Legends & Fairy Tales - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 16
The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
- Author: 1001 nights
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
The story is rather dark and scary in parts. We have toned it down quite a bit from the original, but it’s still not a tale for more sensitive listeners. It’s the central story of the Seven Voyages of Sinbad. It’s the most profound, and the one that...
The Third Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
The Third Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
- Author: 1001 nights
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
The Sinbad stories are part of the 1001 Nights, a series of amazing and magical tales which were told by the princess of storytellers, Scheherazade to her husband the Sultan. But there are many stories within stories, and in this case, she is...
The Sixth Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
The Sixth Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
- Author: 1001 nights
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Adapted by Bertie. Read by Elizabeth. Proofread by Jana Elizabeth. Hello this is Elizabeth, and I am here to continue the story of the merchant Sinbad and his voyages. The next morning, Sinbad the Porter prayed the dawn-prayer before setting off...
The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad - 1001 nights
- Author: 1001 nights
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Adapted by Bertie. Read by Elizabeth. Proofread & Edited by Jana Elizabeth. Picture by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900–1931) You may say that I am prone to make the same mistake over and over again. I return from a trip, happy just to be alive...
The Sleeping Beauty Part Two - Perrault
The Sleeping Beauty Part Two - Perrault
- Author: Perrault
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download The Audio Here The Queen Mother was of the race of the ogres, and the king would never have married her had it not been for her vast riches; it was even whispered about the court that she had ogreish inclinations, and that, whenever she saw...
The Sleeping Beauty - Perrault
The Sleeping Beauty - Perrault
- Author: Perrault
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
From The Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang Download the audio fairy tale here. This is one of the most romantic fairy tales. It's themes are love and chivalry. The ending is, of course, happy, but not quite ever after. There is a little known second...
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad - All Stories
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Adapted by Bertie. Read by Elizabeth. Proofread by Jana Elizabeth. Hello, this is Elizabeth, and I'm here with the final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor. After my return from my sixth voyage, which brought me a fine profit, I returned to my old life of...
Beauty and the Beast - Perrault
Beauty and the Beast - Perrault
- Author: Perrault
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the audio of Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast by Charles Perrault is one of the BIG fairy tales and it's long been a favourite on Storynory. We've re-recorded it with music, sound effects, and an edited text. The acoustic guitar...
Puss in Boots - Perrault
Puss in Boots - Perrault
- Author: Perrault
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the Audio MP3 of Puss in Boots Puss in Boots has found renewed fame through his starring role in Shrek, but for many centuries he has been well known as one of the most cunning cats in all fairy tale literature. Like all cats though, he is...
Cinderella - Perrault
Cinderella - Perrault
- Author: Perrault
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Illustrated for Storynory by Sophie Green. Read by Natasha. Duration 17.36 Minutes. English text by Andrew Lang. Proofread by Claire Deakin & Jana Elizabeth. ONCE there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most...
The Elephant’s Child - Rudyard Kipling
The Elephant’s Child - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
From the Just So Stories of Rudyard Kipling Download the audio story here. The young elephant hero is full of questions. Why is his tall uncle the giraffe so spotty? Why are the eyes of his broad aunt the hippopotamus so red? Above all, he wants to...
The Cat’s Elopement - Japanese-stories
The Cat’s Elopement - Japanese-stories
- Author: Japanese-stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
This Japanese story is a hidden gem from The Pink Fairy Book of Andrew Lang (1901). The tale came to Lang via a German collection of stories. It is not only terribly romantic, but contains some exciting fights between cat and dog, and cat and...
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part Two - Rudyard Kipling
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part Two - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download Rikki-tikki-tavi Part Two We left our courageous little hero at a very dangerous moment at the end of the First Part of Rikki-tikki-tavi. We conclude Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of the Indian Mongoose who defends an English family from...
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part One - Rudyard Kipling
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part One - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download Rikki-tikki-tavi This exciting and touching story is from the fabulous Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. It's not one of his more famous Mowgli tales, but is all about a brave mongoose. A mongoose is an animal that looks a little bit like a...
