Myths

Children's Short Works, Vol. 018

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Various



LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 018: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Fables of Aesop and Others

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Aesop



The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regar…

Violet: A Fairy Story

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Caroline Snowden Guild



A charming fairytale -- with realistic touches -- from the mid-19th Century.(Summary by BellonaTimes)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Weston Translation Version 2)

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Jessie Laidlay Weston, Translated Byjessie Laidlay Weston, The Gawain Poettranslated Byjessie Laidlay Weston and The Gawain Poettranslated By Jessie Laidlay Weston



This poem celebrates Christmas by exploring the mystery of Christ's mission on earth: his death, resurrection, and second coming as judge of…

Twinkle and Chubbins; Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland

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L. Frank Baum



Twinkle is a little girl who often finds herself caught up in fantastic adventures. Whether it be being put on trial by angry woodchucks, ra…

The Light Princess (Version 3)

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George MacDonald



The Light Princess is a fairytale written by George MacDonald about a young princess who is cursed by her wicked aunt to be without gravity.…

Winnie-the-Pooh (Version 4)

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A. A. Milne



Winnie-the-Pooh is a timeless classic that the world's children have listened to for nearly a hundred years. It tells the tales of a young b…

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys (version 2)

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Nathaniel Hawthorne



THE author has long been of opinion that many of the classical myths were capable of being rendered into very capital reading for children. …

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 04

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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,…

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 06

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Various



You get to choose what you want to read! (All recordings in English]) So long as the source is Public Domain for you, any short story or cha…

Sylvie and Bruno (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Lewis Carroll



Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its 1893 second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded form the last novel by Lewis Carroll publis…

The Story of the Amulet (version 3 dramatic reading)

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E. Nesbit



The Five Children (from Five Children and It) are once again on holidays, but this time with no sand fairy to grant wishes - or is there? In…

The Christmas Reindeer

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Thornton W. Burgess



Tuktu and her brother, Aklak, are Eskimo children who live happily with their beloved reindeer in the Northland. When Tuktu is lost in a fog…

The Shakespeare Story-Book

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Mary Macleod



This book contains many of Shakespeare's most famous plays, retold for children. - Summary by kathrinee

The Magic Soap Bubble

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David Cory



David Cory, who gave us the "Little Jack Rabbit Series", and "Puss-in-Boots," now takes us on "Little Journeys to H…

The Golden heart, and other fairy stories

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Violet Jacob



A collection of fairy tales by Violet Jacob. Including the title story, The Golden Heart, The Peacock's Tail, The Cherry Trees, Jack frost, …

Lulu's Library, Volume 2

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Louisa May Alcott



Most of these stories were written at sixteen for my younger sisters and their playmates, the little Emersons and Channings, and appeared so…

The Magic Umbrella

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David Cory



David Cory who gave us the tales of Little Jack Rabbit, Puss in Boots, Jr., and Billy Bunny takes us on another journey with his Magic Umbre…

The Betrothal

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Maurice Maeterlinck



The adventures of Tyltyl and The Fairy Berylune. Of all the girls he knows, who does he love the most? Read on to find out. - Summary by Mi…

Shakespeare's Ovid, Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses

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William Shakespeare



Ovid represents his work as a celebration of mutability in the form of a history of the world's notable transformations. It is a compendium …

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