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The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same five protagonists - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb.Author: E. NesbitLength: 6 hours 37 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, General FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 134:07 - Chapter 201:14:39 - Chapter 302:00:58 - Chapter 402:33:22 - Chapter 503:06:15 - Chapter 603:33:35 - Chapter 704:07:49 - Chapter 804:41:55 - Chapter 905:14:07 - Chapter 1005:37:21 - Chapter 1106:06:49 - Chapter 12Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated and presented by 🟡 Kids Books: Bedtime Stories.Discover more free classic aud...

Undine is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldbrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages. The novel served as inspiration for two operas in the romantic style by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and Albert Lortzing, respectively, and two ballets: the nineteenth century Ondine and the twentieth century Undine.Author: Friedrich de la Motte FouquLength: 3 hours 8 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantastic Fiction, RomanceChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 113:42 - Chapter 225:10 - Chapter 333:16 - Chapter 445:43 - Chapter 555:17...

Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of Lucy Aikin who undertook translating great literature into single-syllable words so that young readers could enjoy plots that were considerably more interesting than, say, the McGuffey readers of the 1880's or the "Dick and Jane" primers of the 1950s (still around today as "decodable readers" in elementary schools). She produced this volume based on Daniel Defoe's most famous work, considered by many to be the first English novel (1719). She also rendered Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Wyss' Swiss Family Robinson, which she translated as well.Author: Lucy AikinLength: 2 hours 59 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 116:18...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nThis is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found for the collection, but several versions date the collection's genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900.Author: AnonymousLength: 13 hours 39 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 133:54 - Chapter 201:14:36 - Chapter 301:52:36 - Chapter 402:25:01 - Chapter 503:04:36 - Chapter 603:39:39 - Chapter 704:15:37 - Chapter 804:50:36 - Chapter 905:28:13 - Chapter 1005:59:32 - Chapter 1106:34:00 - Chapter 1207:08:10 - Chapter 1307:45:57 - Chapter 1408:20:12 - Chapter 1508:57:21 - Chapter 1609:31:57 - Chapter 1710:02:15...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nThis is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found for the collection, but several versions date the collection's genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900.Author: AnonymousLength: 13 hours 39 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 133:54 - Chapter 201:14:36 - Chapter 301:52:36 - Chapter 402:25:01 - Chapter 503:04:36 - Chapter 603:39:39 - Chapter 704:15:37 - Chapter 804:50:36 - Chapter 905:28:13 - Chapter 1005:59:32 - Chapter 1106:34:00 - Chapter 1207:08:10 - Chapter 1307:45:57 - Chapter 1408:20:12 - Chapter 1508:57:21 - Chapter 1609:31:57 - Chapter 1710:02:15...

The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great-great-grandmother, and her friend the minor boy Curdie. Things are peaceful for Irene until the hideous race of goblins that live beneath the mountain start planning something big... Through his writing George MacDonald has influenced such writers as J.Author: George MacDonaldLength: 5 hours 31 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 124:06 - Chapter 237:57 - Chapter 359:17 - Chapter 401:21:40 - Chapter 501:39:03 - Chapter 602:05:21 - Chapter 702:28:32 - Chapter 802:48:43...

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity.Author: Charles KingsleyLength: 5 hours 24 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 114:21 - Chapter 222:40 - Chapter 341:28 - Chapter 401:02:42 - Chapter 501:29:35 - Chapter 601:38:32 - Chapter 701:53:21 - Chapter 802:11:57 - Chapter 902:20:07 - Chapter 1003:07:22 - Chapter 1104:01:41 - Chapter 1204:08:00 - Chapter 1304:17:54 - Chapter 1405:08:26 - Chapter 1505:18:32 - Chapter 16Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox volunteers...

The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river-bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has it all: excitement, sentiment, destruction of private property (plenty of that), paganism, and a happy ending. The prose is beautiful and occasionally requires the use of a dictionary - I had to look up "asperities.Author: Kenneth GrahameLength: 6 hours 55 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Animals & NatureChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 129:30 - Chapter 201:00:58 - Chapter 301:32:15 - Chapter 402:05:54 - Chapter 502:44:17 - Chapter 603:17:47 - Chapter 703:45:55 - Chapter 804:19:47 - Chapter 904:59:29 - Chapter 1005:40:41 - Chapter 1106:21:47 - Chapter 12Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated and presented by 🟡 Kid...

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrowing the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland.Author: L. Frank BaumLength: 5 hours 3 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Dramatic Readings, Fantastic FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 102:35 - Chapter 213:00 - Chapter 325:20 - Chapter 448:27 - Chapter 559:11 - Chapter 601:20:43 - Chapter 701:28:56 - Chapter 801:39:38 - Chapter 901:59:00 - Chapter 1002:12:06 - Chapter 1102:20:36 - Chapter 1202:35:50 - Chapter 1302:52:48 - Chapter 1403:02:50 - Chapter 1503:21:58 - Chapter 1603:33:00...

Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public domain. These stories are all from Russian folklore, some comparatively well-known, others less so.Author: Arthur RansomeLength: 7 hours 41 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 110:05 - Chapter 242:18 - Chapter 301:03:36 - Chapter 401:23:48 - Chapter 501:51:47 - Chapter 602:20:49 - Chapter 702:46:37 - Chapter 802:50:00 - Chapter 903:12:35 - Chapter 1003:37:23 - Chapter 1104:12:12 - Chapter 1204:38:36 - Chapter 1304:48:05 - Chapter 1405:12:18 - Chapter 1505:15:36 - Chapter 1605:32:44 - Chapter 1706:00:17 - Chapter 1806:12:22 - Chapter 1906:43:19 - Chapter 2007:16:15 - Chapter 21Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated and...

