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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.

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.

Gingerella is an undecorated gingerbread girl who, neglected by the royal baker, fears she will not be allowed to the Gingerbread Fair. Running away to the forest, she encounters a woodsman with a secret passion...for baking. A mashup of Cinderella and The Gingerbread Man, this funny and fast-paced fairytale features a medieval baking contest, a ravenous queen and a ginger-bottomed prince!

This spine-tingling middle grade collection brings together Skeleton Man and The Return of Skeleton Man—two modern classics that will chill you to the bone. R.L. Stine, bestselling author of the Goosebumps series, raved: “This book gave me nightmares!” Molly’s father grew up on the...

After a daring escape from the oven, the Gingerbread Man is chased by a little boy, an old man and woman, a group of farmers, a bear, and a wolf - and he outruns them all! But will the clever fox outsmart the quick cookie?

From USA Today bestselling author J.W. Ocker comes a chilling middle grade horror perfect for fans of R.L. Stine and Holly Black alike. Noe Wiley couldn’t be more excited to move. After the slumber party sleepwalking incident of last year, she’s ready to make some new friends. But Noe...

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.

"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."

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.

Tugend-Score 0. Gern würde Trickster-Gott Loki wieder in Asgard bei den anderen Göttern leben. Leider sitzt er aber auf der Erde fest – und das ausgerechnet mit Thor. Der ist nicht nur beliebter und sportlicher als Loki, zu allem Überfluss darf er auch noch eine große Geburtstagsparty schmeißen. Unfair! Als nach der Feier Thors Lieblingshammer verschwunden ist, wird Loki schnell zum Hauptverdächtigen. Doch weil er (ausnahmsweise) wirklich unschuldig ist, beginnt er, eigene Ermittlungen anzustellen.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Apollo war gestern – hier kommt Loki! Loki ist der witzigste und trickreichste unter den nordischen Göttern. Findet zumindest Loki selbst. Dumm nur, dass die anderen Bewohner Asgards seinen Humor nicht teilen und Göttervater Odin ihn auf die Erde verbannt. Unverschämtheit! Gefangen im Körper eines elfjährigen Jungen und ohne die Hilfe seiner Kräfte muss Loki beweisen, dass er es verdient, zu den anderen Göttern zurückzukehren.

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.