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  • The Brothers Grimm

    In The Goose Girl a princess's maid turns on her mistress while traveling and forces her to switch roles with her. The False princess then kills the princess's horse to keep it from talking and forces the real princess to herd geese with the boy Conrad. Conrad begins to notice strange things about the new goose-girl and informs the king. Will the false princess be...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    In Snowdrop (or Snow White) a queen sewing by the window during a snowfall pricks her finger. Admiring the drops of blood on the snow, she wishes for a daughter as white as that snow, as red as that blood, and as black as this ebony window frame! The queen dies after giving birth to Snowdrop. The girl's stepmother, a vain and vindictive woman with a magic mirror, plots to eliminate Snowdrop, who grows more beautiful by the day. Snowdrop is left in the forest to die but takes shelter with seven dwarfs who become her protector when the evil stepmother learns she is still...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    Snow-White, fair-haired, quiet and shy, and Rose-Red, dark-haired, outspoken and lively, are two little girls living with their mother in a small cottage by the woods. They give shelter on a winter night to a kindly bear, who treats them gently and returns every night. In the summer, the girls encounter a wicked dwarf whose beard is stuck in a tree. Freeing the dwarf, the girls are met with loud ungrateful recriminations for cutting his beard. More episodes of rescuing the dwarf from various perils transpire in a similar fashion. In the end, the bear comes to aid of the...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    In The Golden Bird a king who has been robbed of a golden apple commands his gardener's sons to watch the tree. Seeing that the thief is a golden bird, the youngest son tries to shoot it, but only knocks a feather off. Fascinated by the feather, the king decides he wants the whole bird. The gardener's son and his two brothers must make fateful choices in what turns into a fearsome quest to capture the...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    In Hansel and Gretel, a famine has settled over the land. The children of a poor woodcutter are abandoned in the woods by their cruel stepmother who believes she and her husband will starve as a result of providing for the children. Days of wandering lead them to a beautiful cottage made of gingerbread and candy, which the children begin to eat. Lured inside by an old woman who promises hot baths, soft beds and more delicious food, the children are captured and enslaved by what turns out to be a cannibalistic witch. The resourceful children must rely on their wits to make a daring...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    In Iron Hans a series of huntsmen disappear in a mysterious forest. It is eventually discovered that an iron-skinned man is dragging passersby into the lake where he lives. The man is captured by the king and subsequently released by a sympathetic prince, who then must flee the kingdom. The prince, with the help of the iron-skinned man defeats an army and wins the hand of a princess. The prince is reunited with his parents and Iron Hans is revealed to be a normal man who was under a spell and released from it by the prince who was found to be pure of...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    In The Valiant Little Tailor a tailor parleys his success at killing seven flies in one stroke into a string of unlikely successes. Making a belt with the words Seven at one blow written on it, the gullible townspeople assume the tailor to have amazing strength. After a contest in which he tricks a giant into believing he is stronger, the tailor persuades the king he can rid the kingdom of giants. In exchange for this the king offers his daughter's hand in marriage and half his kingdom. When the king balks on this promise and creates more conditions, the tailor must again rely on his wits to prove his...read more

  • J. M. Barrie

    Children of all ages will adore this audiobook collection of some of the most notable stories in history. Listen to tales from the Grimm brothers, journey through the jungle with Mowgli in The Jungle Book, embrace youth with Wendy in Peter Pan, and run across pastures in Black...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    Les contes populaires trouvent parfois leur origine dans la nuit des temps, et continuent d'inspirer les enfants en les introduisant au plaisir de la narration et aux fondements de notre culture. Les recueils des frères Grimm sont un trésor de l'imaginaire populaire, et les contes de Perrault, des joyaux littéraires. Cette sélection des plus belles histoires rassemble contes classiques et histoires plus rares, lus par Fabienne Prost : Blanche-Neige (Grimm), Boucle d'Or et les trois ours (Grimm), Les trois cheveux d'or du diable (Grimm), Les trois plumes (Grimm), Barbe-Bleue (Perrault), La princesse de pierre (Grimm), Le loup et les sept chevreaux (Grimm), Le petit poucet (Perrault), Les...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    1. Intro - Häschen In Der Grube - Gebrüder Grimm 2. Häschen In Der Grube (Teil 1) - Gebrüder Grimm 3. Zwischenspiel - Häschen In Der Grube - Gebrüder Grimm 4. Häschen In Der Grube (Teil 2) - Gebrüder Grimm 5. Häschen In Der Grube (Teil 3) - Gebrüder Grimm 6. Zwischenspiel - Zwischen Berg Und Tal - Gebrüder Grimm 7. Häschen In Der Grube (Teil 4) - Gebrüder Grimm 8. Häschen In Der Grube (Teil 5) - Gebrüder Grimm 9. Outro - Zwischen Berg Und Tal - Gebrüder Grimm 1. Vorspann - Hans Christian Andersen 2. Des Kaisers Neue Kleider (Teil 1) - Hans Christian Andersen 3. Des Kaisers Neue Kleider (Teil 2) - Hans Christian Andersen 4. Der Schweinehirt (Teil 1) - Hans...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is a collection of the 211 Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, first published on 20 December 1812. The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859), were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They were among the first and best-known collectors of German and European folk tales, and popularized traditional oral tale types such as Cinderella (Aschenputtel), The Frog Prince (Der Froschkönig), The...read more

