Fairy Tales & Fables

Fables

By: Arnold Lobel
Narrated by: Mark Linn-Baker
Length: 44 minutes

Winner of the Caldecott MedalA pig flying through marshmallow clouds? A camel pirouetting through the desert? Where else could a reader find such marvelous things but in a fable? From the author-illustrator behind beloved Frog and Toad, Arnold Lobel, comes a collection of humorous, silly fables that will delight readers young and old.“The most... Read more

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

By: Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest & Vikas Adam
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings: these are the stuff of fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries. Sixteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting,... Read more

Grimm's Fairy Tales

By: Brothers Grimm
Narrated by: Jim Dale, Janis Ian, Alfred Molina & Katherine Kellgren
Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Read by a cast of award-winning narrators, this collection contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.

The Brothers Grimm collected the original fairy tales that Americans are most familiar with today. Lyrically translated and beautifully narrated by an all-star cast, these 21 tales are... Read more

Just So Stories

By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Jim Weiss
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

A dozen fables by one of the world’s great storytellers.
 
The twelve magical JUST SO STORIES tell, how the leopard got his spots? Why the rhinoceros  has his wrinkly skin? Why is a kangaroo very fast on land? Why won't cats come when they're called? And, how one curious elephant with a nose for trouble changed the lives of all elephants... Read more

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

By: Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Narrated by: Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier & Kathleen Turner
Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Read by Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, and Matthew Broderick

Here are the immortals of Olympus—the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece—as freshly described as if they were alive today.

Mighty Zeus with his fistful of thunderbolts; mischievous little Hermes; grey-eyed Athena, godess of wisdom; Asclepius, the first physician; Orpheus... Read more

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: F. Murray Abraham, Edoardo Ballerini, Marisa Calin, Cynthia Darlow, Ari Fliakos, Dion Graham, January LaVoy, Jennifer Lim, Euan Morton, Robert Petkoff, Rebecca Soler & Marc Thompson
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Brought to life by Academy Award®-winning actor F. Murray Abraham and an ensemble cast of narrators, and featuring original music by Michael Bacon, this collection contains Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved fairy tales, as well as a selection of lesser-known favorites.
 
Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who collected and retold folklore and fairy... Read more

Cinderella Liberator

By: Rebecca Solnit
Narrated by: Rebecca Solnit
Length: 40 minutes

In her debut children's book, Rebecca Solnit reimagines a classic fairy tale with a fresh, feminist Cinderella and new plot twists that will inspire young listeners to change the world.



In this modern twist on the classic story, Cinderella, who would rather just be Ella, meets her fairy godmother, goes to a ball, and makes friends with a prince.... Read more

The Jungle Book (Unabridged)

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By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Meredith Hughes
Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893-94. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten... Read more