Bedtime Classics Library

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...

<em>Undine</em> 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 t...

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...

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...

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 w...

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, Myth...

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,...

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 Fi...

Arthur Ransome is best known for his <i>Swallows and Amazons</i> 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 1...

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: <a href=" http://librivox . org/anne-of-avonlea-by-lucy-maud-montgomery-2/" target="_blank">Anne of Avon...

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, Histori...

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 FictionChaptersC...

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 <i>Raggedy Ann Stories</i>.Author: Johnny GruelleLength: 1 hours 39 minutesGenre: Children's Fi...

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 - Chapt...

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 lo...

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:...

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...

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...

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).Au...

Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse romance following a young knight of the Round Table. During Christmas celebrations, a mysterious, entirely green knight presents a challenge to King Arthur's court: that any may strike the stranger a single blow with his green axe, provided he assent to receiving...

A collection of silly poetry and limericks for children. Author: Carolyn WellsLength: 1 hours 26 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, PoetryChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 122:57 - Chapter 244:15 - Chapter 301:06:21 - Chapter 4Audiobook recording provided by LibriVox volunteers. Curated and presented by 🟡 Kids Books: Bedtime Stories. Discover more free classic audiobooks and bedtime stories at http...

Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works. She set about to retell his plays in a language that children would not only understand, but delight in. This is a marvelous introduction to the works of Shakespeare that ALL will enjoy. Author: E. NesbitLength: 5 hours 2 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Sh...

This book tells further stories from the period of Rebecca's sojourn in Riverboro. Author: Kate Douglas WigginLength: 6 hours 23 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Family LifeChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 144:53 - Chapter 201:12:48 - Chapter 302:15:36 - Chapter 402:42:52 - Chapter 503:21:11 - Chapter 603:40:10 - Chapter 704:17:27 - Chapter 804:45:18 - Chapter 905:13:48 - Chapter 1005:44:50 - Cha...

Fourteen Old Indian Legends by Native American (Dakota) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American Trickster god. (summary by Robert Scott).Author: Zitkala-SaLength: 2 hours 50 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 117:28 - Chapter 226:06 - Chapter 335:12 - Chapter 444:24 - Chapter 559:10 - Chapter 601:19:23 - Chapte...

This excellent book contains many great stories from the various mythologies of man throughout the ages. Author: Logan MarshallLength: 8 hours 58 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 102:27 - Chapter 209:21 - Chapter 343:09 - Chapter 451:01 - Chapter 558:21 - Chapter 601:06:14 - Chapter 702:03:02 - Chapter 802:37:34 - Chapter 903:15:59 - Chapter 1003:37:14...