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大混乱のロンドンから、悪の女王ジェイディスをなんとか異世界へと連れ出したディゴリーとポリーは、アンドリュー伯父や辻馬車の馬や御者までも一緒に連れてきてしまった。おまけに、そこは女王のいた廃都とは違う、漆黒の闇に包まれた〈無〉の世界。だが束の間、どこからか歌声が聞こえてきたかと思うと、新しい太陽が昇り、世界に光が差し始める。歌っていたのは一頭のライオンだった。一行は、ライオンが世界に生命を与え、新たな国を創造する瞬間を目撃する……
　感動的なアスランによるナルニア創世、そして新たな試練と冒険の始まりを描く『魔術師のおい』後編。
（本作品はシリーズ全７巻のうちの第１巻、その後半を収録したものです）

戦火を逃れ、田舎に疎開してきたピーター、スーザン、エドマンド、ルーシーの四きょうだいが預けられたのは、変わり者の教授が暮らす古い屋敷。その一室に置かれた衣装だんすに潜り込むと、その奥には雪に閉ざされた異世界「ナルニア国」が広がっていた。四人は〈もの言うけもの〉たちやアスランの導きのもと、白い魔女の軍勢に立ち向かうことになるが……。ナルニアで最も有名な冒険譚。

偽アスランの「命令」で、木々の精霊は倒され、もの言う馬たちは奴隷のように働かされている。その光景を見たティリアン王は激怒し、剣を抜くが……。カロールメン国の大軍や邪神タシュまでがナルニアに到達する絶体絶命の状況で、物語は思わぬ方向へと動き出す！　衝撃の最終巻！

本作はイギリス人によって英語で書かれた、ベルギーを舞台とした物語である。が、イギリス人にもベルギー人にも知られていない。子供を一人死なせるような物語は受け入れがたいらしい。「十五にもなってなぜ自分の人生を切り開こうとしなかったか」とも感じるようだ。しかしネロの正直さひたむきさは日本人の琴線を揺さぶる。　―—菊池寛の訳でどうぞ。

宮城県塩釜港のほど近くに住む長谷川ゆきさんは、長年絵本の読み聞かせの活動を行いながら、自宅で絵本文庫を開く準備を進め、2011年の夏には開館できる予定だった。 しかし、同年3月11日、長谷川さんの自宅も津波に襲われた。 1階にあった家財、ピアノ、そして30年以上かけてコツコツ集めてきた約800冊の絵本を失った。 長谷川さんの喪失感は大きく、しばらくの間は呆然としていたが、避難所での暮らしを送るなかで、請われて絵本の読み聞かせを再開し、活動を続けるうちに自分を取り戻すことができたという。 念願だった絵本文庫の夢も、全国から届けられた絵本によって後押しされ、2012年11月に「うみべの文庫」として実現。今では子どもも大人も集う憩いの場となっている。 「絵本に支えられてもらった」という長谷川ゆきさんが読むのは、『ごんぎつね』で知られる新美南吉の『里の春、山の春』。日本語の美しさが伝わる長谷川さんの大好きな作品のひとつ。2016年3月の空気感と共に。 （2016年3月10日　うみべの文庫で収録） ※本コンテンツは、「サンプルを聴く」ボタンの再生で作品全編を聴くことができます。

The Land of Nod used to be just a name in a nursery rhyme to Wren. But when she discovered the secret magic of stardust, she learned that some of those rhymes had secrets of their own - and the Land of Nod is real. A few months ago, the evil Magician Boggen attempted to escape his exile on Nod and return to Earth. Wren stopped him, but Boggen is still out there. To save her world, Wren will travel farther than even she could have dreamed: to the heart of Nod itself, where she must defeat Boggen once and for all.

夏休み、ロンドンに住む少年ディゴリーと少女ポリーは、棟続きのテラスハウスの屋根裏を探検している最中、あやまってディゴリーの伯父さんの立入禁止の書斎に入り込んでしまう。伯父さんの口車にのって魔法の指輪に触れたポリーは、この世界とはまったく別の世界へと飛ばされてしまった。

Ready yourself for a trip down the road to a magical kingdom with beautiful and spirited princesses, handsome and courageous princes, hideous giants, vengeful witches and exciting adventures. Princess Stories is a collection of five classic fairy tales that have enraptured generations of children. The stories are retold in simple language and a lively tone, which make this book a delightful listen.

