Sleeping Beauty
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
They named their daughter Aurora, for she filled their lives with light like the dawn. During the celebration for the newborn princess, the evil Maleficent placed a curse on Aurora... Before the sun set on her sixteenth birthday, Aurora would prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. Find out what happens in this classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty.
Sleeping Beauty
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
They named their daughter Aurora, for she filled their lives with light like the dawn. During the celebration for the newborn princess, the evil Maleficent placed a curse on Aurora... Before the sun set on her sixteenth birthday, Aurora would prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die!
Cinderella
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is a story about Cinderella, a beautiful and kind-hearted daughter who sees her world turn upside down when her beloved mother dies and her father remarries another woman. His second wife was ill-natured, and she had two daughters who were just as unpleasant as their mother. Cinderella was soon to become the servant of her evil step-mother and step-sisters. They made her do all the chores around the house, and she was mockingly named Cinderella, after the cinders she swept out of the fireplace. Find out what happens when Cinderella is able to go to the ball and meet the handsome prince. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale.
Robin Hood
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Before he becomes an outlaw, Robin Hood is the rightful earl of Huntingdon. The times are corrupt, however, and Robin's father is dispossessed of his estates. Young Robin is driven into Sherwood Forest, where he protests social injustice by organizing a band of outlaws to prey on the rich to give to the poor.
Rip Van Winkle
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Rip Van Winkle is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains where Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch-American villager, lives. One autumn day, Van Winkle wanders into the mountains with his dog Wolf to escape his wife's nagging.
Little Red Riding Hood
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, is a tale about a girl that is named after the red hooded cape she wears. One day her mother asks her to take a basket of food to her sickly grandmother-who lives in the woods. The mother orders Little Red Riding Hood not to wander off the path that leads to grandma's house.
Rumpelstiltskin
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The Brothers Grimm retold the story Rumpelstiltskin from folktales that they were told. This is the story of a miller who gets his daughter in hot water by falsely telling the King she can spin straw into gold. The king locks her in a room and forces her to prove her abilities or die.
Hansel & Gretel
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This story begins when Hansel and Gretel overhear their parent's concerns that they don't have enough money to buy food to eat. When they go to bed that night, Hansel tells Gretel that he knows where they can go in the forest to gather strawberries for the family to eat.
In the morning, without telling their parents, they decide sneak out of their little cottage and go deep into the forest to gather strawberries to bring back home. They find the strawberry patch and fill their baskets with fresh strawberries. As they head back home, however, they get lost and can't find the pathway home.
As they wander around the forest, they discover a little house made of candy and other sweet things. The house is inhabited by a witch-what happens next? And what are the consequences of Hansel and Gretel's decision to go hunting for food?
The Tortoise & the Hare
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The story concerns a Hare who ridicules a slow-moving Tortoise. Tired of the Hare's arrogant behavior, the Tortoise challenges him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, takes a nap midway through the race.
Jack & the Beanstalk
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is a story about a young, poor boy named Jack that lives with his widowed mother and a dairy cow, on a cottage farm. The cow's milk is their only source of income. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack's mother tells him to take her to the market to be sold. On the way, Jack meets a bean dealer who offers magic beans in exchange for the cow--and Jack makes the trade. There are consequences to Jack's decision…
The Three Musketeers
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
D'Artagnan's goal in life is to become a musketeer. While in Paris, he meets Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, musketeers who quickly become his friends, and Constance Bonacieux, who steals his heart.
Goldilocks & the Three Bears
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is the story about a bear family-Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear. They live in a small cottage in the woods. At dinnertime, their meal, a bowl of porridge is too hot, so they decide to talk a walk in the woods until the porridge cools. A little girl, named Goldilocks, comes upon the house where she enters and finds the three bowls of porridge. She decides to eat some of the porridge…but there are consequences to her decision…
Cinderella
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is a story about Cinderella, a beautiful and kind-hearted daughter who sees her world turn upside down when her beloved mother dies and her father remarries another woman. His second wife was ill-natured, and she had two daughters who were just as unpleasant as their mother. Cinderella was soon to become the servant of her evil step-mother and step-sisters. They made her do all the chores around the house, and she was mockingly named Cinderella, after the cinders she swept out of the fireplace.
