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Tolkien's acclaimed modern classic 'fairie' tale, read by Derek Jacobi.While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him, his father, J.R.R.Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal.This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, went through several drafts over the years. Now, many years on, the adventures of Rover - or, for reasons that become clear in the story, 'Roverandom' - are performed by Sir Derek Jacobi.
In this delightful follow-up to Jeff Guinn's The Autobiography of Santa Claus, listeners hear the tale of jolly ol' Mrs. Claus and how she saved Christmas! Children, parents and entire families will enjoy this holiday classic!
""Once upon a time..."" (""Il y avait une fois..."") Seven enchanting French fairy tales, adapted into English, which follow the ideals that stories for children must not cause fright, glorify mischief, endorse malice, or condone cruelty.
We believe your children and grandchildren will want to play these delightful fairy tales again and again (and again).
CONTENTS:
Introduction
* The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
* The Three Wishes
* The Magic Whistle
* Prince Darling
* The King's Messenger
* The King of the Peacocks
* Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper
It's Easter in Reading, a bad time for eggs, and no one can remember the last sunny day. Ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Stuyvesant Van Dumpty III, minor baronet, ex-convict, and former millionaire philanthropist, is found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. All the evidence points to his ex-wife, who has conveniently shot herself.
But Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant Mary Mary remain unconvinced, a sentiment not shared with their superiors at the Reading Police Department, who are still smarting over their failure to convict the Three Pigs of murdering Mr. Wolff. Before long Jack and Mary find themselves grappling with a sinister plot involving cross-border money laundering, bullion smuggling, problems with beanstalks, titans seeking asylum, and the cut and thrust world of international chiropody.
And on top of all that, the JellyMan is coming to town.
The familiar and utterly transformed characters and world of nursery crime is pure ingenious fun. Just when you thought he'd stretched his astonishing imagination to the limit, Jasper Fforde does it again with this dazzling new series.
The Magician is the now famous story of two sixteen-year-old antagonists locked in the crucible of their high school from which neither can escape.
Ed Japhet gives a skillful performance of magic at the school prom. After the prom, Ed and his girlfriend are beset by Urek, the leader of a school gang that extracts extortion money by "renting" kids their own lockers. Ed is the only student who refuses to pay extortion money. Urek's fury at Japhet's defiance results in an attempted murder, a criminal trial, and death, with a shocker of an ending.
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and widely taught in American schools, this book has sold over a million copies and has been published all over the world, including Britain, France, Germany, and as far away as Russia and Japan.
"This book is phenomenal. I couldn't put it down. It is the story of an adolescent who is exploring his own sexuality and magic. He is caught in a web of legalities and represented by a true magician."-a reader, Amazon.com
In this entertaining "biography," Charles Beye fills out the story of this extraordinary figure while portraying Odysseus' evolution through the course of a strange and adventuresome life, at times so remote, at times so immediate to contemporary life.
"Lively, informative, and great fun: the perfect introduction to Odysseus and the society that shaped his exploits."-Kirkus Reviews
The seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus?
The first book in this enthralling new series by Angie Sage leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters and magykal charms, potions, and spells. Magyk is an original story of lost and rediscovered identities, rich with humor and heart.
Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy taleswith an anarchic twistbut many of his most famous tales sprang directly from his imagination. The thirty stories here range from exuberant early works such as 'The Tinderbox' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes' through poignant masterpieces such as 'The Little Mermaid' and 'The Ugly Duckling,' to more subversive later tales such as 'The Ice maiden' and 'The Wood Nymph. 'A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps, rough front, and luxurious packaging
From the author of the phenomenally successful, New York Times best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mystery series, comes this spellbinding collection of African folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana. The more than 30 stories in this wonderful anthology have a uniquely African flair, but still manage to tap into ideas-love, jealousy, ambition-that are universally human. And since folktales are part of an oral history, hearing them spoken aloud by a cast of wonderfully talented, completely authentic narrators is pure magic.
Volume Two Includes:
Book Three: Sirens and Sea Monsters
Odysseus and his men have done what no other mortals have done: returned alive from the terrifying Land of the Dead. Armed with warnings and advice from the ghost of the prophet Tiresias, Odysseus is determined to finally sail home to Ithaca. But the enchantress Circe tells him the Greeks will face even more horrors on their journey, including an encounter with Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool. Who will survive these terrors -- and how?
Book Four: The Gray-Eyed Goddess
Odysseus is trapped on the island of the sea goddess, Calypso. The beautiful goddess wants him to forget his wife and son and marry her, but he is determined to return home. Back in Ithaca, Odysseus' wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, desperately fend off suitors who want to marry Penelope in order to take control of Odysseus' island. It is only with the help of the gray-eyed goddess Athena that they can hope to ever become a family again.
List und Reichtum: Ein Mini-Hörbuch zum Thema Geld und Ökonomie; aus Mythen und Legenden weltweiter Kulturen, vergangener Zeiten.
Gänzlich unterschiedliche Arten der List verbergen diese 4 Märchen verschiedener Kulturen. Eine amüsante Kurzreise voller List und Lebensweisheit.
Aus Finnland: 'Kaufmannsglück' Wer sich verändern will, der sollte sich schnell auf den (eigenen) Weg machen. Das Glück, der Reichtum und die Zufriedenheit winkt dabei den Mutigen.
Aus Korea: 'Großmeister des Geizes'Warum ist der ein Held, der seine Sandalen fast nie trägt? Mancherorts wird Sparsamkeit fast zu einer olympischen Disziplin erhoben. Mit allen Konsequenzen.
Aus indien: 'Der Koh-I-Nor' Zu was ein Stein die Menschen alles bewegen kann. Über Jahrhunderte und fast alle Kontinente hinweg. Ist er doch ein lebendiger Stern auf Erden, und der wertvollste noch dazu....
Aus Nord-Amerika von den Wabanakee: 'Indianischer Winter' Ein Kanu für eine Nähnadel? Wie man mit Leidenschaft und Spaß Gewinne erzielt. Wundervolle Spiele, mit denen dieseIndianer den Winter genutzt haben, um fantasievoll gute Geschäfte zu machen.
Ein Mini-Hörbuch rund um die Sonne; aus Mythen und Legenden weltweiter Kulturen, vergangener Zeiten.
Jahrtausende alte Naturbeobachtungen scheinen durch diese 3 außergewöhnlichen Sonnen-Märchen verschiedener Kulturen - von wunderbaren Sprechern einfühlsam nachempfunden, für kleine und für große Sonnenfreunde:
'Die 4. und die 5. Sonne' von den Azteken: Die Welt war trist und schwer, als noch die schwarze Sonne herrschte. Doch immer weiter hat sie sich verändert. Den verschiedenen Sonnen sei dank.
'Der göttliche Bogenschütze' aus China: Kaum zu glauben, wie kompliziert auch die Himmelsmächte funktionieren. Und eitel sind sie obendrein. Wie wir Menschen...
'Die Sonnenblume' aus Armenien: Woher kommt sie, die Sonnenblume? Warum liebt sie die Sonne und warum dreht sie den Kopf immer zu ihr? Eigentlich ganz einfach, aber doch anders als wir denken.
