Legends & Fairy Tales
Tik-Tok of Oz
In this really exciting and well written story of Oz, the Shaggy Man is on a quest to find his long lost brother. But all does not go smooth…
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Do today's children still learn what a "marionette" is? The beloved story of Pinocchio may represent a last lingering picture of a…
The Heroes
The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonaut…
The Children of Odin
Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the advent…
Japanese Fairy Tales
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold…
The Princess and the Goblin
The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a hous…
Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson which re…
The Crimson Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are tr…
The Princess and Curdie
The Princess and Curdie is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. It's been a year since the Princess Irene and Curd…
English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs is a captivating anthology that brings together a rich tapestry of traditional tales from England. Each…
The Brown Fairy Book
Step into a world of enchantment with Andrew Lang's The Brown Fairy Book, a captivating collection of fairy tales that transports listeners …
The Grey Fairy Book
The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries — Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other re…
The Firelight Fairy Book
One pleasant summer day, as the fairy-tale lover sat reading a book beneath the low spreading branches of an oak tree, he heard a hum of win…
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den lille havfrue, literally: "the little sea lady") is a very well known fairy tale by the Dani…
Old Peter's Russian Tales
Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public …
The Princess and Curdie
A year has passed since Curdie's adventures with young Princess Irene and the hostile goblins deep in the mountain. As Curdie grows up, his …
The Day Boy and the Night Girl
A boy named Photogen, who has never seen the moon, meets a girl named Nycteris, who has never seen the sun. The two of them must escape from…
The Prose Edda
Also known as the Younger Edda or Snorri's Edda, the Prose Edda is a three-part work composed or at least compiled by thirteenth-century Ice…
Blackfeet Indian Stories
The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skin…
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then …