The story and the music of the Christmas Carol. King Wenceslas was the Duke of Bohemia 921-935. He is patron Saint of the Czech Republic and his statue stands in Wenceslaus Square in Prague. His feast day is September 28.
A magical and Musical story includes a specially recorded song
Download the audio Click to Play, Right Click to Save As Scheherazade is married to the Sultan. All his many previous brides have been beheaded the morning after their wedding. Her plan to stay alive is to keep the terrible tyrant amused with stories, always leaving him wanting more. Her first story is an amusing […]
A funny poem by Edward Lear about a Table and a Chair who go out for a walk.
A jewish tale, very old, wise and witty.
Princess Talia amazes Basil by letting him listen to a conversation with one of the greatest geniuses who ever lived.
A fortune telling craze is spreading through school. Katie warns her friends that predicting the future can be dangerous, and is proved right in this story that is just a little more SPOOKY than usual.
A Jewish Story for Halloween – not unrelated to Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. The Rabbi of Prague made a bogey-man or “golem” which rebelled against him.
The second and final part of Kipling’s story from the Jungle Book. The White Seal has gone in search of the Sea Cow who can tell him of a land never visited by humans.
A white seal his horrified to learn that seals are hunted and killed by humans for their skins. He is determined to find a place where seals can live without fear of being hunted.
