The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud
Frances Jenkins Olcott
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
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)
Kapitel
| Dedication and Foreword | 6:21 | Gelesen von Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
| Around! Around! in Fairy Rings | 0:59 | Gelesen von Foon |
| Adventures of Robin Goodfellow, Old English | 10:49 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Potato Supper, Irish | 8:20 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Milk-White Calf and the Fairy Ring, Irish | 10:12 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Wood-Lady, Bohemian | 9:41 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Dance of the Fairies | 1:40 | Gelesen von TracyB |
| “’Tis the Midnight Hour” | 1:06 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Monday! Tuesday! Irish | 7:03 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Greedy Old Man, Cornish | 7:59 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Legend of Bottle Hill, Irish | 14:59 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Brown Dwarf | 8:25 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “And will you come away, my Lad?” | 1:23 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Boy who found the Pots of Gold, Irish | 4:52 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Ragweed, Irish | 7:04 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Bad Boy and the Leprechaun, Irish | 4:55 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Tom and the Knockers, Cornish | 6:06 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Knockers’ Diamonds, Cornish | 3:34 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Skillywidden, Cornish | 7:25 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker | 4:45 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Glad Little, Sad Little, Bad Little Elves | 1:15 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Little Redcap, Irish | 8:16 | Gelesen von Caroline Lilyard |
| The Curmudgeon’s Skin, Irish | 9:54 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Judy and the Fairy Cat, Irish | 3:13 | Gelesen von Caroline Lilyard |
| The Boggart, English | 2:53 | Gelesen von Caroline Lilyard |
| Ownself, English | 3:34 | Gelesen von Caroline Lilyard |
| The Sick-Bed Elves, Chinese | 3:31 | Gelesen von Caroline Lilyard |
| How Peeping Kate was Piskey-Led, Cornish | 16:53 | Gelesen von AnnaLisa Bodtker |
| One-Eyed Prying Joan’s Tale, Cornish | 9:59 | Gelesen von Foon |
| The Fairy Folk | 3:02 | Gelesen von AnnaLisa Bodtker |
| “Their Dwellings be,” | 1:46 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Fairy’s Servants, Basque | 6:56 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Pixies, English | 5:51 | Gelesen von Kirsten Bradby |
| The Brownie of Blednoch, Scottish | 3:43 | Gelesen von Devorah Allen |
| Elsa and the Ten Elves, Swedish | 7:02 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Piskey Fine! and Piskey Gay! Cornish | 3:46 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Fairy Wedding, Swedish | 5:57 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Tomts, Swedish | 3:00 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Song of the Elfin Miller | 3:28 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “Over Hill, over Dale,” Shakespeare | 1:39 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Kintaro the Golden Boy, Japanese | 9:09 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Flower Fairies, Chinese | 4:04 | Gelesen von Foon |
| The Fairy Island, Cornish | 2:33 | Gelesen von Väinö Kervesti |
| The Four-Leaved Clover, Cornish | 3:34 | Gelesen von Foon |
| The Gillie Dhu, Scottish | 4:01 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| How Kahukura learned to make Nets, New Zealand | 3:47 | Gelesen von Foon |
| Echo, the Cave Fairy, From the Island of Mangaia | 4:19 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Isles of the Sea Fairies | 5:58 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “But we that live in Fairyland,” Old Ballad | 1:39 | Gelesen von AnnaLisa Bodtker |
| The Magic Ferns, Cornish | 7:27 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Smith and the Fairies, Scottish | 5:17 | Gelesen von Devorah Allen |
| The Coal-Black Steed, English | 5:44 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Girl who was stolen by the Fairies, Irish | 3:20 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Girl who danced with the Fairies, Irish | 4:12 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Elidore and the Golden Ball, Welsh | 6:05 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| At the Court of Fairyland | 9:45 | Gelesen von Diana Schmidt |
| Fairy Godmothers and Wonderful Gifts | 0:59 | Gelesen von TracyB |
| Cinderella | 14:56 | Gelesen von Caroline Lilyard |
| Sleeping Beauty in the Wood | 11:54 | Gelesen von Caroline Lilyard |
| Prince Chéri | 18:39 | Gelesen von Foon |
| Toads and Diamonds | 6:07 | Gelesen von Thomas Rose |
| Blanche and Rose | 8:01 | Gelesen von Foon |
| The Enchanted Watch | 15:53 | Gelesen von Foon |
| Queen Mab | 1:56 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| “A Little Knight and Little Maid | 1:19 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| Fairy Do-Nothing and Giant Snap-’Em-Up | 14:11 | Gelesen von Thomas Rose |
| Timothy Tuttle and the Little Imps | 20:27 | Gelesen von Kathleen Moore |
| Butterfly’s Diamond | 11:44 | Gelesen von Kathleen Moore |
| Little Niebla | 8:25 | Gelesen von marystufflebeam |
| Little Tiny | 32:23 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Immortal Fountain | 18:13 | Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The Story of Childe Charity | 17:02 | Gelesen von Foon |
| The Shining Child and the Wicked Mouche | 52:56 | Gelesen von Thomas Rose |
| Mabel on Midsummer Day | 9:04 | Gelesen von Nemo |
| “Oh! where do Fairies hide their Heads? | 1:28 | Gelesen von Nemo |
| The Fairies’ Passage | 5:35 | Gelesen von Nemo |
| Old Winter’s Fairyland | 3:49 | Gelesen von Nemo |
Bewertungen
A LibriVox Listener
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
A LibriVox Listener
the stories in this book are great but the narratos are muxed