Legends & Fairy Tales

The National Nursery Book

by Unknown Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"The Publishers offer in this little volume of well known and long loved stories to their young readers. The tales which have delighted…

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

by L. Frank Baum Read by jedopi 4.3
In this enchanting tale by L. Frank Baum, the beloved figure of Santa Claus is brought to life through a rich narrative that explores his or…

Aesop's Fables

by Aesop Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

by Eleanor Farjeon Read by Peter Eastman 4.5
The wandering minstrel Martin Pippin finds a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to visit the orchard where his beloved has been locked in the w…

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated readers for generations. T…

The Mabinogion

by Anonymoustranslated By Charlotte Guest and William James McGlothlin Read by Martin Geeson 3.6
Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest:On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flo…

The Islands of Magic

by Elsie Spicer Eells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
LEGENDS, FOLK AND FAIRY TALES FROM THE AZORES. Some three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there is a group of nine beauti…

Fairy Tales from Brazil

by Elsie Spicer Eells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Fairy Tales from Brazil invites listeners into a vibrant world of Brazilian folklore, where enchanting stories reveal the rich tapestry of c…

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. Summary by Kristin…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

by Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…

Children's Short Works

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Discover a delightful assortment of stories in Children's Short Works, a curated collection featuring 15 enchanting tales for young listener…

Holiday House

by Catherine Sinclair Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Extremely popular when it was published, this book was one of the first to include fairy tales which were not only didactic but also enjoyab…

Fables of Aesop and Others

by Aesop Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regar…

Fairy Tales

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is a collection of international fairy tales clocking in at 5-15 minutes apiece, suitable for children's winter cocoa breaks, or other …

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Folk Lore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinct…

Psyche

by Molière Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This is a very different Moliere, not the usual satire of everyday life. It is instead a classical tale based on the ancient story of Psyche…

The Blue Bird

by Maurice Maeterlinck Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visite…

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

by Andrew Lang Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Arabian Nights Entertainments invites listeners into a mesmerizing world of ancient tales, where magic, adventure, and wisdom intertwine…

The Stone Axe Of Burkamukk

by Mary Grant Bruce Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Mary Grant Bruce was an Australian children's writer who spent one year collecting Aboriginal stories in Gippsland - a part of Victoria whic…

Favorite Fairy Tales Retold

by Julia Darrow Cowles Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
In this volume, Ms. Cowles has collected her favourite fairy tales and retold them for children. All of the most famous authors are represen…

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