Short Stories Fairy Tales

Classic Fairy Tales, Volume 1, features 10 of the best-loved fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and more.

This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen best-selling middle-grade authors - including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jennifer A. Nielsen - who have created original short stories and modern-day fairy tales based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: They have very big hopes and dreams, and they are all cancer patients.

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.

A young school teacher learns about strange lights in a foreboding marsh; a nurse in a remote outport visits the baby she delivered weeks before to find a devastating change; a woman meets a mysterious funeral procession late one evening; a musician falls thrall to a group of strange little people and can’t stop playing. The stories in Spirited Away are populated by the fairy-led, by changelings, by people who stray onto fairy turf and experience unnerving events.

Children love a good story. Even more so when their mom or dad reads it to them. Reading bed time stories to your child is a delightful way to bond with them, as well as a good tool to encourage their love for reading and learning. And if that’s not amazing enough, reading to your child helps sharpen their memory, improve their vocabulary, and boosts their creativity. Another great benefit to reading bed time stories to your little one is that it gets them in a calmer state, just in time for bed.

“What jest of madmen brings you to seek death?” The rider’s voice was hollow, like echoes in a crypt. Jim and Tania's wedding started out joyfully, and then, at the reception, she was stolen away by a sorcerer. Aided by Red and the vila, Jim follows. But can a young modern man triumph against a century-old sorcerer? Based on the Eastern Europe fables of Koschei the Deathless, follow Jim as he navigates the traps and dangers of the Slavic Otherworld in an attempt to rescue Tania from her capturer. Challenges and tests await any mortal in the Otherworld, never mind one who would ...

A richly embroidered retelling of the classic tale from One Thousand and One Nights, imaginatively described for children.

Galen is an innkeep, a humble man who cares about his work and his patrons. He also lives on the edge of a haunted forest. One inhabited by a fell wizard far too many of his guests are intent to meet. Despite Galen’s warnings and admonitions, most travelers passing through his doors only stay long enough to ask a few questions before entering the dark wood. Far too few come back. These are the tales of some of those adventurers who return. These are the tales of those Galen wishes had never left his door. Tales of the Fallen is a short work of fantasy fiction totaling about 10,000 words.

Climate change, technological advancement, economic shifts, political divide. Us humans seem to grow apart at an alarmingly fast pace. Sometimes we tend to forget that we are similar in so many ways. We’re all in this together. This thing called life. The following collection of short stories are reflections on our shared human experience. What makes us human? What binds us? It can be through a fairy tale in which a man discovers a money tree growing in his garden. How will he cope with his newfound riches? Or through a dystopian future of advanced humans connected with AI visiting a ...

After discovering that he is the reincarnation of a fallen ancient king, Abraham must travel aboard the fishing boat Zeebedee to confront an ancient evil that has plans to enslave humanity, and remake the planet to its whims. Abraham won't be alone on his journey, as people, places, and things are not as they appear to be.

Adaptées au cinéma, les "Lettres de mon moulin" doivent autant à Marcel Pagnol qu'à Alphonse Daudet. Aussi, les œuvres sonores présentées ici sont-elles doublement originales. En premier lieu par la réécriture des œuvres de Daudet par Pagnol, adaptées à sa mise en scène et à sa science de la direction d'acteurs.

"The Fables" of Jean de La Fontaine are classics of French literature. They supply delights to three different ages: the child rejoices in the freshness and vividness of the story, the eager student of literature in the consummate art with which it is told, the experienced man of the world in the subtle reflections on character and life which it conveys. "The Fables" were regarded as providing an excellent education in morals for children, and the first edition was dedicated to the six-year old Dauphin, the Eldest Son of the King.

American Fairy Tales is collection of 12 short stories written in 1901 by L. Frank Baum. Lyman Frank Baum was an American author, chiefly famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.

There are many versions of the Cinderella story. Not one of them, however, points out that one does not have to wear the glass slipper—even if it fits.

From the Outback to Ireland's Skies: One Pilot's Journey Beyond Borders. In the dusty desert of the Australian Outback, Max's life revolves around taking jaded tourists up in his plane, finding joy only in the moments spent in the sky. His routine is disrupted when a Japanese man named Hiroki appears, trying to persuade him to join a band of misfits in Ireland. Initially, Max rebuffs Hiroki, haunted by past traumas that surface in his dreams. As Max struggles with his inner demons, Hiroki persistently offers him a chance to chase a new dream. It isn't until Max's precious plane is damaged ...

Gruselsagen über den Höllenfürsten und seine Geisterwesen. Für die Menschen früherer Jahrhunderte ist er das personifizierte Böse: Luzifer, der Teufel. Er verführt zur Sünde und bringt Krankheit und Verderben. Doch eine Hoffnung kennen die Sagen: Man kann manchmal mit dem Teufel handeln, einen Pakt eingehen, ihn im besten Fall sogar überlisten. Ebenfalls nicht von dieser Welt sind Naturgeister, Gottheiten vorchristlichen Glaubens oder Verstorbene, die keine Ruhe finden. Sie begegnen den Menschen mal trügerisch, mal rachesuchend, mal gütig und hilfreich, immer aber geheimnisvoll.

Die schönsten Sagen von Riesen und Zwergen, vom Rübezahl bis zu Heinz Hütlein. Der Volksmund weiß: Riesen leben im Gebirge, und werden sie wütend, werfen sie mit Felsbrocken. Zwerge schürfen ebenfalls dort nach Gold und Edelsteinen. Und eine besondere Art der kleinen Wesen schützt das Haus und hilft den Guten bei der Arbeit. Zumindest in Köln, wo es "vordem / mit Heinzelmännchen so bequem" war! Wie traurig, dass mit dem Glauben an sie auch all die Wunderwesen verschwunden sind.

Die schönsten deutschen Sagen über Könige, Ritter und Edelfräulein: von Kaiser Karl bis Lohengrin. Das einfache Volk hat sie bewundert und gefürchtet: Die Könige und Kaiser, die mächtigen Ritter und ihre Burgfräulein. Viele Volks- und Heldensagen erzählen bis heute von ihrem Ruhm und ihren Taten. Und von manchem Herrscher geht die Sage, dass er nicht gestorben sei, sondern nur schlafe, um eines Tages wiederzukehren und dem Volk in großer Not zu Hilfe zu kommen.

In these five tales, you'll hear serious stories about dragons, swords, castles, people on quests, demons, witches, and also fairy-tale characters acting out in fun. So there's a little something for everyone. These are lands where the people may be like us, but the landscape is of the fantasy realms, and anything can happen. You may change upon this journey, like the characters themselves.

Fairy Story Shorts offer beautiful retellings of traditional tales and are especially suitable for playing for children at bedtime! This tale is taken from the collection Fairy Stories & Fairy Stories, Traditional Tales for Children, Contemporary Tales for Adults by Clive Johnson.