The Poor Man and the Rich Man: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

If you could have any wish come true, what would you wish for?  Would you wish for a world of riches, blessings for your family or abundant health?   In this story,  a poor man and a rich man are each given three wishes, with very different results!  Let us listen to their choices and learn what they bring.

 

 The Frog Prince: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A royal frog you say?  Perhaps, but our young princess will never believe it until she is helped by the lowly creature, who, with charm and cunning, wins her heart and saves the day.  Never judge a book by its cover or a frog by its skin!

 

 The Golden Goose: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Who was the little grey man in the forest?  What kind of magic did he possess?  What happened to the boy who was kind to him?  The classic tale by the Brothers Grimm will answer these questions and more, as we travel backward through time in the fireside folktales of the old Black Forest in Germany, once upon a time.  Listen, and we will begin our journey……

 

 Rapunzel: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Rapunzel, Rapunzel!  Let down your hair!  With these well known words, an enchantress and a prince seek to control the fate of a beautiful maiden kept in a very tall tower.  Her peculiar story will be told in this timeless tale.

 

 The Four Skillful Brothers: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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.

 

 Cinderella: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this older version of the classic tale of Cinderella, a mother’s last words will guide a young daughter through the difficult times ahead, urging her to “always bear hardship and ill-treatment with patience and kindness, for then happiness will be your lot in the end.” She receives help from the realm of magic, but the real power to rise above her misfortune comes from the wisdom of her mother’s words. Listen now to how Cinderella journeys from ashes to royalty.

 

 Rumpelstiltskin: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this classic tale by the Brothers Grimm, a father boasts to a king that his daughter can spin straw into gold.  Can she?  With Rumpelstiltskin she can! But what he asks her in trade for his help is more than she can bear.  See how she changes her fate when he comes to collect his debt.