Myths
South African Folk-Tales
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James A. Honeÿ
James Albert Honeij (Honey) has collected a variety of South African folktales from previously published sources in English translation, to …
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands Volume Two
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May Wentworth
High as the clouds are the mountains boldThat tower in the glorious Land of Gold,And cañons dusky with twilight deepWhere a thousand …
The Book of Nature Myths (Version 2)
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Florence Holbrook
These delightful stories about how natural things began are drawn from the early folk-lore of many races. The wonderful explanations of the…
Stories of Siegfried, Told to the Children
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Mary Esther Miller Macgregor
Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure o…
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees
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Johnny Gruelle
Raggedy Ann, you remember, always thought lovely kindly thoughts because there was a little candy heart with the words "I love you"…
Favorite Fairy Tales (Version 2)
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Logan Marshall
Love fairy tales? We all do, and here are some of our "Favorite Fairy Tales." Come join us to the land of China to hear the story …
The Enchanted Castle (Version 2)
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E. Nesbit
The Enchanted Castle follows the adventures of Jerry, Jimmy and Kathleen, three children who stumble upon a mysterious hidden castle with a …
Lore of Proserpine
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Maurice Henry Hewlett
If a thing is not sensibly true it may be morally so. If it is not phenomenally true it may be so substantially. And it is possible that one…
The Turquoise Story Book: Stories and Legends of Summer and Nature
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Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner
A book compiling stories, legends, and poems about summer and nature, piquing reader's interests by appealing to the reader's fancy, quicken…
Tales from Silver Lands
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Charles Finger
The 1925 Newbery Medal Winner for best children's literature published in the United States, this collection of Central and South American i…
Solario the Tailor
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William Bowen
Told over six nights, this children's fantasy has all the elements of a good bedtime story: princes and princesses, unicorns, sorcerers and …
The Christmas Reindeer (Version 2)
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Thornton W. Burgess
This story follows a young brother and sister who grow up herding reindeer and then discover how the Western story of Santa Claus fits in wi…
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 Magic Soap Bubble
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David Cory
David Cory, who gave us the "Little Jack Rabbit Series", and "Puss-in-Boots," now takes us on "Little Journeys to H…
The Golden heart, and other fairy stories
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Violet Jacob
A collection of fairy tales by Violet Jacob. Including the title story, The Golden Heart, The Peacock's Tail, The Cherry Trees, Jack frost, …
Lulu's Library, Volume 2
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Louisa May Alcott
Most of these stories were written at sixteen for my younger sisters and their playmates, the little Emersons and Channings, and appeared so…
The Magic Umbrella
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David Cory
David Cory who gave us the tales of Little Jack Rabbit, Puss in Boots, Jr., and Billy Bunny takes us on another journey with his Magic Umbre…
The Betrothal
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Maurice Maeterlinck
The adventures of Tyltyl and The Fairy Berylune. Of all the girls he knows, who does he love the most? Read on to find out. - Summary by Mi…
Shakespeare's Ovid, Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses
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William Shakespeare
Ovid represents his work as a celebration of mutability in the form of a history of the world's notable transformations. It is a compendium …
Orpheus with His Lute: Stories of the World's Springtime
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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, …