Popular Classic Children's Stories - Dramatized - Abridged

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm’s law (linguistics), the co-author with his brother Wilhelm of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Charles Perrault was born in Paris on January 1628. Son of an upper-class burgeois family, he attended the best schools and became a lawyer in 1651. He wrote Parallels Between the Ancients and the Moderns, which compared the authors of antiquity unfavorably to modern writers, and became a member of the Academie Francaise in 1671. His Stories or Tales from Times Past, with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose, published in 1697, gave him great popularity and opened up a new literary genre: fairy tales. Among his most famous versions of fairy tales are "Blue Beard," "Sleeping Beauty on the Woods," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Master Cat or Puss in Boots," "Cinderella," "Little Thumb," and "Donkey Skin." He died in Paris on May 1703.

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Manchester. She had a very poor upbringing and used to escape from the horror of her surroundings by writing stories. In 1865 her family emigrated to the USA where she married and became the successful author of many children's books including The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Lyman Frank Baum (1856 - 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, one of the most popular books in American children's literature. He wrote thirteen Oz sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and scores of other works; 55 novels, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, as well as many miscellaneous writings.

VOICES IN THE WIND AUDIO THEATRE is a Canadian-based production company that produces full-cast dramatizations of classic children’s stories. Our award-winning dramatizations have been featured on numerous public and commercial radio stations, podcasts, and other media outlets across North America. In addition, we also produce award-winning children’s audiobooks read by seasoned narrators. Blackstone Publishing distributes all these titles.

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Georgia Lee Schultz is an ATC Seneca Award nominee for Best Leading Actress and has played the lead in Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre's productions of The Secret Garden, Alice In Wonderland, Snow White, and Cinderella.

Barbara Rosenblat, an eight-time Audie and 40-time Golden Earphone award winner, is one of the most-respected and sought-after voice actors in the audiobook industry. AudioFile magazine has named her a “Voice of the Twentieth Century,” stating “Barbara is to audiobooks what Meryl Streep is to film.” To learn more, visit barbararosenblat.com.

Michael Crouch is actor based in New York City. His audiobook narrations have earned an Audie Award, multiple Earphones Awards, and Best of the Year accolades from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. He can also be heard on national commercials, cartoons, video games, and the anime series Pokemon XY and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.

John Jarvis is a Canadian stage and television actor who is one of the country's most brilliant and versatile performers. "Christmas Carol," which once again delighted audience’s remains a favorite, as well as "Of Human Bondage" and "Spoon River," both of which he had the good fortune to perform to great success in New York. Recent television and Film include Stockholm, Suits (Season 6 and 7) and Business Ethics.