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…
Black Tales for White Children
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Nancy Stigand and Chauncey Hugh Stigand
Chauncey Hugh Stigand wrote this book of 29 East African folktales together with his wife, Nancy Stigand. Stigard was an officer in the Brit…
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…
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…
The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia
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Harry W. French
A gripping, coming-of-age tale with youthful heroism, wisdom and fortitude on the Arabian Peninsula, somewhat in the style of One Thousand A…
Andersens Märchen Ergänzungsband
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Hans Christian Andersen
Um das Jahr 1860 herum veranstaltete Andersen eine deutsche Ausgabe seiner Märchen und Geschichten, die 112 derselben umfaßte, di…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…