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Russian Fairy Tales -  A Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore

Russian Fairy Tales - A Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore

by Ralston

Russian Fairy Tales: A Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore is a collection of Russian tales compiled by the English writer and Russian scholar William Ralston Shedden-Ralston, who is remembered for many translation works such as: The songs of the Russian people, from the writing of Ivan Turgenev's Nest of Gentlefolk as Liza; Krilof and his fables, fr..

Russian Picture Tales

Russian Picture Tales

by Valerian Viliamovich Karrik

Russian Picture Tales is an illustrated collection of Russian tales written by Valerian Viliamovich Karrik. This collection contains ten fairy tales illustrated with monochrome pictures such as The cock and the bean, The goat and the ram, The hungry wolf, The peasant and the bear, The dog and the cock, King frost, The bear’s paw, The bear and th..

Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

by Jean de La Fontaine

Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks, is a collection of popular fables written as verse by the French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine. All the fables in this collection are illustrated with colorful pictures and each story does not exceed more than hundred words. Most of the stories contain two animals as main characters in this collection. Some of th..

Viking Tales

Viking Tales

by Jennie Hall

Viking Tales is a collection of stories of the Norse culture of Scandinavia written by Jennie Hall.  A fact to be remembered is though the Vikings had alphabets; however they were a non-literate society and did not produce any literary legacy.  All the literary works about Viking society has been written by the authors who were enemies or..

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..