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		<title>Disney releases children&#8217;s classics on DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of their &#8220;Disney Animation Collection&#8221; Disney has released many of their retellings of classic children&#8217;s stories. The stories in this collection include shorter, simplified version of many of the tales found in the PlainTales collections, such as The Reluctant Dragon, The Ugly Duckling, The Golden Touch, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed and more. We&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/05/16/disney-releases-childrens-classics-on-dvd/</link>
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		<title>PlainTales New Storytelling CDs Win Parents’ Choice Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Des Moines, IA (April 22, 2009) – New storytelling CDs from PlainTales have just won Parents’ Choice Awards, it was announced today by Brian Keairns creator of the series. “Animal Tales: Raccoon, Bear, and Coyote,” “The Gingerbread Boy and Other First Tales,” and “The Reluctant Dragon” have all been awarded the Silver Award from Parents’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/04/22/plaintales-new-storytelling-cds-win-parents%e2%80%99-choice-awards/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons I founded PlainTales was because I believe so strongly in the power of stories. It may seem like a strange transition to go from a 20+ year career in software and technology to starting a company that publishes classic children&#8217;s stories on audio CD. But in actuality it&#8217;s not as strange [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/04/19/the-power-of-stories/</link>
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		<title>Listening to Hans Christian Andersen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PlainTales recently released an unabridged collection of Hans Christian Andersen stories. There are couple of things that are unique about our version: 1. The stories we selected can be enjoyed by kids as young as 4 years old. Many of his most famous stories have very adult themes and language. Examples include The Little Mermaid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/03/21/listening-to-hans-christian-andersen/</link>
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		<title>PlainTales Giveaway &#8211; Share Your Thoughts on Classic Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings! PlainTales was started with the idea that kids can enjoy and learn from unabridged, classic stories by literary authors such as Nesbit, Potter, Kipling, Wilde, Andersen, Hawthorne and others, even at a very young age. Retail stores are full of re-written classics that don&#8217;t respect the intelligence of children and that often aren&#8217;t even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/03/15/plaintales-giveaway-share-your-thoughts-on-classic-stories/</link>
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		<title>PlainTales at Kidsfest 2009 in Des Moines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The PlainTales team had a great time at Kidsfest 2009. The show was well attended by people from Des Moines and surprisingly from all around the country. We had people visit our booth from as far away as California and Florida. It was a great opportunity to spread the word about PlainTales and our love of classic stories.    ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/03/09/plaintales-at-kidsfest-2009-in-des-moines/</link>
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		<title>Teachers Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Download PDF Version Introduction to PlainTales There are plenty of reasons to enjoy classic stories. Maybe there&#8217;s nothing good on TV (there probably isn&#8217;t). Maybe it will make you smarter (it probably will). Or perhaps you have happy memories of reading great stories or having them read to you. You remember times when a story [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/02/28/teachers-guide/</link>
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		<title>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Mrs. Rabbit begs her four furry children to stay away from Mr. McGregor&#8217;s garden, the impish Peter Rabbit naturally takes this as an open invitation to create mischief. But when he is spotted by the farmer himself, the chase is on! A century after it was first published, Beatrix Potter&#8217;s beloved tale of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/02/19/the-tale-of-peter-rabbit/</link>
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		<title>A Collection of Rudyard Kipling&#8217;s Just So Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this sumptuous volume, eight of Kipling&#8217;s playful, inventive tales are brought to life by eight of today&#8217;s most celebrated illustrators, from Peter Sis&#8217;s elegantly graphic cetacean in &#8220;How the Whale Got His Throat&#8221; to Satoshi Kitamura&#8217;s amusingly expressive characters in &#8220;The Cat That Walked by Himself.&#8221; This collection of pourquoi tales is sure to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/02/19/a-collection-of-rudyard-kiplings-just-so-stories/</link>
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		<title>King Midas and The Golden Touch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There once lived a very rich king called Midas who believed that nothing was more precious than gold.&#8221; So begins this imaginative and breathtaking retelling of the myth of the man with the golden touch. When a mysterious stranger offers to reward Midas for a kindness, the king does not hesitate: He wishes that all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.plaintales.com/2009/02/19/king-midas-and-the-golden-touch/</link>
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