Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sputnik Sweetheart Author: Haruki Murakami Narrator: Adam Sims Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 15, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. Now with a new introduction from the author. K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party—and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. Subtle and haunting, Sputnik Sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/199217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The White Duck: N/A Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Shortly after the queen and her new husband are married, he is forced to leave to fight in a war. He advises her that she must always remain inside and never to trust any visiting women. She listens at first, but when an old woman appears at her window and entices her to sit in her garden, she gives in and goes outside. The old woman is actually an evil witch who quickly tricks the queen and turns her into a white duck, then taking the form of the queen. The king returns and does not catch the deception. The white duck has three ducklings, which the evil witch queen kills. The white duck is stuck trying to figure how to regain her human form and become the true queen once again. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/199218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nixy: n/A Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The miller had always led a very prosperous life, but one day found himself down on his luck and without any money. While he is fretting, a nixy (a siren-like being) emerges from the mill-pond and strikes a deal with him – he can become prosperous once more, but he must give to her the youngest thing in his house. He agrees, thinking it will be a puppy or a kitten, but soon discovers his wife has just given birth to a son. Greatly despaired, he tells his wife of the bargain he has just made and they work hard to keep his son away from the mill-pond his whole life. After the son marries, he finds himself at the mill-pond one day and the nixy takes him. His wife then goes on a long mission to recover her husband. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/199219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witch in the Stone Boat: N/A Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The King and Queen, getting older in years, found it important that their son, Prince Sigurd, find a lady to marry. His father had a certain princess in mind and Sigurd set off to find her. This king eagerly granted his daughter's hand to Sigurd, but he made the condition that Sigurd must stay to help him govern his kingdom, as he was failing in health. Sigurd agreed, but said that he must return home when he received news of his father's death. When this happened, Sigurd, his wife, and their son began sailing home. They were met with an eerie calm and Sigurd found himself unable to stay away, leaving his wife and son on deck alone. A scary witch boarded the ship and dressing herself as the queen, placed the real queen in her boat and sent her on to the Underworld. Their son would not stop crying and Sigurd noticed a nasty change in his wife's behavior and he did not know what to make of it. Eventually, Sigurd learns that his wife was not actually his wife and that something had gone terribly wrong. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/199215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flying Ship: N/A Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: There was a family of three brothers. The older two were very intelligent and much beloved by their parents; the youngest however was considered to be a dunce and a pest and was always getting in his mother's way. One day, the king announced that he was offering his daughter's hand in marriage to whoever could build a flying ship. The older two brothers were immediately sent on their way to try to construct the flying ship, while the youngest was left behind. He pestered his mother until she let him go as well, sending him off with simply a crust of bread and some water. He meets a manikin on his journey to the castle, who gives him strange directions that lead him to a flying ship and instructing him to take with him whoever he discovers along the way. The youngest brother travels along, picking up all of the men he meets on his way to the castle. When they arrive at the castle and the king sees the rag-tag crew aboard the ship, he immediately decides that he will not let any man so low marry his daughter. And so, he begins to give the youngest son seemingly impossible tasks to complete before he can marry the princess. Lucky for the youngest son -- he has just the crew of men to help him! Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/199216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Three Brothers: N/A Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: A village was being plagued by a witch in the form of a hawk and three brothers tried to stop her. The older two failed, but the youngest was able to shoot down the hawk and he found a strange abyss where the hawk was shot down. With the help of his brothers, he descends into the abyss and finds a palace full of beautiful princess and boundless treasure. He discovers that the witch is their mother and she must be killed in order for the princesses to be freed from the underground prison they are being held in. He must figure out how to slay the witch and escape out of the abyss with the treasure and the princesses. