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Jakob Grimm (1785 - 1863) y su hermano, Wilhelm (1786 - 1859), nacieron en Hanau, Hesse (Alemania). A los 20 años de edad, Jakob trabajaba como bibliotecario y Wilhelm como secretario de la biblioteca. Antes de llegar a los 30 años, habían logrado sobresalir gracias a sus publicaciones. Fueron profesores en la universidad de Kassel, y en la de Gotinga. Más tarde, se trasladaron a la universidad Humboldt de Berlin.

Jakob Grimm (1785 - 1863) y su hermano, Wilhelm (1786 - 1859), nacieron en Hanau, Hesse (Alemania). A los 20 años de edad, Jakob trabajaba como bibliotecario y Wilhelm como secretario de la biblioteca. Antes de llegar a los 30 años, habían logrado sobresalir gracias a sus publicaciones. Fueron profesores en la universidad de Kassel, y en la de Gotinga. Más tarde, se trasladaron a la universidad Humboldt de Berlin.

Jakob Grimm (1785 - 1863) y su hermano, Wilhelm (1786 - 1859), nacieron en Hanau, Hesse (Alemania). A los 20 años de edad, Jakob trabajaba como bibliotecario y Wilhelm como secretario de la biblioteca. Antes de llegar a los 30 años, habían logrado sobresalir gracias a sus publicaciones. Fueron profesores en la universidad de Kassel, y en la de Gotinga. Más tarde, se trasladaron a la universidad Humboldt de Berlin.

We travel to ancient China and participate in the search for the only creature who could make the miserable emperor happy. The Nightingale Collection also includes such classics as "Windbird and the Sun", "The Tinderbox", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "How Six Traveled the Wide World", and "The Seven Simons".

Sei grandi classici della tradizione favolistica europea interpretati da Carla Orrù: "I tre omini nel bosco"; "Le tre piume"; "Il lupo e i sette capretti"; "La pagliuzza, il carbone e il fagiolo"; "I sette corvi"; "Il tavolino prodigioso, l'asino d'oro e il bastone picchiatore". Favole adatte un pubblico di tutte le età, dai più piccoli che ancora non le conoscono ai più grandi che possono riscoprire il fascino senza tempo delle opere della coppia di fratelli più celebri della storia della letteratura europea.

A queen sewing by the window during a snowfall pricks her finger. Admiring the drops of blood on the snow, she wishes for a daughter as white as that snow, as red as that blood, and as black as this ebony window frame. The queen dies after giving birth to Snowdrop. The girl's stepmother, a vain and vindictive woman with a magic mirror, plots to eliminate Snowdrop, who grows more beautiful by the day. Snowdrop is left in the forest to die but takes shelter with seven dwarfs who become her protector when the evil stepmother learns she is still alive.

A series of huntsmen disappear in a mysterious forest. It is eventually discovered that an iron-skinned man is dragging passersby into the lake where he lives. The man is captured by the king and subsequently released by a sympathetic prince, who then must flee the kingdom. The prince, with the help of the iron-skinned man, defeats an army and wins the hand of a princess. The prince is reunited with his parents, and Iron Hans is revealed to be a normal man who was under a spell and released from it by the prince who was found to be pure of heart.

A tailor parleys his success at killing seven flies in one stroke into a string of unlikely successes. Making a belt with the words Seven at one blow written on it, the gullible townspeople assume the tailor to have amazing strength. After a contest in which he tricks a giant into believing he is stronger, the tailor persuades the king he can rid the kingdom of giants. In exchange for this the king offers his daughter's hand in marriage and half his kingdom. When the king balks on this promise and creates more conditions, the tailor must again rely on his wits to prove his bravery.

A peasant sends his seven sons to fetch water for his daughter's christening. Having lost their pails in the well, they are afraid to return home without having completed their task. The peasant, thinking they have gone off to play, curses them whereupon they are immediately transformed into ravens. When the daughter is grown up she sets off to discover the whereabouts of her long-lost brothers.

A mother goat leaves her kids home alone, warning them not to open the door. A big bad wolf shows up and tries to talk his way in, but the kids hold fast. When the wolf finally gets past the door through trickery, he eats all but one of the kids. The mother goat returns to find the wolf sleeping under a tree. With the help of the one child who wasn't eaten, she rescues the remaining six with the help of a pair of scissors and some large rocks.

In Briar Rose, better known as Sleeping Beauty, seven good fairies are invited to be godmothers to an infant princess. An old, overlooked fairy feels slighted and puts a deadly curse on the princess. A kind fairy modulates the curse from death to 100 years of deep sleep which can be broken by the kiss of a handsome prince.

