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CROW TALK - A Children’s Folk Tale about how to understand animals
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 341
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 341
In this 341st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy or Folk Tale "CROW TALK”.
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and in a town far, far away, a murder of crows sat in the branches of a tree have a discussion.
Underneath,...
VASSILISSA THE CUNNING AND THE TSAR OF THE SEA - A Russian fairy Tale
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 192
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 192
In this 192nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the tale of “Vassilissa The Cunning And The Tsar Of The Sea.”
One year, a peasant sowed a crop of rye and had a bountiful harvest. So poor and hungry were the animals that the field...
JACK THE GIANT KILLER - An English Children’s Tale of Magic and Awe
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 302
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 302
In this 302nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Conish/Welsh story of “JACK THE GIANT KILLER”
This tale is set during the reign of King Arthur and tells of a young Cornish farmer's son named Jack who is not only strong...
by Anon E. Mouse, Retold By Charles John Tibbits
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
A great read for children and great for reading around a fire on a cold winter night!
We have to thank C. J. Tibbits for collecting and translating these tales. In the main he drew them from previous collations by Thiele, Hylten-Cavallius, Stephens, and of course, Asbjörnsen, Moe, and, not...
ALPHEGE or the Little Green Monkey - A French Children’s Story
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 169
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 169
In this 169th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the French tale of “Alphege – or the Little Green Monkey”.
A king loses his wife at the birth of his son, and only the sight of his son could console him. He chose a nearby...
by Anon E. Mouse, Retold by Verra Xenophontovna, Retold by Kalamatiano De Blumenthal
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
In Russia, as elsewhere in the world, folklore is rapidly scattering before the practical spirit of modern progress. The traveling peasant bard or story teller, and the devoted "nyanya", the beloved nurse of many a generation, are rapidly dying out, and with them the tales and legends, the...
PANDORA'S BOX - An Ancient Greek Legend and a Moral Lesson for Children
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 237
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 237
In this 237th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the perennial children’s story of Pandora’s Box, a story showing how important it is to overcome temptation and also a story to show that when all goes wrong, not all is hopeless...
A FAIRY WEDDING - An Old Greek Children’s Fairy Story
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 264
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 264
In this 264th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Cornish legends of “A FAIRY WEDDING.”
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, it is said that one May day long ago, the hills of Eurostena smiled with rare and remarkable...
UNKTOMI AND THE ARROWHEADS - An Ancient Hopi Children’s Tale
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 119
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 119
In issue 119 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates an American Indian-Hopi folktale about Unktomi (Iktomi) and the Arrowheads. Two friends, one impulsive the other thoughtful, One day they discover a large spider sitting in the midst of a great many...
BLACK BROWN AND GRAY (Dubh, Dun and Glasan) - an Irish legend of Fin MacCumhail
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 102
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 102
In the 102nd issue of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates a story of the legendary Irish hero, Fin MacCumhail (pronounced McCool). Black, Brown and Gray, or Dubh, Dun and Glasan, is the story of three men who seek service with Fin MacCumhail and become...
THE OLD MAN OF CURY and THE HOOTING CARN - Two Cornish Legends
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 262
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 262
In this 262nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the stories of “THE OLD MAN OF CURY and THE HOOTING CARN.”
In the story of THE OLD MAN OF CURY,they tell a story down in Meneage, at the southernmost corner of England, at...
FINN MACCUMHAIL AND THE KNIGHT OF THE FULL AXE - An Irish Legend
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 98
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 98
In Issue 98 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates a legend of Finn MacCumhail. Finn is challenged by a Giant and comes off second best. The Knight of the Full Axe appears and saves him and spirits him away to heal him. Once Finn has recovered their adventures...
THE STORY OF THE FIRST ROYAL MENDICANT - A Tale from the Arabian Nights
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 254
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 254
In this 253th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrated the story of “THE STORY OF THE FIRST ROYAL MENDICANT” from which this story follows on.
In Issue 254, “THE STORY OF THE PORTER THE LADIES OF BAGHDAD”, three visitors...
THE SERPENT ISLE - A Story of an Adventure during Ovid's Exile
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 274
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 274
In this 274th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “The Serpent Isle.”
This is a story of Ovid, the famous Roman poet, who was exiled to the city of ancient Tomis, in modern day Romania by Emperor Augustus of Rome in...