Legends & Fairy Tales
Legends of Longdendale
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Thomas Middleton
Legend meets lore at Longdendale, the "long wooded valley" of fabled Cheshire. Thomas Middleton - a dramatist, politician, antiqua…
Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood
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Watty Piper
This is a wonderful book of short fairy tales! Maybe some of your favorites are in it, or some of which you may not have heard. This book ha…
The Cold Heart
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Wilhelm Hauff
Dissatisfied with his life of poverty, Peter Munk, a poor charcoal burner, summons an ancient spirit who rewards him with three wishes. His …
Wigwam Evenings
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Charles Alexander Eastman
The collection illustrates the deep connection between the Sioux people and the natural world. Animals often serve as characters in these st…
Tales of Enchantment from Spain
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Elsie Spicer Eells
This collection of stories have been passed down through generations and reflect the humor, values and imagination of Spanish folklore. The…
The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan
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Edwin P. Norwood
Diggeldy Dan (rhymes with Wiggildy Wan) is a most ingenious fellow who lives in a circus called Spangleland. He looks like a clown because …
Travels of Puss in Boots, Jr.
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David Cory
David Cory is the author of more than 40 children's books. This is the second book in the series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots for the leg…
Adventures of the Runaway Rocking Chair
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Howard R. Garis
More exciting adventures by that wonderful author of children books, Howard Garis. - Summary by Philip Chenevert
Told in the gardens of Araby
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Izora C. Chandler
A collection of Persian stories - Summary by Doug Wade
Stories from the Ballads
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Mary Esther Miller Macgregor
Listen, children, for you will wish to hear where I found the tales which I have told you in this little book.It is long, oh! so long ago, t…
On The Tree Top
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Clara Doty Bates
A collection of Nursery Rhymes retold by the author and others. - Summary by David Lawrence *Additional Proof-listening by Christine Lehman.
The Ingoldsby Legends
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Richard Harris Barham
The Ingoldsby Legends are a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Mano…
Puss in Boots, Jr.
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David Cory
Children’s story author, David Cory, who gave us the series of Little Jack Rabbit, Billy Bunny, Little Journeys to Happy Land, and the Littl…
The Rainbow Book
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Mabel Henrietta Spielmann
The Rainbow Book: Tales of Fun & Fancy is a book of children's stories from British author Mabel Henrietta Spielmann. Some are well know…
Flower Fables
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Louisa May Alcott
A Queen of fairy subjects asks her Maids of Honor to tell stories while they wait for the sun to rise. Tales including The Frost King of The…
The Giant Horse of Oz
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
In the Ozure Isles in the blue Munchkin Country, the kindom is being terrorized by a horrible monster called Quiberon. After 20 years of hor…
Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills
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James Cowan
In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of th…
The One-Eyed Fairies
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Georgia Eldridge Hanley
Cute children's book about a little girl named Margaret. Struggling with her sewing lessons, Margaret is relieved to find the needles in her…
The Wonder-Smith and His Son
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Ella Young
This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smi…
Orpheus with His Lute
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W. M. L. Hutchinson
In retelling the mythological story of Orpheus the musician, Winifred Hutchinson covers the singer's education by the nine Muses in Part 1, …