Legends & Fairy Tales
Wet Magic
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E. Nesbit
Are mermaids real? Well of course they are! Just ask the four very English children who, when on vacation by the sea, find out about one b…
The Ballad of the White Horse
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G. K. Chesterton
This epic poem is about Alfred the Great's defense of Christian England against the pagan Viking invaders. The decisive battle is fought in…
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
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Anonymoustranslated Byjonathan Scott, Anonymoustranslated By Jonathan Scott and William James McGlothlin
The fourth and final volume of Middle Eastern tales, originally written in Arabic. Scheherazade tries to prolong her husband's interest in h…
The Junior Classics
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Variousandwilliam Patten and Various And William Patten
Compilation of tales designed and arranged for young people. This volume covers tales from the North, the Rhine, Greece and Rome, tales fro…
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
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Elphinstone Dayrell
A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when t…
Fairy Tales and Stories
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Hans Christian Andersen
This is a collection of fairy tales and stories by Hans Christian Andersen, selected and read by students from Hunter College High School. E…
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
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L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum takes us through the adventures of Santa Claus beginning with his adoption as an infant by Necile the nymph. As a youth, Clau…
Favorite Fairy Tales Retold
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Julia Darrow Cowles
In this volume, Ms. Cowles has collected her favourite fairy tales and retold them for children. All of the most famous authors are represen…
Myths and Legends Around the World
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed
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Cenydd Morus
Cenydd Morus's (Kenneth Morris) imaginative retelling of tales from the Mabinogion, the great work of Welsh literature first recorded in the…
Fairy Tales
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Various
This is a collection of international fairy tales clocking in at 5-15 minutes apiece, suitable for children's winter cocoa breaks, or other …
Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry
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William Patten
The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…
Grotesques and Fantasies
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Israel Zangwill
A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, …
The Princess Pourquoi
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Margaret P. Sherwood
Once upon a time, a princess was born, and a fairy cursed her with a mind: "She is a woman-child, and yet she shall think. She shall be…
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
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L. Frank Baum
Every child knows about Santa Claus, the jolly man who brings gifts to all on Christmas. There are many stories that tell of his life, but t…
The Golden Spears
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Edmund Leamy
This is a little volume of original fairy tales by Irish lawyer, author and politician Edmund Leamy. - Summary by Carolin
Melor of the Silver Hand
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David Bearne
This is a collection of fairy tales by Rev. David Bearne. The stories take place in the "Bright Ages" as opposed to the more commo…
Children's Short Works
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 019: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Children's Short Works
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Various
LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 021: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
A Book of Fairy-Tale Bears
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Clifton Johnson
Bears make an appearance in so many fairy tales and fables, it is difficult to imagine a fairy-tale world without them. However, in most of …