditional tale from West Africa.

Ever been lost and wanted to go home? Join Odysseus as he struggles to return to his family in this epic retelling of the adventures of The Odyssey Retold for a children's audience, Poetic Primer's The Odyssey, is filled with vibrant sound effects, music, and character voices while still maintaining the poetic format of the original work.

Enter the world of Beatrix Potter and her endearing anthropomorphic animals. These treasured characters have become every child's playmates and have found a home in every child's heart. Say hello to Nutkin the Squirrel and Benjamin Bunny, along with their many friends.

Visceral sword fights, horrifying monsters, and mysterious warriors will thrill and terrify you in the horror fantasy Within the Ice! In a world sealed off from the outside by a wall of ice known as the Great Glacier, the people struggle to thrive in a cold, unrelenting landscape. Devyn thought that venturing to the north would help him escape the wars of his youth and let him live in peace. His dreams are shattered as he is about to be conscripted into a war that is ever-present but often unseen by mortal men. The unyielding cold and brutal warlords will soon be overshadowed by the terrors...

When a poor miller boasts to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold, the young woman finds herself in a dangerous predicament. With her life at stake, she is visited by a strange, impish figure who offers to help her—for a price. As the story unfolds, the miller's daughter must outwit the cunning Rumpelstiltskin to save her child and herself from a terrible fate.

A bela Rapunzel está trancada numa torre muito, muito alta, visitada apenas pela feiticeira que a aprisionou. Até que um dia um belo príncipe passa em seu cavalo e é cativado pelo som mágico do canto de Rapunzel. O canto tocará seu coração de tal maneira que ele sabe que deve alcançá-la.

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".

ANTEROS is the story of John Donnelly, a painter who at the age of eighty has been brought to Cannes by an arts foundation in Monaco to finalize arrangements for the endowment of his life's work in a permanent collection. Why he should have been chosen for such a privilege, after a life without fame and when his painting days are over, he cannot imagine and, as it is, Cannes is a place he would rather avoid. Not only was it there that as a young man he twice suffered the violent termination of a love relationship but more recently it was where his wife and son were staying when they died in...

A billingual version of the classic fairy tale read first in its original English version and then in its French version. A real treat for language learners.

Las informaciones y comentarios de este ameno e instructivo ensayo conducen al lector por los vericuetos de la creación mitológica griega como si se tratase de una novela de aventuras, comentando la poderosa influencia que los mitos han ejercido en la génesis y evolución del pensamiento humano, con particular énfasis en la formación de las principales lenguas que se hablan en el mundo.

Are you looking for a short story for your children? This one has a good moral and teaches not to trust strangers. "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy-tale about a young girl and a big bad wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century to several European folk tales, including one from Italy called "The False Grandmother". The best known version was written by Charles Perrault.

A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths leads the listener through the vibrant stories of ancient Greece, from the origins of the gods through to the homecomings of the Trojan heroes. All the familiar narratives are here, along with some less familiar characters and motifs. In addition to the tales, the audiobook explains key issues arising from the narratives and discusses the myths and their wider relevance.

Frances Hodgson Burnet's 1911 novel is about Mary Lennox, an unloved orphan who journeys from India to Yorkshire to live at Misselthwaite Manor, the home of her uncle Archibald Craven. Under the influence of the beautiful countryside and its kind inhabitants, Mary begins to blossom. She soon discovers there are secrets of many kinds both inside and outside her uncle's estate. In particular, she longs to discover the key to a hidden garden that has been shut away for 10 years.