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Vamos a remar en un botecito
Posted on Mar 17 2009
Vamos a remar,
en un botecito,
rápido,
rápido,
rápido,
rápido,
en un botecito.
Vamos a volar,
en un avioncito,
rápido,
rápido,
rápido,
rápido,
en un avioncito.
Vamos a pasear,
en un cochecito,
rápido,
rápido,
rápido,
rápido,
en un cochecito.
Photo: "Row, row, row your boat", courtesy of Monkey & Timmy
La brizna de paja, la brasa y la judía verde
Posted on Mar 14 2009
Here's an entertaining story from the Brothers Grimm about three girlfriends who make a pact and then suffer from Murphy's Law. Everything that can go wrong, does go wrong!
Megui is our reader on this tale and she blasts through it. ...
Glossary for “Las medias de los flamencos”
Posted on Mar 01 2009
Although Horacio Quiroga wrote this story for his children, there are plenty of words in this tale that may be unfamiliar to even advanced Spanish speakers. Here are a few definitions. The words are listed in order of their appearance ...
El niño malo
Posted on Feb 14 2009
Happy Valentine's Day! Read more about Cupid, in Spanish, in "El niño malo" transcript. (Update: Revised transcript available sometime in May 2009. Will update this entry when it is available.)
Dedo Pulgar
Posted on Feb 10 2009
Say "hola" to Lidia! She's our newest and youngest voice here at Cody's Cuentos. If you enjoy hearing a child's voice doing some of the readings here at Cody's Cuentos, please tell us in the comments. ¡Gracias!
Below are the lyrics ...
How do you like your fairy tales? Scary or sanitized?
Posted on Jan 14 2009
The Baby Website recently surveyed 3,000 British parents about fairy tales and the results, at least for a blog like mine, are not good.
While 66% of the survey respondents said that they believe that classic fairy tales have "stronger morality ...
La bella durmiente
Posted on Jan 10 2009
Escrito por Charles Perrault
Érase una vez una reina que dio a luz una niña muy hermosa. Al bautismo invitó a todas las hadas de su reino, pero se olvidó, desgraciadamente, de invitar a la más malvada. A pesar de ello, ...
La gallina de los huevos de oro
Posted on Jan 04 2009
In English, this story is called "The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs." Through the ages there have been many different takes of this story in different cultures. Here is a Spanish version we found, author unknown, where the goose ...
La gallinita roja
Posted on Jan 01 2009
The Little Red Hen: An old English folk tale.
Érase una vez una gallinita roja que encontró un grano de trigo.
-¿Quién plantará este trigo? -preguntó.
-Yo no -dijo el perro.
-Yo no -dijo el gato.
-Yo no -dijo el cerdo.
-Yo no -dijo el pavo.
-Entonces ...
La sirenita
Posted on Dec 09 2008
Escrito por Hans Christian Andersen
Había una vez, en el fondo del océano, un maravilloso palacio construido con corales multicolores, caracolas de nácar, burbujas saltarinas y perlas de todos los tamaños.
En el palacio vivían el rey y la reina de los ...
Peter Pan
Posted on Nov 19 2008
Érase una vez en el centro de una ciudad que era Londres una familia, la familia Darling, compuesta por el señor Darling, el papá bonachón; la siempre dulce mamá, la señora Darling; Wendy, la hija mayor a punto de salir ...
Sapos y diamantes (El hada)
Posted on Oct 30 2008
In this classic tale from the French fairy tale master Charles Perrault (the same man who gave us Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, among others) we meet two sisters. The older sister has got an ugly personality while the ...
Rumpelstiltskin
Posted on Jul 23 2008
Otro cuento clásico de los hermanos Grimm
Foto de Rumpelstiltskin en el bosque de Ariel Dawn
Había una vez un molinero que era muy pobre, pero que tenía una hija muy hermosa. Ocurrió que un día tuvo la oportunidad de hablar con ...
Pedro y el lobo
Posted on Jul 03 2008
Today's story is the Spanish version of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Lovely Megui, our cuentacuentos from Spain, does a fabulous job bringing this classic tale to life. When I was a child, I remember hearing this story and the ...
Blancanieves y los 7 enanitos
Posted on Jun 28 2008
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all?"
Blancanieves y los 7 enanitos
de los hermanos Grimm
Era un crudo día de invierno, y los copos de nieve caían del cielo como blancas plumas. La Reina cosía junto a ...
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