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Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate listeners.

In this American folk tale, Bo Bandit meets the famous John Henry and begins to work on the C & O Railroad. When a steam drill threatens to replace some of the railroad workers, John challenges the machine to a race through the mountain. Who will win?

A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.

Long before he hopped across the Australian plains, Old Man Kangaroo was a small, woolly creature with an oversized opinion of himself. Determined to be different from all other animals—and wonderfully run after—he makes his wish to the powerful god Nqong. The answer arrives not by magic words or gentle spells, but in the form of an endless chase led by the ever-hungry Yellow-Dog Dingo. Across deserts, salt-pans, grasslands, and rivers, Kangaroo runs, leaps, and finally hops—his legs stretching longer, his balance shifting, his shape forever altered by necessity.

This is a story of the days of chivalry in England and of young Myles Falworth, son of a lord unjustly disgraced for treason, who was forced to make his fortune as best he might in the days when men seemed made of iron. How he entered the service of a powerful lord, rose to knighthood, defeated his father's old enemy in thrilling combat, and at last won the friendship of the king is told against a background of the dangerous times of the 14th century that makes them live again.

An introduction to the Gods the Greeks worshiped, and the Heroes the Greeks adored.Western Civilization draws heavily from the Classical Greek period. Listen to these brief stories of the awesome Greek Gods, the mighty mythological Heroes, and the powerful men and events that influenced Classical Greek history.

On board the steamer was an elderly man with such a joyful face that if it didn't belie him he must have been the happiest person on earth. In fact, he said he was the happiest; I heard it from his own mouth. He was a Dane, a countryman of mine, and a traveling theatrical producer. His whole company was with him and lay in a large box, for he was the proprietor of a puppet show. He said that his natural cheerfulness had been enlightened by a Polytechnic student, and the experiment had left him completely happy.

"It's so bitterly cold that my whole body crackles!" said the Snow Man. "This wind can really blow life into you! And how that glaring thing up there glares at me!" He meant the sun; it was just setting. "She won't make me blink; I'll hold onto the pieces."

Now I'm going to tell you a story that I heard when I was a little fellow and that I like better and better the more I think of it. For it's the same with stories as with many people; the older they grow, the nicer they grow, and that is delightful.

Jack o’ Hearts is the top card player in the parish and is feeling pretty sure of himself. When he is challenged to a card game with stakes higher than high by a mysterious green man, well, Jack can’t resist. Sure, he’s never lost a tournament yet, has he? A hilarious reimagining of a traditional Newfoundland folktale, Jack and the Green Man is jam-packed with magic, romance, transformations, impossible tasks, unforgettable characters, a love ballad or two, and the ever-present threat of Jack’s head ending up on a spear.

After a fierce storm, a boy discovers a human skull, buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree. A skull with a legendary story… Vivid re-imagining of the legendary hero Robin Hood by thebestselling author of War Horse. “Tell the sheriff, tell Sir Guy of Gisbourne, tell everyone in...

Have you seen the man in the moon? Do you think it must get lonely up there? In this story the Man in the Moon decides to come to earth in search of porridge and some company.

These ghostly tales are all based on ones Dawe himself has collected across the province over the years, include tales of ghostly galleons, of unsettling graves, of strange omens and fetches; an eerie tale of a notoriously haunted house; and another of a ghostly sled dog that returns to save its master lost in a blizzard.

Medan jag talade såg jag hur hans gestalt blev allt blekare och svagare. Han suddades ut inför mina ögon. Till slut kunde jag bara skymta honom svagt mot tapeten. Sedan var han borta. I fyra berättelser har Lena Stiessel lånat handlingen ur gamla sägner hon själv vuxit upp med. Lena Stiessel bor i Järvsö men föddes i Stockholm 1931. Hon började som bibliotekarie och författardrömmen blev till verklighet när hon fick ett uppdrag av ett förlag hon arbetat på. Det var en faktabok som skulle bli inkörsporten till en mängd böcker för barn och unga, fakta som fiktion.

When the man who lives in the moon comes to visit the Earth, he has a surprisingly difficult time of things - all because of the fact that what's hot to him is cold to us and vice versa!

Embark on a delightful adventure with The Little Gingerbread Man by George Haven Putnam, a timeless tale of whimsy and charm. When a mischievous Gingerbread Man comes to life, he sets off on a lively journey through the countryside, evading everyone he meets with his quick wit and speedy legs. Along the way, he encounters a cast of colorful characters, each eager to catch him—until a clever fox changes everything.

Settle down for this classic and well loved tale of The Snow Man by Hans Christian Andersen. A tale of a Snow Man who comes to life by a magical breeze and longs to be able to run.

The snow man in the yard has fallen in love with the stove he can see through the kitchen window. Meanwhile, the dog tries to warn him of the dangerous nature of this particular attraction.

A whimsical tale of a man so wise that all the people near and far seek his advice. But what about the big man from Cumberland who claims to be even wiser? Hilarity ensues as the two brainiacs clash in a battle of (nit)wits.

"The Gingerbread Man" (or "The Gingerbread Runner") is a fairy tale about a Gingerbread Man's escape from various pursuers...