Placed under a dark spell, a royal Prince is given the appearance of a terrible beast. The spell can only be broken by a maiden who senses his inner goodness and loves him for himself. Beauty is repulsed at first, yet something tells her that within this beast dwells something pure and good. Listen to her tale of discovery!
Imagine how you would feel if someone called you an “ugly duckling” and people picked on you and told you that you were odd and different. What if you didn’t have friends and a loving home. How terribly sad you would feel! In Hans Christian Andersen’s wonderful story about growth and change, an ugly duckling, in the end, becomes something wondrous and beautiful. Everyone is amazed, but no one is more surprised than “the ugly duckling” himself.
The moral to this tale is to never stop and talk to strangers, especially wolves in the deep forest. This older version of Little Red Riding Hood is entitled The True Story of Little Golden Hood, as she was known long ago in France. Some younger listeners might find the wolf a bit scary, but after all he IS a wolf!
Little Bunny and Bobolink Bird knew that mother hummingbird had built a nest. Where could it be? What was inside it? Would Little Bunny be able to see the eggs hatch and the little birds learn to fly? Listen now to our story and find out.
Listen to this classic tale by The Brothers Grimm and find out how the skills that four brothers have mastered, become very useful when a mighty dragon captures a princess. Hear how they must join forces to save her, relying on each other, to rescue the princess from the beast of flames and thunder.
What’s gotten into Little Bunny? He is in a great big rush and can not wait for what he wants, especially when his father plants carrots in the garden. He wants them to grow right away! Fast, so he can eat them! However, Little Bunny will find out that nature is patient and takes time. Listen to what he learns.
One day Little Bunny found a lucky penny, or so he thought. But soon his friends were arguing about how it should be used and Little Bunny was not happy. Lucky for him that wise Mr. Owl was there to show him a real treasure, his own imagination! See how a very special gift made Little Bunny happy and saved the day!
When Little Mo the city mouse was searching for tiny treasures along the busy sidewalks of Main Street, he met a fine old gentleman from Russia named Mr. Roginsky. Both Little Mo and Mr. Roginsky loved music by Mozart and became good friends. Soon they were off on an adventure to find Mr. Roginsky’s lost violin, but what trouble they had! See how Little Mo’s secret box of smiles saved the day!
Here is a lovely tale about a little bunny who learns how to make the right choices all by himself. Should he follow his brother and sister everywhere they go, or should he take his time to think for himself? Listen and find out what he did.
Little Mo, the city mouse, slept on a melted chocolate bar over a heater in an old pizza factory. It was very cozy! Each day he could not wait to look for the hundreds of treasures lying on the sidewalks. One day he found something very odd. “What’s this?” he asked himself. “I hear a little voice coming from this tiny ball of silence! I wonder who is in there?” Listen and find out what Little Mo discovered.