Die Gebrüder Grimm verzaubern mit ihren Märchen auch heute noch, 200 Jahre nachdem sie die erste Version der Kinder- und Hausmärchen veröffentlichten, Groß und Klein. Die Märchen von Schneewittchen, Aschenputtel, Tischlein deck dich, Dornröschen, Hänsel und Gretel, Rapunzel, dem Froschkönig, Rotkäppchen und den Bremer Stadtmusikanten kennt jedes Kind. In den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Jacob und Wilhelm gib es aber auch weniger bekannte Gestalten wie den Fundevogel, den Bürle, den Krautesel, Meister Pfriem oder das singende, springende Löweneckerchen zu entdecken. Die Erzählungen von Liebe und Hass, Leben und Tod, Abenteuer, Magie, Mut, List und Glück sind heute so aktuell und lebensnah wie vor 200 Jahren. Die ungekürzte Hörbuchausgabe umfasst alle 203 Märchen und 10 Kinderlegenden der Brüder Grimm in Originalfassung. 20 Märchen sind sogar in ihrer ursprünglichsten Form in auch für Kinder gut verständlicher Mundart vorgetragen. Der beliebte Sprecher und Schauspieler Ernst-August Schepmann haucht den Grimmschen Märchen Leben ein und entführt den Hörer in die phantastischen Welten von Königen, Hexen, Räubern, Riesen, Prinzen und Prinzessinnen, wundersamen Tieren, mutigen Helden und unzähligen anderen Wesen.

Tre grandi classici della tradizione favolistica europea interpretati da Gaetano Marino: "La Bella e la Bestia"; "Pelle d'Asino"; "Griselda la principessa pastorella". Tre fiabe adatte a un pubblico di tutte le età, dai più piccoli che ancora non le conoscono agli adulti che possono riscoprire il fascino senza tempo delle opere di Perrault.

Tre grandi classici della tradizione favolistica europea interpretati da Gaetano Marino: "L'audace soldatino di stagno"; "Il Principe Cattivo"; "La fanciulla che calpestò il pane". Tre fiabe adatte a un pubblico di tutte le età, dai più piccoli che ancora non le conoscono agli adulti che possono riscoprire il fascino senza tempo delle opere di uno dei più grandi autori di fiabe di tutti i tempi.

Luigi Capuana rivoluzione l'impostazione tipica delle fiabe popolari siciliane che venivano raccontate attorno ai focolari per dar vita ad un mondo fantastico dal grande fascino. Ecco come lo stesso Capuana descrive le sue fiabe: "Appena scritte le sacramentali parole di uso 'C'era una volta...', i miei fantastici personaggi si mettevano in moto, s'impigliavano allegramente in quelle loro intricatissime avventure senza che io avessi coscienza di contribuirvi per nulla. Spesso mi domandavo in che modo il Reuccio e la Reginotta se la sarebbero cavata.

Otto grandi classici della tradizione favolistica europea interpretati da Gaetano Marino: "Cappuccetto Rosso"; "La pappa grande e deliziosa"; "Tre piume in volo"; "Madama Holle"; "Il pescatore e sua moglie"; "L'astuta figlia del contadino"; "Tutti a casa di Messer Babalucco"; "Il ladro e il suo maestro". Favole adatte un pubblico di tutte le età, dai più piccoli che ancora non le conoscono ai più grandi che possono riscoprire il fascino delle opere dei fratelli più celebri della storia della letteratura europea.

Here are four of the most loved children’s fairy tales read and sung by one of Australia’s best-known children’s entertainers, Peter Combe. These stories, loved the world over, are read in Peter’s own inimitable style and come with one of his timeless songs. 1. The Hare and the Tortoise (story) 2. The Hare and the Tortoise (song) 3. Snow White (story) 4. Snow White and the Prince (song) 5. The Enormous Turnip (story) 6. The Enormous Turnip (song) 7. Robin Hood (story) 8. Robin Hood's Dream (song)

"Peter Hase auf der Kürbisinsel": Wieder einmal will Peter Hase seine Abenteuerlust stillen. Gemeinsam macht er sich mit seiner Freundin Sheila Schildkröte auf den Weg, denn auf einer geheimnisvollen Insel mitten im See sollen merkwürdige Dinge vor sich gehen... Dieses Hörbuch präsentiert 20 der schönsten Tiermärchen aus aller Welt. Neben Peter Hase noch dabei: "Die weiße Schlange", "Die sechs Schwäne", "Das Hexenpferd", "Das Märchen vom Schwein", "Hasenherz", "Der rote Fisch" und viele mehr. Mit dabei: Ein pdf-Dokument mit Titelliste und Herkunft aller 20 Geschichten.

Venture to the magical land of the Celtic peoples, where the spirits of the mountains, streams, seas, and trees are all alive. Here are songs, blessings, and folk tales.

Une cane couve ses œufs, mais à l'éclosion, l'un d'eux, le vilain petit canard, ne ressemble pas à ses frères et sœurs de couvée. Rejeté de tous, à cause de ce physique différent, il est contraint de quitter sa "famille" et de partir, loin, pour ne plus subir leurs moqueries et leurs coups.