Fairy Tales & Folklore Audiobooks

Vashanti Rahaman (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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When flying monsters break through the veil into her world, Mackenzie Scott has nothing left to lose. Her brother has been marked, her future has vanished, and all that remains is a desperate need for revenge. After discovering the breach the creatures used as a gateway, Mackenzie devises a plan to stop them, whatever the cost.When she finds an injured stranger in the street, he just might be the key she needs to succeed. What Mackenzie doesn't know is that this stranger isn't the helpless boy he appears to be. And he's got plans of his own.Thrown into a dying city in another realm, Mackenzie is powerless to get back. With the gateway closing, time is not on her side. But the stranger is, and if they can escape execution, this girl and her monster might be able to save both their worlds.

Melissa Wright (Author), Suzanne T. Fortin (Narrator)

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Kingdom Keepers II

It's supposed to be a happy day at the Magic Kingdom - the teenage holographic hosts have returned. But things go very wrong when a sudden lightning storm disrupts the celebration, and Amanda's mysterious sister, Jez, disappears. The only clue is the sighting of a wild monkey in the Magic Kingdom during the storm. The mystery deepens as Finn is contacted by Wayne, an old man he hasn't heard from in months. Wayne tells Finn that there's trouble at the Animal Kingdom: the evil Overtakers have gained control of one of the computer servers that will be used to operate Daylight Holographic Imaging there. That means if any of the holographic hosts fall asleep, they will go into comas - permanently. Filled with action and brimming with the same meticulous detail as The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (also available in audio from Brilliance Audio), this second audiobook in the series - Disney at Dawn - is the result of hands-on research behind the scenes at Disney's Animal Kingdom Park. Younger and older listeners alike will get a glimpse into a second Disney kingdom. The wild rides have only just begun, and the clock is ticking. How long can the teens keep themselves awake in their quest to find their friend - and what happens if they fail?

Ridley Pearson (Author), Christopher Lane (Narrator)

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Kingdom Keepers III

When Disney Imagineers installed hologram guides for the Magic Kingdom using teenage models, they had no idea the technology might backfire. But backfire it did: some nights when the kids go to sleep, they wake up in one of the Disney parks as holograms. The five teens have twice thwarted evil plots masterminded by Maleficent; but now Finn, Philby, Willa, Charlene, and Maybeck have another problem: Wayne, their mentor and head Imagineer, has mysteriously gone missing. Concerned that Wayne has been abducted by the Overtakers, the kids pick up a major clue from a close friend, Jess, whose dreams (nightmares, really) often accurately predict the future. This time, the clues from Jess's dream lead the kids into Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot. Each clue seems tied to the last, and with the stakes growing ever higher, what starts out as a puzzle ends up as a fight for their lives. As they quest for a sword, take rides on Soarin' and Maelstrom, have life-and-death encounters with a giant snake, and attempt to stop Maleficent, the Kingdom Keepers not only begin to decipher deeper meanings in the clues, but discover new truths about themselves and their ever-growing friendships.

Ridley Pearson (Author), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator)

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Kingdom Keepers V

AS the five Kingdom Keepers enter high school, everything is about to change. The Maintenance Base that controls all four parks in Disney World is under attack by the Overtakers, a group determined to change Disney forever. Relationships between the Keepers are no longer as simple as they once were. In fact, nothing is as simple as it once was. An after-hours visit to Typhoon Lagoon is a game changer. The Keepers lose one of their most valuable supporters. But there's work to do. . . . The Disney Dream leaves Port Canaveral on a historic cruise to Los Angeles with a special treat in store for guests: the Disney Host Interactive teenage guides are on board. Finn, Maybeck, Charlene, Willa, and Philby join celebrity guests as the DHI experience moves to one of the most advanced cruise ships in the world. But all is not right belowdecks. Strange things are happening. Unexplained phenomena. Only the Kingdom Keepers know the truth behind their invitation to be in attendance: nearly every Disney villain is aboard the ship, including Maleficent. The Overtakers have infiltrated the cast and crew. And no one knows what they have planned. The Dream sets sail filled with enthusiastic guests and crew. But not for long. Maleficent takes over a video screen and warns the guests of trouble to come. With the ship arriving at the beaches of Castaway Cay-its first of many exotic ports of call-the Kingdom Keepers are under attack; back home the Base is threatened and about to fall. The Overtakers have expanded in ways never foreseen, and it's clear they intend to use this element of surprise to accomplish what has eluded them so far: victory. But not if Finn Whitman and friends have anything to say about it.