Alice in Wonderland
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland is about a young girl, Alice, who is sitting along the bank of a river when she notices a rabbit in clothing run by. The rabbit says he is late and jumps down a hole through which Alice follows.
The Tortoise and the Hare
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The story concerns a Hare who ridicules a slow-moving Tortoise. Tired of the Hare's arrogant behavior, the Tortoise challenges him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, takes a nap midway through the race. Find out what happens in this classic story, "The Tortoise and the Hare."
Pinocchio
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
A puppet maker named Geppetto carved a boy puppet and named him Pinocchio. Pinocchio runs away and has a series of adventures. Every time he tells a lie his nose grows longer. He eventually falls into the hands of Professor Fire-Eater who sees the value of a puppet without strings. Pinocchio just wants to be a real boy and eventually his dream comes true and he is reunited with Geppetto.
Aladdin & His Magic Lamp
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is the story of an improvised boy named Aladdin that lived in a small town in China. He is recruited by a sorcerer who claims that he is Aladdin's uncle. The sorcerer convinces Aladdin to go with him to the mountains where they will be able to retrieve a magic lamp inside a cave. Aladdin finds the magical lamp but the sorcerer attempts to double-cross Aladdin by trapping him in the cave. Aladdin inadvertently rubs the lamp and a genie appears who releases him from the cave. Still carrying the lamp, Aladdin returns to his mother.
Treasure Island
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
When Billy Bones, an old seaman came to live with young Jim Hawkins and his mother in their Inn, Jim had no idea he was to get into one great big, dangerous adventure.
One morning, Billy Bones was found dead in his room. Jim and his mother opened his trunk and found an old map. It looked like a treasure map. Jim took the map to their friends, Dr. Livesey and town squire, Trelawney. They deduced that the map was of the island where a deceased pirate, Captain Flint, buried his treasure. Squire Trelawney proposed they buy a ship and go after the treasure-Dr. Livesey as ship's doctor and Jim as cabin boy.
So, the next day, the three buy a ship, hire a crew, and set sail to an unknown island, looking for treasure-What happens next?
Alice in Wonderland
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland is about a young girl, Alice, who is sitting along the bank of a river when she notices a rabbit in clothing run by. The rabbit says he is late and jumps down a hole through which Alice follows. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Snow White is a story about a beautiful little princess whose mother, the Queen, dies and is soon replaced by another Queen when the King remarries. Snow White's stepmother is a treacherous and vain woman. She is so vain that each morning, she asked her magic mirror who is the fairest of all. The mirror answers each time. "You are the fairest of all." As Snow White grows up, she becomes a beautiful young lady. One day when the stepmother questions the mirror, the mirror answers that Snow White is the fairest of all. The stepmother becomes jealous and orders a huntsman to take Snow White deep into the dark woods and leave her there. Find out what happens when Snow White meets seven adorable dwarfs in this classic fairy tale.
Jack and the Beanstalk
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is a story about a young, poor boy named Jack that lives with his widowed mother and a dairy cow, on a cottage farm. The cow's milk is their only source of income. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack's mother tells him to take her to the market to be sold. On the way, Jack meets a bean dealer who offers magic beans in exchange for the cow--and Jack makes the trade. There are consequences to Jack's decision. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale!
Treasure Island
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
When Billy Bones, an old seaman came to live with young Jim Hawkins and his mother in their Inn, Jim had no idea he was to get into one great big, dangerous adventure. One morning, Billy Bones was found dead in his room. Jim and his mother opened his trunk and found an old map. It looked like a treasure map. Jim took the map to their friends, Dr. Livesey and town squire, Trelawney. They deduced that the map was of the island where a deceased pirate, Captain Flint buried his treasure. Squire Trelawney proposed they buy a ship and go after the treasure-Dr. Livesey as ship's doctor and Jim as cabin boy. So, the next day, the three buy a ship, hire a crew, and set sail to an unknown island, looking for treasure...What happens next?
The Three Little Pigs
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The "Three Little Pigs" is a classic fairy tale about three pigs that are sent out into the world by their mother to seek out their fortune. Each pig builds a house-one is made of hay, another is made of twigs and the third one made of bricks. Their house is soon attacked by a wolf that wants to eat them. What are the consequences of each little pig's decision to use different types of building materials to build their house? Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale!
