Legends & Fairy Tales
Mother’s Nursery Tales
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Katharine Pyle
Perhaps you did not know that fairy tales were ever truths, but they are—the best and oldest of them. That does not mean they are facts like…
A New Alice in the Old Wonderland
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Anna Matlack Richards
In this unofficial sequel to Alice in Wonderland, a different Alice, a young American girl named Alice Lee (a huge fan of the original book)…
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (version 2)
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L. Frank Baum
This wonderful children’s short story tells all about the youth, manhood and old age of Santa Claus and how he became immortal. (Introductio…
The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud
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Frances Jenkins Olcott
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 …
The Magical Mimics in Oz
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Jack Snow
The land of OZ is the happiest fairyland anywhere, but there are evil creatures whose only ambition is to destroy that happiness. Lurking i…
Stories from the Faerie Queene
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Mary Macleod
The object of this volume is to excite interest in one of the greatest poems of English literature, which for all its greatness is but littl…
Handy Mandy in Oz
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
On many a day had Handy, the Goat Girl of Mern, pursued her goats up and down the rocky eminences of her native mountain. And never—NEVER—in…
Welsh Fairy Tales
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William Elliot Griffis
This is a collection of delightful tales that explore the uniqueness of the Welsh people, Welsh heroes, Welsh countryside, Welsh animals and…
The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales
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Joseph Baudis
Not your common fairy tales, this collection is a mixture of morals, quirkiness, and sarcasm. In it one finds ironic derivatives (if not roo…
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
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Marie De France
The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess the…
A Book of Fairy Tales
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Sabine Baring-Gould
This is a collection of fairy tales, retold by Sabine Baring-Gould. The collection contains such well-known stories as Cinderella and the Be…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 003
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Various
LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 003: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers
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Catherine Crowe
The stories in Volume 1 centre on dreams, psychic presentiments, traces, wraiths, doppelgängers, apparitions, and imaginings of the aft…
From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse
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Variousandolive Beaupre Miller and Various And Olive Beaupre Miller
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for lit…
Mopsa The Fairy
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Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow (1820 – 1897) was one of the more famous poets of the period, indeed many people suggested that she should succeed Alfred, Lord…
Balder Dead
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Matthew Arnold
"Balder Dead" is a beautiful epic poem by Matthew Arnold. It draws from Norse mythology to retell the story of the the death of Od…
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…
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…
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…