Legends & Fairy Tales
A Book of Myths
Read by James K. White
Jean Lang
This is a collection of myths--mostly Greek with a smattering of others from the east--written in a clear and easy-to-read style. Lang compl…
The Wisdom of the Ancients, A Series of Mythological Fables
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Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon
"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 4 dramatic reading)
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Oscar Wilde
Wilde's collection of fairy tales has delighted both children and adults since it was first published in 1888. It contains five stories, &qu…
Mother Goose in Prose
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L. Frank Baum
Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood. Some of…
Rinkitink in Oz (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
L. Frank Baum
Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink and their companions have adventures that lead to the land of the Nomes and, eventually, Oz. In …
The Trojan Women (Murray Translation)
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Euripides
Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining famil…
Glinda of Oz (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
L. Frank Baum
Glinda the Good, the great sorceress of Oz takes the spotlight in this, the very last OZ book written by L. Frank Baum himself. Ozma hears …
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Pr…
Gulliver's Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag, Told to the Children
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Jonathan Swift
This is a children's version of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, from the Told to the Children Series (published in 1910). The chi…
The King of Ireland's Son
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Pádraic Colum
The King of Ireland's Son is a children's novel published in Ireland in 1916 written by Padraic Colum, and illustrated by Willy Pogany. It i…
The Legends of Charlemagne
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Thomas Bulfinch
Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867) explains the his work is "an attempt tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make …
King Arthur
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Joseph Comyns Carr
A retelling of the classic legend of King Arthur, Guinevere & Sir Lancelot. (Summary by Amanda Friday)CastKing Arthur: Algy PugSir Lance…
History of the Kings of Britain
Read by Paul Mazumdar
Geoffrey Of Monmouth
More medieval romance than history, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae represents the oldest versions we have of many legends …
The Firelight Fairy Book
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Henry Beston
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…
Polish Fairy Tales
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A. J. Glinski
These are selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski, printed at Wilna in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far past and may…
The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales
Read by ElleyKat
Hans Christian Andersen
Short-stories/fairy tales by H. C. Anderson, includes The Ice-maiden -- The Butterfly -- The Psyche -- The Snail and the Rose-treeThe Ice-Ma…
The Royal Book of Oz
Read by Mark F. Smith
Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz (1921) is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first to be written by Ruth Plumly Thompson after L. Frank B…
Five Children and It (Dramatic Reading)
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E. Nesbit
Finding a Psammead (sand-fairy) to grant any wish your heart desires seems like the beginning of endless delights, but as Cyril, Anthea, Rob…
In the Nursery of My Bookhouse
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Walter de la Mare, Variousandolive Beaupre Miller and Various And Olive Beaupre Miller
Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the "My Bookh…
Peasant Tales of Russia
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko
Collection of Russian peasant tales:"The Deserted Mine" - The key to saving the trapped miners is held by a man who hasn't spoken …