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Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen

Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen

by Alexander Chodzko

Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen, is a collection of Slavic fables written by Polish poet Alexander Chodzko, whose popular poems and ballads include Popular Poetry of Persia, Polish-English and English-Polish Dictionary, The Twelve Months: A Slav Legend appeared in Good Stories for Great Holidays, and Ballad Maliny. This collection ..

American Fairy Tales

American Fairy Tales

by Lyman Frank Baum

American Fairy Tales is a collection of fairy tales written by the novelist Lyman Frank Baum, who is remembered his popular OZ books.  This collection contains twelve fairy tales, however critics consider some of the stories were more appropriate for adult readers due it the satirical tone and nonsensical morals attached to it.  Some o..

Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

by Mabel Powers

Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children, is a collection of tales from northeast Native American people who formed the Iroquois Confederacy. Written by Mabel Powers, some of the stories in this collection include How the woman overcame the bear, Why the woodpecker bores for its food, Why the ice roof fell, Why the chipmunk has black stripes, Why c..

Fairy Tales from Brazil

Fairy Tales from Brazil

by Elsie Spicer Eells

Fairy Tales from Brazil, is a collection of tales of Brazil compiled by Elsie Spicer Eells.  Most of the stories are told about nature of animals and how they got their identity. This collection contains fifteen tales and notable among them are How the rabbit lost his tail, How the toad got his bruises, How the tiger got his stripes, Why th..

The Firelight Fairy Book

The Firelight Fairy Book

by Henry Beston

The Firelight Fairy Book is a collection of new fairy tales written by the American naturalist Henry Beston, who came to limelight after publishing his book “The outermost house”. Most of his works were based on the nature, notable among them are The Starlight Wonder Book, The Living Age, Northern Farm: A Chronicle of Maine, Henry Beston's Fairy Ta..

The Fairy Book

The Fairy Book

by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

The Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of popular fairy tales written by Perrault, Madame d'Aulnois, and Grimm. This collection is compiled by the English novelist Dinah Maria Craik, whose numerous writings in the forms of sketches, tales, and poems include The Man in Green, The Emigrant's Wives. A Passage from Real Life, Great and Little Heroine..

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know

by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Folk tales have been narrated rather recorded on the basis of immense belief, fancy and superstitions of human experience. Unlike modern stories, Folk tales had not been carefully written to make the story interesting. Often they were conceived out of a single incident of the original narrator experienced in his life and which were retold for ge..

Legends That Every Child Should Know

Legends That Every Child Should Know

by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Words are not made like an automobile component, rather they were evolved gradually and grown out of compulsion to narrate and share the experience of an individual to communicate to the peers. In the ancient days countless stories were told by the peasant mothers to their children, who were not having the luxury of any sort of media like newspa..