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Can a lion and a mouse ever be friends? This story, narrated brilliantly by Karthik Kumar, will show you a mighty lion realizing that even the littlest of friends are worth having.

What happens when two super-chill jungle pals find their new best friend is missing? They freak out, of course! Timon and Pumbaa work themselves into a wilderness worry spiral looking for Simba in this delightful audio story in which the two find the only thing they really lost was their inner Hakuna Matata.

This fabulous story about the lion and the hare depicts how the intelligent hare defeated the foolish lion and saved the lives of his friends. Written in lucid language, this exciting story will teach young learners that wisdom wins over physical strength.

The Lion Guard is stunned when Bunga becomes the go-to babysitter for all the Pride Lands parents. His babysitting style is highly unorthodox, but when his young charges are threatened, they use all the fun things Babysitter Bunga taught them to fight back against the jackals—and win!

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.

Nala and Simba love to race and challenge each other. But, when their competition gets a little too competitive, they accidently take the fun out of the game. Listen along to this adorable story as Nala and Simba learn how to put the play back in playtime.

Sometimes ego can get you into trouble. In this folktale, King Tiger thought he was the greatest tiger in the world but was outsmarted by small creatures.

The wildebeest, warthog, vulture, hyena and marabou stork swagger proudly across the savannah, rejoicing in their ugliness - and delighting their babies, who think they're perfect just the way they are. Inspired by the real-life ugly five safari animals, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's brand-new book is a jubilant celebration of animals who are often rather unloved.

"How the Whale Got His Throat", "The Elephant's Child", "How the Leopard Got His Spots", "How the Alphabet Was Made" and "The Butterfly That Stamped" are just a few of these enchanting tales of the dawn of the world.

A big bully lion is no match for the Clever Monkey in this retelling of a classic story from West Africa

Tierkinder unserer Welt - Für Tierkinder ist jeder Tag ganz schön aufregend: Der Wolfswelpe tollt mit seinen Geschwistern über die Lichtung, das Faultierkind krallt sich am Bauch seiner Mama fest, das Pinguinküken wartet geduldig auf seinen ersten Fisch, der kleine Löwenkater lernt sein großes Rudel kennen, die Giraffe wird von bitteren Akazienbäumen überlistet, das Orang-Utan-Kind traut sich auf immer höhere Bäume, und am Ende des Tages sind alle Tiere - genauso wie du - sehr müde und brauchen ihre Ruhe.

Kipling’s Just So Stories are among the most enduring classic children’s tales. They follow the traditional genre of stories which explain how unusual natural phenoma came about, often using fantastic and highly magical explanations. Kipling himself was born and spent his very early life in India, and some of the inspiration for these stories comes from traditional tales he heard from his ayah and the family’s other servants.

When Fliss volunteers to help at her cousin's birthday party in a jungle gym, she doesn’t expect to end up in the rainforest in India! And, if that wasn't exciting enough, she soon makes a new friend - a tiny tiger cub, left behind when its family fled from a flood. The little tiger is bursting with energy, and Fliss can't believe her luck - playing with an actual tiger cub! But as the floodwater rises, the time for games is running out. To save her stripy friend, Fliss must face monsoons, dangerous creatures and the darker side of nature.

When Anna borrows a tiny wooden tiger from her Russian grandmother's mantelpiece, little does she realise that it is the start of a magical adventure. Waking the next day, Anna finds herself in a snowy Russian village, where she hears the news that a tiger cub has been spotted in the nearby woods. Anna knows this is why she must be here - the cub needs her help! But is Anna brave enough to set out in search of a tiger in the forest at night?

When Wyatt the tiger gets frustrated, nervous, or mad, he makes sure everyone around him knows about it. Sometimes he whines. Sometimes he cries. And sometimes he even yells. Can his friends show him how to manage his emotions and share his feelings in a better way?

Join Fliss on her magical adventures to save wild animals in danger all around the world. When Fliss finds a lost little lion cub in the Serengeti, she is determined to reunite it with its family. But although the plains are beautiful, they can also be dangerous - for both the cub and Fliss. Is she ready to face the wild and help the cub find its pride?

A young boy and a tiger visit a cave filled with paintings of tigers. There's even a picture of a tiger hunting a mammoth!

Leopard offers a special prize to the one who can count all of his beautiful spots, and is disappointed to find that many animals cannot count.

A tiger with a toothache is terrifying, as Tom and Sophie are about to find out...but when your dad is a zookeeper and your mum's the zoo vet there’s also grrrreat fun to be had. An animal-packed zoo caper with stacks of behind-the-scenes peeks at London Zoo

In this Chinese folk tale, an old widow’s son is killed by a tiger. After she demands justice from the magistrate, he grants it to her, but not quite in the way she expected. Will she be able to move past her grief and find a way to survive on her own?