Myths
Tales of Folk and Fairies
Read by William Tomcho
Katharine Pyle
In "Tales of Folk and Fairies" Ms. Pyle tells 15 different children's stories from around the world; each more delightful than the…
The Oresteia
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Aeschylus
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libati…
Tik-Tok of Oz (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
L. Frank Baum
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…
Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table
Read by David Wales
Andrew Lang
The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history o…
The Book of Hallowe'en
Read by Sibella Denton
Ruth Edna Kelley
This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 06 (Fables 126-150)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 09 (Fables 201-225)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Romulus
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Jacob Abbott
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface t…
Ivan the Fool
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Leo Tolstoy
Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, si…
The Song of Roland
Read by Joy Chan
Anonymoustranslated Byc. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Anonymoustranslated By C. K. Scott-Moncrieff and William James McGlothlin
The Song of Roland is an epic poem, originally sung in Old French. It tells the story of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778. This is an Eng…
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
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Pádraic Colum
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Gol…
The Lost Princess
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George MacDonald
Also known as "A Double Story" or "The Wise Woman."The story of two very spoiled girls, a princess and a peasant, who ar…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
The Celtic Twilight
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William Butler Yeats
I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy…
The Scarecrow of Oz (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
L. Frank Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal fav…
Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation)
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Aeschylus
"Prometheus Bound" is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupi…
Le Morte d'Arthur - Vol. 2
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Sir Thomas Malory
Le Morte d’Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d’Arthur, “the…
The Marvelous Land of Oz (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman is the second of L. Frank Baum's b…
Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
Snowdrop and Other Tales
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Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Many of these tales were published in English in 1909, the Brothers Grimm tales in this book were published separately in 1920 with illustra…