Legends & Fairy Tales
Grimm's Fairy Tales - Retold in One-Syllable Words
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The stories we have read and loved but retold in words of one syllable to make it easier for young readers or those where English is a secon…
The Fairy Book
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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Hop-O'-My-Thumb -- Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper -- Adventures of John Dietrich -- Beauty and …
Household Tales
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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The complete Brothers Grimm stories, as translated directly from the German. Some of the stories will be familiar such as The Frog Prince, R…
Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson
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Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson
The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …
The Princess and Curdie (Version 2)
Read by Hannah Mary
George MacDonald
A year has passed since Curdie's adventures with young Princess Irene and the hostile goblins deep in the mountain. As Curdie grows up, his …
The Odyssey for Boys and Girls
Read by Ginny Blankenship
Alfred John Church
A retelling of the adventures of Ulysses, including his adventures both the Cyclops and Circe, as he journeys home to his home of Ithaca. T…
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park
Read by David Wales
James W. Schultz
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the …
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio (selections from Volume 1)
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Songling Pu
"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supe…
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People
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L. Frank Baum
The Magical Monarch of Mo is a set of stories about the titular king, his queen, and his royal children. The stories are uproariously funny,…
Myths That Every Child Should Know
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
A selection of famous and timeless myths, adapted for a junior audience. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)
Children's Short Works, Vol. 016
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E. Nesbitt and Charles Dickens
LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 016: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Islands of Magic
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Elsie Spicer Eells
LEGENDS, FOLK AND FAIRY TALES FROM THE AZORES. Some three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there is a group of nine beauti…
Kabumpo in Oz
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
Dear children: Do you like Elephants? Do you believe in Giants? And do you love all the jolly people of the Wonderful Land of Oz? Well then …
The Emperor's New Clothes
Read by Phil Chenevert
Hans Christian Andersen
This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an …
Under the Sunset
Read by Sandra Cullum
Bram Stoker
“Under the Sunset” is a collection of eight amazing fantasy tales from the mind and imagination of the legendary Bram Stoker (Dracula.) Orig…
The Legends of Genesis
Read by JoeD
Hermann Gunkel
The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical ana…
Romances of Old Japan
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Yei Theodora Ozaki
A collection of romances from old Japan rendered into English by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Filled with tales of honor, adventure, tragedy, and rom…
The Book of Stories for the Storyteller
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Fanny Coe
This group project is a collection of 43 fairy tales (both old and new), folk lore, myths and real life stories by a variety of authors, bro…
Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation Version 2)
Read by Jerome Lawsen
The Gawain Poet, Charlton Miner Lewis, The Gawain Poettranslated Bycharlton Miner Lewis and The Gawain Poettranslated By Charlton Miner Lewis
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse roma…
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
Read by Kyle Van DeGlast
Katharine Berry Judson
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short st…