This charming tale comes from Japan. Two cats – Gon and Koma – fall in love and run away together. They are separated when they meet a fierce dog. Gon becomes the pet and defender of a princess – but will he ever see his true love again?

The Elephant’s Child from the Just So Stories of Rudyard Kipling tells the story of how the elephant got its trunk. Set on he banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River in Africa.

This charming story about a princess who is rescued by a magical cat comes from Denmark. A free audio download for children.

This fabulous story from the Jungle Book is about a mongoose who is adopted by an English family in India. He resolutely defends the boy Teddy from the deadly cobra, Nag, and his wicked wife Nagaina.

The plucky Indian Mongoose defends an English family from the evil cobras, Nag and Nagaina. The climax on the veranda where Nagaina confronts the family at breakfast is one of the most thrilling in children’s literature.

Three billy goats, each with the same name (Gruff), are on the way up the hillside to eat grass and get fat. On the way they have to cross a bridge where a hungry troll lies in wait in the ravine.

Have you got your cutlasses ready? And fed the parrot? Jack is supposed to go to sailing school but there’s a mix up and he turns up at the pirate school of Captain Blackheart.

Aesop’s fables are loved pretty much everywhere. In these four adaptations by Storynory a rat, grasshopper, a fox and a mouse tell their tales in their own words.

One of the most cunning cats in all fairytale literature. Like all cats though, he is more than just a fluffy bundle of cuddles. He has claws and he uses them – all in aid of enriching his master.

Bonzo the dog – otherwise known as Astropup – is taken away from his family and sent into space along with a cat and a parrot. Bonzo tells the exciting and scary story in his own words.