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Poor Dick and Sally. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do...until a giant cat in a hat shows up, transforming the dull day into a madcap adventure and almost wrecking the place in the process!

大人も子供も楽しめるのが昔話の良さではないでしょうか。いつの時代になっても語り継がれる物語には多くの思いが込められています。今作は「さるかに合戦」!さると交換した柿の種をかにが植えると、あっという間に大きくなり実をつけました。そこにずる賢いさるが現れ…!シナリオはwebページにて公開予定となっておりますので、本作と併せてお楽しみください。オリジナルの効果音などで演出し、絵本とは違う臨場感たっぷりの物語をお楽しみ頂くことができます。一度は聞いたことがあるはずなのに、なかなか思い出せないという方も多いのでは?是非この機会に昔話の面白さを再認識しながら、子供たちに読み聞かせてあげてください。絵のないお話は想像力を養い、情操教育にも役立ちます。物語の内容は原文(日本の民話)をもとに明治時代初等教育に導入された時点での意訳書をもとにしています。

悪さを繰り返すタヌキを捕まえたおじいさんとおばあさん。逃げないように縄でタヌキを縛り、おじいさんは、おばあさんに狸汁にするように言って畑に出る。ところがタヌキは、家事を手伝うと言っておばあさんをだまし、縄をとかせてしまう。そして、おばあさんを殺してしまう。おばあさんに化けたタヌキは、おじいさんにおばあさんの肉を煮た料理(ばばあ汁)を食べさせる。この老夫婦と親しかったウサギがおじいさんから事の顛末を聞き、意気消沈したおじいさんに代わってタヌキを成敗するという日本の民話。多くの民話同様、『かちかち山』にも残酷な描写があり、たくさんのことを意識させられます。最後、泥舟に乗ったタヌキの運命は…?本商品を聴いて楽しみながら、日本の民話の残酷な面も考察してみてください! (C)青空文庫

In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he’s only 13 years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk - and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life in the courtroom. But Theo finds himself in court much sooner than expected. Because he knows so much - maybe too much - he is suddenly dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial.

子どもの想像力を豊かに育む...

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz's only hope is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the island starts to feel like home. Until one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her....

In the second book in this series, Drake and the other three Dragon Masters (Ana, Rori, and Bo) continue their training. But Ana's dragon, Kepri, is sick. The wizard tries to make her feel better, but his potions are not working. Drake's dragon, Worm, must use his special powers to take the Dragon Masters across the world in search of a cure. What made Kepri sick? Will the Dragon Masters be able to save her? And what dangers will they face along the way?

子どもの想像力を豊かに育む...

This delightful collection of 13 children’s classic stories features Alice in Wonderland, The Bell, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Emily of New Moon, The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, Scourge of the Desert, The Secret Garden, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

One of the best-known stories in American culture, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over 100 years. Best Actress nominee Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married, Alice in Wonderland, The Dark Knight Rises) lends her voice to this uniquely American fairy tale.

In book eight, Drake and the rest of the Dragon Masters are searching for Lalo the baby Lightning Dragon! Lalo was kidnapped by Eko - Griffith's first Dragon Master. Eko ran away with her Thunder Dragon, Neru, years ago. Now she's back and she wants to kidnap every dragon in the kingdom! Can Drake and the other Dragon Masters rescue Lalo and stop Eko before it's too late?

Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places—the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name but a few. By opening that door, Charmain is now also looking after an extremely magical stray dog, a muddled young apprentice wizard and a box of the king's most treasured documents, as well as irritating a clan of small blue creatures.

Auggie è un ragazzo normale, ma con una faccia... straordinaria! Nato con il volto deforme, protetto dalla sua meravigliosa famiglia per i primi dieci anni della sua vita, adesso, per la prima volta, deve affrontare la scuola. Chi gli siederà vicino? Chi lo guarderà dritto negli occhi? Auggie è sfortunato, ma tenace e sa vedere il lato buffo delle cose. Riuscirà a convincere i suoi compagni che lui è proprio come loro, nonostante le apparenze?

For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their ancestors. But the warrior code is threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying - and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary housecat named Rusty...who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all.

人々を自然の災害から救おうと、命がけで立ち向かうグスコーブドリの壮大な物語をお届けします。 前編は「森」、「てぐす工場」、「沼ばたけ」です。 木こりの家に生まれ、幼年時代を森で幸せに暮らすブドリ。しかし十才の年に村は突然飢饉に襲われ、両親は家を出て行方不明になってしまいます。そしてその後にやってきたのは、蚕で一儲けしようという男。それも火山の噴火で失敗し、ブドリは森を出て沼ばたけで一生懸命働きますが…。 三上博史が、荒々しい大人と少年のやりとりを素朴に情感を込めて語ります。

Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, author and illustrator Jeff Kinney introduces us to an unlikely hero. As Greg says in his diary: Just don't expect me to be all "Dear Diary" this and "Dear Diary" that. Luckily for us, what Greg Heffley says he won’t do and what he actually does are two very different things.

What could be weirder than a mad science teacher who invents a car that runs on potatoes and wants to take over the world? How about a bus driver who can't even "find" the weirdest school on the planet?

Plucky tween-ager Arizona offers advice to kids all over the world through her own advice column.

yellow bird project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第11話。大人も子供も楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『森のはずれに住む、貧しい木こりの夫婦と仲のいい二人の兄妹。やがて食べ物が無くなった夫婦は子供達を山に連れていき・・・』

「大道めぐり、大道めぐり。」と、十人のこどもらが両手をつないでまるくなり、ぐるぐる、まわってあそんでおりました。そしたらいつか、十一人に増えていたのです。ひとりも知らない顔がなく、ひとりもおんなじ顔がない。そのふえたひとりがざしきぼっこなのだそうです。こんな、狐につままれたような子供にまつわる不思議なお話が四話。高橋和也のちょっと子供を怖がらせるような口調をお楽しみ下さい。(C)2007 TOKYO FM & Appleway