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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.

A 17th-century writer named Charles Perrault was sometimes called Mother Goose, an imaginary author of fairy tales. His early material was inspired and derived from earlier folk tales that he greatly embellished and improved. This collection includes "Cinderella", along with other such known favorites as “Sleeping Beauty", “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Blue Beard”, and “Puss in Boots”, along with such lesser known fairy tales as “The Ridiculous Wishes”, “Little Thumb”, “Ricky of the Tuft", “Griselda,” and “Donkey Skin”.

Wanda & Wendy separated wickedly, for two sisters it was misery, on Halloween they celebrate specifically, together forever mentally not physically!

King Arthur: Kid Classics is the thrilling new just-for-kids edition of the classic tales of King Arthur, abridged and retold for modern kids while staying true to the original Arthurian legends. It’s a story you can’t put down: Merlin guides young Arthur Pendragon to claim his throne as King of the Britons by pulling the sword Excalibur from the stone, and fantastical adventures ensue!

We travel to ancient China and participate in the search for the only creature who could make the miserable emperor happy. The Nightingale Collection also includes such classics as "Windbird and the Sun", "The Tinderbox", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "How Six Traveled the Wide World", and "The Seven Simons".

"Los cuentos de Beedle el Bardo" es una recopilación de relatos muy queridos por brujas y magos de todas las edades, y que vendrían a ser la versión del mundo mágico de los cuentos de los hermanos Grimm. Esta edición ha sido traducida de las runas originales por Hermione Granger, con notas adicionales del profesor Dumbledore y J. K. Rowling. Estos relatos clásicos entretienen y educan a partes iguales, además de ser una gran oportunidad para conocer las historias que jugaron un papel crucial en la lucha contra Lord Voldemort. La obra se compone de cinco cuentos: "La fábula de los tres hermanos", que los lectores de "Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte" reconocerán de inmediato, "La fuente de la buena fortuna", "El corazón peludo del brujo", "El mago y el cazo saltarín" y "Babbitty Rabbitty y su cepa carcajeante." Las estanterías de la biblioteca de Hogwarts también albergan muchos otros libros fascinantes. Si disfrutaste con "Los cuentos de Beedle el Bardo," quizá quieras echar un vistazo a algunos de sus otros tesoros: "Animales fantásticos y dónde encontrarlos" y "Quidditch a través de los tiempos."

A collection of traditional stories for children from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Norway, Russia, Rumania, and Finland, The Red Fairy Book consists of 37 tales and is the second book in the series by Scottish novelist Andrew Lang.

Patrick Healy, a teacher, traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around 500 myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This is the sixth volume of his work, 61 Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Books 1 and 2, in his words. He retold the stories with his opinion and approach to them. Patrick is an Australian writer who has an abiding interest in the folklore of different cultures. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over 25 years as a high school teacher.

"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor": These are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar…and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs and genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale.

Misery, does not like company, this clearly isn't true, but coping sometimes can be hard, and truly makes you blue, if neural pathways come unglued, you let your choices ruin you!

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses is about a young girl whose special joy is tending to the horses of her village. In Crazy Horse's Vision, Joseph Bruchac focuses on key events from Crazy Horse's childhood in a dramatic tale of the legendary Lakota warrior told by Robert Tree Cody, Curtis Zunigha, and Joseph Bruchac.

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.

The teacher Patrick Healy travelled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half a thousand myths, legends, and folktales and several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. 61 Filipino Tales is the third volume of his work, in his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them.

"Aubri’s Dream Catcher" is a mystical bedtime tale about a magical ribbon named Aubri, who drifts over the town of Blinkville, calming children with her soothing, colorful glow. When she hears a young boy named Caleb frightened by a bad dream, she fills his room with peaceful colors and gentle scenes, guiding him into restful sleep. Wrapped in Aubri’s promise, the town sleeps soundly, safe under her comforting light.

Meet Rein, a kitty cat who loves the Thanksgiving Day parade, that rides through every year, so much she waits in her favorite spot, front and center of the window.

Ben and his trained dog, Sancho, run away from the circus and soon find a warm welcome in a kind community where spirited games are played. Theatricals and imaginative pageantry are all part of the fun.

Dance along to 'Shuffle and Squelch', jump about to 'Keep on Go' and enjoy favourite fables such as 'The Mouse and the Lion' and 'The Wind and the Sun'. Sing along with this fun and action-packed collection, featuring Julia Donaldson's classic fable and action rhyme songs – perfect for dancing to at home, singing in the car or winding down for bed.

Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Some of the stories are funny, some are strange, and others are dark and disturbing - but each offers something as unexpected as a wolf at the door.

Once upon a time there were two beautiful and kind-hearted sisters who were loved by all. Their adventures begin when they take in a mysterious magical bear and encounter a deceptive dwarf.

Este libro reúne sus mejores cuentos: Blancanieves, La Caperucita Roja, Hansel y Gretel, El lobo y las siete cabritas, Blancanieves y Rosaroja, La muerte de la gallina y El rey de los pájaros.