Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fables and Other Stories: The Three Little Pigs/The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Rumpelstiltskin, The Tiger and the Brahmin, The Ugly Duckling [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Rabbit Ears (Author), Holly Hunter (Reader), Kathleen Turner (Reader), Ben Kingsley (Reader), Cher (Reader)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Rabbit Ears

The Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fables and Other Stories entertains and enlightens with these classic animal stories--read by your favorite stars and featuring original music by some of today's greatest artists.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff / The Three Little Pigs
Read by Holly Hunter
Original Music by Art Lande
Three billy goats encounter a greedy troll--and turn the tables on him--when they try to cross a bridge in the popular Norwegian classic The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
The big bad wolf huffs and puffs his way through the tale of the brave pig who outsmarts his fellow oinkers by simply working harder in the all-time favorite The Three Little Pigs.

Rumpelstiltskin
Read by Kathleen Turner
Original Music by Tangerine Dream
When the king orders a young woman to spin a room full of straw into gold, she turns to a mysterious elfin man for help . . . but will the price of his aid be her first-born child?

The Tiger and the Brahmin
Read by Ben Kingsley
Original Music by Ravi Shankar
"I shan't eat you if you let me out of the cage," the tiger tells the Brahmin before the holy man discovers that the tiger intended to eat him all along. Only the intervention of a clever jackal can save the Brahmin from his fate.

The Ugly Duckling
Read by Cher
Original Music by Patrick Ball
Rediscover the inner beauty in all of us with this beloved Hans Christian Andersen story of the outcast duckling who finds himself transformed into a beautiful swan.

Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

Familiar fables find new meaning with celebrity performances. Holly Hunter and Art Lande perform "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" and "The Three Little Pigs" in an upbeat, playful style. Repeated tunes and the use of accents differentiate characters, and there's adult-pleasing humor in both stories. Tangerine Dream's dreamy strains are a melodic fit for the surreal "Rumpelstiltskin." Their score and Kathleen Turner's reading are measured and even until the climax, when the queen guesses Rumpelstiltskin's name. "The Tiger and the Brahmin" combines Ravi Shankar's sitar skills with a spicy reading by Ben Kinglsey. Patrick Ball begins with bright tones as Cher sets up the idyllic farmyard setting of "The Ugly Duckling." Musical and acting performances take on a sadder quality as the ugly duckling faces rejection and insults, sadder still when this soon-to-be swan faces a harsh winter alone. At story's happy end, the bright tones return. S.W. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Audio CD
• Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) (August 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739336525
• ISBN-13: 978-0739336526
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #539,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars too much music, June 19, 2007

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This review is from: Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fables and Other Stories: The Three Little Pigs/The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Rumpelstiltskin, The Tiger and the Brahmin, The Ugly Duckling (Audio CD)

I was disappointed for two reasons: first too much background music made it difficult to hear the reader; secondly, the writers changed the story. Why try to "improve" upon a classic like the Three Little Pigs??

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful thing to play in the car, April 6, 2010

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This review is from: Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fables and Other Stories: The Three Little Pigs/The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Rumpelstiltskin, The Tiger and the Brahmin, The Ugly Duckling (Audio CD)

Turn off those in-car dvd players. Take off the ipod head phones. Instead, parents, slap in these cd's and take your kids on a magical trip while driving to the store. The stories in this series are short, and better than sweet. They are interesting, well read, and backed up with beautiful music. The readers are all actors, and the stories so well read your kids will ask you not to turn off the car when you get to where you are going. My favorite - The Tiger and the Brahman read by Ben Kingsley.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best one!, May 19, 2009

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This review is from: Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fables and Other Stories: The Three Little Pigs/The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Rumpelstiltskin, The Tiger and the Brahmin, The Ugly Duckling (Audio CD)

I like Rabbit Ears, but I have to say this one has been the all time favorite amongst any child I have ever had listen to these. They like the others, but they want to hear this one again. The voices are superb in this one and enough sound effects to keep their attention.