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Traducción de Kinder- und Hausmärchen ("Cuentos para la infancia y el hogar") de Jacob y Wilhelm Grimm. (Introducción por Karen Savage)

"And now, mamma, until your tea is ready, we know what you must do," said the children, in a breath. "Tell us a story—a 'real, truly' fairy tale, about a giant and a dwarf, lots and lots of fairies, a prince and a beautiful princess with hair to her very feet, a champion with a magic sword, a dragon-chariot, a witch dressed in snake-skin—and, if you can, an ogre. Don't punish anybody but the witch and the ogre; and please don't have any moral, only let everybody 'live in peace and die in a pot of grease,' at the end of it." "To be sure, we know most of mamma's stories by heart," said the sage elder of nine. "If she could only make up some new ones that aren't in any of our books! Or else,...

Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, contained the best in children's literature, stories, poems and nursery rhymes. They progressed in difficulty through the different volumes - this first being intended for the youngest audience.

Are you a story teller? Almost all of us are, you know. Well, these 12 stories were written by Maud Lindsay to be told by someone who can weave the magic thread of speech into a performance that will hold the children spellbound. And we don't need to be perfect, just willing to tell a story; that is really all children ask, someone willing to tell a story. 8 of Librivox's Story tellers have volunteered to tell these enchanting tales (and sometimes sing the sweet little melodies that are included.) "It was a glad day in the olden time when the Story Teller came to cottage or hall. At Christmas, or New Year; when the May pole stood on the village green; or the chestnuts were roasting ...

A collection of Welsh Fairy tales. These tales were collected by me whilst living in Anglesea during the winter 1891-2. With the exception of the French story, they were told me and I took them down at the time. In most cases I have done but little "editing", preferring to give the stories as told. P. H. Emerson, April 1894.

C’est ainsi que commence ce conte de fées :

« Il y avait une fois un pauvre homme et une pauvre femme qui étaient bien vieux, et qui n’avaient jamais eu d’enfants : c’était un grand chagrin pour eux, parce qu’ils prévoyaient que dans quelques années ils ne pourraient plus cultiver leurs fèves et les aller vendre au marché. Un jour qu’ils sarclaient leur champ de fèves pour ôter les mauvaises herbes, la vieille découvrit dans un coin, sous les touffes les plus drues, un petit paquet fort bien troussé qui contenait un superbe garçon de huit à dix mois, comme il paraissait à son air, mais qui avait bien deux ans pour la raison, car il était déjà sevré. Tant il y a qu’il ne fit ...