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    Tell Me A Story: Timeless Folktales From Around The World
    Tell Me A Story: Timeless Folktales From Around The World
    Tell Me A Story: Timeless Folktales From Around The World
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    Tell Me A Story: Timeless Folktales From Around The World

    Written by Amy Friedman

    Narrated by Various Narrators

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    About this audiobook

    This wonderful program with eight magical folktales read by stage and screen's most talented actors, and music by renowned composer Laura Hall will delight listeners from 5 to 95. From the banks of the mighty Mississippi to a sparkling stream in Kyoto, from the misty moors of Scotland to Africa's folktale forests, listeners will be transported as legendary heroes, mythical maidens and talented tricksters weave their magic. The compilation is funny, wise, and richly compelling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2006
    ISBN9781593161521
    Tell Me A Story: Timeless Folktales From Around The World
    Author

    Amy Friedman

    Amy Friedman is the author of Desperado's Wife: A Memoir. She writes the internationally syndicated "Tell Me a Story" column for Universal Press Syndicate.

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