  • Richard Von Volkmann-Leander

    Wenn es heißt Es war einmal vor langer Zeit ..., dann lauschen sowohl Kinder als auch Erwachsene gebannt. Denn wer läßt sich nicht gerne in die zauberhaften Welten der Märchen entführen? Allseits bekannte Figuren tummeln sich in ihnen: Hans im Glücke oder aber Rotkäppchen, das Rumpelstilzchen und Der kleine Muck ... Sie alle begleiten uns seit frühster Kindheit und haben nichts von ihrer Faszination verloren. Der Hausschatz deutscher Märchen - der vierte Teil der Hausschatz-Reihe (Hausschatz deutscher Dichtung, Hausschatz deutscher Balladen, Lacharchiv - Hausschatz des deutschen Humors) - versammelt die Klassiker der Brüder Grimm, von Wilhelm Hauff, Ludwig Bechstein und vielen...read more

  • Ferdinand Grimm

    Die vergessenen Grimm-Märchen - Gesammelt von Ferdinand Grimm Alle 9 Märchen erstmals als Hörbuch! Eintauchen in eine noch völlig unbekannte Märchenwelt: Möglich wird dies dank Ferdinand Grimm, einem jüngeren Bruder der berühmten Märchensammler Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm. Er half ihnen nicht nur beim Zusammentragen von Märchen und Sagen, nein, er sammelte auch selbst. Der literarisch hochbegabte Ferdinand entführt uns in eine phantastische Welt von Königen, Zauberern und anderen Märchengestalten. Erstmals wurden seine weitgehend in Vergessenheit geratenen Märchen vertont. Gelesen von Natalie O' Hara, Jan Reinartz und Maria Jany. 1. Der Erzgauner - gelesen von...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    Grimms Märchen nennt man volkstümlich die berühmte Sammlung Kinder- und Hausmärchen, in der Forschungsliteratur auch als KHM abgekürzt, die Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, genannt die Brüder Grimm, von 1812 bis 1858 herausgaben. Die Brüder sammelten auf Anregung der Romantiker Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim und Johann Friedrich Reichardt ursprünglich für deren Volksliedersammlung Des Knaben Wunderhorn ab 1806 Märchen aus ihrem Bekanntenkreis und aus literarischen Werken. Sie waren ursprünglich nicht nur für Kinder gedacht, sondern entstanden vor allem aus volkskundlichem Interesse und erhielten entsprechende märchenkundliche Kommentare. Wilhelm Grimms sprachliche Überarbeitungen...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    EN VÄRLD AV SAGOR 1 | BRÖDERNA GRIMM I den här fullspäckade samlingen av klassiska sagor återberättade av Bröderna Grimm får du följa med på en över 3 timmar lång resa genom både välkända och måhända något mindre kända sagor. Trevlig resa! Hållplatser: Grodkungen (ca: 9 min) | Vargen och de sju killingarna (ca: 8 min) | Rapunzel (ca: 10 min) | Hans och Greta (ca: 19 min) | Askungen (ca: 17 min) | Rödluvan (ca: 7 min) | Stadsmusikanterna från Bremen (ca: 8 min) | Bord duka dig (ca: 25 min) | Tummeliten (ca: 14 min) | Törnrosa (ca: 19 min) | Snövit (ca: 21 min) | Guldgåsen (ca: 10 min) | Lycko-Hans (ca: 13 min) | Anden i flaskan (ca: 11 min) | Haren och...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    Snow White by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm - is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection Grimms' Fairy Tales, numbered as Tale 53. The original German title was Sneewittchen, a Low German form, but the first version gave the High German translation Schneeweißchen, and the tale has become known in German by the mixed form Schneewittchen. The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854, which can be found in the 1857 version of Grimms' Fairy Tales. Plot At the beginning of the story, a queen sits sewing at an open window during a winter...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    Traditional and well loved fairy tales known to many generations of children. The stories include: 1. Ashputtel 2. Cat and Mouse in Partnership 3. Cat-Skin 4. Clever Elsie 5. Hansel and Gretel 6. Jorinda and Jorindel 7. Doctor Knowall 8. Rapunzel 9. Little Red Riding Hood 10. The Elves and the Shoemaker 11. Old Sultan 12. Snow-White and Rose-Red AUTHOR Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) were German brothers who dedicated their lives to collecting their native folk tales and popularizing them as stories for children. The Brothers Grimm were born into a large prosperous family and had a happy childhood living in the country. The...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    15 der schönsten Märchen der Brüder Grimm - auf deutsch und englisch! Klassiker wie Schneewittchen, Rumpelstilzchen, Hänsel und Gretel, Das tapfere Schneiderlein und viele mehr. 15 of the most beautiful fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm - in German and English! Classics like Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, the brave little tailor and many...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm

    Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms...read more