Myths
Outa Karel’s Stories
Read by NoelBadrian
Sanni Metelerkamp
Sanni Metelerkamp was a South African playwright and author born in 1867. She is well known for her biography of her great-grandfather, Geor…
A Guide to Mythology
Read by PhyllisV
Helen Clarke
My aim in this book on Mythology for young readers has been to give them solid knowledge on the subject, as far as it is advisable to go wit…
The Other Side of the Sun
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Evelyn Sharp
What better thing can I say about this book except that it is written by Evelyn Sharp the author who writes fairy stories with a flowing and…
The Giant Crab
Read by David Wales
W.H.D. Rouse and W. H. D. Rouse
This is the first collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. There is a second entitled The Talking Thrush (LibriVox audio…
The Faerie Queene
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Edmund Spenser
'The Sixth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of S, Calidore or of Cvrtesie.' Apart from Books 1-6, the only surviving section…
Myths and Legends Around the World
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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 Story of the Champions of the Round Table
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Howard Pyle
The second of four volumes of Pyles' retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, which tells the stories of Percival, Trist…
Thais
Read by Rom Maczka
Anatole France
The fourth century ascetic Paphnuce, journeys from his remote desert hermitage to urban Alexandria determined to locate the stunningly beaut…
Life and Death
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905, but as he wrote in Polish many English-speakers are unfamiliar with his work.…
The Counterpane Fairy
Read by Lee Elliott
Katharine Pyle
A little boy, recuperating from a lengthy illness, is entertained by visits from the Counterpane Fairy, who treats him to stories associated…
Children's Short Works
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Various
LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 009: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Golden Goose Book
Read by Phil Chenevert
L. Leslie Brooke
Here are four delightful fairy tales that have fascinated children and adults for centuries. Several, such as The Three Bears and The Three …
The Wonder Garden
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Frances Jenkins Olcott
"Here are 150 nature myths and short stories from all parts of the World. They are the kind that children delight in -- tales of transf…
Fantastics and Other Fancies
Read by Ben Tucker
Lafcadio Hearn
This posthumous collection of short stories by noted author and historian of weird folklore brings together 36 of his earliest works, many o…
Children's Short Works
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Various
LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 014: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Fisherman and His Soul
Read by Phil Chenevert
Oscar Wilde
To get what we want is often the greatest curse of all. The fisherman here accidentally catches a mermaid in his net. He falls in love with…
Pepper and Salt
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Howard Pyle
One must have a little pinch of seasoning in this dull, heavy life of ours; one should never look to have all the troubles, the labors, and …
Shasta Of The Wolves
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Olaf Baker
She-wolf Nitka finds an abandoned Native American baby and raises him with her cubs. Shasta learns the wolf ways and meets his kin, where he…
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls
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Various
A charming collection of short stories for young girls, including The King's Daughter, The Old Brown House, A Story for School Girls, What O…
Denslow's Three Bears
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
W. W. Denslow
This version of the classic tale of the three bears has a heroine named Golden Hair. The jolly bears, instead of chasing her away from their…