From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whet...

From Song of Myself (A Poem from The Poets' Corner)

This bonus story is available by download only and is not included in the physical or downloadable version of Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales.  There are quite a number of stories explaining how dogs were tamed, but this Shona story from ...

The Cat Who Came Indoors

Written in 1914 by Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots will be published just in time for the author's would-be 150th birthday.  When one serious, well-behaved young black cat named Miss Catherine St. Quintin - or Kitty for short - decides to ...

The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Se...

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