Kissa the Cat - World Fairytales
Kissa the Cat - World Fairytales
- Author: World Fairytales
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
From The Brown Fairy Book of Andrew Lang Kissa the Cat This charming story about a princess who is rescued by a magical cat originally came from Denmark – but as it happens, “kissa” is Russian for pussycat. Look out for the scary giant. We’ve...
Jack and the Pirate School Part 1 - Jack And The Pirate School
Jack and the Pirate School Part 1 - Jack And The Pirate School
- Author: Jack And The Pirate School
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the mp3 audio Download the audio mp3 of Jack and the Pirate School (1) (right click, save as) Have you got your cutlasses ready? And fed the parrot? Do you want to hear a story about pirates? Pirates are all the rage, and we get loads of...
The Billy Goats Gruff - All Stories
The Billy Goats Gruff - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
This story from Norway is short but exciting – and ideal for small children (although it’s abit scary!). Three billy goats, each with the same name (Gruff), are on the way up the hillside to eat grass and get fat. On the way they have to cross a...
Astropup Part Two - Astropup
Astropup Part Two - Astropup
- Author: Astropup
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
The Planet of the Cats. The second and concluding part of our venture into outer space (see part one here). To recap – Bonzo the dog – better known as Astropup – was an ordinary pet dog belonging to Jenny. When his family moved to Kuwait, Pa gave...
Astropup Part One - Astropup
Astropup Part One - Astropup
- Author: Astropup
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the MP3 Audio of Astropup (right click, save as) Storynory journeys into outer-space. This out-of-the way travelogue is told in two parts by Bonzo the dog, otherwise known to the world as Astropup. (Both parts collected here). Bonzo is an...
The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal - All Stories
The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the audio of the tiger story This tale from India is about a good-hearted Brahman - or holy man - who helps a tiger out of a trap. The tiger then turns on him and threatens to eat him. The Brahman struggles to find any one - or any thing -...
Happy Birthday Storynory - Feedback
Happy Birthday Storynory - Feedback
- Author: Feedback
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the MP3 audio (right click link, save as) Storynory was three years old towards the end of 2008. As anyone who has been three years old knows, it's a very special age to be. We asked you to tell us what your favourite stories are and why,...
Fidgety Philip - Poems
Fidgety Philip - Poems
- Author: Poems
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the audio Fidgety Philip is another horrid creature from the poem Shock-Headed Peter by Heinrich Hoffmann. He's not quite so terrifying as Dreadful Harriet, but he's certainly a bit of a brat. Hoffmann's children are made from the same...
The Fox and the Wolf – a Basque Folktale - All Stories
The Fox and the Wolf – a Basque Folktale - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
This story about a fox and a wolf, might be better called "The vixen and the wolf" because the fox is very feminine, while the wolf is definitely a he-wolf. Both are very hungry, and the wolf is set on eating the fox. This story by Antonio de Trueba...
The Missing Bunny - Zoo Stories
The Missing Bunny - Zoo Stories
- Author: Zoo Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download the audio to your computer (right click, save as) Original picture for Storynory by Tania Fernandes . Click to enlarge. This is another slightly crazy chocolate story and is the companion to “The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate.” It continues...
The Three Dogs - World Fairytales
The Three Dogs - World Fairytales
- Author: World Fairytales
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Richard Adapted by Bertie from a traditional German tale. Edited by Jana Elizabeth. Barking by Minnie the Cockapoo Princess sobs by Jana Dragon hisses by Bertie This is the story of a shepherd who found himself in jail even though he had...
How the Tiger Got his Stripes - Chinese Stories
How the Tiger Got his Stripes - Chinese Stories
- Author: Chinese Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Years of the Tiger: 1986, 1998, 2010,2022 Chinese Calendar Stories We celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a legend of how the tiger got his stripes. Anyone born in the year of the tiger will be lucky and brave (according to horoscopes). You might...
Astropup and the Teletransporter Part 2 - Astropup
Astropup and the Teletransporter Part 2 - Astropup
- Author: Astropup
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Astropup and the Teletransporter Part Two Read by Richard. Proofed & audio edited by Jana. Story by Bertie. When we had finished howling I said: “Alright, can we have lunch now?” and the Professor laughed and agreed: “It will be a good...
