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...

When a bunch of mean and rotten pirates raid an abandoned ship in search of treasure, they discover far more than they bargained for.On board is a baby girl who they happily adopt and call...

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...

The Green Hand of Doom will get you all! Someone is playing ghostly tricks on the staff and pupils of St Aubergine_x001A_s School. But it isn_x001A_t Trixie Tempest, oh no! She is far too busy...

Introducing Trixie Tempest, the tweenage tearaway with a heart of gold and a brain full of fireworks! Trixie has more on her mind than boy bands and butterfly tattoos - she's out to Save the...

Step inside Marietta's Magic Dress Shop! There are hundreds of beautiful dresses in every colour of the rainbow, sewn with magic thread. Take a look, try one on and wait for the magic to whisk you...

When news reaches Olympus that a Pegasus lookalike has been spotted in the human world, Emily and her friends fly back to Earth to investigate. Their new mission takes them from Area 51 to Las...

Raised in the island world of southeast Alaska, sixteen-year-old Robbie Daniels jumps at the chance to work as a deckhand on a salmon troller captained by legendary fisherman Tor Torsen. Catching...

Nanny to John and Abigail Adams, 14-year-old Rachel witnesses firsthand the days leading up to the Revolutionary War, including the Boston Massacre. At the same time she learns much about her own...

From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man’s struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression. In 1932,...

This compelling classic of a boy's coming of age during the Civil War is based on stories the author's grandfather told her about his own life.