GivingTales

Premium Audiobooks

It's Quite True

It's Quite True

"It’s Quite True", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Paul McKenna for the GivingTales project. The learnings of exaggeration, how rumours spread and how something starting off being insignificant can evolve into...

Little Claus and Big Claus

Little Claus and Big Claus

"Little Claus and Big Claus", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Sir Michael Caine, CBE for the GivingTales project.Big Claus is rich, Little Claus is poor, they both live in the same village. Little Claus makes...

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

"The Emperor’s New Clothes", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Dame Joan Collins, DBE for the GivingTales project.It is a fun story about human vanity and the fear of truth, wisdom, stupidity, naivety and...

The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

"The Little Match Girl", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Ewan McGregor, OBE for the GivingTales project.On a cold New Year's Eve, a young, poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is already...

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

"The Little Mermaid", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by David Walliams for the GivingTales project. It is a fairy tale about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid...

The Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea

“The Princess and the Pea” is a short but fascinating tale written by the famous Hans Christian Andersen. It talks about a prince who wanted to marry a real princess. Luck smiled upon him and sent the girl that claimed she is precisely that, right to...

"The Snow Queen", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Joanna Lumley, OBE for the GivingTales project.This story is about love between friends. A little girl named Gerda was getting ready to find her friend Kai who...

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (Danish: "Den standhaftige tinsoldat") is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire with the ballerina....

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

"The Ugly Duckling", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Stephen Fry for the GivingTales project.It is a story about the troubles and sufferings of a young swan that got hatched from an egg in a duck’s nest. He...

"Thumbelina", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Charlotte Rampling, OBE for the GivingTales project. Thumbelina is no ordinary girl. She is a cute little creature that came alive by coming out of a seed. She was...