Cautionary Tales for Children

Mermaid's Message and Other Stories.The stories contain original but old-fashioned tales which modern children and grown-ups will enjoy.Featured on Classic Children’s Stories Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Pot of Gold and Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.Celebrated prolific 19th century author of dozens of short stories and novels brings us a wistful and whimsical collection of delightful children's fancies and tales of New England life for which she is known.Featured on Classic Children’s Stories Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger.The 1925 Newbery Medal Winner for best children's literature published in the United States, this collection of Central and South American indigenous folk tales holds stories that will still be new to most North American ears. Full of cultural charm, these tales also hold the same degree of strangeness, flights of fancy, and fearful shadows that can be found in the tales of European-based folklore. This book is entertaining for adults as well as children.Featured on Classic Children’s Stories Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum.This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of the best of Baum's work, in Oz or out.Featured on Classic Children’s Stories Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Strange Story Book by Leonora Blanche Lang.A collection of stories compiled by the widow of the renowned children's short-story collector, Andrew Lang. She describes this as the final installment of his series of fairy stories and includes some of those stories he had not included in other collections. In the preface, she pays tribute to her husband, saying he liked old things more than new, he loved all beasts' because they were beasts', fairies, cricket and dancing. He longed to visit far away places, but hated to travel. But most of all he befriended children wherever he went and they shared stories with him. Only his own children mocked him.Featured on Classic Children’s Stories Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls.A charming collection of short stories for young girls, including The King's Daughter, The Old Brown House, A Story for School Girls, What One Lie Did, Two Ways of Reading the Bible, Courtesy to Strangers, Live for Something, and Jennie Browning. Each story subtly teaches an important lesson.Featured on Classic Children’s Stories Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Children's stories that never grow old.A timeless collection of beloved children's tales, beautifully adapted by Mary Stone and brought to life with enchanting illustrations by John R. Neill.Featured on Classic Children’s Stories Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

THe Legends of the White Gifts.This episode includes AI-generated content.

The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World.This episode includes AI-generated content.

The Story of the Three Bears.This episode includes AI-generated content.