Legends & Fairy Tales - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 31

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...