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/195091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crooked Pearl Series: #3 of An Atticus Fish Novel Author: Shaun Morey Narrator: Luke Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 24, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The storied pearl beds of La Paz were long thought destroyed until a local fisherman discovers a handful of rare, red-tinged pearls and one extraordinary, enormous pear-shaped specimen. But when the pearls are swept away from the fisherman in a storm and stumbled upon by a vacationing American couple, it could mean big bucks—and even bigger trouble—for all involved. Enter dashing billionaire and beloved expatriate Atticus Fish. When he learns about the pearls, he knows he’d better intervene before all hell breaks loose. Fish has worked hard to protect his beloved Baja Coast and knows all too well the kind of trouble that a discovery like this could bring to La Paz. Sure enough, it’s not long before the pearls are swiped from Fish’s seaplane (thanks to the loose lips of his friend, the infamous mescal bootlegger Skegs) and his beloved Cantina del Cielo is burned to the ground. Fortunately all of Fish’s employees, including two drunken iguanas and a parrot named Chuy, are unharmed, but the message from the bad guys is loud and clear. Now Fish and Skegs are off to find the thief and deliver some payback before word gets out about the precious pearl beds. A raucous romp through beautiful, lawless Baja, California, this third installment of the Atticus Fish series will leave even the most seasoned adventurers breathless.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/194456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Immortal Circus Series: #1 of Cirque Des Immortels Author: A. R. Kahler Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Vivienne is almost content with her life in the Cirque des Immortels. She has moved up from selling cotton candy to telling fortunes, she has a gorgeous, magical boyfriend, Kingston...and no one has been murdered since the clash between the otherworldly Courts. Her life under the faerie big top would be perfect, in fact, if not for the nightmares and visions that compel her to seek and confront her half-remembered past. But for Viv, not knowing her past may well be a blessing. There's a reason she ran away. But can she truly escape herself? The second act of the fantastically evocative Cirque des Immortels series, The Immortal Circus: Act Two draws readers further into a world that’s at once wonderful, seductive...and deadly. Step right up...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/180370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man with the Glass Heart: A Fable Author: Shelly Reuben Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 1, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Not since the Little Prince fell in love with a rose has a book captured the magic of a world where love longs for what it cannot have, recovers what it has lost, and the unimaginable flutters with luminescent wings out of crystal caves. Panache, an exuberant road gypsy, is on her way to the mountains. Benjamin Pencil, the man with the glass heart, has no use for mountains. But their paths cross, their lives intertwine, and Benjamin follows her up, up, up to where hills are smothered in poppies and a man can reach out and write his name in the sky. As they travel, they first encounter the beautiful but predatory Woman with the Breeding, a collector of hearts who tries to add Benjamin's exquisite heart to her pitiable hoard. Next they meet the malicious Laughing Man, who lives only to create fear and kill dreams. Finally, and unpredictably, they meet Panache's iconoclastic, unreliable, and utterly irresistible father. Papa, who plays his saxophone with the same wild abandon with which he lives his life, cautions Panache that if the mountains are in a man, he will go there—and that mountains are in the man with the glass heart. It is in those mountains that they meet the melodious laughing bird. Melody, with her irresistible song and aquamarine eyes, lures Benjamin to an Arabian Nights world where hypnotizing creatures dance and sing late into the night. At what peril does Benjamin Pencil follow the melodious laughing bird? To what end? Can real hearts be broken? Is a shattered heart the end of all love, or can it be a new beginning?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/190821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story Big Klaus and Little Klaus Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Michelle Ford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 18, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Big Klaus and Little Klaus lived in the same village, but where Little Klaus only had one horse, Big Klaus had four. Little Klaus lent his one horse to Big Klaus all week, and Big Klaus lent his four horses on Sunday only to Little Klaus. When Little Klaus was in control of all five horses, he had the habit of calling them 'his five horses,' a thing which Big Klaus did not like. Big Klaus eventually strikes Little Klaus' one horse over the head with a blow that kills him. Upset and needing money, Little Klaus sets off to sell the horse skin in town but first stops by a farmhouse on his journey looking for a place to stay. He was at first turned away by the farmer's wife, as the farmer was away, but