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Jacob Grimm (Hanau, actual Alemania, 1785-Berlín, 1863) y Wilhelm Grimm (Hanau, 1786-Berlín, 1859). Cuentistas y filólogos alemanes. Conocidos sobre todo por sus colecciones de canciones y cuentos populares, así como por los trabajos de Jacob en la historia de la lingüística y de la filología alemanas, eran los dos hermanos mayores de un total de seis, hijos de un abogado y pastor de la Iglesia Calvinista.

Die Märchenklassiker Box 5 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Der geheime Garten, Däumelinchen, Die Schöne und das Biest.

Once upon a time, there was a proud and wicked prince who thought only about how he might conquer all the nations of the earth and make his name a terror to all mankind. He plunged forth with fire and sword; his soldiers trampled down the grain in the fields and put the torch to the peasant's cottage so that the red flames licked the very leaves from the trees, and the fruit hung roasted from black and charred limbs.

There is no better way for your child and puppy to unwind for the day that a collection of calming animal stories that will help them settle down for nap time and bedtime. So grab your favourite teddy and join us as we explore some magical worlds together.

Get ready for a calming start to bedtime with a collection of ten classic animal stories from the worlds most loved authors including; E. Nesbit, Beatrix Potter and Hans Christian Andersen. Bedtime should be a magical experience for the whole family which is why this collection of calming animal stories will have you and your kids making special memories as they drift off to a relaxing slumber.

Deep beneath the ocean lay the beautiful and magical kingdom of King Neptune. He had six mermaid daughters, the youngest of whom was considered to be unsurpassed in her beauty. They lived a wonderful and carefree existence in their underwater arcadia. The world beyond was an uncertain and dangerous place and for this reason all mermaids were forbidden to travel up to the surface before their fifteenth birthday.

In "The Emperor's New Clothes", two weavers tell the emperor that they can make him a new suit of clothes that is invisible to people who are unfit for their positions or who are stupid or incompetent. Con men, the two weavers actually outfit the emperor in nothing, but will anyone be willing to tell the emperor that he is naked? As an idiom, the story's title refers to things that are accepted as common knowledge in spite of being obviously untrue.

La petite Sirène habite sous la mer, dans le château de son père. Depuis sa plus tendre enfance, son rêve est de se rendre là-haut, au pays des hommes. Mais, pour cela, il lui faut attendre sa quinzième année. Enfin, le jour tant attendu arrive. "Lorsque sa tête apparut à la surface de la mer, le soleil venait de se coucher ; mais les nuages brillaient encore comme des roses et de l'or, et l'étoile du soir étincelait au milieu du ciel. L'air était doux et frais, la mer paisible. Près de la petite sirène se trouvait un navire à trois mâts ; il n'avait qu'une voile dehors, à cause du calme, et les matelots étaient assis sur les vergues et sur les cordages.

Un roi avait onze fils et une fille. Tous vivaient heureux, jusqu'au jour où le roi décida d'épouser en secondes noces une méchante reine. Celle-ci conçut le projet de séparer les enfants de leur père, et, pour cela, transforma les onze garçons en cygnes, et plaça la fille, Elisa, à la campagne.

Just So Stories - Amusing and fanciful answers to questions of how animals obtained their individual characteristics. "How the Alphabet Was Made"; "How the Camel Got His Hump"; How the First Letter Was Written"; "The Butterfly That Stamped"; "The Cat That Walked by Himself"; "The Crab That Played with the Sea"; "The Elephant's Child"; "The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangeroo"; "How the Leopard Got His Spots"; "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin"; "How the Whale Got His Throat"; "The Beginning of the Armadillos".

This is a story from the Andersen's Fairy Tales collection.

Here is Anderson's timeless tale of the ugly duckling that became a beautiful swan.

In Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little fir tree realizes too late that it did not appreciate the grand moments of life - the majesty of the forest, the dazzling grandeur of its night as a Christmas tree - while they were happening...

Однажды ты станешь таким взрослым, что снова начнёшь читать сказки»―говорил известный британский писатель, поэт и филолог Клайв Стейплз Льюис. Эта цитата напоминает о том, что взрослость не означает потерю связи с очарованием и беззаботностью детства, а наоборот, может вдохновить на возвращение к любимым сказкам, чтобы найти в них новые смыслы и глубокое вдохновение.

This audiobook for children is a brand-new version of Hans Christian Andersen's "Snow Queen". It is at once exciting, enchanting, and educational - an ideal fairy tale to listen to as a bedtime story over several evenings! It is the perfect story to capture a child's imagination while at the same time it offers a perfect starting point in the world of classic literature for children.

En este clásico de Hans Christian Andersen, el príncipe busca una princesa de verdad para que sea su esposa. Una noche de tormenta, una joven llama a la puerta del palacio afirmando ser una princesa, por lo que la reina decide ponerla a prueba. ¿Sentirá el guisante bajo la enorme pila de colchones? Sólo una verdadera princesa.

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In The Little Mermaid, a mermaid gives up her voice to become human and pursue a prince she loves, but her love is ultimately unrequited. She is given a chance to kill the prince and return to the sea, but she chooses to sacrifice herself, becoming sea foam. Instead of ceasing to exist, she becomes a spirit, working towards earning an immortal soul through good deeds.

In The Princess and the Pea, a prince who wants to marry a princess finds it difficult to ascertain whether a princess is authentically noble. On a stormy night, a bedraggled young woman claiming to be a princess seeks shelter in the prince's castle. The Prince’s mother tests the girl’s claim by placing three peas underneath the 20 mattresses laid out for her. A humorous tale about the absurdities of the noble.

A brand new version of the classic Hans-Christian Andersen tale. When the evil Snow Queen kidnaps Kay, his best friend Gerda sets out alone on a quest to save him. But even if Gerda can find her friend, will she able to break the Snow Queen's spell before Kay's heart freezes completely?