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This is the second collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. The first collection is entitled The Giant Crab (Librivox audio here). Parents or those

A collection of Welsh Fairy tales. These tales were collected by me whilst living in Anglesea during the winter 1891-2. With the exception of the French story, they were told me and I took them down at the time. In most cases I have done but little "editing", preferring to give ...

We continue our story about a girl called Gladys and her three older sisters who are in a girl band called the chiX. You can catch up with the earlier stories here. The chiX have to get up at 6am every morning to practice. Th...

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The Pooka in the Kitchen -The servants in a large Irish House are grateful to a Pooka who comes every night to do their work for them. At Christmas, they decide to give him a present - which perhaps they regret. Adapted by Bertie. Read by Elizabeth. P...

Pinocchio does not seem able to stay free for long. He is caught in a farmer's trap. The farmer has an original idea about how to set the wooden puppet to work as a punishment for straying into his field. Read by Natasha Illustrated by Chiara Civati

Hurray! Pinocchio is free. But oh no, he's NOT free again. His fortunes change SO quickly. In this episode, he meets a serpent blocking the road - is the creature dead or alive? Pinocchio is in for a shock. Catch up...

Have you ever watched a soap bubble drifting up on the air, sparkling and lovely? These lovely stories for children are of many lengths and varied styles but all beautifully crafted, just like the soap bubbles we blow and enjoy watching our children blow. Unlike soap bubbles how...

In 1837 came Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale, Sara Coleridge's longest original work, described by critic Mike Ashley as "the first fairytale novel written in English". Historian of literature Dennis Butts describes Phantasmion as a "remarkable pioneering fantasy" and "an extraordinary...

There is a witty and absurdist character to this contemporary setting of the plight of Prometheus, in which Zeus appears as a tremendously wealthy banker, meting out gratuitous fortune. Prometheus' troubled relationship with his liver-devouring eagle provides a means of insight f...

THERE was once a cat which was not in the least like any cat you have ever seen, or I either, for the matter of that. It was a fairy cat, you see, and so you would rather expect it to be different, wouldn’t you? It had a violet nose, indigo eyes, pale blue ears, green front legs,...

The second in our new series about a boy who befriends a talking crow who has lived for a very long time indeed. Catch up with the first part of Birdy here.Read by Richard Scott Written and Illustrate...