Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301047 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Fear Has Big Eyes [Russian Edition] Author: Folktale Narrator: Alexandra Stadnikova Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Once upon a time there were grandmothers-an old woman, a granddaughter-laughter, a hen-clown and a mouse-norushka. Every day they went for water. The grandmother had big buckets, the granddaughter - smaller, the chicken - size of cucumber, the mouse - size of thimble ...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mabinogion, the Four Branches Author: Colin Jones, Lady Charlotte Guest Narrator: Colin Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 31, 2017 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The Lady Charlotte Guest translation of the original Four Branches of the Mabinogion with introductory notes by Colin Jones. After reading, recording, and listening to the Four Branches of the Mabinogion, I'm amazed that the world isn't full of Manga comics, Hollywood blockbusters, bestselling novels, sticker collections, trading cards, and fantasy role-playing games based on this quite astonishing collection of Welsh tales. The breadth and imagination of these stories is really quite amazing - How many other stories can boast such a heady collection of wizards, body-swapping, bitter curses, deep revenge lasting for generations, a giant, a cauldron of immortality, murder plots, princes, kings and even pig-embezzlement? Not to mention a woman made from flowers by two wizards as a wife for a man cursed by his mother from ever marrying another human being. A man who can only be killed by a spear which has been crafted for one year and this while he stands with one leg on a bath and the other on the back of a young goat? The Mabinogion is a collection of tales, told over generations, recorded in two manuscripts; Llyfr Coch Hergest (the Red Book of Hergest) and Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch (The White Book of Rhydderch). Translated into English by Lady Charlotte Guest, they contain a large number of tales from the Welsh storytelling tradition. Strictly speaking, however, the term Mabinogi (Mabinogion was mistakenly taken as the plural of Mabinogi by Lady Charlotte Guest) refers to the Four Branches recorded here. The Mabinogion begins with the tale of Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed. Pwyll changes places with a King of Annwfn, the Otherworld. He also meets Rhiannon for the first time, who appears on a charmed horse which cannot be caught by even the fastest rider. The Second Branch concerns Branwen, her brother Bendigeidfran (a giant) and the terrible fate which follows her marriage to the King of Ireland. In The Third Branch a castle appears where none has ever been seen before, charms are cast and deep revenge is played out. The fourth branch concerns Blodeuwedd, the Woman of Flowers; 'So they took the the blossoms of the oak, and the blossoms of the broom, and the blossoms of the meadow-sweet, and produced from them a maiden, the fairest and most graceful that man ever saw. And they baptized her, and gave her the name of Blodeuwedd.' Long before the stories were ever written down, Welsh storytellers would enthrall audiences with tales of Pwyll, Rhiannon, Bendigeidfran, Branwen, and their adventures. I hope this collection captures the spirit and wonder of these ancient tales.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bone Swans Author: C. S. E. Cooney Narrator: C.S.E. Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 21, 2017 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: In this debut collection from C. S. E. Cooney, a swan princess hunted for her bones, a broken musician and his silver pipe, and a rat named Maurice bring justice to a town under fell enchantment. A gang of courageous kids confront both a plague-destroyed world and an afterlife infested with clowns but robbed of laughter. In an island city, the murder of a child unites two lovers, but vengeance will part them. Only human sacrifice will save a city trapped in ice and darkness. Gold spun out of straw has a price, but not the one you expect.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thirty More Famous Stories Retold Author: James Baldwin Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythological figures in simple, easy-to-understand language appropriate for intermediate readers and listeners of all ages. Contained within are the fascinating and thrilling stories from science and myth, from Camelot and Rome, that every child should know. In James Baldwin's introduction he explains that: "Nearly all the stories are true, and there are not more than three or four that might not have happened. In every one there is something worth learning and remembering." - Summary by Introduction & Jill Engle