Rip Van Winkle
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
"Rip Van Winkle" is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains where Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch-American villager, lives. One autumn day, Van Winkle wanders into the mountains with his dog Wolf to escape his wife's nagging.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter. One day, Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the forest, when he happens to overhear a group of 40 thieves visiting their stored treasure. Their treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by a huge rock. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale.
Little Red Riding Hood
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, is a tale about a girl that is named after the red hooded cape she wears. One day her mother asks her to take a basket of food to her sickly grandmother-who lives in the woods. The mother orders Little Red Riding Hood not to wander off the path that leads to grandma's house. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale!
Robin Hood
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Before he becomes an outlaw, Robin Hood is the rightful earl of Huntingdon. The times are corrupt, however, and Robin's father is dispossessed of his estates. Young Robin is driven into Sherwood Forest, where he protests social injustice by organizing a band of outlaws to prey on the rich to give to the poor. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale.
Hansel and Gretel
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This story begins when Hansel and Gretel overhear their parent's concerns that they don't have enough money to buy food to eat. When they go to bed that night, Hansel tells Gretel that he knows where they can go in the forest to gather strawberries for the family to eat. In the morning, without telling their parents, they decide sneak out of their little cottage and go deep into the forest to gather strawberries to bring back home. They find the strawberry patch and fill their baskets with fresh strawberries. As they head back home, however, they get lost and can't find the pathway home. As they wander around the forest, they discover a little house made of candy and other sweet things. The house is inhabited by a witch... what happens next? And what are the consequences of Hansel and Gretel's decision to go hunting for food?
The Three Musketeers
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
D'Artagnan's goal in life is to become a musketeer. While in Paris, he meets Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, musketeers who quickly become his friends, and Constance Bonacieux, who steals his heart. Find out what happens in this classic story, "The Three Musketeers."
Aladdin and His Magic Lamp
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is the story of an improvised boy named Aladdin that lived in a small town in China. He is recruited by a sorcerer who claims that he is Aladdin's uncle. The sorcerer convinces Aladdin to go with him to the mountains where they will be able to retrieve a magic lamp inside a cave. Aladdin finds the magical lamp but the sorcerer attempts to double-cross Aladdin by trapping him in the cave. Aladdin inadvertently rubs the lamp and a genie appears who releases him from the cave. Still carrying the lamp, Aladdin returns to his mother. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale!
Rumpelstiltskin
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The Brothers Grimm retold the story Rumpelstiltskin from folktales that they were told. The story of a miller who gets his daughter in hot water by falsely telling the King she can spin straw into gold. The king locks her in a room and forces her to prove her abilities.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
This is the story about a bear family-Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear. They live in a small cottage in the woods. At dinnertime, their meal, a bowl of porridge is too hot, so they decide to talk a walk in the woods until the porridge cools. A little girl, named Goldilocks, comes upon the house where she enters and finds the three bowls of porridge. She decides to eat some of the porridge...but there are consequences to her decision. Kids will love the retelling of this classic fairy tale!
The Three Little Pigs
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
The "Three Little Pigs" is a classic fairy tale about three pigs that are sent out into the world by their mother to seek out their fortune. Each pig builds a house-one is made of hay, another is made of twigs and the third one made of bricks. Their house is soon attacked by a wolf that wants to eat them. What are the consequences of each little pig's decision to use different types of building materials to build their house?
Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter. One day, Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the forest, when he happens to overhear a group of 40 thieves visiting their stored treasure. Their treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by a huge rock.
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
by Smart Kidz
read by Smart Kidz
Part of the Classic Fairy Tales series
Snow White is a story about a beautiful little princess whose mother, the Queen, dies and is soon replaced by another Queen when the King remarries. Snow White's stepmother is a treacherous and vain woman.
She is so vain that each morning, she asked her magic mirror who is the fairest of all. The mirror answers each time. "You are the fairest of all." As Snow White grows up, she becomes a beautiful young lady. One day when the stepmother questions the mirror, the mirror answers that Snow White is the fairest of all.
The stepmother becomes jealous and orders a huntsman to take Snow White deep into the dark woods and leave her there.