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by unknown authors, retold by W M Flinders Petrie
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Within this small book you will find six distinctive folk tales from the ancient land of Egypt translated and edited by that giant of Egyptology – W. M. Flinders Petrie (1853 – 1942). Petrie was a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artefacts, so we can be sure...
THE MAGICIAN AND HIS PUPIL - A German Fairy Tale with a lesson
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 433
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 433
In this 433rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the German Fairy tale of “The Magician and his Pupil”.
A long, long time ago in Germany there was once a poor shoemaker renowned far and wide as a drunkard. He had a good...
by Anon E. Mouse, Compiled and Retold by CARMEN SYLVA and ALMA STRETTELL
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
The purpose of this volume is to furnish our younger readers of the present generation with a fresh supply of stories—half legend, half fairy-tale—of a kind with which the children of an earlier time were more familiar.
Herein you will find 19 illustrated stories from the Rhineland and...
THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY - A Scandinavian Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 390
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 390
In this 390th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY”.
A king had seven sons. When the first six went off to find brides, he kept the youngest with him because he could...
THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND - A Norwegian Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 248
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 248
In this 247th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “The Three Princesses of Whiteland.”
A fisherman lived close by a palace, and fished for the Norwegian King’s table. One day when he was out fishing he just caught...
THE FLYING CASTLE - A Children’s Fairy Tale from Lower Saxony
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 266
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 266
In this 266th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “THE FLYING CASTLE” – a Legend of Lower Saxony.
In THE FLYING CASTLE we are told of an evil woman, some may say a witch, which lived by herself in a large,...
THE JIPI - An Old Romanian Children's Story
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 263
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 263
In this 263rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Romanian story of “THE JIPI”.
In far away, old Roumania, there is a range of mountains named the Bucegi-group. Among these the two peaks of Jipi tower aloft, close together,...
THE THREE CROWNS - A Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 403
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 403
In this 403rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE THREE CROWNS”.
There was once a king who had three daughters. The two eldest were very proud and quarrelsome, but the youngest was as good as they...
THE MAGIC MIRROR - A Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 307
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 307
In this 307th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale “THE MAGIC MIRROR”.
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, there was once a wise old king in a far-off land who said to himself, "I have a daughter...
FAIRY TENDERHEART - A Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 309
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 309
In this 309th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the fairy tale “FAIRY TENDERHEART”
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far above the world, Little Fairy Tenderheart was weeping. She sat on a ledge that overlooked the world,...
TWO MEDIEVAL STORIES - THE GOLDEN LEGEND and KING ROBERT OF SICILY
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 133
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 133
In this 133rd bedtime story from Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the two medieval stories of THE GOLDEN LEGEND and KING ROBERT OF SICILY. Both tales deal with the vices of pride, arrogance and self-importance and how these were overcome leading to...
THE ENCHANTED CAVE OF CESH CORRAN – A tale of Finn MacCumhail
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 306
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 306
In this 306th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Irish fairty “THE ENCHANTED CAVE OF CESH CORRAN” – A tale of Finn MacCumhail.
ONCE upon a time, long ago in far away in Ireland, Fionn mac Uail (Finn MacCumhail)...
BEOWULF - The Classic Norse Legend rewritten for Children
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - issue 132
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 132
In this 132nd bedtime story from Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the classic tale of Beowulf, shortened and rewritten for children.
Beowulf, is large and strong for his age. He is considered lazy and a laggard. Realising this he accepts the...
TIM TIM TAMYTAM - An Elfish Tale
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 345
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 345
In this 345th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "TIM TIM TAMYTAM”.
This story happened in a great forest far, far away and a long time ago. Mr Tamytam, Tim Tim to his friends and Mrs Tamytam, Tum Tum to her...