PDF Books in Children's Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Magic Fish-Bone
by Charles DickensCharles Dickens has wrote very few fairy stories and The Magic Fish-bone is one of them. A good nature fairy godmother presents the magic fish-bone to good nature and simple princess Alicia. While the magic fish-bone can fulfill any wish of the Princess provided the wish comes at the right time. And as usual with any fairy tales, this story too con..
A House of Pomegranates
by Oscar WildeA House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public." The stories included in this collection are as follows: The Young Kin..
The Nursery "Alice"
by Lewis CarrollThe Nursery "Alice" is a shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five". It includes 20 of John Tenniel's illustrations from the original book, redrawn, enlarged, coloured – and, in some cases, revised – by Tenniel himself. The book was published by Macm..
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
by Lewis CarrollSylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other i..
Turkish fairy tales and folk tales
by LevetusTHESE stories were collected from the mouths of the Turkish peasantry by the Hungarian savant Dr. Ignatius Kunos, during his travels through Anatolia, and published for the first time in 1889 by the well-known Hungarian Literary Society, “A Kisfaludy Társaság,” under the Title of Török Népmések (“Turkish Folk Tales”), with an introduction by ..
Little Mexican & Other Stories
by Aldous HuxleyLittle Mexican & Other Stories is a collection of short stories compiled by Aldous Huxley whose other works include ANTIC HAY: a novel, CROME YELLOW: a novel, MORTAL COILS: short stories, LIMBO: short stories, LEDA: and other poems, ON THE MARGIN: notes & essays.Some people I know can look back over the long series of their childish h..
The Lost Giant, and Other American Indian Tales Retold
by Violet Moore HigginsAmong the Indians who used to roam over our Western prairies in such vast numbers, story telling was of the greatest importance. From the opening of spring, through the summer, and far into the fall, the men and older boys of the tribe were out each day hunting the deer in the hills and the buffalo on the plains or spearing fish in the streams. The..
Little Miss Dorothy
by Bryce WaltonDorothy May was a dear little girl, whose soft eyes met yours with a twinkle in their brown depths. She was very fond of Cousin Ray, a bright-haired boy all curves and dimples, who lived quite near and often came to play with her. These two little people wondered about the great world around them; about the trees and flowers, the birds and the blue..