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Losing his job isn't the end of the world for Simon-he still has his faith, his music, and his friends. But when a newcomer to the group hijacks Simon's plan to start a band, he struggles to come to terms with the prospect of losing everything he has left. Set against the charged backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, Simon Jacobs is a contemporary portrayal of one young man's journey through the most tumultuous time of his life.

Some roads should never be traveled after dark. Beyond lonely mountains and forgotten forests lie places where ancient legends refuse to die. Hidden kingdoms stretch beneath the hills. Headless dwarfs wander abandoned mines. Phantom hounds guard long-forgotten treasures. Travelers vanish into...

British folklore wasn’t born on a page - it was forged in the firelight. Forget the watered-down, gentle retellings of your childhood. Joseph Jacobs’ "English Fairy Tales" restores the raw, pulse-pounding energy of the original oral tradition. These are the "low" tales of the countryside...

The Classic Oral Tradition Mega Collection gathers ancient epics, mythological works, fairy tales, folk traditions, and Native American stories from across cultures.

Embark on a thrilling adventure with the timeless tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, narrated by the captivating voice of Jason Tibor. This classic story follows Jack, a young boy who trades his family’s cow for magical beans, only to discover a towering beanstalk that leads him to a world of wonder—and danger.

Había una vez en el bosque, tres cerditos hermanos, a los cuales perseguía sin descanso el Lobo Feroz. Para conseguir protegerse del malvado Lobo Feroz, los 3 cerditos decidieron construirse una casa cada uno. Pero cada casa era de una manera diferente...

Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was a prominent member of the English Folklore Society. English Fairy Tales is a collection of 87 classic English fairy tales collected and edited by Jacobs who had spent 10 years collecting them from written and oral sources. His style was chosen to appeal to young people.

The classic tale of three little pigs who venture out into the big, wide world and build themselves houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But when the big bad wolf comes to call, will these little porkers let him in? Not by the hair of their chinny-chin-chins!

Jack es un niño distraído y tiene una madre que pasa el día trabajando en la huerta. Cuando el invierno amenaza la casa y la vaquita deja de dar leche, no queda más remedio que vender la vaca en el mercado. La angustiada madre manda a Jack con la misión de conseguir un buen precio. Pero Jack encuentra en el bosque a un extraño anciano que le saluda por su nombre, y que le cambia la vaca por cinco habichuelas (alubias) mágicas.

"Fee-fi-fo-fum!" Those four words have echoed through the centuries, but you’ve never heard them quite like this. When Jack trades his family’s only cow for a handful of "magic" beans, it looks like a foolish mistake - until a literal stairway to the heavens sprouts overnight. In this...

What if the only thing standing between you and death was a tiny golden box you were never supposed to open? Jack left the safety of the great forest with a warning ringing in his ears: never open the golden snuff-box unless death is at the door. But when a powerful lord demands an impossible...

The Giants Are Hungry. And You’re on the Menu. In the mist-shrouded cliffs of Cornwall, the giant Cormoran treats humans like cattle and despair like a sport. The villages are broken, the magistrates are desperate, and the monsters are winning. But one man is about to turn the hunters into the...

"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!" Behind these famous words lies a pulse-pounding chase where one wrong move means certain disaster. Dive into the definitive, original version of "The Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Joseph Jacobs - a gripping experience that will have listeners of all...

Step into a world of magic and wonder with this collection of four classic English folk tales featuring the legendary hero, Jack! Whether he is climbing a giant beanstalk to find treasure, outsmarting massive monsters in the time of King Arthur, or making hilarious mistakes while trying to bring...

Jack sets out to seek his fortune and gathers a team of animal friends along the way. When they find a house full of robbers, they use a dreadful noise to take over! But when a robber returns at night, he is in for a series of funny - and painful - surprises waiting in the dark!...

Jack is so lazy that he spends all his time sitting by the fire or basking in the sun while his mother works. One day, his mother tells him he must finally earn his own keep or be turned out of the house. Jack begins taking small jobs for local farmers and shopkeepers, but he has no idea how to...

In the legendary days of King Arthur, a brave boy named Jack sets out to save the land from terrifying giants. Armed with his quick wits and eventually some powerful magical items, like a coat that makes him invisible, he faces massive monsters with more than one head. From digging clever traps...

Jack and his mother are very poor and have only their cow, Milky-white, to help them survive. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack is sent to the market to sell her, but he ends up trading the cow for a handful of strange-looking beans. His mother is angry and throws the beans out the window, but by the next morning, a massive beanstalk has grown all the way into the sky! Jack climbs the beanstalk and discovers a giant house where a scary ogre lives.

Packed with fun, excitement, and heartwarming moments, this Short Story Collection for Kids brings together 20 entertaining tales that will spark imagination and keep children engaged. From talking animals and daring explorers to magical lands and unexpected friendships, each story is designed to captivate young minds and bring joy to story time.

The Well of the World's End is a Scottish fairy tale, from the Lowlands, collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. In the story, a girl's mother died, and her father remarried. Her stepmother abused her, made her do all the housework, and finally decided to be rid of her. How the girl, with the help of a magic frog, outwitted the stepmother is the gist of the story.