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Summary: When three brothers mortally offend Mr. Southwest Wind, Esquire, their farm is laid waste and their riches lost. Desperate for money, the brothers become goldsmiths and melt down their remaining treasures . . . only to find that the spirit of the King of the Golden River resides with a molded tankard, and knows the secret of the riches of the Golden River. (Introduction by Xenutia for Librivox)
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Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Andrew Lang?s Fairy Books or Andrew Lang?s ?Coloured? Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their first appearance in English. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual stories.? (summary from wikipedia)
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Total running time:? 11 hours, 24 minutes
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01 ? The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
04 ? Story of the Emperor?s New Clothes
07 ? The Dragon and His Grandmother
12 ? The Giants and the Herd-boy
15 ? How Six Men travelled through the Wide World
19 ? Alphege, or the Green Monkey
22 ? The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise
27 ? The Witch and Her Servants
29 ? The Flower Queen?s Daughter
31 ? The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son
33 ? The Death of the Sun-hero
36 ? The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus
39 ? How To Tell A True Princess
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Total running time: 12 hours, 22 minutes
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01 ? The Twelve Dancing Princesses
04 ? The Death of Koshchei the Deathless
05 ? The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen
15 ? The Three Princesses of Whiteland
21 ? The True History of Little Goldenhood
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Total running time: 32 minutes
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Total running time: 9 hours, 41 minutes
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01 – The Story of the Hero Makoma
03 – Story of the King Who Would See Paradise
04 – How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu
07 – How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon
16 – The Adventures of a Jackal
17 – The Adventures of the Jackal’s Eldest Son
18 – The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal
19 – The Three Treasures of the Giants
24 – The Frog and the Lion Fairy
25 – The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired
29 – Adventures of an Indian Brave
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Summary: The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley, first published in its entirety in 1863. Though some of the author’s opinions are very dated now, the journey of a little chimney-sweep water-baby through rivers and storms, under sea and over iceberg, is still a classic, wonderful children’s adventure.
Summary by Cori Samuel for Librivox. Music from Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture at musopen.com.
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Total running time:Â 7 hours, 6 minutes
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Summary: George MacDonald claimed that he did not write for children, but for the child-like. Some of his longer works are clearly intended for adults, and this fantastic fiction influenced later writers such as G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. But you can find some of his best writing in the stories aimed squarely at children, and these are three of the finest.
The Light Princess. A wicked aunt curses her baby niece so that gravity has no effect on her, and she floats through the air as if it were water.The only way to break the curse is to make the princess cry.
The Giant’s Heart. Two children argue and run away to Giantland. There they find out that one of the Giants steals children from the land of men and eats them, but how can they kill the Giant when he has hidden his heart where no one can find it?
The Golden Key. A boy discovers a Golden Key, but cannot find the lock. He meets a girl, and together they search for the land from where the shadows fall, hoping that the key will allow them in.
(Summary by Clive Catterall for Librivox)
Total running time:? 3 hours, 31 minutes
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Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study Fairy Tales. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
The following stories are selected from among Grimms’ most popular fairy tales. To listen to or to read the unabridged book of Grimms’ Fairy Tales (10 1/2 hours in length), use the following links:
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Summary: A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of fairy tales includes many of the world’s best known stories. In these dark foreboding woods, you will find: Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, Lily and the Lion (better known as Beauty and the Beast), and Snow White and Rose Red, among other timeless works. These tales were later heavily revised and sanitised, but here are presented closer to their grim and beloved originals. (Summary by Marlo Dianne for Librivox)
The Travelling Musicians
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
The Cat and Mouse in Partnership
The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet
Little Red-Cap (or Little Red Riding Hood)
The Lily and the Lion (or Beauty and the Beast)
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01 The Princess of the Golden Castle – 00:20:36
02 The Owls and the Gamblesome Elf – 00:18:09
03 Starlein and Silverling – 00:15:06
04 The Magic Circus – 00:17:08
05 At the Edge of the Polar Sea – 00:23:39
07 The Rainbow Children – 00:13:43
08 Harriett’s Dream – 00:13:36
Have you seen Cody’s Cuentos yet? This site offers free classic fairy tales (such as Grimm’s tales, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, and others) and other childrens stories in Spanish. All stories are presented in audio format, read by a professional story teller who is also a native speaker from either Mexico, Argentina or Spain. Stories are presented along with a written transcript.
They have stories for beginners, intermediate and advanced. If you are looking for Spanish audio stories, you need to check out this site. You can stream audio right from Cody’s Cuentos, or subscribe through iTunes or to their RSS feed.
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Running time: 5 hours, 36 minutes.
5. How Jack went to Seek his Fortune
14. The Story of the Three Little Pigs
16. Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
17. Jack and His Golden Snuff-box
18. The Story of the Three Bears
33. The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh
39. The Ass, the Table and the Stick
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This book runs 7 hours, 36 minutes.
The Story of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad
The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage
The Adventures of Kintaro, The Golden Boy
The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die
The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child
The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar
The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher
The Story of the Old Man who made Withered Trees to Flower
The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab
The White Hare and the Crocodiles
The Story of Prince Yamato Take
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Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study Fairy Tales. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Running time: 5 hours, 51 minutes
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Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study Fairy Tales. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by Charles Perrault
Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault
Cinderella, retold by Miss Mulock
The Story of the Three Bears retold by Robert
Southey
Tom Thumb retold by Joseph Jacobs
Blue Beard by Charles Perrault
The Brave Little Tailor by Anonymous
The Fair One with the Golden Locks retold by Miss Mulock
Jack and the Beanstalk by Anonymous
William Patten’s The Junior Classics, Volume 1, has over 14 hours of recorded material in it. To stream it on Librivox or to download it to MP3, click here.
Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study Fairy Tales. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
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The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
The Tinder-box by Hans Christian Andersen
The Constant Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen
The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
The Flying Trunk by Hans Christian Andersen
The Darning Needle by Hans Christian Andersen
Pen and Inkstand by Hans Christian Andersen
These Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen were selected from the Junior Classics volume 1 by William Patten. The Junior Classics, Volume 1 by William Patten has over 14 hours of recorded material. To download the entire book to MP3, click here.
Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used to study Fairy Tales. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm
Thumbling by The Brothers Grimm
The Six Swans by The Brothers Grimm
Snow White and Rose Red by The Brothers Grimm
These Grimm’s Fairy Tales were selected from William Patten’s book The Junior Classics, Volume 1.
The Junior Classics, volume 1 is a very big book, with over 14 hours of recorded material. To stream this entire book on Librivox or to download it to MP3, click here.
Running time: 9 hours, 48 minutes
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03 – The False Prince and the True, Portugal
04 – The Jogi’s Punishment, India
05 – The Heart of a Monkey, Swahili
08 – How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, Finland
09 – The King of the Waterfalls, Scotland
11 – The Three Crowns, Scotland
13 – The Brown Bear of Norway, Scotland
19 – The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother, Portugal
20 – The One-Handed Girl, Swahili
21 – Bones of Djulung, Unknown
22 – The Sea King’s Gift, Finland
23 – The Raspberry Worm, Finland
24 – The Stones of Plouhinec, France
25 – The Castle of Kerglas, France
26 – The Battle of the Birds , Scotland
27 – Lady of the Fountain, Wales
29 – Groac’h of Isle of Lok, France
30 – The Escape of the Mouse, Wales
31 – The Believing Husbands, Scotland
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32 – The Hoodie Crow, Scotland
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