Aesop's Fables, Volume Two includes the following stories: The Crow and the Pitcher, The Fox and the Stork, Two Travelers and a Bear, The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, The Kid and the Wolf, The...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Jonathan Pryce in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. The Heron puts on airs and graces, and thinks he is better than all the other...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Lindsay Duncan in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. When Patch was a puppy, he was a very good dog. But then he grew up, and turned...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Jonathan Pryce in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. Once there was a slave called Androcles who belonged to a very cruel master. He...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Richard E. Grant in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. The leader of the wild goats persuades the rest of the herd to join with the...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Brenda Blethyn in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. When Mrs Jackdaw admires the magnificent Eagle, Mr Jackdaw is determined to prove...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Richard Briers in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. Lion is too old and slow to hunt properly, so he needs to think of an easy way to...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Lindsay Duncan in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. The little billy goat kid is enjoying eating the luscious long grass in the...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Brenda Blethyn in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. Attacus Greeb is a very poor farmer. He is about to take his goose to market when...

One of Aesop's best-known fables is brought to life by Alison Steadman in this adaptation for children aged 5 to 9. Tod the tortoise is always the last animal to get to the leftover food that Old...

Four classic fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, read by David Tennant, Anne-Marie Duff, Sir Derek Jacobi and Penelope Wilton. Here are four of Hans Christian Andersen's best-loved short...

Magical retellings of four classic fairy tales. The Little Mermaid read by Tamsin Greig: The youngest child of the Mer King lives in a beautiful underwater city. But on her first trip to the world...

Magical retellings of three classic fairy tales. The Three Billy Goats Gruff: The two younger Billy Goats Gruff want to be as big and fat as their older brother. They long to munch the tasty grass...

A wizened old woman promises a soldier riches beyond his wildest dreams. All she wants in return is a small tinderbox - but is there more to the tinderbox than meets the eye? A magical retelling...

The King and Queen have made all the plans for their son's Royal Wedding, but the Prince still hasn't chosen a bride. Will he ever find a wife who is a princess through and through? A magical...

The Little Mermaid lives in a beautiful underwater city. But on her first trip to the world above the ocean, she meets a handsome human Prince, and falls in love... A magical retelling of the...

A poor peasant woman wishes for a child: but when a sorceress gives her a brown bulb, it grows a flower - and inside is tiny, perfect Thumbelina! A magical retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's...

The Emperor loves to wear the most fashionable and finest clothes in the land. However, when two strangers suggest that they can weave him a special suit _x001A_ which is invisible to anyone...

Sebastian and Anna are best friends who do everything together. So when Sebastian falls into the hands of the evil Snow Queen, Anna is determined to rescue him. A magical retelling of the classic...

It is bitterly cold, and the Little Match Girl is walking the icy streets in bare feet, trying to sell just one box of matches so she can go home and get warm. But no-one wants to buy... A magical...

Trixie can't believe her luck. She's been invited to attend a half-term taster course in Witchcraft and Wizardry at Conundrums Academy. At last someone has recognized that Trixie has seventeen...

Thirteen-year old Kyle thought spending a vacation on the Oregon coast with his family would be great. He'd never flown before, and he'd never seen the Pacific Ocean. Kyle's perfect vacation...

This superb collection of larger-than-life folk heroes aptly represents America’s robust early days, perfectly capturing the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the...

The girls at Modesta High School feel like they’re stuck in some antifeminist time warp—and they’ve had enough. They are members the Daughters of Eve. It’s more than a school club—it’s...

Starting with Lucy Terry of the early eighteenth century and finishing with recent poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology edited by Catherine Clinton captures the enormous talent and...

Take a front row seat for Ashley Brian’s performance of: Beautiful Blackbird, Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together, Tortoise, Hare, and the Sweet Potatoes, Hen and Frog, Frog and His Two...

Danny Bigtree's family has moved to a new city, and no matter how hard he tries, Danny can't seem to fit in. He's homesick for the Mohawk reservation where he used to live, and the kids in his...

When Josh is forced to spend a summer with his eccentric aunt, he thinks it will be the most boring summer ever. Instead, he finds himself talking to a ghost from one hundred years ago! In order...

'Littlenose the Hero':

Littlenose lives long ago, when fierce wild animals roam the land and it is very cold. His home is a cave, his clothes are made of fur and his pet is a woolly...

Acclaimed actress Anne-Marie Duff reads this classic fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen, specially adapted for young children.

In this much-loved story, a tiny but beautiful girl...