Little Klaus stows away and his noticed by the farmer when he returned. The farmer invites him in for dinner and to spend the night. Unbeknowst to the farmer, his wife had been entertaining the local sexton for dinner but had hidden both the food and the sexton as her husband returned home. Klaus had seen the food being hidden away, so he pretended he had a wizard in his sack and that the wizard conjured up an extravagant meal and had hidden it in the oven. The farmer believed the wizard story, which Little Klaus further embellished, and offered him a bushel of money for the wizard sack --but also state that he must take away the cabinet where the sexton had been hidden. Little Klaus does so, and then further extorts more money from the sexton. He then tricks Big Klaus into thinking he had received all the money from his horse skin, and Big Klaus proceeds to make a fool of himself. Enraged, Big Klaus goes to kill Little Klaus, but accidentally gets Little Klaus' recently dead grandmother instead. Little Klaus then pulls another prank using his dead grandmother and winds up with another bushel of money AND another way to get back at Big Klaus! Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flower Queen's Daughter Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Michelle Ford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 11, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: One day while a prince was riding through a meadow he came across an old woman trapped in a ditch. The prince rescued the old woman and assisted her out of the ditch, safely. In return, the old woman told the prince about the most beautiful woman in the world and where to find her. The prince decided to take her advice and journey to find this beautiful woman. After several years of traveling the prince finally finds the beautiful woman, but now it is up to him to save her from her kidnapper and return her home safely. Andrew Lang (1844- 1912) a Scottish novelist, critic, and poet is most known for his folk and fairy tale collections. The College of St. Andrew was later named after him and the year before his death he was named president of the Physical Research Society.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enchanted Island of Yew Author: L. Frank Baum Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 28, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: The Island of Yew is divided into five kingdoms, the central of which, Spor, is a place ravaged by crimes and robbers. One day, a young girl, Sesely, living in the nicer kingdom of Heg, is enjoying a picnic with some companions. A fairy comes down and begs them to help change her into a human. Sesely and her friends, amazed, obey her orders and soon they find themselves in the company of a young man, named Prince Marvel. Prince Marvel desires to go on adventures and become a hero, which he is able to do easily enough in crime-ridden Yew. He faces the bandits of Wul-Takim, the Royal Dragon of King Terribus, a strange mix-up in the land of Twi, a fake magician Kwytoffle, and the Red Rogue of Dawna. In all, Prince Marvel spends a very busy and successful year in his mortal form and turns back into a fairy when the year is up. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.' Baum wrote 13 sequels to his first Oz book and still has a huge fan base to this day. 'The Enchanted Island of Yew' is one of Baum's many non-Oz fantasy works.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twinkle and Chubbins Author: L. Frank Baum Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 28, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Twinkle and Chubbins is a collection of short children's stories written by L. Frank Baum, but published under the pen name Laura Bancroft. The stories included in the collection are: Mr. Woodchuck, Bandit Jim Crow, Prairie-Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Twinkle's Enchantment, and Sugar-Loaf Mountain. 'Mr. Woodchuck' involves Twinkle discovering the cruelty of animal traps, which her father has set in order to catch a woodchuck living on their property. She has a dream involving the woodchuck's family who show her the truth of what her father is doing. 'Bandit Jim Crow' tells the story of a baby crow that Twinkle takes in as a a pet that turns out to be a mean and villainous bird. After he is nursed back to health, he begins tormenting all the birds in the area until Policeman Bluejay has to intervene. 'Prairie-Dog Town' sees Twinkle and her friend Chubbins go on a magical adventure into the underground village of the prairie dogs, once they have been shrunken down to the same size as the dogs themselves! In 'Prince Mud-Turtle,' Twinkle discovers a strangely-colored turtle which she brings back home with her. Twinkle then learns that the turtle is actually a prince who has been turned into a turtle by an evil giant and goes on an adventure to restore the turtle-prince to his human form. 'Twinkle's Enchantment' involves Twinkle's adventure when she enters into a gulch to pick berries and meets several proverb-based creatures, such as a Rolling Stone That Gathers No Moss and the Birds of One Feather, among others. 