Fairy Poetry

An epic poem for children of all ages, Here Come the Nothing Heads tells the tale of Sneezy McSneezerson, Grouchy McGroucherson, and Fluffy McFlufferson, who live in the fanciest pumpkin high atop Pumpkin Ridge, but they are banished by town elders because they can't get along with each other or anyone else. They must travel to Happy Hollow, home of the mysterious tribe of Nothing Heads, and learn how to live in peace. The trials and tribulations of their adventure force them to look at life in a brand new way that was as old as time itself.

Travel across oceans and discover the vengeful wrath of a river god in Kayo Chingonyi's West African tale. Soar too close to the sun with Inua Ellam's timely story of a young refugee girl. Fly to a mysterious castle inhabited by a cursed prince with Helen Mort's retelling of 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon'. Uncover the truth of #Bluebeard with Joelle Taylor's modernised fairy tale. Look to the constellations with Will Harris' futuristic Greek tragedy, and never, ever answer to your name in Malika Booker's Trinidadian re-creation of the douen.

This audiobook has 41 poems about sorrow, pain, and darkness.

Poppy the fairy wishes she could fly as high as all of her friends, but there's just one thing—her wings are very small! When Poppy spots a lost gnome far from his glade, she is determined to use her wings and get him to safety. But can this little fairy fly to the rescue and still get back home before bedtime? Weaving a journey from lively beginning to gentle end, this enchanting, heartwarming tale is perfect for little listener everywhere and will help them settle down for bed.

Fairy Tales, a three-book series, will take your child to enchanted realms to visit the fairy folk before bedtime. These stories will help them have sweet dreams, learn numbers, colors, and more. The tales will entertain, and enthrall, as the story unfolds in rhyme.

Little Red Reading Hood loves reading books and making up stories of her own. When she meets a cunning wolf while on her way to the library, he convinces her to stray from the path and read for a little while. But hasn’t she read this in a story before? Perhaps it’s time she came up with a new ending.

Traditional fairytales are full of cliché and gender stereotypes. The silent Rapunzel, the beautiful sweet princesses, ugly, jealous and bitter women, girls that need rescuing, men who take the glory and their new brides being forever grateful and subservient. Good mothers, obliging lovers and pretty objects. Nikita Gill's new prose and poetry collection rewrites the fairytale classics and reworks their old-fashioned tropes into new empowering and inspirational stories.

When a kind young boy helps a strange-looking bird, a beautiful friendship forms. But what these two friends don't realise is that one is a young knight...and the other a young dragon! What will they do when they discover they are enemies and destined to fight?

Join Dorothy on her magical adventures as she cleans up after the messy Lees family the house every night, but with a mischievous twist! From putting things in the wrong places to discovering newfangled contraptions like mobile phones and washing machines, Dorothy's antics are sure to tickle your funny bone.

Ivan Krylov (1768-1844), famoso autore di favole, si dedicò totalmente a questo genere letterario dal 1808 in poi, dopo scarsi successi come commediografo. In questo campo ottenne grandi successi in patria e all'estero. Le sue favole, in versi, sono qui presentate nella traduzione di Federico Verdinois. Cornice musicale: "Album per la gioventù" di Schumann.

Wolf loves reading. There's just one problem. The more he reads, the more he starts to realize something... Every book has a hero; the heroes are handsome, tough and strong; and most importantly, the heroes are never, ever wolves. But when a giant comes stomping into the library one day, can Wolf find the courage to speak up? Because maybe heroes don't have to be handsome, tough and strong. Maybe true heroes are kind and brave – just like Wolf!

The family have outgrown their home and the search is on to find a better one. But can they find the perfect fit? Its not going to be easy! Just as they are about to give in, a fairytale surprise awaits them and they get far more than they ever expected.

Zehn Jahre dauerte es, bis Troja durch Odysseus' List erobert wurde - zehn weitere Jahre benötigt er, um in seine Heimat Ithaka zurückzukehren. Zahlreiche Prüfungen werden ihm von den Göttern auferlegt, ehe er endlich nach Hause findet. Das weltberühmte Epos - ungekürzt gelesen von David Nathan.

King Leo and the Feast is a delightful story of a cat named King Leo who decides to serve a magnificent feast. Invitations are sent far and wide, but those who accept are quite a surprise! Come to the king's table, where pink kangaroos and tangerine lions sit side by side, where all are called to come and to eat. Welcome to the world of King Leo!

A book of poetry.

Author Reneé Drummond-Brown weaves the imagination from the Hood’s perspective of folklore stories, fairy tales, lullaby's, legends, and myths into her book Poetic Tales in ‘Da Hood. The author revised those stories through the eyes of a black child’s point of view, which puts claims to poems like “Rumpelstealsskin~A Fairy ‘Tail Bedtime Story,” “Three Lil’ Pigs,” and “Dreadlocks and the Three Bears,” vs. “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” a British 19th-century fairy-tale of which three versions exist. Drummond-Brown's book by far adds flavor and depth to an oral ...

A kids' audiobook that contains two stories told through poems. In "Angel Doll", two poor girls make dolls to play with, but the dolls are destroyed by a rich girl. So, they take the material that's left and make an angel doll. When the rich girl comes to steal the angel doll, a real angel comes to the rescue. In poem two, a little boy gets lost, but he uses his head and leaves clues so that his father finds him sleeping with a bear the next morning.

Bethany Blair and the Bugs in Her Hair is a story about a girl who doesn't quite fit in. She loves lying out in nature and is welcoming to the little bugs that are drawn to her curly locks. These little bugs are beautiful to her, and she truly enjoys their company. But her bugs are not so popular in her classroom, and once the children find out about them, Bethany becomes an outcast.

A collection of dark poems and dark dreams. A wild ride through the mind of an angry young man who both loved and hated the world. A bitter struggle to reconcile with the horrors of life, the idea of religion, and the violence inherent in the world.

There is something about the boy. When he is angry, clouds darken. When he cries, rivers burst their banks. And when he touches a basketball, deities want courtside seats. Half Nigerian mortal, half Grecian god: Demi is the Half-God of Rainfall. His mother, Modupe, looks on with a mixture of pride and worry. From close encounters, she knows that gods are just like men: the same fragile egos, the same subsequent fury, the same sense of entitlement to the bodies of mortals. The gods will one day tire of sports fans, their fickle allegiances and their prayers to Demi.