Legends & Fairy Tales
Phantastes
A young man named Anodos experiences dream-like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree-spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelm…
Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson which re…
The Grey Fairy Book
The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries — Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other re…
The Olive Fairy Book
Step into a world of enchantment with The Olive Fairy Book, a captivating collection of fairy tales curated by Andrew Lang. First published …
Tik-Tok of Oz
In this really exciting and well written story of Oz, the Shaggy Man is on a quest to find his long lost brother. But all does not go smooth…
The Day Boy and the Night Girl
A boy named Photogen, who has never seen the moon, meets a girl named Nycteris, who has never seen the sun. The two of them must escape from…
English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs is a captivating anthology that brings together a rich tapestry of traditional tales from England. Each…
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den lille havfrue, literally: "the little sea lady") is a very well known fairy tale by the Dani…
The Princess and Curdie
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 Children of Odin
Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the advent…
Japanese Fairy Tales
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold…
The Crimson Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are tr…
Blackfeet Indian Stories
The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skin…
Five Children and It
When four children (and their baby brother makes five) manage to uncover the long-dormant Psammead (in plain English, then, Sand-Fairy) in a…
The Princess and Curdie
The Princess and Curdie is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. It's been a year since the Princess Irene and Curd…
The Brown Fairy Book
Step into a world of enchantment with Andrew Lang's The Brown Fairy Book, a captivating collection of fairy tales that transports listeners …
A Book of Myths
This is a collection of myths--mostly Greek with a smattering of others from the east--written in a clear and easy-to-read style. Lang compl…
The Princess and the Goblin
The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a hous…
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night
This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythol…
The Age of Chivalry
Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amus…