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ID: 330192

Title: Princess and the Pea

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Princess and the Pea a prince who wants to marry a princess finds it difficult to ascertain whether a princess is authentically noble. On a stormy night, a bedraggled young woman claiming to be a princess seeks shelter in the prince's castle. The Prince's mother tests the girl's claim by placing three peas underneath the twenty mattresses laid out for her. A humorous tale about the absurdities of the nobility.

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ID: 330181

Title: Leap-Frog

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:05:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Leap-Frog, a flea, a grasshopper and a frog arrange a contest to see who can jump highest. The King offers the hand of the princess to the victor. The flea and the grasshopper, victims of their own vanity and ambition are matched against the patient, wise and humble frog. The short tale is a fable about the perils of high self-regard.

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ID: 330173

Title: Happy Family

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:09:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Happy Family, a pair of snails lives inside a burdock forest near an old manor house. They remember the old days when their kinfolk were served on platters in the old house and suspect the house has since been abandoned. Deciding to grow their family, they adopt a common snail and must arrange a marriage for their new child.

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ID: 330169

Title: Naughty Boy

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:06:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Naughty Boy, an old poet welcomes a wet and shivering boy into his home to warm up, not realizing that the boy has an ulterior motive-and a bow and arrow. This short tale ruminates on the naughtiness and ubiquity of Cupid.

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ID: 330172

Title: Story of a Mother

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:15:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Story of a Mother, a mother, watching over her sick child, briefly closes her eyes, and Death comes. Rushing outside to pursue Death, she encounters various spirits who offer conditional advice. When she finally finds her child, Death offers her a terrible choice. First published in 1847, this story has been adapted for film several times.

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ID: 331918

Title: Beowulf

Author: The Beowulf Poet

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics

Summary:

In this epic poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of the king of the Danes whose great hall is plagued by the monster Grendel. Beowulf kills Grendel bare-handed and goes on to kill Grendel's mother with a giants sword that he recovers from her lair. Later, as king of the Geats, Beowulf confronts a dragon that terrorizes his kingdom. J.R.R. Tolkien said of Beowulf that it is in fact so interesting as poetry, in places poetry so powerful, that this quite overshadows the historical content.

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ID: 330179

Title: Elderbush

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:21:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Elderbush, a boy arrives home with a cold. His mother whisks him off to bed and prepares some elderflower tea to warm him up. A kindly older neighbor stops by to visit the boy, who asks for a fairy tale. The old man struggles to think of one, but becomes inspired by the aroma of the elderflower tea. A story about how real life can provide subjects for some of the most wonderful fairy tales.

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ID: 330170

Title: Little Match Girl

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:08:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Little Match Girl, a barefoot girl tries unsuccessfully to make money for her family by selling matches on the street. Afraid to go home empty-handed and face her father's wrath, she decides to take shelter in an alley for the night and lights matches to keep herself warm. The harsh realism of this story reminds listeners to be grateful and kind during the cold holiday season.

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ID: 330188

Title: Dream of Little Tuk

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Dream of Little Tuk, a little boy named Tuk interrupts his studying to help an old woman carry water. Later, when he goes to sleep, he puts his geography book under his pillow in the hopes that its knowledge will be magically transmitted into his brain. In his dreams, the old woman appears and repays his earlier kindness.

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ID: 330175

Title: Swineherd

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, General, Classics

Summary:

In The Swineherd, a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a prince who disguises himself as a swineherd woos an arrogant princess. Sending her a nightingale and a rose, the princess rejects the humble gifts preferring the man-made over the real. The prince/swineherd creates a musical pot and charges the princess ten kisses for it. The princess trudges through the mud to pay one hundred kisses for his next creation, a musical rattle. A parable about the shallowness of earthly things.

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