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For as long as Mera can remember, she and her sister Darina have feared the Beast who lurks in the castle above their village. On countless nights they have locked themselves into their home while the Beast led his hounds on the Wild Hunt, preying on anything in his path. Now Darina has been kidnapped by the Beast, and only Mera can save her. But she soon finds that in the Beast’s eerie, magic-haunted castle, nothing is quite what it seems—including her own sister. Here, Mera will discover the dark secrets that have bound her village to the Beast for so long.

The trouble started when Pepe the parrot fell in love with . . . a CAT! Hoping to win her paw, he invited her to his house for dinner. But within moments of arriving—with a gobble and a gulp—Carina swallowed that love-sick parrot whole! And he was just the appetizer!

Ich bin Enno, neun Jahre alt und komme aus Mali. Erst seit kurzem lebe ich mit meinem Papa und meiner kleinen Schwester Kira in München. Unser allerbester Freund, Gottfried, ist ein echter Turborabe! Er heißt so, weil er einen Turbodüsenmotor hat, mit dem er viel weiter und schneller fliegen kann als alle anderen Raben. Kira und ich haben schon einige Abenteuer mit Gottfried erlebt. Seid ihr bereit für ein paar mehr? Wenn Schneewittchen zum frechen Turboraben mutiert, dann hat sich Gottfried in die Welt der Grimm'schen Märchen eingeschlichen.

Ich bin Enno, neun Jahre alt und komme aus Mali. Erst seit kurzem lebe ich mit meinem Papa und meiner kleinen Schwester Kira in München. Unser allerbester Freund, Gottfried, ist ein echter Turborabe! Er heißt so, weil er einen Turbodüsenmotor hat, mit dem er viel weiter und schneller fliegen kann als alle anderen Raben. Kira und ich haben schon einige Abenteuer mit Gottfried erlebt. Seid ihr bereit für ein paar mehr? Wenn Aschenputtel ein Weitsprung-Turnier gewinnt, dann hat sich Gottfried in die Welt der Grimm'schen Märchen eingeschlichen.

Расположенная на самой окраине Восточной Азии, Корея славится удивительной красотой и разнообразием природы. Не случайно ее жители назвали свою страну так поэтично: "Страна утренней свежести". Тысячелетиями трудясь на земле, освоенной предками, корейский народ создал богатую, своеобразную культуру. Неотъемлемой частью этой культуры является устное народное творчество: сказки, предания и легенды.

Während sie mit ihrem treuen sprechenden Pferd über Waldwege spaziert, träumt Prinzessin Helena von den Wundern der Zukunft und davon, ihren eigenen Weg im Leben zu finden. Bald würde sich ihr Schicksal entscheiden, denn sie soll in das Nachbarkönigreich aufbrechen, um die Frau des dortigen Prinzen zu werden. Doch wird es wirklich so einfach sein, das Glück zu finden und das eigene Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen? Dieses Märchen erzählt vom Verrat und von der Wahrheit, die immer ans Licht kommt, von der Macht der Worte und der Treue, die selbst den Tod überwindet.

A magical re-telling of one of the most-beloved fairy tales, which no child’s library should be without! The Little Mermaid is curious to see the world above the water, but it’s forbidden. One day, when nobody is is looking, she slips above the waves and falls in love with a prince. Longing to see him again, she asks the Sea Witch to help her become human. But, for Sea Witch’s spell to work, the Little Mermaid must make a difficult choice. Will she ever see the prince again?

Maud may be made of gingerbread—plus a spark of magic—but she’s a real witch! Even if she’s still learning, and has a habit of making messes…and might have accidentally unleashed the hundred-year-old Class IV sleeping curse that envelops a princess’s bramble-covered castle. Oops. Maud has her friends Gretel, Ludo, and Nuss the hazelnut mousse squirrel to help her fix this. But it won’t be easy to find the sleeping princess’s true love, and the curse might end up being the least of their problems…

Einschlafgeschichten sind etwas Tolles! Vor allem, wenn man die Helden dieser Geschichten kennt! Es sind in diesem Fall Märchenfiguren der Gebrüder Grimm und von Hans Christian Andersen, die nach ihren Abenteuern auch mal müde sind. Was man ja verstehen kann.

