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Jack And The Beanstalk & Other Stories
- Narrated by: Lenny Henry, Sheridan Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
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- Mrs H Spurr
- 15-03-12
A bit of fun....
Nice stories, nicely narrated. Like Lenny Henry a lot, wish there was more narrated but him.
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- sarah112233
- 12-04-20
Sheridan Smith
I wasn’t sure about getting this audio book as you can only hear a bit on the sample and not Sheridan smith’s bit and I just wanted to leave a review to say the stories she narrates are completely brilliant and my two and a half year old daughter seems mesmerised.
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- MKW
- 06-08-22
Overall very good.
Stories were very good. No deviation from the classic story lines. Some dodgy accents but we soldiered on!
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- Halais
- 25-06-22
classic stories well told
loved the collection of classic stories told by great narrators, thoroughly enjoyable audio book
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- Katie Spicer
- 12-04-22
Warning - no good for Highly Sensitive Children
The way these stories are read us not suitable for young children & should come with a warning. My son is 4 & we had to turn this off in 2 of the stories because it was too scary. He’s a Highly Sensitive Child so bedtime stories of giants killing small children & Queens ripping out hearts & eating them was understandably upsetting him. I know the stories but I didn’t realise there would be quite so much emphasis on these particular parts by the narrators.
Should come with a warning or an age limit!!
Also it’s very frustrating not to have separate chapters or titles so you can skip to the next one. A lot of music in between each book also.
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- Lorraine Sandham
- 01-03-22
fairy tales
the stories were short enough to keep a child's interest but I wondered why Puss in Boots had an American accent which spoilt it for me.
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- Sheila beer
- 26-01-22
bed time stories every night it is lovely .Thank u
enjoy listening as much as the kids . can not wait until the next
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- Alex & LeighAnn Hawthorne
- 05-12-21
More chapters
Can you put more chapters with more stories please these really help me sleep thank you very much
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- T. David
- 30-11-21
Easy listening, great narration
When I downloaded this, I was looking for something to help distract me (there was a storm going on, I was anxious). This did the job perfectly. I loved the narration, they really gave a good performance to bring the stories to life. I already knew of the narrators so that was an added bonus, they were voices I recognised.
The stories themselves were short but entertaining. I have actually listened to this several times now when I am in need of a small distraction. I would recommend this if you are looking for something to keep you entertained, or the kids. I shared it with my nephews and they loved listening to it as well.
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- Anil Bhardwaj
- 17-11-21
lovely collection
Daughter loved listening to the Last story especially and wants it again thanks audible .
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-03-21
Jack and the beanstalk
The narrator for jack and the beanstalk (Lenny Henry) is phenomenal. I just let my 3 and 5 year old boys listen to it. He does an incredible job at making the story come alive - PERFECT for young ones!
I haven’t even listened to the rest of the stories. I had to write a review ASAP because I was so impressed.
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- Ottosen C.
- 09-12-21
Pretty cool!
My 4yo loved it, we listened to it everyday for more than a week. Great for free content!
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- Michael
- 01-09-21
Baby to Sleep
It put my friend's one year old right to sleep. It was touch and go in-between stories because the music is significantly louder than the stories which is a little jarring.
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- kr
- 01-09-21
My toddler loves this !
He always requests this as soon as we buckle up to leave 😂. Plus it helps to get him fall asleep for nap time.
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- inbar
- 29-08-21
If you don’t mind the uneducational stories you’ll be fine
So, I forgot that jack is a thief and Goldie locks is a spoiled little brat and that the evil queen from Snow White tried to kill her not once but 3 times….
But if you don’t mind all these plot holes, and others, your kids (I guess over the age of 5…) will love it.