Audiobooks online: genre "Legends & Fairy Tales", page 17

The room was all full of twilight; but there they sat, every one of them. I did not count them, but there were ever so many: Aladdin, and Ali Baba, and Fortunatis, and Jack-the-Giant-Killer, and Doctor Faustus, and Bidpai, and Cinderella, and Patient Grizzle, and the Soldier who ...

"Of course, we all knew the Scarecrow was a very fine fellow, but surely we never guessed he ascended from an emperor. Most of us descend from our ancestors, but the Scarecrow really ASCENDED.The Scarecrow had a most exciting and adventurous time on the Silver Isle and Dorothy an...

Forty European folk tales. Caveats: 1. Some of these stories are not suitable for young children. 2. In two stories (10 and 25) appear the nineteenth century’s almost-reflexive Jew-stereotype and anti-Semitism. - Summary by david wales...

Download the audio (right clicks, save as) Far away in Battersea Park, Moog i...

The blue fairy summons three magical doctors - a falkan, a poodle and a cricket - to find out if Pinocchio is alive or dead. The learned doctors disagree on almost every point of fact. Catch up with earlier chapters her...

A frantic and desperate chase ensues when Pinocchio is accosted by two robbers - The Assassins - on the road at night. Read by Natasha Lee Lewis Illustrated by Chiara Civati CHAPTER 14"Dear, oh, dear! When I com...

This is an exciting, hilarious, and SCARY chapter, in which the Theatre Director intends to throw Pinocchio on the fire to help roast his lamb for dinner.Catch up with earlier chapters here.Read by Natasha.

Download the audioFidgety Philip is another horrid creature from the poem Shock-Headed Peter by Heinrich Hoffmann. He's not quite so te...

Years of the Tiger: 1986, 1998, 2010,2022 Chinese Calendar StoriesWe celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a legend of how the tiger got his stripes. Anyone born in the year of the tiger will...

Another Oz book! Yes! Lots of unlikely characters and tons of fun. In this story, young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old friend, Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink. Together, they set out to visit their friend Jinnicky the Red Jinn in the Land of Ev.. On t...

Jātaka tales are ancient Indian folktales that form a part of Buddhist teaching, telling stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Akin to Aesop’s fables, some strikingly similar, they urge the listener to moral behavior and often, more than that, point a way to real insight. - Summary...

Samuel Adams was born in 1833, began journalism in 1858, served in the Army for 10 years & returned home to continue with his journalism. Journalism must have been his passion as he did write many books with this one being one of his last. ‘The Myths and Fables of To-day’ is a w...