What do fairytale heroes do when the tale is over? Well, maybe they get tired, too, and they want to go to sleep, or take a bit of a nap! This audiobook presents ten of them going to sleep, accompanied by soothing music! Contains: "Little Red Riding Hoodie in the hammock", "The wolf without the seven kids", "King Froggie and his family finally go to sleep", "Rapunzel has a dream", "Rumpelstiltskin comes home from work", "Even Mother Holle gets tired sometimes", "Snow White tries out beds", "Hans in luck takes an afternoon naps", "Snow-White and Rose-Red are having a guest".

Olga is an orphan and a thief, relying on trickery and sleight of hand to make her way in the world. But it’s magic, not thievery, that could get her into trouble. When Olga and her partner-in-crime Pavel learn of a valuable jewel kept in a secluded castle, Olga sees an opportunity to change their lives: a prize so big, they’d never have to steal again. But the castle is not as it seems, ruled by an enchanter who hosts grand balls every night, only for the guests to disappear each morning, replaced by swans.

She must find her conviction or be convicted. Kascia Thorapple Custod has done the unthinkable. She betrayed her Custod duty, her father, her former life for a man she can't even be sure she'll win in the end, a man she is still unsure she can trust: the man she came to kill. But was that the right choice? Kascia still isn’t convinced. The truth is the taxes that are slowly killing her people are still in place and she cannot justify it even to herself why.

Most are familiar with the tale about the boy who cried wolf, as it has been told many times over the years. However, no one knows about the reasons why it all happened…until now. After generations of keeping his silence, Hans, the infamous boy who cried wolf, could no longer keep quiet. He finally tells his side of the story.

For Annie's tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It’s called the nuodeema burna, or eater of sins. Every time Annie does something wrong, she writes it down and sticks the paper in a hidden hole in the floor of their house. But Annie is quick to discover that her inheritance has a dark side.

Little Krampus fails to keep his dad’s Yule Log alight, so 13 greedy creatures visit in the dead of night. Will the Krampuses be eaten out of house and home? Or will Klaus work out how to stop the Yule Lads on his own?

Die berühmte deutsche Sage vom Rattenfänger von Hameln. Wer kennt ihn nicht, den Rattenfänger von Hameln. Eine deutsche Sage, übertragen von Ludwig Bechstein. Hier gelesen von Johannes Steck. Ein Hörerlebnis! Diese Sage ist ursprünglich erschienen im "Hausschatz deutscher Sagen".

Cette édition de 1742 nous rapporte les contes de ma mère l'Oye adaptés par Charles Perrault et agrémentés de moralités. Pleines d'enseignements, ces histoires du temps passé, contées, en France, depuis le Moyen Âge, nous ferons encore rêver ou frissonner avec leurs jeunes filles et jeunes gens dans l'adversité, leurs princesses et leurs princes et, bien sûr, leurs fées. Retrouvons donc le petit Chaperon rouge, Cendrillon, le Chat botté, ... et redécouvrons d'où nous vient ce " Anne, ma soeur Anne, ne vois-tu rien venir "

Something dark and devious lurks in the moors around Roisin Dubh’s home, and it’s her duty to stamp it out before it gets its claws into the humans she’s vowed to protect.…even though those humans would kill her on sight if they knew she was Fae. As a member of the Raven Court of Neverknoll, Roisin is bound by a vow to protect the humans of Gwenlyre from dark Fae at all costs. For her entire life, she’s done her best to blend in with the humans by day and protect them by night. But now, something sinister has entered Gwenlyre.

Do you believe in magic? In this whimsical story of family and love, Kisa the cat shows Johanna the strength of her voice and the magic of family, including the family you choose. The Adventures of Kisa the Cat is suitable for an age range from five to nine years old, and we hope some of us big kids who appreciate the art of storytelling might enjoy it too. Adapted from an Icelandic folk tale by Nora Lang for the Brown Fairy Book, originally attributed to Andrew Lang (but we’re acknowledging it was his wife Nora who did the actual writing).

Beautiful music and fun sound-effects help tell the classic tale of Thumbelina. When a good-hearted, poor peasant gives her last loaf of bread to a beggar, she is given a corn seed in return. Imagine the peasant woman’s surprise when in the morning a beautiful flower appears with a tiny young lady inside its petals. The peasant woman names her Thumbelina. Find out what happens when an old ugly frog takes Thumbelina to be his son’s wife. A happy ending adds interest to this fairy tale and encourages a lifelong love of great storytelling.