The timeless story of the young orphan girl sent by accident to a brother and sister who had wanted a boy, Anne, with her vivid imagination and sensitive spirit, has enchanted readers for generations. (Summary by Karen Savage) Other books in this series by this reader: Anne of Avonlea

James Otis wrote a series of books depicting life in the new colonies, written from a child's point of view. Ruth of Boston is the story of 12 year old Ruth, coming from London to live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It gives accounts of what a girl's daily life might have been like during the beginnings of this colony.Author: James OtisLength: 3 hours 7 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Historical FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 111:47 - Chapter 223:58 - Chapter 337:42 - Chapter 444:35 - Chapter 553:02 - Chapter 601:05:51 - Chapter 701:20:03 - Chapter 801:31:37 - Chapter 901:43:32 - Chapter 1001:58:58 - Chapter 1102:08:12 - Chapter 1202:19:02 - Chapter 1302:36:03 - Chapter 1402:48:38 - Chapter 1502:59:28 - Chapter 16...

Little kids sent to stay the night with their Aunt Jane find themselves sharing an enormous bed. So enormous is it, that when they make a tent of the bed sheets and crawl in, they never make it to the foot of the bed, crawling instead into a dreamworld of caves and pirates and adventures. (summary by ohosostrange).Author: Gertrude KnevelsLength: 3 hours 17 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 115:28 - Chapter 227:59 - Chapter 340:44 - Chapter 450:31 - Chapter 501:02:36 - Chapter 601:14:18 - Chapter 701:28:09 - Chapter 801:37:17 - Chapter 901:43:41 - Chapter 1002:03:13 - Chapter 1102:21:03 - Chapter 1202:37:44 - Chapter 1302:52:29 - Chapter 1403:03:30 - Chapter 15Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox...

Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories.Author: Johnny GruelleLength: 1 hours 39 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 104:04 - Chapter 208:31 - Chapter 318:08 - Chapter 428:29 - Chapter 539:20 - Chapter 647:35 - Chapter 756:05 - Chapter 801:04:25 - Chapter 901:12:50 - Chapter 1001:22:49 - Chapter 1101:32:12 - Chapter 12Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated and presented by 🟡 Kids Books: Bedtime Stories.Dis...

Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching for her lost nephew. Her Aunt Polly goes abroad with her new Uncle, Dr.Author: Eleanor H. PorterLength: 8 hours 58 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 119:13 - Chapter 244:25 - Chapter 301:05:03 - Chapter 401:21:19 - Chapter 501:54:05 - Chapter 602:10:58 - Chapter 702:26:21 - Chapter 802:44:56 - Chapter 902:59:32 - Chapter 1003:20:06 - Chapter 1103:36:05 - Chapter 1203:51:45 - Chapter 1304:15:50 - Chapter 1404:27:59 - Chapter 1504:38:14 - Chapter 1604:57:19 - Chapter 1705:17:17 - Chapter 1805:31:58 - Chapter 1905:48:41 - Chapter 2006:04:53 - Chapter 2106:19:38 - Chapter 2206:37:23 - Chapter 2306:45:58 - Chapter 2407:03:42 - Chapter 2507:20:18 - Chapter 2607:31:53...

The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader's grandchildren in mind. "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie," both by James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier Poet were favorites of the reader when she was a child on a farm in Indiana. Other favorites were picked up along the way as she read to her own daughter and to her students, while other gems were discovered while looking for poems and stories to include in this collection.Author: VariousLength: 1 hours 18 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, General Fiction, PoetryChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 105:00 - Chapter 205:49 - Chapter 307:10 - Chapter 414:27 - Chapter 516:37...

A boy named Photogen, who has never seen the moon, meets a girl named Nycteris, who has never seen the sun. The two of them must escape from the witch Watho. As usual with George MacDonald, this fairy tale has layers of meaning that go deeper than the story on the surface.Author: George MacDonaldLength: 1 hours 37 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 114:51 - Chapter 227:31 - Chapter 342:25 - Chapter 457:07 - Chapter 501:09:34 - Chapter 601:19:58 - Chapter 7Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated and presented by 🟡 Kids Books: Bedtime Stories.Discover more free classic audiobooks and bedtime stories at https://thefreeaudiobooklibrary.com...

Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her father's aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in the city, to living on a Vermont farm with her mother's family, the Putneys, whose child-rearing practices had always seemed suspect to Harriet and her daughter. In her new rural life, Elizabeth Ann comes to be nicknamed "Betsy," and to find that many activities that Frances had always thought too demanding for a little girl are considered, by the Putney family, ordinary expectations for a...

First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states: ". in telling them I have also found that they were still unknown to the vast majority, and this has encouraged me to write them for the children of the West. " In part, the project was the result of a suggestion made by her friend Andrew Lang, another collector of fairy stories, who printed his stories in the many Colored Fairy Books.Author: Yei Theodora OzakiLength: 7 hours 35 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends...

Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin (Excerpt from text).Author: James BaldwinLength: 3 hours 28 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, HistoricalChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 103:10 - Chapter 206:55 - Chapter 310:51 - Chapter 413:41 - Chapter 519:46 - Chapter 625:47 - Chapter 734:02 - Chapter 839:36...