Legends & Fairy Tales
Fables of Aesop and Others
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Aesop
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…
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories
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Hans Christian Andersen
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 Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer
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William James McGlothlin
This is the prequel of the Nibelungenlied. It tells the tale of Siegfried as a young man when he sets forth to earn a name for himself so h…
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,…
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Jessie Laidlay Weston, Translated Byjessie Laidlay Weston, The Gawain Poettranslated Byjessie Laidlay Weston and The Gawain Poettranslated By Jessie Laidlay Weston
This poem celebrates Christmas by exploring the mystery of Christ's mission on earth: his death, resurrection, and second coming as judge of…
The Hag
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Robert Herrick
A poem for Halloween by the 17th century English author Robert Herrick. His poems were not widely popular at the time they were published. …
Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book
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Edmund Dulac
Unusual Fairy Tales from around the world, this story collection contains; a mother with two daughters both named Caroline, a carriage drawn…
Anyhow Stories
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Lucy Clifford
A collection of stories and poems for children by British novelist, journalist, and playwright Lucy Lane Clifford, better known during her l…
The Light Princess
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George MacDonald
The Light Princess is a fairytale written by George MacDonald about a young princess who is cursed by her wicked aunt to be without gravity.…
Winnie-the-Pooh
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A. A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh is a timeless classic that the world's children have listened to for nearly a hundred years. It tells the tales of a young b…
Children's Short Works
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Various
LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 018: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Violet
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Caroline Snowden Guild
A charming fairytale -- with realistic touches -- from the mid-19th Century.(Summary by BellonaTimes)
Twinkle and Chubbins
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L. Frank Baum
Twinkle is a little girl who often finds herself caught up in fantastic adventures. Whether it be being put on trial by angry woodchucks, ra…
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE author has long been of opinion that many of the classical myths were capable of being rendered into very capital reading for children. …
Folk-lore and Legends
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Charles John Tibbits
In this volume I present selections made from the Russian chap-book literature, and from the works of various Russian and Polish collectors …
Myths and Legends Around the World
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Various
You get to choose what you want to read! (All recordings in English]) So long as the source is Public Domain for you, any short story or cha…
The Christmas Reindeer
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Thornton W. Burgess
Tuktu and her brother, Aklak, are Eskimo children who live happily with their beloved reindeer in the Northland. When Tuktu is lost in a fog…
The Lost King of Oz
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
"Princess Ozma has ruled so wisely and happily in the wonderful Land of Oz for so long that most of us have forgotten the strange story…
Sylvie and Bruno
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Lewis Carroll
Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its 1893 second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded form the last novel by Lewis Carroll publis…
The Story of the Amulet
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E. Nesbit
The Five Children (from Five Children and It) are once again on holidays, but this time with no sand fairy to grant wishes - or is there? In…