- Once Upon a Time (Fabbri Publishing)
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Fabbri's Once Upon a Time series was based on the popular Story Teller series. Like its predecessor, it was a collection of storybooks that came with cassette tapes. Story Teller regulars like Carole Boyd and Nigel Lambert lent their vocal talents to this collection. Actor John Shrapnel introduced each one and told one of the stories himself.
The intro of each cassette always started with this:
"Long Ago and Far Away in Enchanted Lands across the seas lived Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Good Fairies and Wicked Witches, Ferocious Giants and Gentle Dwarves. Their Adventures and Stories have been told for Hundreds of Years. Open the pages and listen to the words and you too can enjoy the magical world of Once Upon a Time."
Issues
Each issue of Once Upon a Time was devoted to one story only with mostly Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. Unfortunately, the canary yellow cassettes came without a small plastic protective case but a total of five large red plastic cases were given away free with Issues 1, 12, 24, 36 and 48. Each were made to hold twelve of every issue and cassette. Some also came with a giant poster showing 24 Issues as a checklist to those who were collecting each one. 60 issues were produced:
Some of the Issues with Checklist Poster
The Cases
The inside of the CasesIssue Story Narrator 1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cass Allen 2 Jack and the Beanstalk Nigel Pegram 3 The Wizard of Oz Carole Boyd 4 Thumbelina Denise Bryer 5 Puss in Boots Nigel Lambert 6 The Lion's Glasses David Tate 7 The Snow Queen Carole Boyd 8 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Steven Pacey 9 The Emperor's New Clothes David Tate 10 Little Red Riding Hood Cass Allen 11 Old Sultan Nigel Lambert 12 Gulliver in Lilliput Tim Bentinck 13 The Sleeping Beauty Anna Bentinck 14 The Goose with the Golden Eggs Gay Soper 15 The Most Incredible Thing Nigel Lambert 16 The Wolf and the Seven Kids Carole Boyd 17 The Little Matchgirl Lindsay Duncan 18 The Three Bears Cass Allen 19 The Emperor's Nightingale Dermot Crowley 20 Little Kim Nigel Pegram 21 The Enchanted Princess Carole Boyd 22 The Selfish Giant John Shrapnel 23 The Wild Swans Cass Allen 24 Johnny-Cake Nigel Lambert 25 The Brave Soldier Mick Ford 26 Cinderella Anna Bentinck 27 Great Grandmother's Nightshirt Steven Pacey 28 The Twelve Dancing Princesses Carole Boyd 29 The Master Thief Nigel Lambert 30 Aladdin Jason Isaacs 31 The Silver Shilling David Tate 32 The Little Mermaid Carole Boyd 33 The Goatherd and King's Daughter Nigel Lambert 34 The Ugly Duckling Denise Bryer 35 Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby Kerry Shale 36 The Happy Prince Tim Bentinck 37 The Nutcracker Cass Allen 38 Hansel and Gretel Carole Boyd 39 The Brave Little Tailor Steven Pacey 40 King Rough-Beard Eve Karpf 41 The Three Lucky Charms Nigel Lambert 42 The Serpent Woman Carole Boyd 43 The Flying Trunk Steven Pacey 44 The Town Musicians Denise Bryer 45 Tom Thumb Nigel Pegram 46 Rose White and Rose Red Eva Haddon 47 The Prince and the Pauper Jason Isaacs 48 The Three Little Pigs Gay Soper 49 The Twelve Brothers Cass Allen 50 Dick Whittington Mike Grady 51 Pinocchio Steven Pacey 52 Jorinda and Joringle Anna Bentinck 53 Little Lord Fauntleroy Kerry Shale 54 Iron Jack Nigel Lambert 55 The Big-Nosed Dwarf Liz Whitting 56 The Enchanted Horse Jason Isaacs 57 The Elephant's Child Carole Boyd 58 The Little Parsley Girl Eva Haddon 59 Jack the Dullard Nigel Lambert 60 Heidi Eve Karpf External links
Categories:- Children's short story collections
- Audiobooks
- Partworks
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