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This audiobook recounts the famous tale of the race between the persevering turtle and the boastful rabbit.

This audiobook retells how the wolf's plan to get into the sheep pen backfires when the farmer butchers him for a lamb dinner.

This audiobook tells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

A mouse begs a lion for mercy and, after he is set free, promises that he will help the lion some day in return.

A farmer learns a lesson in greed when one of his geese begins to lay one—and only one—golden egg each day.

Peder works hard every day, taking care of his family’s farm with no help from his lazy brothers. He doesn’t mind, though—he gets to play his flute while he works. After his playing attracts the attention of a wealthy troll king, his brothers become jealous of the rewards the king offers to him. They hatch a plan to collect Peder’s reward for themselves. Will the king see through their ploy?

If you asked Perseus if looks could kill, he would give you a definite yes! Discover how Perseus, with help from the gods, avoided the stony glare of the hideous gorgon Medusa and became a hero.

When you have a problem, where can you go for answers? The library! When Matt and his friends join Ms. Gillian, the Specialist, on another Adventure in Makerspace, they find themselves in a fairy-tale world. With the Big Bad Wolf and an angry witch on their trail, can they build their way out? Join them to complete Mission: 3-D Printing!

After an all-out war with the evil Kin lord in Mexico, Jax Aubrey is back in Pennsylvania with his guardian, Riley, and liege lady, Evangeline. Although they're in hiding, a man named Finn Ambrose tracks them down, claiming to be Jax's uncle and giving Jax hope that he actually has a family after all. But Uncle Finn may have an ulterior motive.

Mark Twain is in merry old England to see his family. Wentworth Cabot, Twain's assistant, is looking forward to seeing the sights, and hopefully finding some peace and quiet - when not helping his boss with a new lecture series. But peace is the last thing they find when they bump into Slippery Ed, a con man from New Orleans and an acquaintance of Twain's. Ed convinces Twain and his family to attend a seance. The famed author is skeptical of "spooks." But when another attendee is murdered, Twain must discover whether the killer is one of the flesh-and-blood members of the audience - or a specter from the beyond.

The bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm takes on medieval times in an exciting and hilarious new adventure about history, religion . . . and farting dragons. 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children: William...

Zahlreiche Märchen und Geschichten für Kinder mit einer Gesamtlänge von fast 23 Stunden - zu einem unschlagbaren Preis...

Volg Nico en Will naar de Onderwereld. Nico di Angelo, zoon van Hades, heeft het niet gemakkelijk gehad. Maar sinds kort heeft hij een eigen zonnestraal in zijn leven - letterlijk. Samen met zijn vriendje Will Solace, zoon van de zonnegod Apollo, kan hij alles aan. Maar als Nico de titaan Bob uit de Tartarus om hulp hoort roepen, moet hij wel gaan helpen: zijn nachtmerries en een profetie van Rachel Dare maken dat wel duidelijk.

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When Jack trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, he gets more beans than he ever expected or wanted. It's bean porridge for breakfast! Bean salad for lunch! Bean chowder for dinner! It doesn't take long before Jack is tired of eating nothing but beans - no matter how nutritious! But just as he's about to chop down his magic beanstalk, he meets a grumpy giant, who is just as sick and tired of beans as he is. Together, Jack and the giant cook up a plan to plant a vegetable garden full of tomatoes, corn, carrots, and russet potatoes that's bound to satisfy everyone.

Not much happens here. A mole gives up spring-cleaning. A dragon refuses to fight. Children explore gardens, secrets, and grown-up nonsense. And that's exactly the charm. In The Classic Collection of Kenneth Grahame, the smallest moments matter: a picnic basket, a dusty lane, a long afternoon with nowhere in particular to go. These are tales where animals talk, time meanders, and adventure might mean simply getting lost — on purpose. This volume brings together four of Grahame's most loved works: The Wind in the Willows, The Reluctant Dragon, The Golden Age, and Dream Days.

A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children’s story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. In a hotel in Paris one evening in the 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Choosing a...

"Gorodok na Missisipi" - radiopostanovka po romanu Mark Tvena "Prikljuchenija Toma Sojera". Prodolzhenie prikljuchenij Toma Sojera - mal'chika primerno dvenadcatiletnego vozrasta. On zhivjot u tjoti Polli, sestry svoej pokojnoj materi, vmeste so svoim svodnym bratom Sidom, poslushnym mal'chikom, kotoryj v otlichie ot Toma ne dostavljaet nikakih hlopot. Tom, veselyj prokaznik, ljubitel' pohuliganit' i proguljat' uroki. Prikljuchenija Tom Soejra i ego druzej v shkole i drugie ne malo vazhnye sobytija.

Ever wondered what it would be like to go shopping in a kangaroo’s pouch? Or what those birds lined up on the wires are thinking as you walk underneath? Most of the traditional nursery rhymes come from Europe or the United States, but here’s a wonderful collection of original Australian rhymes and poems written by Mark Macleod and set to music by Peter Sullivan.Funny, silly and thoughtful, with an understanding of the different ways young people see the world, these will become your children’s new favourites!