Myth & Fairy Tales Books

Algonquin Legends of New England

Charles Godfrey Leland

This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; that is to say, of the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots of Main..

Fairies and Folk of Ireland

William Henry Frost

This is a collection of Fairy and Folk tales. The poet William Butler Yeats collected them from around the Western part of Ireland and translated them near the end of the 1800s. The story which r..

Grasshopper Green and the Meadow Mice

John Rae

This is the story of the grasshopper who fiddled all summer and didn't have any place to go when the cold winter wind began to blow. "No, you can't live in my house this winter," said the hard-hearted..

Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit

Siddha Mohana Mitra

Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit is a collection of tales translated to English. These tales are not only of a kind to enchain the attention of children. They also illustrate well the close affinity..

Ixion In Heaven

Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli

Ixion In Heaven is a short story based on Greek mythology written by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli,  a British politician of the Conservative Party who twice served as Prime Minister of ..

Æsop's Fables - A Version for Young Readers

Aesop

The good fortune which has attended the earlier edition of this book is a proof that there is less occasion now than formerly to plead the cause of fables for use in elementary schools. And yet their ..

Fables de La Fontaine, livre second

Jean de La Fontaine

Fables de La Fontaine, livre second written by Jean de La Fontaine...

A Chinese Wonder Book

Norman Hinsdale Pitman

A Chinese Wonder Book is a collection of fairy tales and folk tales written by Norman Hinsdale Pitman,  an educator and author.His other writings include: The Lady Elect: A Chinese Romance, ..