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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE - A Ukrainian Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 452
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 452
In this 452nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Eastern Fairy Tale of “The Fisherman and His Wife.”
A long, long time ago and far, far away, in ancient Ukraine lived a poor fisherman and his wife on the Dnieper River...
THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF A SPANISH NUN - The true story of Catalina de Erauso
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 219
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 219
In this 219th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the true story of Catalina de Erauso who was born in Spain in 1592. When she was a child her father fell on hard times and placed Catalina in a convent where she was trained her to...
TEZCATLIPOCA AND THE TOLTECS - A Toltec Legend from Ancient Anahuac
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 392
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 392
In this 392nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Toltec Fairy Tale of "TEZCATLIPOCA AND THE TOLTECS”.
A long, long time ago in the land of Anahuac, in the days of Quetzalcoatl there was abundance of everything...
THE STORY OF HINE-MOA - A Maori Legend
Baba Indaba Children's Stories Issue 221
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 221
In this 221st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the New Zealand, Maori tale of Hine-Moa (Hin-ee-moh-ah). This story occurs in and around Lake Rotorua, in the central North Island of New Zealand.
Rangi-Uru was the name of the...
VIRFUL CU DOR or Varful Cu Dor - A Legend of Romania
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 276
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 276
In this 276th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Romanian legend of “VIRFUL CU DOR.”
A great hora, that is a great festival and dance, was held in Sinaia, Romania the like of which had never been seen before with people from...
FAIRIES OF THE WATERFALL - An Old Greek Children’s Tale
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 275
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 275
In this 275th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates an old Greek story of “FAIRIES OF THE WATERFALL.”
it was not yet dawn when Màro was awakened by voices calling her. She thought it was her three friends who always went with her...
CROW TALK - A Children’s Folk Tale about how to understand animals
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 341
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 341
In this 341st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy or Folk Tale "CROW TALK”.
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and in a town far, far away, a murder of crows sat in the branches of a tree have a discussion.
Underneath,...
VASSILISSA THE CUNNING AND THE TSAR OF THE SEA - A Russian fairy Tale
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 192
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 192
In this 192nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the tale of “Vassilissa The Cunning And The Tsar Of The Sea.”
One year, a peasant sowed a crop of rye and had a bountiful harvest. So poor and hungry were the animals that the field...
JACK THE GIANT KILLER - An English Children’s Tale of Magic and Awe
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 302
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 302
In this 302nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Conish/Welsh story of “JACK THE GIANT KILLER”
This tale is set during the reign of King Arthur and tells of a young Cornish farmer's son named Jack who is not only strong...
by Anon E. Mouse, Retold By Charles John Tibbits
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
A great read for children and great for reading around a fire on a cold winter night!
We have to thank C. J. Tibbits for collecting and translating these tales. In the main he drew them from previous collations by Thiele, Hylten-Cavallius, Stephens, and of course, Asbjörnsen, Moe, and, not...
ALPHEGE or the Little Green Monkey - A French Children’s Story
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 169
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 169
In this 169th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the French tale of “Alphege – or the Little Green Monkey”.
A king loses his wife at the birth of his son, and only the sight of his son could console him. He chose a nearby...
by Anon E. Mouse, Retold by Verra Xenophontovna, Retold by Kalamatiano De Blumenthal
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
In Russia, as elsewhere in the world, folklore is rapidly scattering before the practical spirit of modern progress. The traveling peasant bard or story teller, and the devoted "nyanya", the beloved nurse of many a generation, are rapidly dying out, and with them the tales and legends, the...
PANDORA'S BOX - An Ancient Greek Legend and a Moral Lesson for Children
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 237
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 237
In this 237th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the perennial children’s story of Pandora’s Box, a story showing how important it is to overcome temptation and also a story to show that when all goes wrong, not all is hopeless...
A FAIRY WEDDING - An Old Greek Children’s Fairy Story
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 264
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 264
In this 264th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Cornish legends of “A FAIRY WEDDING.”
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, it is said that one May day long ago, the hills of Eurostena smiled with rare and remarkable...