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BELLING THE CAT – An Aesop’s Fable for Children: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 90
2017-02-11 in Æsop’s fables, Baba Indaba, bedtime story, children’s stories, fables, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, legends, Moral Tales | Tags: aesop's, Baba Indaba, backup, bedtime story, belling the cat, children's, fables, fairy, folk, folklore, legends, tales, talk the talk, walk the walk, words | Leave a comment
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 90
In Issue 90 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Aesop’s fable of BELLING THE CAT. A fable about mice who, despite talking a good talk, find it a bit more difficult to implement their plans for Belling The Cat. Download and read this story to find out just what went on.
BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR ONLY $1
33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
THE CAT WHO BECAME HEAD-FORRESTER – A Russian Fairy Story: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 89
2017-02-11 in Action and Adventure, Animal Life, Baltic Folklore and Fairy Tales, children’s stories, Eastern European Folklore, fables, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, legends, Moral Tales, Russian Fairy and Folk Tales, Scandinavian Folklore and Fairy Tales | Tags: achievements, Baba Indaba, bedtime story, cat, children's, escape, fairy, folk, folklore, forrest, forrester, head, hessian sack, legends, one-eared cat, one-eyed cat, overcome disability, tales | Leave a comment
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 89
In Issue 89 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Russian tale of THE CAT WHO BECAME HEAD-FORESTER. One day a forester sews his one-eyed, one eared cat into a hessian sack and takes it into the forest and throws it away. The cat escapes and goes on to achieve great things. Download and read this story to find out just what happened after that.
BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR ONLY $1
33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
A TALE OF TONTLAWALD – An Estonian Fairy Tale: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 88
2017-02-11 in Baltic Folklore and Fairy Tales, children’s stories, fables, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Scandinavian Folklore and Fairy Tales | Tags: Baba Indaba, bedtime story, black, children's, collar, desert, dog, estonia, fairy, folk, folklore, legends, maiden, picking strawberries, silver, sweden, tales, tontlawald, wicked stepmother | Leave a comment
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 88
In Issue 88 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Estonian tale of Tontlawald (Tontla Forest or Tontla Woods.) The story goes thus, a peasant had remarried, and he and his new wife quarreled, and she abused her stepdaughter Elsa. One day, the children were gathering strawberries when a boy realised they had wandered in to Tontlawald; the rest ran off, but Elsa did not think the woods could be worse than her stepmother. She met a little black dog with a silver collar, and a maiden dressed in silk who asked her to stay and be her friend….. Download and read the stories to find out just what happened after that.
BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR ONLY $1
33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
TWO WELSH TALES – A STRANGE OTTER and MELANGELL’S LAMBS: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 87
2017-02-11 in Celtic Fairy Tales and Folklore, children’s stories, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales, Welsh Folklore and Fairy Tales | Tags: Baba Indaba, bedtime story, children's, fables, fairy, folk, folklore, legends, melanggell's lambs, princess, red-skinned, runaway, strange otter, tales, welsh | Leave a comment
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 87
In Issue 87 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Welsh tales of A STRANGE OTTER and MELANGELL’S LAMBS. Two men chase and catch a red-skinned otter, but all is not what it seems to be. In Melangell’s Lambs, Baba narrates the story of runaway Princess Melangell who ends up in Wales. Download and read the stories to find out just what happened after that.
BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR ONLY $1
33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
THE STORY OF A DARNING NEEDLE – A Danish Fairy Tale: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 86
2017-02-11 in children’s stories, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales, Norse Folklore, Viking Folklore | Tags: Baba Indaba, bedtime story, children's, danish, darning, fairy, folk, folklore, hans andersen, legends, needle, tales | Leave a comment
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 86
In Issue 86 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates Hans Christian Andersen’s tale about the darning needle who though she was the most important needle in her mistresses sewing box – until one day she is dropped. Download and read the story to find out just what happened after that.
BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR ONLY $1
33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
THE GIANT AND THE CAUSE OF THUNDER – A West African Hausa tale: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 83
2017-02-09 in African folklore and Folk Tales, children’s stories, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales | Tags: african Folklore, Baba Indaba, bedtime story, boy, children’s stories, fairy tale, fairy tales, folk, folk tale, folklore, giant, hausa, legends, myths, ogre, thunder, west Africa | Leave a comment
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 83
In Issue 83 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the West African Hausa tale of how a man who believed himself to be “A Man Among Men” was bested by a little boy. Download and read the story to find out how the boy did this. Also, lookout for the moral of the story.
BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR ONLY $1
33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
THE FUGITIVE PRINCE – The Stories and Adventures of Nezahualcoyotl: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 80
2016-12-01 in Action and Adventure, American Indian Folklore, Belonging, children’s stories, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Inca Folklore, Moral Tales, Native American Folklore, South American Folklore | Tags: acolhuan, adventure, Anahuac, Baba Indaba, bedtime story, children's, fairy, fasting coyote, folk, folklore, fugitive, invader, invasion, legends, mexico, Nezahualcoyotl, Prince Regent, shelter, tales, tecpanecs, texcuco, Tezcuco, throne, tree | Leave a comment
Fugitive Prince – Prince Regent of Tezcuco, Mexico – Baba Indaba Children’s Stories
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 80
In Issue 80 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the ancient tale of Nezahualcoyotl, Prince Regent of Tezcuco. Long ago and far, far away in the ancient land of Anahuac, that is modern day Mexico, the Tecpanecs overcame the Acolhuans of Tezcuco and slew their king. Nezahualcoyotl (Fasting Coyote), the heir to the Tezcucan throne, saw his father laid low from the shelter of a tree close by, and succeeded in making his escape from the invaders. This is the story of his subsequent thrilling adventures and eventual ascension to the Tezcuco throne.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
eBooks available in PDF and ePub formats. Link: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Anon_E_Mouse_THE_FUGITIVE_PRINCE_The_Stories_and_A?id=x_MVDAAAQBAJ
A STORY ABOUT A RABBIT – An Ancient Tibetan tale: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 79
2016-12-01 in Animal Life, Burmese Folklore, children’s stories, Eastern and Asian Folklore, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales | Tags: Baba Indaba, bedtime story, children's, CONSEQUENCE, fairy, folk, folklore, legends, path, proverb, rabbit, revenge, story, tales, tibet | Leave a comment
In Issue 79 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the ancient Tibetan tale of a rabbit who is wronged and sets out on a path of revenge with dire consequences. You’ll have to download and read the story to find out what happened. Don’t forget to look for the Tibetan proverb at the end of the story.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
eBooks available in PDF and ePub formats. Link: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Anon_E_Mouse_A_STORY_ABOUT_A_RABBIT_An_Ancient_Tib?id=8dwVDAAAQBAJ
TWO AESOP’S FABLES – Simplified for children: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 78
2016-12-01 in Æsop’s fables, children’s stories, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales | Tags: Baba Indaba, bedtime story, children's, fables, fairy, father, folk, folklore, frogs, legends, ox, raven, stories, swan, tales | Leave a comment
Two Aesops Fables – Baba Indaba Children’s Stories
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 78
In Issue 78 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates two of Aesop’s fables – “The Raven and the Swan” and “The Frogs and the Ox.” These fables have been simplified and rewritten for children and, as per usual, there is an easily understandable moral for children.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
eBooks available in PDF and ePub formats. Link: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Aesop_the_Storyteller_TWO_AESOP_S_FABLES_Simplifie?id=ys8VDAAAQBAJ
A PUZZLE – An Old Scottish Riddle: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories Issue 77
2016-12-01 in Celtic Fairy Tales and Folklore, children’s stories, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales | Tags: apparitions, Baba Indaba, barn, bedtime story, children's, explain, fairy, folk, folklore, gaeldom, gaelic, legends, mystify, puzzle, riddle, scottish, shealing, tales, wake, woman | Leave a comment
A PUZZLE – Old Scottish Riddle – A Baba Indaba Children’s Story
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 77
In Issue 77 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates an old Scottish riddle used to teach children. It goes something like this…..in Scotland, there was a custom once through the Gældom, when a man would die, that the whole people of the place would gather together to the house in which the dead man was called Tigh aire faire (the shealing of watching, now better known as a wake), and they would be at drinking, and singing, and telling tales, till the white day should come.
At this time they were gathered together in the house of watching, and there was a man in this house, and when the tale went about, he had neither tale nor song, and as he had not, he was put out at the door. When he was put out he stood at the end of the barn; he was afraid to go farther. He was but a short time standing when a number of apparitions passed him by. When he asked an old woman for an explanation, he was left even more perplexed…… So what was so mystifying about the apparitions and the explanation he received? Well you’ll just have to download and read the story to find out what went on.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS
Each issue also has a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
eBooks available in PDF and ePub formats. Link: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Anon_E_Mouse_A_PUZZLE_An_Old_Scottish_Riddle?id=Ec8VDAAAQBAJ