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Grâce à son audace et à son habileté, un simple tailleur se hisse au rang de héros. Ce conte plein de bravoure et d'ironie met en lumière le pouvoir de l'intelligence et de la confiance en soi...

Les trois paresseux, tirée de l'imagination des Frères Grimm, est un récit humoristique et ironique, où trois paresseux trouvent leur bonheur grâce à leur ingéniosité et leur chance...

Trois frères construisent chacun leur maison, mais seul le travail sérieux résiste au danger. L'audiobook donne vie à ce conte dynamique qui valorise l'effort, la prévoyance et l'intelligence face à la menace...

Un conte méconnu des frères Grimm. C'est un récit magique et moralisateur, où un poisson enchanté exauce les vœux d'une femme avide, jusqu'à la perte de tout...

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.

NARRATED BY LIAM NEESON! The perfect book for all those—of any age—who believe, come Christmas Eve, that they too will hear the sweet sound of a reindeer’s silver bell. A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical train to the North Pole . . . Through dark...

Chanakya, the master strategist and advisor, uses his wisdom and cunning to guide and protect the Maurya empire, becoming a legendary figure of intelligence.

A classic tale of honesty rewarded, reminding children to stay truthful—one of several heartwarming stories included.

Cinderella: poor orphan girl Cinderella longs to go to the grand royal ball, but her cruel stepmother and stepsisters won't allow it. Can her fairy godmother help her dreams come true? The Brave Tin Soldier: when a one-legged tin soldier falls in love with a beautiful ballet dancer with golden wings, it is just the start of his adventures. The Ugly Duckling: Mother Duck's brood of little ducklings are all adorable - except for one. The ugly duckling is large, grey and awkward. But he has a surprise in store.

Have you noticed how the onion has so many layers? And have you seen your mother's eyes water when she cuts an onion? Here is a remarkable story to tell you why. India's favourite storyteller brings alive this timeless tale with her inimitable wit and simplicity. This gorgeous book is the ideal...

What if the legend of Kalki, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, is an elaborate hoax created by Lord Krishna? In the year 2025, twenty-year-old Anirudh starts dreaming of Krishna. But these visions that keep flashing through his mind are far from an ordinary fantasy-they are vivid episodes from the...

Magical retellings of four classic fairy tales. In "Rapunzel" read by Tamsin Greig, beautiful Rapunzel has been imprisoned by an evil enchantress. Every day, she sits at the window of her high tower, and sings as she lets down her long hair. Then one day, a prince comes riding by.... In "The Tinder Box" read by Stephen Mangan, a wizened old woman promises a soldier riches beyond his wildest dreams. All she wants in return is a small tinderbox - but is there more to the tinderbox than meets the eye?

Prince Yudhishtir who gets his dead brothers back from an enchanted pool, King Trishanku who desired to go to heaven while he was still alive, and the Monkey God Hanuman who learns a lesson in humility. Curious, aren’t you? These stories and many more form the heart of the Puranas and Itihaas, among the oldest written Hindu texts. Daaji’s keen curatorial selection brings an array of ancient tales of adventure, quests and wisdom.

The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus longs to return to wife and son on his island kingdom of Ithaca. But between hero and home stands an array of dangers unlike any ever faced by mortal man.

Corinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters parents make up to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest. Those shining, yellow eyes that followed her to the edge of the trees, they couldn't belong to a jumbie. Or could they?

Man sagt, es kommt nicht darauf an, wie oft man hinfällt.Thorn hat seinen Kampf mit Arhtu dem Verfluchten gerade so überlebt und ist entschlossen, seine aufeinanderfolgenden Niederlagen in überwältigende Siege zu verwandeln. Aber zuerst muss er sich durch teuflische Pläne, eine...

À travers un récit intime et tendre, Andersen évoque la transmission, la mémoire et le lien entre les générations. Ce conte sensible invite l'auditeur à réfléchir sur le temps, la vie et l'héritage affectif...

Conte à la fois merveilleux et troublant, Peau d'Âne aborde la fuite, l'identité et la résilience. L'audiobook dévoile une histoire riche et symbolique, où la force intérieure permet de renaître et d'accéder au bonheur...

Ce conte original explore la beauté intérieure et l'esprit. À travers des dons magiques inversés, Perrault invite à réfléchir sur l'amour, l'intelligence et la relativité des apparences, dans une narration raffinée...

Un récit de patience et de loyauté inébranlable, où une princesse d'origine modeste, épousée par un prince, subit les épreuves les plus cruelles avec une résignation et une dignité qui finissent par toucher le cœur de son époux et restaurer son honneur...