Dans ce deuxième tome des Créatures fantastiques du Québec, Bryan Perro continue de nous parler des personnages mystérieux qui ont élu domicile au cœur de nos villages, de nos forêts, de nos lacs et de nos montagnes. On y découvre, entre autres, la bête qui terrifie les habitants de la Baie-des-Chaleurs, ou encore les étranges pouvoirs du sorcier de l'île d'Anticosti. Mystères et légendes sont au rendez-vous!

Estas leyendas nos dicen cómo Santa María ayuda siempre a los que la quieren. Pero también nos la muestran a veces muy enfadada, dando palos al diablo o regañando a un obispo orgulloso. Oyéndolas, oiremos hablar a una imagen de Cristo como testigo, y también veremos cómo el insensato Teófilo entrega su alma al diablo en una carta, o cómo la Virgen salva a una pobre mujer de morir ahogada cuando crece la marea y le ayuda a dar a luz.

Everyone said the Graces were witches. They moved through the corridors like sleek fish, ripples in their wake. Stares followed their backs and their hair. They had friends, but they were just distractions. They were waiting for someone different. All I had to do was show them that person was me. Like everyone else in her town, River is obsessed with the Graces, attracted by their glamour and apparent ability to weave magic. But are they really what they seem? And are they more dangerous than they let on?

Charlie Lawson's only summer excitement in small-town Wisconsin came from kicking butt in video games, where he's the undisputed Total Turbo champ. Now it's time to go back to middle school, where nine long months of boredom await. But then Charlie stumbles onto something big happening inside the abandoned warehouse across the street from his house. Specifically, someone big. He befriends Bruce, a 20-foot-tall teenage giant whom Charlie must keep a secret.

A girl and her two brothers are transported back to the time of King Arthur, where they must return three magic talismans to their rightful owners or remain trapped forever in the distant past. The adventure begins when Sara Lowry wins a picnic basket at the Firemen's Strawberry Festival. She and her brothers, Greg and Eric, are staying with their uncle at his Hudson Valley estate while their parents are in Japan.

Spider is walking through the jungle one day when he hears about a party that is to happen in the east. He decides he will go, as there will be lots to eat and drink. He walks on and hears about a party in the west, then on and hears about a party in the north and then one in the south. He wants to go to all the parties, but he neglected to find out the times they started. He just knows they are all on the same night. He gets an idea. He asks four of his cousins to come over.

Long ago there was only sun in the rainforest. It was beautiful but too bright. People had a hard time sleeping. A farmer was married to the River Snake King's daughter, and she told her husband about something called "Night" that was deep in the river. It would let people rest. They had too much farm work to do, so they sent three friends in a canoe down the river to ask the River Snake King for Night.

Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the villains in fairy tales - but the villains themselves beg to differ. In Troll's-Eye View, you'll hear from the Giant's wife ("Jack and the Beanstalk"), Rumpelstiltskin, the oldest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. A stellar lineup of authors, including Garth Nix, Jane Yolen, and Nancy Farmer, makes sure that these old stories do new tricks!

Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Some of the stories are funny, some are strange, and others are dark and disturbing - but each offers something as unexpected as a wolf at the door.

With her black hair, red lips, and lily-white skin, Summer is as beautiful as her father's garden. And her life in the mountains of West Virginia seems like a fairy tale; her parents sing and dance with her, Cousin Nancy dotes on her, and she is about to get a new baby brother. But when the baby dies soon after he's born, taking Summer's mama with him, Summer's fairy-tale life turns grim. Things get even worse when her father marries a woman who brings poisons and magical mirrors into Summer's world. Stepmama puts up a pretty face, but Summer suspects she's up to no good....

In The Fairy's Mistake, two very different sisters have two very different encounters with the fairy Ethelinda. Rosella is kind and helpful. Her reward: Jewels and gems tumble out of her mouth whenever she speaks. Myrtle is rude and spiteful. Her punishment: Bugs and vipers slither out of her mouth. The fairy Ethelinda feels she's meted out justice just right - until she discovers Rosella has been locked up by a greedy prince and Myrtle is having the time of her life!

The young maiden, Parsley, will eat nothing but parsley, which in Snettering-on-Snoakes grows only in the fairy Bombina's garden. All is well - until Bombina is released from the fairy queen's dungeon. Her crime? Failing to get along with humans. And turning them into toads! Meanwhile, twin princes Randolph and Rudolph are causing trouble at Biddle Castle and pinning everything on their younger brother, Tansy. Prince Tansy cares about Biddle. Randolph and Rudolph don't. But one of the twins will be king, unless Prince Tansy accepts help from a green Biddlebum Toad!