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pinocchio Author: Carlo Collodi Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: This is the wonderful story of Pinocchio, the puppet who must learn many lessons before he can become a real boy. Carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, he dreamed of becoming a real boy but strays from the path of goodness many times and is very willing to listen to temptation. He has also been used as a character who is prone to telling lies and fabricating stories for various reasons. The story has appeared in many adaptations in other mediums. Pinocchio has been called an icon of modern culture, and one of most reimagined characters in the pantheon of children's literature. Listen to his many adventures, scrapes, misdeeds and pranks followed by bouts of sincere repentance and remorse. But these last only until the next enticing adventure or misdeed presents itself. Of course he does finally learn his lesson and does become a real boy when finally understanding that love and duty come first before pleasure and play. (summary from wikipedia and the reader)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mabinogion Author: Anonymous Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flock of black sheep. And whenever one of the white sheep bleated, one of the black sheep would cross over, and become white; and when one of the black sheep bleated, one of the white sheep would cross over, and become black. Before passing on to the Mabinogion proper, Lady Charlotte Guest devotes Volume I of her compilation of medieval Welsh tales to three brief romances of Arthur’s Court. The centrepiece is the story of Peredur, the Dumb Youth – known elsewhere as Perceval, Parzifal, the Holy Fool, et al. This is the violent world of satin-clad knights and their clashing encounters, peremptory slayings of giants and cave-dwelling monsters – a world where love is as sudden and final as death. (Introduction by Martin Geeson)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wet Magic Author: Edith Nesbit Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: A book about children who find magic in every day life .. and discover that mermen and mermaids actually have a whole underwater kingdom with Kings and Queens and of course Princesses. Of course you probably know these delightful children from their earlier adventures with magic, Bernard, Mavis, Kathleen, and Francis. Just normal children who believe in the fun of imagining and of magic. In this story Francis, who has always loved the idea of the sea but has never actually seen it, is very excited about going to the seashore for holiday. He finds an old aquarium and the others help him lug it home only to have their hopes dashed by Aunt Enid who was in charge temporarily. But then the magic starts when he unwittingly recites a magic charm. At the seashore the children execute a daring rescue of a supposed mermaid who 'die in captivity' and oh, lots and lots more. Enjoy these adventurous children and their wet magic in the sea. - Summary by Phil chenevert

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legends of Genesis Author: Hermann Gunkel Narrator: JoeD Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical analysis on the text of Genesis to determine the various genres of the biblical legends and their significance to the authors. Gunkel also uses form criticism to uncover buried clues as to the constituent sources of the text. Gunkel offers his hypothesis to explain how the various sources came to be combined and redacted, and how the text later came to be attributed to Moses. (Summary by JoeD)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More English Fairy Tales Author: Joseph Jacobs Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: "This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have been thought that my former volume (English Fairy Tales) had almost exhausted the scanty remains of the traditional folk-tales of England. Yet I shall be much disappointed if the present collection is not found to surpass the former in interest and vivacity, while for the most part it goes over hitherto untrodden ground, the majority of the tales in this book have either never appeared before, or have never been brought between the same boards." - Summary from the preface

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Among the Meadow People Author: Clara Dillingham Pierson Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 40 minutes Release date: December 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Lovely book of nature written for children by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series explores the animal inhabitants of the meadow and garden. The charming prose shrinks us down and puts us in the fascinating world of the tiny insects, amphibians, and birds who call the field their home. From the author's Introduction: "In selecting the tiny creatures of field and garden for the characters in this book, I have remembered with pleasure the way in which my six loyal pupils befriended stray crickets and grasshoppers, their intense appreciation of the new realm of fancy and observation, and the eagerness and attention with which they sought Mother Nature, the most wonderful and tireless of all story-tellers." - Summary by Clara Dillingham Pierson & Jill Engle

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Pinocchio Author: Carlo Collodi Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was published in serial form between 1881 and 1883, and then completed as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor father, a woodcarver named Geppetto. It is considered a classic of children’s literature and has spawned many derivative works of art, such as Disney’s classic 1940 animated movie of the same name, and commonplace ideas, such as a liar’s long nose. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Infidelity Author: Stacey May Fowles Narrator: Morgan Hallett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 30, 2015 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Ronnie, an engaged hairdresser with a history of teenage recklessness and mystery childhood illnesses, feels stifled by the unavoidable pull of the predictable, comfortable life laid out before her. Charlie, an anxiety-ridden, award-winning writer, feels suffocated by his literary success and familial responsibility, including a bread-winning wife and a child with autism. When the unlikely pair meet at a holiday party where Ronnie's fiancE is the caterer, a torrid affair, which begins on office desks and in Toronto hotel rooms, provides both with a false reality that offers solace in its secrets. Charlie becomes obsessed with the calm of Ronnie's ordinariness, and Ronnie revels in the clandestine secrets and dramatic interludes of an otherwise predictable life. The two live in film scripts and prose, until the entire lie combusts in all its tragic beauty. Beautifully written and engaging, this novel calls into question society's strict definition of right versus wrong while examining what it means to be a husband, wife, parent, and human being.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313903 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bryony and Roses Author: T. Kingfisher Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard? Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302704 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Mermaid Author: Hans Christian Andersen Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den lille havfrue, literally: "the little sea lady") is a very well known fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. The tale was first published in 1837 and has been adapted to various media including musical theatre and animated film. But this tale is not the Disney version, all cleaned up and made pretty. This is the way Andersen wrote it. The Little Mermaid is indeed at the happy wedding of her beloved prince, but she is not the bride. And then she becomes a big bubble. Curious? Listen and find out what happens. - Summary by Wikipedia and Phil Chenevert