'Sugar-Loaf Mountain' follows the adventure that Twinkle and Chubbins go on after finding a trap door that leads them to Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Sugar-Loaf mountain, as they discover, is populated by people made of sugar. They meet the king, who takes them around the city to explore and meet the townspeople. L. Frank Baum (1856- 1919), an American writer, journalist and script writer, is most famously known for his children's books. Baum attended school for theater and later managed an opera house where he wrote plays as well as acted in them. He had many successes and accomplishments, but his greatest success is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Ring Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 28, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Prince Ring was a prince not as adventurous as most. But one day, while out hunting, he finds a beautiful golden ring on the antlers of a deer that greatly attracts him and he finds himself on a much greater adventure than he ever intended. He gets separated from the rest of his hunting party, and discovers a woman who has a large barrel, with another beautiful gold ring at the bottom. While inspecting it, the woman pushes Prince Ring into the barrel and tosses him into the sea. Prince Ring eventually washes up on an island, where he encounters an exceedingly kind Giant and his wife. When Prince Ring takes his leave, he brings with him a giant dog and the promise to inherit all that the Giant and his wife own upon their death. Prince Ring and his dog, Snati-Snati, then go on more adventures together with Snati being their guide. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meaning

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Axe Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 28, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: A king and queen who have long had everything they desire except a child, are finally graced with one but are immediately faced with tragedy. The queen dies on the day after her son is born, but not before she warns her husband to never let their son's feet touch the ground or else he will be immediately taken by an evil fairy. As he grew, everyone was careful to keep him from touching the ground - using wheelchairs, litters, and even horses, which he especially excelled at. One day when he was out riding, his saddle broke and he fell to the ground and immediately vanished. Under the control of the evil fairy, he is told he must obey her every command or else he will be severely punished. Her first order was for him to cut down all the trees in a forest using a glass axe -- and to NOT speak to a girl he might encounter on his way. Of course, the glass axe shattered at its first contact with the tree. Scared and hopeless, he curls up and falls asleep, only to be woken by the same girl he had been warned against. The girl is also imprisoned by the fairy, who is also her mother, and she offers to help the prince do whatever is asked of him, as long as he promised to help her in return. When the evil fairy discovers the two are helping one another, she is outraged and decides to take her anger out on both of them. The two are then left to try to escape and outwit the evil fairy on their quest to be free. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/176025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow: A Novel Author: Rita Leganski Narrator: Maggie-Meg Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 14, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: “Suffused with the mystical charm of New Orleans and the Louisiana bayou, Leganski’s lyrical debut novel conjures dreams of voodoo, the power of healing, and the distinction between hearing and listening. This extraordinary, evocative novel will cast a spell over fans of magical realism in the vein of Alice Hoffman, Kaye Gibbons, and Sarah Addison Allen. Simply enchanting.” — Library Journal (starred review) A magical debut novel from Rita Leganski, The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow is the tale of a mute boy whose gift of wondrous hearing reveals family secrets and forgotten voodoo lore, and exposes a murder that threatens the souls of those who love him. Bonaventure Arrow didn’t make a peep when he was born, and the doctor nearly took him for dead. But he was listening, placing sound inside quiet and gaining his bearings. By the time he turns five, he can hear flowers grow, a thousand shades of blue, and the miniature tempests that rage inside raindrops. He also hears the voice of his dead father, William Arrow, mysteriously murdered by a man known only as the Wanderer. Exploring family relics, he opens doors to the past and finds the key to a web of secrets that both hold his family together, and threaten to tear them apart. Set against the backdrop of 1950s New Orleans, The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow is a magical story about the lost art of listening and a wondrous little boy who brings healing to the souls of all who love him.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/180251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sea Fairies Author: L. Frank Baum Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: April 9, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Young Trot and the old captain, peg-legged Cap'n Bill, might seem like odd friends, but they are constant companions and Cap'n Bill taught her to love and appreciate the ocean. Trot was especially fascinated by the idea of mermaids and talked about them often with Cap'n Bill, who warned that no one who had met a mermaid had ever lived to tell the tale. One day while out sailing around, the pair is greeted by a beautiful mermaid who extends an invitation for them to come and visit their underwater kingdom and even become mermaids themselves for the adventure. Trot and Cap'n Bill meet a wonderful variety of characters along their underwater adventure -- eels and codfish and crabs, among others. After a marvelous and exciting time with the mermaids, the only mystery left is whether or not they will be the first to live to tell the tale of meeting the mermaids! L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.' Baum wrote 13 sequels to his first Oz book and still has a huge fan base to this day. Trot and Cap'n Bill also appear in other books by Baum, outside of their underwater adventures!