Legends & Fairy Tales
The Laughing Bear and Other Stories
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Robert Bloomer Hare Bell
A collection of unique stories for listeners with the wisdom to see a bit beyond the printed words. The stories start in Korea with The Lau…
Mongan's Frenzy
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James Stephens
James Stephens is famous for his retellings of Irish myths and fairy tales. This tale is about 1.5 hours in length, full of magical lore and…
Christ Legends
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Selma Lagerlöf
These are beautiful little stories about Christmas from the Swedish storyteller Selma Lagerlöf. As she explains in the first story, th…
The Emerald Story Book
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Various
There is no richer theme for children’s stories than the miracle of Spring. The selections in “The Emerald Story Book” aim to serve the youn…
Fifty Funny Animal Tales
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Laura Rountree Smith
"This book contains short stories of animals that will charm the children. Such characters as the Funny Fox, the Happy Hare, the Willfu…
The Pig Brother and Other Fables and Stories
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Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards
Here are some really amusing stories and fables told with delightful wit. Some poke fun at human foibles and some are there for the simple j…
Phantasmion
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Sara Coleridge
In 1837 came Phantasmion, a Fairy Tale, Sara Coleridge's longest original work, described by critic Mike Ashley as "the first fairytale…
The Hollow Tree Snowed In Book
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Once upon a time, in the Big Deep Woods, there was a big hollow tree with three hollow branches. The tree animals living in each of these …
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands Volume One
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May Wentworth
California, both old and new, is the scene of these fairy stories. They are unique tales written with with a pleasant tinge of romance abou…
Sylvie and Bruno (Version 3)
Read by Craig Franklin
Lewis Carroll
Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis …
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 15
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
The Sleeping Beauty
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C. S. Evans
A retelling of the classic fairy-tale, illustrated by one of the leading figures in the Golden Age of book illustration. Never underestimat…
The Fairy Latchkey
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Magdalene Horsfall
Philomene Isolde is a good little girl, but has been very lonely since the death of her mother. Playing make-believe in the garden, Philomen…
Myths of Northern Lands
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H. A. Guerber
The aim of this handbook of Northern mythology is to familiarize the English student of letters with the religion of his heathen ancestors, …
Venus and Adonis (Version 2)
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William Shakespeare
Both Ovid and Spenser also treat this ancient myth, but Spenser alters the ending, converting the tale into an archetype of fulfilled love, …
The Hungry Tiger of Oz
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Hungry Tiger gets a chance to eat LOTS of people. What will happen!?? Will his conscience stop him or will he finally stop his stomach…
Twilight Voices
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William Allingham
William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor, who wrote several volumes of lyric verse. (Summary by David Lawrence)
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 2: The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods
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Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata
The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek…
Fairy Tales from Brazil (Version 2)
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Elsie Spicer Eells
A collection of short, sweet fairy tales from Brazil, including How the Tiger Got His Stripes, and Why The Bananas Belong to the Monkey. - S…
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 08
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…