Myths
Metamorphoses
Translated from Latin into English blank verse, this classic Roman text gives an account of a series of fabulous episodes from creation thro…
The Emerald Story Book
There is no richer theme for children’s stories than the miracle of Spring. The selections in “The Emerald Story Book” aim to serve the youn…
Once on a Time
When the King of Barodia receives a pair of seven-league boots as a birthday present, his habit of flying over the King of Euralia's castle …
Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains
Here, amidst the vast sweep of the plains which stretch away to the horizon on every side, boundless, limitless, endless, lived the plains I…
Old Fashioned Fairy Tales
The title may lead you to think that these are retellings of old familiar fairy tales. Not so at all. These are completely new stories bu…
The Book of Good Counsels
The term ‘Hitopadesha’ is a combination of two Sanskrit terms, ‘Hita’ (welfare/ benefit) and ‘Upadesha’ (counsel). As the term suggests, The…
The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales
This is a collection of original and interesting fairy tales. We have here princes and princesses, pirates, wizards, and all the other ingre…
History of the Britons
One of the earliest recorded histories of Britain; Nennius wrote the book around 796BC. These days Nennius is recognised as being a teller, …
Hindoo Tales
This book describes the adventures of ten Kumaras, i.e., young men, (all of whom are either princes or sons of royal ministers), as narrated…
Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales
Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales invites listeners into the enchanting world of Irish folklore, where magic and reality intertwine. This collecti…
More English Fairy Tales
"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have be…
Children's Short Works
Children's Short Works is a delightful anthology featuring a curated selection of 15 enchanting stories for young listeners. Each tale, read…
African Jungle Tales
Carl Bender [1869-1935] was a German-born American missionary in Cameroon. During his years in Africa, he collected folktales which he later…
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
The second of four volumes of Pyles' retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, which tells the stories of Percival, Trist…
The Santa Claus Story Book
This is a collection of fairy tales. The first story is a Christmas story in verse, and of course the Christmas holidays are the best time f…
The Wonder Garden
"Here are 150 nature myths and short stories from all parts of the World. They are the kind that children delight in -- tales of transf…
The Magic Nuts
A delightful children’s story about Leonore, a little English girl, taken by her governess to Fraulein Elsa’s home town in an (unnamed) coun…
Old Indian Legends
Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa invites listeners into a rich tapestry of Native American folklore, where the cunning trickster Iktomi take…
Myths And Legends Of British North America
[The Native American] story tellers of the camp related, with dramatic gestures, stories of the Days of the Grandfathers, in the beginning o…
Twilight Land
The room was all full of twilight; but there they sat, every one of them. I did not count them, but there were ever so many: Aladdin, and Al…