Ridley Pearson (Author), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator)

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Kingdom Keepers VI

As their sail aboard the Disney Dream’s inaugural passage through the new Panama Canal continues, the Kingdom Keepers face a dark journey that will challenge the bonds of friendship and trust. Events on and off the ship endanger not only the celebrated Disney Hosts, but the passengers and crew as well. Maleficent and the Evil Queen are clearly on a quest to assemble the parts of a puzzle found in the pages of a secret journal. As the Kingdom Keepers decipher and discover the truth of each piece, the horror of what’s to come escalates. From the caves of Aruba to a zip line in Costa Rica, from the jungles of Mexico to the main stage of the ship’s Walt Disney Theatre, the Keepers are tricked, challenged, and threatened in their efforts to stop the Overtakers. Facing these unforeseen dangers impels the Keepers to try to make sense of disconnected clues, to navigate both the massive ship and the unfamiliar terrain of Caribbean islands and jungle, and to wonder about the validity of friendships long since forged. The Kingdom Keepers are pushed deeper into an ever-darkening reality toward a destructive force, dormant for decades, that may yet rise to power once more. According to plan, one of the five Kingdom Keepers is to be this monster’s first victim.

Ridley Pearson (Author), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator)

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Kingdom Keepers VII

Deep within the catacombs beneath an Aztec temple, a Disney witch doctor is summoning powers that should be left alone. As terrifying wraiths and demons attack the Archives on the Walt Disney Studios lot, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake, Finn, Willa, Philby, Maybeck, and Charlene are summoned to Disneyland fresh from high school graduation. They must stop an enemy that hasn’t yet been clearly identified. In this, the final installment in the epic Kingdom Keepers series, betrayal and ambition push the boundaries of loyalty. Chasing scattered clues in pursuit of a long-lost icon—whose magic offers a fighting chance against an evil that Walt Disney himself created—the Keepers find their hearts and minds tested in the park where it all began. Bonds that once threatened to fray are renewed under the pressure for survival. As the five are pushed to their limits—and then beyond—feelings intensify behind self-imposed walls of well-kept secrets. With its dazzling action sequences and moments of touching intimacy, Kingdom Keepers VII: The Insider will leave listeners breathless, cheering, and biting their nails. It’s a winner-take-all battle for magical good—but then why is Disneyland burning out of control?

Ridley Pearson (Author), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator)

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Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book One Disney Lands

Graduation from high school has left five kids who worked for Disney on separate tracks. Nicknamed the Kingdom Keepers for having battled the Disney villains and won, Finn, Philby, Charlene, Maybeck, and Willa will soon be off to college. But not so fast. At a Disney convention, something goes horribly wrong. Deadly wrong. The Kingdom Keepers are reminded that evil can be beaten, but rarely defeated. The group's leader, Finn Whitman, is convinced that an unexplainable, mysterious message is for real. Soon, he is sneaking around Disneyland at night, entering places he shouldn't, and unwinding a puzzling riddle-all without the help of his friends. In California, two sisters, Jessica and Amanda, partners of the Keepers, have been accepted into Disney's School of Imagineering, an elite educational institution whose mission is to develop the next great creative thinkers within Disney. The school dorm is inside an old hotel that looks an awful lot like Tower of Terror! It holds carefully guarded secrets that no student is allowed to see. But the sisters will do anything to help the Keepers. When they are asked to explore the forbidden areas of the old hotel, they do so at their peril. These worlds collide in The Return. With each layer of the puzzle Finn peels back, several more are revealed. Only Jess and Amanda can help make sense of things, but the lurking evil is not content to allow any of this to happen. As attractions in Disneyland come alive with dangerous characters who shouldn't even exist, and the dark reaches of the old hotel reveal secrets no one ever wanted exposed, the Kingdom Keepers and the Fairlie sisters face a world they never knew existed, yet a world without which they would not exist themselves.

