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The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud

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(4,818 Sterne; 11 Bewertungen)

Lots of stories and poems about elves, faeries and other wonderful wee folk. All read for you by LibriVox people who love them so what more could you ask for? If you want a break from the harsh 'real' world, come relax for awhile in fairyland where troubles are solved by magic and perhaps a kiss or two. (phil c) (9 hr 49 min)

Chapters

Dedication and Foreword

6:21

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

Around! Around! in Fairy Rings

0:59

Read by Foon

Adventures of Robin Goodfellow, Old English

10:49

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Potato Supper, Irish

8:20

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Milk-White Calf and the Fairy Ring, Irish

10:12

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Wood-Lady, Bohemian

9:41

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Dance of the Fairies

1:40

Read by TracyB

“’Tis the Midnight Hour”

1:06

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Monday! Tuesday! Irish

7:03

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Greedy Old Man, Cornish

7:59

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Legend of Bottle Hill, Irish

14:59

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Brown Dwarf

8:25

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

“And will you come away, my Lad?”

1:23

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Boy who found the Pots of Gold, Irish

4:52

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Ragweed, Irish

7:04

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Bad Boy and the Leprechaun, Irish

4:55

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Tom and the Knockers, Cornish

6:06

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Knockers’ Diamonds, Cornish

3:34

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Skillywidden, Cornish

7:25

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker

4:45

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Glad Little, Sad Little, Bad Little Elves

1:15

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Little Redcap, Irish

8:16

Read by Caroline Lilyard

The Curmudgeon’s Skin, Irish

9:54

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Judy and the Fairy Cat, Irish

3:13

Read by Caroline Lilyard

The Boggart, English

2:53

Read by Caroline Lilyard

Ownself, English

3:34

Read by Caroline Lilyard

The Sick-Bed Elves, Chinese

3:31

Read by Caroline Lilyard

How Peeping Kate was Piskey-Led, Cornish

16:53

Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker

One-Eyed Prying Joan’s Tale, Cornish

9:59

Read by Foon

The Fairy Folk

3:02

Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker

“Their Dwellings be,”

1:46

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Fairy’s Servants, Basque

6:56

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Pixies, English

5:51

Read by Kirsten Bradby

The Brownie of Blednoch, Scottish

3:43

Read by Devorah Allen

Elsa and the Ten Elves, Swedish

7:02

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Piskey Fine! and Piskey Gay! Cornish

3:46

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Fairy Wedding, Swedish

5:57

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Tomts, Swedish

3:00

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Song of the Elfin Miller

3:28

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

“Over Hill, over Dale,” Shakespeare

1:39

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Kintaro the Golden Boy, Japanese

9:09

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Flower Fairies, Chinese

4:04

Read by Foon

The Fairy Island, Cornish

2:33

Read by Väinö Kervesti

The Four-Leaved Clover, Cornish

3:34

Read by Foon

The Gillie Dhu, Scottish

4:01

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

How Kahukura learned to make Nets, New Zealand

3:47

Read by Foon

Echo, the Cave Fairy, From the Island of Mangaia

4:19

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Isles of the Sea Fairies

5:58

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

“But we that live in Fairyland,” Old Ballad

1:39

Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker

The Magic Ferns, Cornish

7:27

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Smith and the Fairies, Scottish

5:17

Read by Devorah Allen

The Coal-Black Steed, English

5:44

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Girl who was stolen by the Fairies, Irish

3:20

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Girl who danced with the Fairies, Irish

4:12

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Elidore and the Golden Ball, Welsh

6:05

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

At the Court of Fairyland

9:45

Read by Diana Schmidt

Fairy Godmothers and Wonderful Gifts

0:59

Read by TracyB

Cinderella

14:56

Read by Caroline Lilyard

Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

11:54

Read by Caroline Lilyard

Prince Chéri

18:39

Read by Foon

Toads and Diamonds

6:07

Read by Thomas Rose

Blanche and Rose

8:01

Read by Foon

The Enchanted Watch

15:53

Read by Foon

Queen Mab

1:56

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

“A Little Knight and Little Maid

1:19

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

Fairy Do-Nothing and Giant Snap-’Em-Up

14:11

Read by Thomas Rose

Timothy Tuttle and the Little Imps

20:27

Read by Kathleen Moore

Butterfly’s Diamond

11:44

Read by Kathleen Moore

Little Niebla

8:25

Read by marystufflebeam

Little Tiny

32:23

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Immortal Fountain

18:13

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson

The Story of Childe Charity

17:02

Read by Foon

The Shining Child and the Wicked Mouche

52:56

Read by Thomas Rose

Mabel on Midsummer Day

9:04

Read by Nemo

“Oh! where do Fairies hide their Heads?

1:28

Read by Nemo

The Fairies’ Passage

5:35

Read by Nemo

Old Winter’s Fairyland

3:49

Read by Nemo

Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

This is a beautiful book! A nice mix of fairy tales, folklore and poetry about various kinds of fairies and elves from all across the world!

great

(4,5 Sterne)

the stories in this book are great but the narratos are muxed