Fifty Famous Fairy Tales - adapted by Rosemary Kingston Children's Space

Fifty Famous Fairy Tales

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	Publisher :	Blackstone Audio Inc
	Author :	adapted by Rosemary Kingston
	Narrator :	Marguerite Gavin

	Length :	7 hours (Unabridged)

Physical Price :		$32.95
Download Price :		$15.49

Format :		Encoded Windows Media

© 2006 Blackstone Audio Inc

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What a treat to have a compendium of the greats of folk literature from the European tradition narrated by Marguerite Gavin, who evokes memories of ones own mother reading the stories by ones bedside.Gavin adds just the right amount of inflection and variation to bring voice to each character, be it the innocent child, the gruff and rumbly giant, or the calculating innkeeper.AudioFile

This wonderful collection incorporates the most timeless tales from the best sources of fairy tales: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Anthony Galland, translator of The Thousand and One Nights.
Tales in this collection include: Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog Prince, Cinderella, or the Glass Slipper, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Wild Swans, Snow White and Rose Red, The Spirit in the Bottle, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears, The Musicians of Bremen, The Fisherman and his Wife, and many others sure to be familiar to children and adults alike.

Marguerite Gavin grew up on the Chesapeake Bay. She holds an M.F.A. in acting and a B.F.A. in theater. An actress working in theater and audiobook narration, she is also artistic director of a youth theater program. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband and son.

Juvenile categories

All Action & Adventure Animals Classics Fairy Tales General Horror & Ghost Stories Humor Love & Romance Myths & Legends Over 10s Religious Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Magic Short Stories Under 10s Young Adult Miscellaneous

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