Short Stories Fairy Tales

Welcome to this journey, a love letter from the Earth filled with exquisite nature visuals to enjoy with the whole family.

"Med høtyv og hjerteblod" består af 30 små fortællinger, som Nis Boesdal har fået sendt i Østjylland Radio. Fælles for de drabelige og spændende historier er, at de alle foregår i Østjylland - både den, hvor en borgmesterfrue i Aarhus bliver angivet for trolddomskunster, og den, hvor selveste kong Frederik VII ser Ridder Hjululv og hans mænd fare forvildet over Julsø. Nis Boesdal (f. 1948) er en dansk forfatter, journalist og radiovært.

Young Arthur and the Magic Sword is adventure, fantasy, mystery, comedy, mythology, and a lot more in one splendid collection of all-age-appropriate stories written by noted author, storyteller and actor Jon Koons. This treasury of 17 tales includes works previously published as children's books and in magazines, as well as new, never-before-published additions - all of which will delight children and adults alike.

The fourth installment of Russian Collection for Kids features stories that begin in everyday life and end in magic. Their main characters are children - boys and girls thrown into tough circumstances and having to test the limits of their courage and ingenuity to solve problems without grown-up help.

These two fascinating pieces about the Mistress of the Copper Mountain come from Pavel Patrovich Bazhov's much larger collection of stories collected over many years and based on the lore of the Ural Mountains.

In The First Prince, a young naiad named Joia has been kidnapped by a group of outlaws. Dionekies is dispatched to collect the leader of this group and secure the return of the naiad before her father, Algus, the very river that runs through the region, destroys everything in his desperation to find her. Is it merely a kidnapping, or is something much more nefarious at play? What ancient powers will be aroused by the actions of this desperate band? And what risks will the prince take to rescue Joia, the naiad in question?

జానపద కథలు, మన జీవితంలో ఎదురయ్యే సమస్యల్ని ధైర్యంగా ఎదుర్కోవటానికి దోహదపడతాయి.

This collection features "The Remarkable Rocket", "The Selfish Giant", and "The Happy Prince". The world-renowned Irish playwright, novelist, and poet is also the author of charming and thought-provoking children's stories. These three stories represent the best of Wilde's love of fairy tales and mythical writings.

She’s a princess with everything to lose. Nothing is as important to Atalanta as her freedom. So when the king and queen insist she wed, she tricks them by agreeing she will only marry a suitor who can beat her in a foot race. Because no human has ever defeated her, she expects to enjoy a long life as a single lady. When Hip left the military, he didn’t anticipate falling for the most elusive bachelorette in the land. But now that Atalanta has stolen his heart, he must search the gods’ world to find a way to win her.

This is a story set in war-torn Okinawa - back in the final days of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The story is told from the point of view of a young Kamikaze pilot preparing to fly his fighter plane into the side of an American battleship. It is a story of guilt, loneliness, memory, and the taste of the sea. Oh, and there's a sea monster as well. I expect I ought to mention that...

***ADULT READERS ONLY*** (Previously published from anthology) Elite Warrior Markus traveled a long way from his home world of Drakonia. This new planet called Earth is strange and the people even stranger. He was there for one reason, to find more of his people and to protect them from enemies old and new. What he didn’t expect was to find a mate that both he and his dragon wanted to bond with. Things just got more complicated but he was a dragon shifting warrior, he could handle anything.

Disfruta de las maravillosas leyendas de Béquer en esta compilación única :El rayo de luna , El monte de las ánimas, La cueva de la mora, La Rosa de pasiónLa corza blanca, La Cruz del diablo, La promesa, Los ojos verdes, El besoEl gnomo, 3 fechas, Maese Pérez el organista, Las hojas secas, Creed en DiosLa venta de los gatos, La creación, La ajorca de oro, El miserere, ! es raro !El Cristo de la calavera, El caudillo de las manos rojas.

Uno de los cuentos clásicos más populares de todos los tiempos para descubrir con los más pequeños y disfrutar en familia.

Kein Fest ohne Blumen! In seinem Märchen Die Blumen der kleinen Ida verdreht Hans Christian Andersen jedoch das Selbstverständliche und lässt die Blumen selber rauschende Feste feiern. Das bietet der kindlichen Fantasie ein herrliches Sprungbrett - und den wunderbar tröstlichen Gedanken, dass Blumen nur welken, weil sie nachts ausgelassen tanzen.

Nuestro joven protagonista, Manrique, es un joven poeta, a quien le atrae todo lo romántico, los bosques, los monasterios... y atendiendo a las palabras de un fraile que le ha dicho que las estrellas que ve en el cielo son otros mundos, se dedica a soñar con las mujeres que habitarían esos mundos. Paseando una noche de verano le parece ver el borde del vestido blanco de una mujer, que enseguida desaparece....

A collection of original Christmas short stories and three retellings.

A righteous King with a choice to make realizes he's less virtuous than he originally thought....

A collection of fables in the literary tradition of Italo Calvino, Lost Cantos of the Ouroboros Caves brings together medicine men, monks, immortals, witches, seekers, souls in various stages of their cycles in and out of lived-life, and the occasional talking animal, all searching for the meaning of it all and each other. Each fable is a meditation on love, death, growth, pain, identity, self, spirit, and the natural world, as seen from the perspectives of the primal, the celestial, or the spiritual.

Nos cuenta la historia de Maese Pérez, un hombre ya muy anciano que tocaba el órgano en la iglesia de Santa Inés. Tocaba el órgano, como nadie lo había hecho antes; el arte lo heredó de su padre, pues al fallecer le dejó su órgano, y Maese Pérez decidió seguir sus pasos. Todo el mundo lo conocía además de por tocar el órgano, por lo bueno que era. Lo solía tocar en Nochebuena, pues significaba mucho esa noche para él. Además, era ciego, pero sabía que un día conseguiría ver a Dios.

The beasts Detective Loren and Soriya Greystone battled in Lou Paduano’s debut book Signs of Portents were just a hint of what lurks in the city. Tales from Portents explores the city’s immersive history, including stories of Loren’s descent after his wife’s death - and his opportunity to have her rise from the grave. Soriya battles gremlins, navigates lessons with Mentor, and meets the werewolf Luchik. Follow new characters with expansive histories as they come face to face with the horrors of Portents - both human and otherwise.