The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud
Frances Jenkins Olcott
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lots of stories and poems about elves, faeries and other wonderful wee folk. All read for you by LibriVox people who love them so what more could you ask for? If you want a break from the harsh 'real' world, come relax for awhile in fairyland where troubles are solved by magic and perhaps a kiss or two. (phil c) (9 hr 49 min)
Chapters
| Dedication and Foreword | 6:21 | Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
| Around! Around! in Fairy Rings | 0:59 | Read by Foon |
| Adventures of Robin Goodfellow, Old English | 10:49 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Potato Supper, Irish | 8:20 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Milk-White Calf and the Fairy Ring, Irish | 10:12 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Wood-Lady, Bohemian | 9:41 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Dance of the Fairies | 1:40 | Read by TracyB |
| “’Tis the Midnight Hour” | 1:06 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Monday! Tuesday! Irish | 7:03 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Greedy Old Man, Cornish | 7:59 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Legend of Bottle Hill, Irish | 14:59 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Brown Dwarf | 8:25 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “And will you come away, my Lad?” | 1:23 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Boy who found the Pots of Gold, Irish | 4:52 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Ragweed, Irish | 7:04 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Bad Boy and the Leprechaun, Irish | 4:55 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Tom and the Knockers, Cornish | 6:06 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Knockers’ Diamonds, Cornish | 3:34 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Skillywidden, Cornish | 7:25 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker | 4:45 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Glad Little, Sad Little, Bad Little Elves | 1:15 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Little Redcap, Irish | 8:16 | Read by Caroline Lilyard |
| The Curmudgeon’s Skin, Irish | 9:54 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Judy and the Fairy Cat, Irish | 3:13 | Read by Caroline Lilyard |
| The Boggart, English | 2:53 | Read by Caroline Lilyard |
| Ownself, English | 3:34 | Read by Caroline Lilyard |
| The Sick-Bed Elves, Chinese | 3:31 | Read by Caroline Lilyard |
| How Peeping Kate was Piskey-Led, Cornish | 16:53 | Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker |
| One-Eyed Prying Joan’s Tale, Cornish | 9:59 | Read by Foon |
| The Fairy Folk | 3:02 | Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker |
| “Their Dwellings be,” | 1:46 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Fairy’s Servants, Basque | 6:56 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Pixies, English | 5:51 | Read by Kirsten Bradby |
| The Brownie of Blednoch, Scottish | 3:43 | Read by Devorah Allen |
| Elsa and the Ten Elves, Swedish | 7:02 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Piskey Fine! and Piskey Gay! Cornish | 3:46 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Fairy Wedding, Swedish | 5:57 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Tomts, Swedish | 3:00 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Song of the Elfin Miller | 3:28 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “Over Hill, over Dale,” Shakespeare | 1:39 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Kintaro the Golden Boy, Japanese | 9:09 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Flower Fairies, Chinese | 4:04 | Read by Foon |
| The Fairy Island, Cornish | 2:33 | Read by Väinö Kervesti |
| The Four-Leaved Clover, Cornish | 3:34 | Read by Foon |
| The Gillie Dhu, Scottish | 4:01 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Kahukura learned to make Nets, New Zealand | 3:47 | Read by Foon |
| Echo, the Cave Fairy, From the Island of Mangaia | 4:19 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Isles of the Sea Fairies | 5:58 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “But we that live in Fairyland,” Old Ballad | 1:39 | Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker |
| The Magic Ferns, Cornish | 7:27 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Smith and the Fairies, Scottish | 5:17 | Read by Devorah Allen |
| The Coal-Black Steed, English | 5:44 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Girl who was stolen by the Fairies, Irish | 3:20 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Girl who danced with the Fairies, Irish | 4:12 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Elidore and the Golden Ball, Welsh | 6:05 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| At the Court of Fairyland | 9:45 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| Fairy Godmothers and Wonderful Gifts | 0:59 | Read by TracyB |
| Cinderella | 14:56 | Read by Caroline Lilyard |
| Sleeping Beauty in the Wood | 11:54 | Read by Caroline Lilyard |
| Prince Chéri | 18:39 | Read by Foon |
| Toads and Diamonds | 6:07 | Read by Thomas Rose |
| Blanche and Rose | 8:01 | Read by Foon |
| The Enchanted Watch | 15:53 | Read by Foon |
| Queen Mab | 1:56 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “A Little Knight and Little Maid | 1:19 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Fairy Do-Nothing and Giant Snap-’Em-Up | 14:11 | Read by Thomas Rose |
| Timothy Tuttle and the Little Imps | 20:27 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Butterfly’s Diamond | 11:44 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Little Niebla | 8:25 | Read by marystufflebeam |
| Little Tiny | 32:23 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Immortal Fountain | 18:13 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Story of Childe Charity | 17:02 | Read by Foon |
| The Shining Child and the Wicked Mouche | 52:56 | Read by Thomas Rose |
| Mabel on Midsummer Day | 9:04 | Read by Nemo |
| “Oh! where do Fairies hide their Heads? | 1:28 | Read by Nemo |
| The Fairies’ Passage | 5:35 | Read by Nemo |
| Old Winter’s Fairyland | 3:49 | Read by Nemo |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
This is a beautiful book! A nice mix of fairy tales, folklore and poetry about various kinds of fairies and elves from all across the world!
great
A LibriVox Listener
the stories in this book are great but the narratos are muxed