Ridley Pearson (Author), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator)

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Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book Two Legacy of Secrets

FIVE TEENAGERS OPEN A DOOR into a time and place when the legend of the Disney parks is just beginning. The five Kingdom Keepers (Finn, Charlene, Maybeck, Willa, and Philby) travel back in time to 1955 to retrieve Walt Disney's fountain pen that once saved the Magic Kingdom from destruction. The Keepers arrive at Disneyland's Opening Day: a grand parade, numerous celebrities, and...the uninvited. There are people who want to see Disneyland fail. Who are they? And can they be stopped? Finn's pursuit of the pen takes him to an abandoned hotel that looks uncannily like the Tower of Terror. There are secrets hidden within that hint at the origin of the Overtakers (the Disney villains who want the parks to fail). The power of magic, the greed of men, and a puzzling set of clues spin out of control into a darkness no one saw coming. When the present meets the past, when friends are separated not only by miles but decades, when the technology that delivered you into the past is not yet able to return you to the present, what can be done to reverse things? The Legacy of Secrets-a league of evil developed out of hatred and jealousy-is whispered of but not understood. It proves to be the greatest terror of all. The Keepers know that ideas can't be damaged with weapons or locked up in boxes or jails, they must be countered with equally powerful ideas. But who's going to believe a bunch of teenagers who claim to be time travelers? The Kingdom Keepers no longer face an evil born of witches and demons, but instead real, live human beings. A familiar evil-one intent on wiping the Keepers not only out of the past, but off the face of the earth. The Keepers' sole remaining hope is that friendship can conquer what an army cannot.

Ridley Pearson (Author), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator)

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Kingdom of Fluff and Claw

By the order of Fluff or Claw it can be done. There are two ways into the Kingdom—by love or by blood. This little pig? I choose…blood. People thought we were the perfect family. And maybe we were, back then. Before Dad had to go away to get better. I wish I’d never learned that Dad sometimes couldn’t be trusted. But most of all I wish my little brother hadn’t been kidnapped by my murderous stuffed pig or toted off to a fantasy land where good toys go to retire, and bad toys make sacrifices to gain entrance to paradise. Now, it’s up to me to save Finn, with the help of his creep-tastic doll and a blankie I’m pretty sure wants to eat my eyeballs. The Kingdom of Fluff and Claw isn’t a safe place for kids, but safe or not, I can’t go back without Finn. I’m going to bring my little brother home and no toy, no matter how dangerous, is going to stop me. The Kingdom of Fluff and Claw is a middle grade fantasy in the tradition of Labyrinth and The Wizard of Oz. It is appropriate for ages 8 and up.

Logan Riley (Author), Joe Jameson (Narrator)

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Kingdom of the Wicked

The seventh instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe...Magic is a disease.Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are need now more than ever.And then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who, along with her normal teenage friends, becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods, they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them.Looks like it's going to be another one of those days...

Derek Landy (Author), Stephen Hogan (Narrator)

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Kingdom Soul

Besmium has been reduced to rubble, and sinister Camelot reigns supreme.Abandoned by Minseo, brother of the fallen king, widowed Charlotte's path is perilous. New to life beyond her walls, she's forced to face the winter and motherhood alone, while being hunted by a soldier whose life's goal depends on her capture. When whispers reach Minseo that Queen Charlotte survived, he decides to leave his drunken shame behind and seek his lost love. He knows finding her won't be terribly difficult but protecting both her and daughter Morgana is a different errand—one requiring more than time's power to heal. Beyond the landscape of lies and treachery, Charlotte will need to navigate her feelings wisely. Can Minseo be trusted with the ultimate secret? Wherever young Morgana goes, a trail of ash is left behind, in consequence of something sought by sorcerers and mortal fiends...united, closing in. Two fates present in seeking redemption: win her love or lose his soul. One must emerge. With even more twists, intrigue, and swoon-worthy romance, this sparkling sequel to Kingdom Cold will captivate readers who loved C.J. Redwine's Defiance, or Kiera Cass's Selection.

Brittni Chenelle (Author), Lessa Lamb, Matthew H. Longoria (Narrator)

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