Legends & Fairy Tales

The Hollow Tree Snowed In

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Albert Bigelow Paine



Once upon a time, in the Big Deep Woods, there was a big hollow tree with three hollow branches. The tree animals living in each of these …

Sylvie and Bruno

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Lewis Carroll



Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis …

The Sleeping Beauty

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C. S. Evans



A retelling of the classic fairy-tale, illustrated by one of the leading figures in the Golden Age of book illustration. Never underestimat…

Myths of Northern Lands

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H. A. Guerber



The aim of this handbook of Northern mythology is to familiarize the English student of letters with the religion of his heathen ancestors, …

Fairy Tales from Gold Lands

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May Wentworth



California, both old and new, is the scene of these fairy stories. They are unique tales written with with a pleasant tinge of romance abou…

Myths and Legends Around the World

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Various



This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

The Fairy Latchkey

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Magdalene Horsfall



Philomene Isolde is a good little girl, but has been very lonely since the death of her mother. Playing make-believe in the garden, Philomen…

The Hungry Tiger of Oz

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Ruth Plumly Thompson



The Hungry Tiger gets a chance to eat LOTS of people. What will happen!?? Will his conscience stop him or will he finally stop his stomach…

Lucian's Dialogues

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Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata



The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek…

Venus and Adonis

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William Shakespeare



Both Ovid and Spenser also treat this ancient myth, but Spenser alters the ending, converting the tale into an archetype of fulfilled love, …

Children's Short Works

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Various



LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 022: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Fairy Tales from Brazil

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Elsie Spicer Eells



A collection of short, sweet fairy tales from Brazil, including How the Tiger Got His Stripes, and Why The Bananas Belong to the Monkey. - S…

Myths and Legends Around the World

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Various



This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

The Lost Princess

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George MacDonald



Two selfish little girls, a princess and a shepherd's daughter, encounter a wise woman who lovingly shows them each that they are not the ce…

Christmas Outside Of Eden

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Coningsby Dawson



A delightful Christmas fantasy told with inimitable charm and delicate humor. It is "the story the robins tell as they huddle beneath t…

The Ladder of Rickety Rungs

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T. C. O'Donnell



Bedtime is the time for strange and wonderful stories as we drift into slumber. This children's book is full of them and the adventures of …

The Reign of King Oberon

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Walter Jerrold



In all the annals of Fairyland nothing is more wonderful—and the annals are found in many hundreds of volumes—than that chapter which tells …

Prince Silverwings

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Edith Ogden Harrison



Edith Ogden Harrison's first published work, Prince Silverwings, is a collection of seven fairy tales for young readers. It is perhaps best …

Puss in Boots, Jr.

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David Cory



David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This book is in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots of the legend of Puss i…

Myths and Legends Around the World

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Various



This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

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