Showing results for "Merchants" in Literature & Fiction

This story has been specially selected to engage our young, curious listeners to not only enhance their listening skills but also to learn valuable moral values. "The Merchant's Lie" story has been taken from the Panchatantra. Written in lucid language, this story teaches kids that sometimes in life tit for tat works well.

Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal 14-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby: he is going to save the world.

And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off to an alternate dimension known as Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant, and plagued by dangerous revolution.

Lettie Peppercorn lives in a house on stilts near the wind-swept coast of Albion, with no one to talk to but Periwinkle the pigeon. Her days are filled with floor-sweeping, bed-making and soup-stirring. Her nights are filled with dreams of her mother, who vanished long ago. Nothing incredible has ever happened to Lettie, until one winter’s night. The night the Snow Merchant comes. He claims to be an alchemist - the greatest that ever lived - and in a mahogany suitcase, he carries his newest invention. It is an invention that will change Lettie’s life - and the world - forever.

A clever mouse who rises to become a merchant through wit and determination. This story highlights resourcefulness and the rewards of ambition.

एक छोटे से चूहे की कहानी जो अपनी चतुराई और मेहनत से व्यापारी बन जाता है। यह कहानी महत्वाकांक्षा और संसाधनशीलता का प्रतीक है।

子どものころに聞いたあのお話しを、オーディオブックでお楽しみください。原作：イソップ寓話「その日、ロバはいつものように、荷物を積んだ荷馬車を引いて、主人の後について歩いていました。

Discover the enthralling journey of a brave, skillful, and ambitious boy who dared to dream big and became Japans wealthiest man. This captivating narrative is a fictionalized biography inspired by the real-life figure, Kinokuniya Bunzaemon (1669 – 1734). Penned by Gensai Murai, the tale highlights the virtue of deeds and the power of ambition. The story made its debut in English in the renowned St. Nicholas Magazine (1873 - 1940), a platform that launched the careers of promising young authors like Edna St. Vincent Millay, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. B. White, and Stephen Vincent Benét ...

Listening to, or reading, a story helps a child imagine the characters & places, instead of seeing it on a visual medium. This can enhance creativity, help children to be more imaginative. Storytelling & Sound effects will encourage listening skills, patience, imagination & creative thinking as participants, aged from 6 to the young at heart, hear stories narrated by The Drama Merchant which also include home made sound effects!

子どものころに聞いたあのお話しを、オーディオブックでお楽しみください。

William Shakespeare is arguably the most pivotal and widely read figure in the history of English literature. This comprehensive collection highlights some of the bard’s best works, adapted to be more easily digestible for children. Featured within are some of the bard’s most famous and compelling works, including: The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, and many more.

Pour avoir une chance que son voeu d’anniversaire se réalise, Sofia décide de rencontrer Tullio, le marchand ambulant, chaque semaine lors de son passage. Elle ne pourra rien lui acheter, mais qu’importe. Au fil du temps, Tullio lui fait découvrir des mélodies, des odeurs, des saveurs et des textures dont elle ignorait l’existence. Un lien solide se tisse ainsi entre eux. Cependant, alors que la fillette est tout près de voir son souhait s’exaucer, voilà que le camion du marchand ne passe plus....

A young man named Antonio borrows money from a merchant of Venice named Shylock, so that he can court a fine lady he wishes to marry. When Antonio is late to repay his debt, Shylock has him arrested and demands that a terrible price must be paid...

The first volume of David Timson's series retelling of the stories from Shakespeare's plays was widely praised by newspaper and educators alike. Here is volume 2, with more key plays. Including Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, and Henry IV, all texts which regularly appear on the exam syllabus. As before, the stories are illustrated by numerous examples from the plays themselves. They are read by two leading Shakespearean actors, Juliet Stevenson and Alex Jennings.