Legends & Fairy Tales
The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda
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Rosetta Baskerville
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1925, are s…
The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale
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Ford Madox Ford
In this delightful tale, the naive and sheltered Queen Eldrida learns the secret of flight from her friend the bat and sets off by air for a…
Doctor Rabbit and Tom Wildcat
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Thomas Clark Hinkle
All Doctor Rabbit and his friends want is peace in the Big Green Woods. But peace alludes them as long as Tom Wildcat is around because T. W…
The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery
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Pádraic Colum
In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …
Animal Fables from the Dark Continent
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Alphonso Orenzo Stafford
A. O. Stafford, an African American educator and folklorist, wrote this collection of African and African Diaspora folktales for students in…
Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria
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Elphinstone Dayrell
Elphinstone Daryell [1869-1917] was a British colonial administrator in southern Nigeria who had an interest in anthropology and folklore. T…
Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus
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Thomas Nelson Page
A charming tale about an Tommy, affluent Virginia boy who always gets what he wants at Christmas, only to discover his toys never make him q…
Rumpty-Dudget's Tower: A Fairy Tale
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Julian Hawthorne
Julian Hawthorne spins a charming fairy tale featuring the mischievous dwarf Rumpty-Dudget', Princess Hilda, Prince Frank and the Queen. Ad…
A Medley of Weather Lore
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M. E. S. Wright
A Medley of Weatherlore is a compilation of poems, sayings, and bits of folklore for each month of the year. - Summary by A. Gramour
The Pot of Gold and Other Stories
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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Celebrated prolific 19th century author of dozens of short stories and novels brings us a wistful and whimsical collection of delightful chi…
Tales of Giants From Brazil
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Elsie Spicer Eells
Brazil is the land of the giant among all the rivers of the world. It is the land of giant fruits and giant flowers. Of course it is the lan…
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 14 (Supplem…
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Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James Mcglothlin
In this volume Shahrazad relates several Arabic folk tales to her sister and is one of the many translated by Richard F. Burton. These tales…
The King of the Snakes and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda
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Rosetta Baskerville
Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1922, are s…
Early English Hero Tales
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Jeannette Augustus Marks
Supposing you were asked to enter a Great Palace? And within that palace, you were told, were more than a thousand golden doors? And those d…
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
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Marie L. Mclaughlin
This collection of Sioux legends, with nearly 40 tales, provides a rich window into the cultural beliefs and values of the Sioux people. Thr…
A Dramatic Version of Greek Myths and Hero Tales
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Fanny Amanda Comstock
This is a collection of 25 short plays, each covering a different Greek myth or tale. From the famous epics such as Theseus' journey to slay…
The Enchanted Forest
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William Bowen
If you have listened to (or read) Solario the Tailor on Librivox you know that collection of stories is the second a two volume set of remar…
My Very Own Fairy Stories
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Johnny Gruelle
For those who love the Raggedy Ann and Andy Series, Johnny Gruelle presents these very fine childrens' fairy tales. They are entertaining en…
Celtic Tales, Told to the Children
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Louey Chisholm
In olden days, when many Kings reigned throughout the Green Island of Erin, none was greater than the great Concobar. So fair was his realm …
Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose
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Howard R. Garis
Uncle Wiggly, that irrepressible rabbit, meets characters from Mother Goose in these stories. The Cow that Jumped Over the Moon; the 3 Litt…