The ancient verse-story of gallant bird who woos Jenny wren, but whose wedding ends in tragedy.
How a boy called Jason spent Christmas in a very special land where Santa doesn’t visit – but where they do have 13 Christmas imps who bring presents.
Aesop’s tale that shows that although it’s tempting to envy another person’s life, their life is rarely as great as it seems from a distance.
A delightful story from Korea about a girl who was willing to sacrifice everything to help her blind father regain his sight.
A man goes in search of three people who are bigger sillies than his fiance and her parents.
Fairies appear to a man digging peat on a Scottish moor. Soon he is dancing to strange music with them.
Fidgety Philip won’t sit still and he drives his poor parents crazy – a poem by Dr Heinrich Hoffmann
When Bertie was still a small prince, his annoying little brother bet him that he would not dare to sleep one Halloween night in the haunted North Tower. Bertie did – and he met a ghost with a strange sense of humour.
A SCARY STORY for Halloween. Baba Yaga is one of the most famous and frightening witches in all literature. She lives in a strange hut on hens legs. Vasilissa, a young girl, is sent to visit her.
Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers who are envious of his beautiful coat, a gift from their father. He finds himself in Egypt where his fortunes are soon on the rise.
