Legends & Fairy Tales
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when t…
Folk-Lore and Legends
Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasure…
American Myths and Legends
American Myths and Legends is another collection of folklore from author Charles M. Skinner, whose exhaustive and expansive work in the fiel…
A House of Pomegranates
A House of Pomegranates (1891) is the title of the second collection of Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde. This book contains four tales: 1. &quo…
Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book
Unusual Fairy Tales from around the world, this story collection contains; a mother with two daughters both named Caroline, a carriage drawn…
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils Holgersson is a boy who would rather cause trouble than be responsible. One day as he is skipping out on going to church he captures an…
Grimms' Fairy Tales
Grimms' Fairy Tales invites listeners into a world where magic and morality intertwine. This iconic collection, first published in 1812 by t…
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai" is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly super…
Cossack Fairy Tales
This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special…
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
This books is a select collection of Christmas Stories in one volume. It is just that and nothing more.Each of the stories has already won …
The Story of Robin Hood
"He was brave and kind and merry always, and all the English people—except England's oppressors—loved him with all their hearts and del…
Eskimo Folk-Tales
Quote:"No man is better qualified to tell the story of Greenland, or the stories of its people. Knud Rasmussen is himself partly of Esk…
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls is a delightful anthology that brings together a variety of enchanting tales designed to ins…
Everybody's Lonesome
Twenty-year-old Mary Alice is bored with her home life and envious of the beautiful, poised, popular girls she sees at parties. At her mothe…
Fifty Funny Animal Tales
"This book contains short stories of animals that will charm the children. Such characters as the Funny Fox, the Happy Hare, the Willfu…
The Silver Princess in Oz
Young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old friend, Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink. Together, they set out to visit their…
The Faeries of Birchover Wood - The Bad
In a time when a King ruled England, and his knights rode into battle for glory and honour, a monster, the Bad, roamed the land, waiting for…
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
The third of four volumes of Middle Eastern tales, originally written in Arabic. Scheherazade tries to prolong her husband's interest in her…
Mopsa The Fairy
Jean Ingelow (1820 – 1897) was one of the more famous poets of the period, indeed many people suggested that she should succeed Alfred, Lord…
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was "an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy…