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This second audiobook in Sarah Mlynowski's charming new series puts a fresh spin on the Cinderella story! Once upon a time my brother and I found a magic mirror. Tonight the mirror swept us into Cinderella's fairy tale. Now, we are not messing this story up. No way. Cinderella is going to marry her prince just like she's supposed to. Uh-oh. Cinderella broke her foot and there's massive swelling. The glass slipper won't fit, the prince won't know she's the one for him, and they won't live happily ever after. And it's all our fault!

In The Shoes of Fortune, Hans Christian Andersen delivers a clever, darkly humorous tale of magical mishap and human folly. When a pair of enchanted galoshes appears in Copenhagen, those who wear them are instantly transported to the time, place, or life they most desire. But each new reality—whether it be a glorious medieval past, the romantic moon, or the carefree life of another person—reveals that happiness isn't always where we imagine it to be.

The Red Shoes is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Third Collection (Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Tredie Samling). Other tales in the volume include The Elf Mound (Elverhøi), The Jumpers (Springfyrene), The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren), and Holger Danske (Holger Danske).

Step into the haunting world of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale, The Red Shoes. This story follows a young girl named Karen, who becomes enchanted by a pair of beautiful red shoes. As she succumbs to vanity and the allure of the shoes, she soon discovers the curse they carry—a punishment that leads her down a dark path of endless dancing and remorse. Andersen weaves a timeless narrative about desire, vanity, and the consequences of our choices.

Every author has some peculiarity in his descriptions or in his style of writing. Those who do not like him, magnify it, shrug up their shoulders, and exclaim--there he is again! I, for my part, know very well how I can bring about this movement and this exclamation. It would happen immediately if I were to begin here, as I intended to do, with: "Rome has its Corso, Naples its Toledo" - "Ah! that Andersen; there he is again!" they would cry; yet I must, to please my fancy, continue quite quietly, and add: "But Copenhagen has its East Street."

In The Shoe Bird, Jim Dale brings to life a flock of unforgettable bird characters: Arturo the parrot, Gloria the goose, Minerva the owl, and even the extinct Dodo! This is Eudora Welty's fantastical story of how some feathered friends made a fateful switch from flying to wearing shoes, little knowing that they would soon become the prey of Freddy the Cat!

Glenn Hascell narrates this Hans Christian Anderson tale of a very vain little girl more concerned with herself than those who try to help her. She is so vain she pays more attention to her shoes then the sermon in church. The old lady, her benefactor is dying, but Karen chooses to go to a dance in town. Hans Christian Anderson is famous for his morality stories, and there definitely is a moral here. Once again Glenn Hascall takes us there.

A peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady after her mother's death and grows up vain and spoiled. Before her adoption, Karen had a rough pair of red shoes; now she has her adoptive mother buy her a pair of red shoes fit for a princess. After Karen repeatedly wears them to church, they begin to move by themselves, but she is able to get them off. One day, when her adoptive mother becomes ill, Karen goes to attend a party in her red shoes. A mysterious soldier appears and makes strange remarks about what beautiful dancing shoes Karen has.

This is a story from the Grimm's Fairy Tales collection.

In The Red Shoes, a peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady and grows up vain and spoiled. She is so enamored of a new pair of red shoes that she wears them to church in spite of a warning to only wear black shoes there. She soon learns that ignoring that warning was a bad idea: a mysterious old soldier at the church charms the red shoes with a tap of his hand. This cautionary tale has been adapted for various media including film.

Step into the wonderfully whimsical world of The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, a charming short tale from the beloved author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum. This heartwarming and humorous story reimagines the classic nursery rhyme, expanding it into a delightful vignette full of love, chaos, and fairy-tale mischief.

A peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady after her mother's death and grows up vain and spoiled. Before her adoption, Karen had a rough pair of red shoes; now she has her adoptive mother buy her a pair of red shoes fit for a princess. Karen is so enamored of her new shoes that she wears them to church, but the old lady scolds her: it's highly improper and she must only wear black shoes in church from now on. But next Sunday, Karen cannot resist the urge to put the red shoes on again.

Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell takes you on a captivating journey to a faraway land of ballet and magic, the wonderful world of Enchantia! The first of a sparkly new series for all young girls who dream of being a ballerina, or simply love to dance… Delphie’s greatest dream is to become a...

A very ancient folk tale, often copied and translated, found in Grimm's compilation of fairy tales. This is a moral tale about a poor shoemaker who receives unexpected help when he thinks he won't be able to make it: elves come into his house and shoulder his work for him.

Lucy and Mum's Shoes is the story a girl who hears the world a little differently. She is fascinated by the sounds around her, especially the sound of shoes. She dreams of a life where she is surrounded by high heels. She dreams of being grown-up. Feeling brave one morning, Lucy sneaks into her mother’s cupboard and tries on her favourite pair of stilettos. An unusual and dreamlike day of high-heeled hope, happiness and hindrance follows, leaving Lucy a little less certain that she wants to feel grown-up after all....

This charming tale of love and grandmotherly devotion tells the complete story of a little old woman who lived in a shoe.

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The eighth story in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and a pair of magic shoes. The crowd gasped in amazement. 'Look at those shoes! Look at him fly!' Jack's Uncle Joe loves to tell stories, and so does Tashi—like the one about the magic shoes and Uncle Tiki Pu's sneaky plan. In the second story in this book, 'The Fortune Teller', find out what Tashi did when the fortune teller Luk Ahed said that his 10th birthday would be his last. There's no stopping Tashi.

Król miał dwanaście pięknych córek, z którymi miał duży kłopot. Co noc księżniczki wymykały się gdzieś. I nikt nie wiedział gdzie. Martwiło to bardzo króla. Czy znajdzie się jakiś śmiałek, który odkryje tajemnice księżniczek?

เรื่องราวของคาเรน เด็กสาวฐานะยากจนผู้หลงใหลในรองเท้าแดง แม่ของเธอรักและสงสารลูกสาวที่ไม่ค่อยจะมีข้าวของดีๆ ใช้ จึงตัดเย็บรองเท้าแดงให้กับลูก น่าเสียดายที่แม่ป่วยและตายจากไป แต่แทนที่จะระลึกถึงแม่ คาเรนเอาแต่ตื่นเต้นกับรองเท้าแดงและสวมใส่มันทั้งๆ เป็นวันศพของแม่ตัวเอง โชคดีของคาเรน สุภาพสตรีชราผู้เมตตาขับรถผ่านมาเห็นเธอเข้า จึงรับเธอไปเลี้ยงดู แต่หญิงชราไม่ชอบรองเท้าแดงและไม่อนุญาตให้คาเรนสวมใส่เข้าไปในโบสถ์เพราะคิดว่ามันไม่เหมาะสม แต่คาเรนกลับไม่เชื่อฟัง ความหลงใหลรองเท้าแดงทำให้เธอแอบใส่รองเท้าอยู่