Once upon a time in the library

Library staff and famous actors including Sonia Bergamasco and Marco Gambino take turns reading the best stories online. On this page you will find some of them.

On BreraPlus, the online platform reserved for Brera subscribers, you can hear them all: children’s classics by Roald Dahl, Kornei Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak, and Annie M.G. Schmidt, in English, Russian, French, German, Dutch, and Spanish, are narrated by famous actors from six different countries.

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Sergey Bezrukov reads <em>The Tale of a Hero Nobody Knows</em> by Samuil Marshak

Sergey Bezrukov reads The Tale of a Hero Nobody Knows by Samuil Marshak

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Sonia Bergamasco reads <em>Il topo che mangiava i gatti</em> by Gianni Rodari

Sonia Bergamasco reads Il topo che mangiava i gatti by Gianni Rodari

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Marco Gambino reads <em>Il palazzo di gelato</em> by Gianni Rodari

Marco Gambino reads Il palazzo di gelato by Gianni Rodari

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Simon Callow reads <em>Happy Prince</em> by Oscar Wilde

Simon Callow reads Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

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