Books with author Vanessa Maroney

Nursery rhymes and fairy tales have their roots in the mists of time and storytellers throughout the ages have shaped these magical moral stories. Children have always responded to these classic fables being captured by the perennial fight between good and evil and identifying with the timeless characters involved in the stories. This enchanting collection of classic fairy tales brings together a whole host of well-known characters. There are many theories about who Mother Goose was. One theory is that she was Queen Sheba of the Biblical times. Another suggests that she was Queen Bertha, the mother of Charlemagne, the great medieval military leader. She was nicknamed “Queen Goose-Foot” or “Goose-Footed Bertha.” Yet another theory suggests that the original Mother Goose was a woman named Elizabeth Goose, who lived in colonial Boston. Vanessa Maroney has a wonderful gift for English dialects and has narrated many of our children's titles. She is a native of the British Isles and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, receiving the RADA silver medal, “Sir Emile Littler” and “Caryl Brahms” awards. An accomplished actress, she has recorded over 150 books.

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. But, even with the help of Jiminy, a cricket who the fairy assigns to be Pinocchio's conscience, the marionette goes astray. He joins a puppet show instead of going to school, he lies instead of telling the truth, and he travels to Pleasure Island instead of going straight home. Yet, when Pinocchio discovers that a whale has swallowed Geppetto, the puppet single-mindedly journeys into the ocean and selflessly risks his life to save his father, thereby displaying that he deserves to be a real boy. Come along and listen to the adventures of Pinocchio in this classic American story.

Classic Nursery Rhymes features favorite rhymes and riddles that have been passed down from generation to generation. Included in this enchanting collection are"Little Bo Peep""Little Boy Blue""The Old Woman Under a Hill""Tweedledum and Tweedledee""Old Mother Goose""Pat a Cake""Going to St. Ives""Thirty Days Hath September""If Wishes Were Horses""To Market""Three Wise Men of Gotham""Little Polly Flinders""Wee Willie Winkie""Simple Simon""Three Blind Mice""Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling""Miss Muffet""Curly Locks""Humpty Dumpty""Old Mother Hubbard""Jack and Jill""Baa, Baa, Black Sheep""The Cat and the Fiddle"…and many more!

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. But, even with the help of Jiminy, a cricket who the fairy assigns to be Pinocchio's conscience, the marionette goes astray. He joins a puppet show instead of going to school, he lies instead of telling the truth, and he travels to Pleasure Island instead of going straight home. Yet, when Pinocchio discovers that a whale has swallowed Geppetto, the puppet single-mindedly journeys into the ocean and selflessly risks his life to save his father, thereby displaying that he deserves to be a real boy. Come along and listen to the adventures of Pinocchio in this classic American story.

Classic Nursery Rhymes features favorite rhymes and riddles that have been passed down from generation to generation. Included in this enchanting collection are"Little Bo Peep""Little Boy Blue""The Old Woman Under a Hill""Tweedledum and Tweedledee""Old Mother Goose""Pat a Cake""Going to St. Ives""Thirty Days Hath September""If Wishes Were Horses""To Market""Three Wise Men of Gotham""Little Polly Flinders""Wee Willie Winkie""Simple Simon""Three Blind Mice""Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling""Miss Muffet""Curly Locks""Humpty Dumpty""Old Mother Hubbard""Jack and Jill""Baa, Baa, Black Sheep""The Cat and the Fiddle"…and many more!

You know what makes me different? The thing that sets us apart? Life experience. I've never been tucked in at night. Hot meals and clean clothes might as well be fairy tales... Sleep? I've never felt safe enough. Wanted? Only by the police. Loved? The word doesn't exist in my vocabulary. I'm damaged goods. An easy paycheck. I thought there was an ulterior motive... There always has been. Until I met the McKinleys.

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto (Christian Rub) builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. But, even with the help of Jiminy, a cricket who the fairy assigns to be Pinocchio's conscience, the marionette goes astray. He joins a puppet show instead of going to school, he lies instead of telling the truth, and he travels to Pleasure Island instead of going straight home. Yet, when Pinocchio discovers that a whale has swallowed Geppetto, the puppet single-mindedly journeys into the ocean and selflessly risks his life to save his father, thereby displaying that he deserves to be a real boy. Come along and listen to the adventures of Pinocchio in this classic American story. Carlo Lorenzini was born in Italy on November 24, 1826, but as a writer, he used the pseudonym Carlo Collodi. The Adventures of Pinocchio was first published in 1880 as a magazine serial. During the unification of Italy, Collodi wrote political satires. After the unification in 1875, he translated fairy tales of Charles Perrault and published his first story, Giannettino, in 1876. He died on October 26, 1890.