Legends & Fairy Tales

The Angels of Mons

by Arthur Machen Read by R. S. Steinberg 4
The Angels of Mons is a popular legend about a group of angels who supposedly protected members of the British army in the Battle of Mons at…

Seven Autumn Leaves From Fairyland

by E. Cunningham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Seven original fairy tales . . ."Now for the stories you promised us.""Well, how many shall there be?""O, seven, on…

Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The stories we have read and loved but retold in words of one syllable to make it easier for young readers or those where English is a secon…

Children's Short Works

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Discover a delightful assortment of stories in Children's Short Works, a curated collection featuring 15 enchanting tales for young listener…

Sintram and His Companions

by Friedrich De La Motte Fouqué Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, also the author of Undine, was a German Romantic writer whose stories were filled with knights, damsels in dis…

Rock A Bye Library

by Unknown Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.9
A book of short fables with morals. (Summary by DSayers)

Pepper and Salt

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.1
Pepper and Salt invites listeners into a whimsical world where the ordinary is seasoned with a touch of magic and humor. Howard Pyle weaves …

The Blue Bird

by Maurice Maeterlinck Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visite…

Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

by Jean de la Fontaine Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 4.1
This is a short book which collects together 18 charming fables, written in rhyme and intended to be enjoyed by children. Based on stories w…

Folk-lore and Legends

by Charles John Tibbits Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.3
The East is rich in Folklore, and the lorist is not troubled to discover material, but to select only that which it is best worth his while …

The Girl Who Sat by the Ashes

by Pádraic Colum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
"Because she used to herd Goats in the high places and the rocky places, she went by the name of Girl-go-with-the-Goats. But that was n…

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

by Andrew Lang Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Arabian Nights Entertainments invites listeners into a mesmerizing world of ancient tales, where magic, adventure, and wisdom intertwine…

The Fairies and the Christmas Child

by Lilian Gask Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The worst of being a Christmas Child is that you don’t get birthday presents, but only Christmas ones. Old Naylor, who was Father’s coachman…

Anyhow Stories

by Lucy Clifford Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Anyhow Stories is a delightful collection of tales and poems crafted for children by Lucy Clifford, a notable British novelist and playwrigh…

The Ramayan

by Valmiki Read by om123 4.2
The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …

Yvain, or the Knight with the Lion

by Chrétien De Troyes Read by poormedea 4.5
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion is a romance by Chrétien de Troyes. It was probably written in the 1170s simultaneously with Lancelot, …

The Ingoldsby Legends

by Richard Harris Barham Read by Grant Hurlock 2.5
The Ingoldsby Legends are a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Mano…

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

by Lewis Carroll Read by Catharine Eastman 4.5
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded continues the adventures of the many characters in the previous volume Sylvie and Bruno. The fairy-children Sylvi…

Folklore of the Santal Parganas

by Unknown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
This is an intriguing collection of folklore from the Santal Parganas, a district in India located about 150 miles from Calcutta. As its pre…

The Three Mulla-mulgars

by Walter de la Mare and Walter De La Mare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Three monkey brothers, Thumb, Thimble, and Nod, are Mulla-mulgars or royal monkeys. As she dies, their mother gives them the enchanted Wonde…

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