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/180250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sky Island Author: L. Frank Baum Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 9, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: One day a young girl, Trot, encounters a strange young boy with a big umbrella. She learns his name is Button Bright and he uses this umbrella to go on long journeys. Trot's friend, Cap'n Bill, joins the two children and they venture to a fantastical island, which they call Sky Island, as it is halfway in the sky. The island is split into two sides - the blue side and the pink side. They arrive first at the blue side - a dangerous and hostile place. The leader of the blue side, the Boolooroo of the Blues, is an evil man who punishes people by chopping them in half and sewing mismatched pieces back together. The Boolooroo captures Trot, Button, and Cap'n Bill and gives Trot as a slave to his daughters. The three eventually escape and make their way over to the pink side of the island, a much happier but still dangerous place. The laws of Sky Island insist that the visitors be thrown off the side of the island, and even the leader cannot save them. Trot, Button, and Cap'n Bill seem to be in an inescapable place of danger and they will need someone or something very powerful to save them from Sky Island. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.' 'Sky Island' is a sequel to Baum's 'The Sea Fairies,' a children's fantasy novel concerning the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/180249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Policeman Bluejay Author: L. Frank Baum Narrator: Kathy Garver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 9, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Two children, Twinkle and Chubbins, are lost in the Great Forest when they encounter the evil tuxix. The tuxix casts a spell on Twinkle and Chubbins and turns them into little birds with their human ends. The bird-children meet Policeman Bluejay who shows them around the land of the birds and teaches them about the cruelty that can exist between humans and animals. Twinkle and Chubbins witness the cruelty of humans firsthand and find themselves in danger as well. An eagle comes to their rescue, but they quickly find themselves in danger again when the eagle's babies want to feast on Twinkle and Chubbins -- another lesson in the lives of animals that the children must learn. Policeman Bluejay takes them away to the safety of the Paradise of Birds where they witness several wonderful things, such as bees and butterflies. The King Bird of Paradise instructs Twinkle and Chubbins on how to return to their human forms, but the children walk away with a lot of lessons learned. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.' Baum wrote 13 sequels to his first Oz book and still has a huge fan base to this day. 'Policeman Bluejay' was originally published under the pen name Laura Bancraft and focuses on the importance of kindness to animals.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magic Ring Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: Michelle Ford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 2, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: There lived an older couple with one son, Martin. When the husband died, he left behind only a small amount of money for his wife and Martin. Finding themselves without food, the wife, although she had wanted to keep the money for a rainy day, sent Martin into town with half of their money to buy grain for a year. When he walked into town, he found a dog that had been tied up and was being beaten for eating a pig of the butcher. Martin, unable to stand watching the dog be beat, offered to purchase the dog and spent all the money allotted for grain on the stag-hound. His mother was very angry and sent him back the next day with the rest of the money to buy the grain. When Martin entered town, he saw a man dragging a cat by a string heading off to drown the creature. Martin offered to purchase the cat instead and spent the rest of the family's money on the cat. Outraged, his mother kicked him out of the house and off he went with the dog and cat, Schurka and Waska. Martin worked honest labor for the next year, and then finds himself on quite an adventure after he rescues a burning damsel and takes her back to her father. From him, he receives a magical ring that seems to get him into more trouble. Luckily, he has his companions, Schurka and Waska, who remember how he once saved them, and they serve him just as faithfully. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish writer who collected fairy and folk tales from various cultures and put them together in twelve volumes of tales. He was noted for taking the tales from as many original sources as possible, keeping the fairy tales close to their intended meanings.