Gilgamesh Part 2 – Humbaba the Dragon - All Stories
Gilgamesh Part 2 – Humbaba the Dragon - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Richard. Ninsun by Jana. Proofed and audio edited by Jana. Adapted and illustrated by Bertie. Hello, this is Richard, and this is the second part of our epic story from ancient Mesopotamia. It’s hero is a king called Gilgamesh, and he has...
The Commune of Cats - All Stories
The Commune of Cats - All Stories
- Author: All Stories
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Illustration: Funny cats family By Kudryashka/Adobe Stock The Commune of Cats. Read by Richard. Lizzie & Maddy by Jana. Proofed & audio edited by Jana. Adapted by Bertie. Long ago, when cats could still talk like human beings, a commune of...
How the Monkey Tricked the Tiger - Brazil
How the Monkey Tricked the Tiger - Brazil
- Author: Brazil
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Who does not love a cheeky monkey story? Maybe our younger listeners will appreciate this most - but everyone should find it fun. Listen out for our Monkey song based on Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo! How the Monkey Tricked the Tiger Dedicated to Jimmy...
A Christmas Carol Part One - Dickens
A Christmas Carol Part One - Dickens
- Author: Dickens
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
In three parts: A Christmas Carol Part two A Christmas Carol Part Three We present a Storynory Pantomime - A dramatic audio presentation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Mike Betteridge of The Working Space Theatre Company....
Alice, Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole - Alice in Wonderland
Alice, Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole - Alice in Wonderland
- Author: Alice in Wonderland
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Natasha for Storynory CHAPTER I. Down the Rabbit-Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no...
A Christmas Carol Part Three - Dickens
A Christmas Carol Part Three - Dickens
- Author: Dickens
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
A pantomime in three parts. See earlier parts: A Christmas Carol 1 A Christmas Carol 2 A Merry Christmas Bob! - said Scrooge - A Merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year! I will raise your salary, and endeavour...
A Christmas Carol Part Two - Dickens
A Christmas Carol Part Two - Dickens
- Author: Dickens
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
It was a strange figure - like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man. The voice was soft and gentle. I am the ghost of Christmas Past. Long past? - inquired Scrooge. No. Your past. Scrooge made so bold to inquire what business brought...
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 3 - Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 3 - Alice in Wonderland
- Author: Alice in Wonderland
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download Alice Chapter 3 A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale. The third chapter of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (we are collecting them all here) introduces us to the Dodo bird who is far from dead, but is enormously pompous. As usual, there are...
Alice, Chapter 2: The Pool of Tears - Alice in Wonderland
Alice, Chapter 2: The Pool of Tears - Alice in Wonderland
- Author: Alice in Wonderland
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Alice continues her out-of-the way experience as she stretches like a telescope, and then almost shrinks away altogether. She has a wonderful conversation with her feet, she fears that she might have become Mabel, and she dreadfully offends a mouse....
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 4 - Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 4 - Alice in Wonderland
- Author: Alice in Wonderland
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Alice is rather put out when the White Rabbit mistakes her for his housemaid. Once more she is tempted by some marvellous medicine. Soon she finds herself besieged by small animals, one of whom goes by the name of Bill. Read by Natasha. Duration 20...
Alice In Wonderland Chapter 7 - Alice in Wonderland
Alice In Wonderland Chapter 7 - Alice in Wonderland
- Author: Alice in Wonderland
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download Alice Chapter 7 The Mad Hatter's Tea Party - one of the most famous of all chapters in children's literature - is here presented in all its wonderful lunacy. A mad March Hare, an even madder Hatter, and a dozy dormouse provide company for...
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 6 - Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 6 - Alice in Wonderland
- Author: Alice in Wonderland
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download Alice Chapter 6 Pig and Pepper. This chapter is even madder than the previous ones - and it's one of our favourites. This is where we meet the Duchess, roughly handling a baby who looks like a pig, and the Cheshire cat who likes to vanish...
Alice In Wonderland Chapter 5 - Alice in Wonderland
Alice In Wonderland Chapter 5 - Alice in Wonderland
- Author: Alice in Wonderland
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Download Alice Chapter 5 Advice from a Caterpillar. Our shrunken heroine meets a languid caterpillar who infuriates her with his curt contradictions. Next she is accused by a pigeon of being a serpent, and Alice is forced to admit that she does eat...
