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Audible are delighted to present Sleeping Beauty, a unique listening experience for all the family to enjoy over the Christmas season. This exclusive new audio drama has been created in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra and is inspired by Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet music. Marty Ross’s reimagining of the famous fairy story draws on the worlds of folktale and the Brothers Grimm, while the LSO's specially-commissioned new recording, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, weaves through the drama like a rich and majestic film score.

It is bitterly cold, and the Little Match Girl is walking the icy streets in bare feet, trying to sell just one box of matches so she can go home and get warm. But no one wants to buy.... A magical retelling of the classic tale, read by Tamsin Greig.

According to the spell cast by the old fairy, the beautiful princess will sleep for 100 years - until a prince awakens her with a kiss.

Here are some of the finest fairytales from around the world - most of them old favorites: "Sleeping Beauty," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Cinderella," three from "The Arabian Nights," and many more. Andrew Lang was one of the most famous literary critics around 1900. He also edited a series of children's fable books that preserved and illustrated a host of tales which are still used extensively today.

Delight in a perfect 'first stories' collection for the little ones.... This collection includes: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Little Tin Soldier, The Three Little Pigs, The Brown Bear and the Fox, The Tortoise and the Hare, Tom Thumb, The Little Red Hen, Sammy's Miracle, The Acorn and the Pumpkin and The Little Fir Tree.

A father's wounded heart. A mother's patient love. An eager boy, an impetuous girl, and, above all, the healing power of nature. These are the classic ingredients that fill Virginia Sorensen's Newbery Award-winning novel with a tender power and lift it to classic status.

Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series. In book two, it's the start of the Easter Term and the twins are looking forward to meeting all their friends at St Clare's once more. They are determined to be...

Rising to fame with her 1936 novel Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild soon became one of the most popular authors of her day. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983. She died in 1986, but her stories continue to captivate children today. Included here are three of her very best - Ballet Shoes, The Growing Summer and When the Siren Wailed.

Karen's having her first sleepover ever! She and her friends are going to tell spooky stories, try on makeup, and raid the refrigerator. But then Karen and Nancy get into a big fight. Karen doesn't want Nancy to come to her party. A new girl comes instead, and she is no fun! What will Karen do now?

Dim the lights and gather around the freshly-trimmed tree for a magical Christmas Eve experience that will become a family tradition. The beloved poem from Clement C. Moore captures the true spirit of Christmas.

Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll’s dazzling sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, invites you into an even stranger, smarter, and more imaginative journey than before. When Alice climbs through the looking-glass in her drawing-room, she finds herself inside a chessboard world where time runs oddly, words mean whatever their speakers choose, and logic twists into delightful nonsense. Blending playful fantasy with sharp wit and hidden philosophy, Carroll crafts a story filled with riddles, wordplay, and surreal adventures that reward listeners of all ages.

This collection brings together four of Hans Christian Andersen’s most enduring fairy tales, each rich in imagination and moral insight. From the longing and sacrifice of The Little Mermaid to the humorous yet piercing truth of The Emperor’s New Clothes, these stories explore themes of honesty, courage, love, and integrity. Thoughtfully narrated, this audiobook collection offers timeless lessons wrapped in unforgettable storytelling for listeners of all ages.

Share the classic novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in a chapter storybook made for young readers! Perfectly thrilling, beginner readers will find the irresistible mystery of Kid Classics Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles just the right amount of detective work! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...

Narnia... la tierra entre el farol y el castillo de Cair Paravel, donde los animales hablan, donde ocurren cosas mágicas...y donde comienza la aventura. Peter, Susan, Edmund y Lucy van de regreso al internado y se encuentran en una lúgubre estación de tren cuando reciben el llamado (del...

Ferien auf Saltkrokan! Pelle, seine große Schwester Malin und seine beiden Brüder entdecken auf der kleinen Insel die unberührte Natur der schwedischen Schären. Sie baden im Meer, fangen Fische, sammeln Pfifferlinge und feiern Mittsommer. Nichts aber ist schöner für Pelle, als gemeinsam mit Tjorven, dem Inselmädchen, und ihrem großen Bernhardinerhund Bootsmann über die Felsen und durch den Wald zu streifen und dabei von einem Abenteuer ins nächste zu stolpern… Der Sommerklassiker von Astrid Lindgren, ungekürzt gelesen von Hans Löw und Muriel Bielenberg.

After a violent thunderstorm, a field of buckwheat lies blackened and ruined, while the surrounding grain stands refreshed and unharmed. The country folk blame lightning—but the sparrows tell another story, passed down from an old willow tree that has watched the field for generations.

Ginger the cat and Pickles the terrier run a village shop where they let every customer buy now and pay later. But when they realize they have a shop full of empty pockets and a drawer with no money, they have to decide if their business can survive!

When Tegumai breaks his spear beside the river, his clever daughter Taffy decides to send a message home. Unable to write words, she draws pictures instead—simple marks meant to explain, but easily misunderstood. What follows is a cascade of confusion, comedy, and discovery, as pictures begin their long journey toward becoming letters.

The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet follows a proud rooster and his clever hen as their cheerful outings spiral into a chain of absurd bargains, clever tricks, and startling consequences. What begins as a playful journey to the mountains for ripe nuts quickly becomes a darkly comic procession of talking animals, strange companions, and escalating misfortune—told with the sharp humor and moral indifference that define the original Grimm tradition.

Del autor e ilustrador superventas Eric Carle, creador de La oruga muy hambrienta, llega otro cuento clásico, esta vez sobre una luciérnaga muy solitaria. Es el regalo perfecto para compartir con sus niños. ¡Ahora en edición bilingüe en cartoné! Cuando una luciérnaga muy solitaria vuela...