18 books like Tanglewood Tales
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Tales told at the fireside and in the woods, adapting such classical myths as Pandora's Box, Baucis and Philemon, and Perseus and Medusa to the storyteller's gothic or romantic environment.
Shares: Mythologie ancienne, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Classical Mythology, Mythology
Aunt Jo's scrap-bag
Preface
As grandmothers rummage their piece-bags and bundles in search of gay odds and ends to make gifts with which to fill the little stockings that hand all in a row on Christmas Eve, so I have gathers together some stories, old and new, to amuse the large family that has to rapidly and beautifully grown up about me.
I hope that when they pomenade in nightcaps and gowns to rifle the plump…
Shares: Children's literature, American Short stories, Children, Conduct of life
Stories of the old world
A retelling of the stories of Homer and Vergil.
Shares: Children's literature, Classical Mythology
The Yellow Fairy Book
First published in 1894, this extensive fairy tale anthology was edited by Andrew Lang, a pioneering author and critic. By bringing together folk tales from all over the world and having them translated into English, many for the first time, he was able to create rich and varied collections of stories, opening readers' eyes to a whole world of magical possibility overseas.
Shares: Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Children, Conduct of life, Children's fiction
Sylvie and Bruno
Two little children meet adventure in such places as Dogland, Outland, and Elfland.
Shares: Children's literature, Children, Conduct of life, Children's fiction
Dream days
Kenneth Grahame's unjustly neglected collections of vignettes, reminiscences, and inventions capture the ingenuities of a family of children--three boys and two girls--who live magnanimous lives nourished by the secret expeditions and private games they share. Written in the last few years of the 19th century, as Grahame looked back fondly at his own childhood, these sketches of growing up are…
Shares: Children's literature, Children, Classic Literature, Children's fiction
Saga of Asgard
Shares: Children's literature, Mythology
The heroes
Stories based on the Greek myths about Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, Theseus, and the twelve labors of Heracles.
Shares: Classical Mythology, Mythology, Children's fiction
Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, The
A man in the garb of a slave went up the side of that mountain that is all covered with forest, the Mountain Pelion. He carried in his arms a little child.
Shares: Classical Mythology, Mythology, Classic Literature, Children's fiction
Men and gods
These tales cover the range of Greek mythology, including the creation story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the heroic adventures of Perseus, the fall of Icarus, Cupid and Psyche's tale of love, and the tragic history of Oedipus and Thebes.
Shares: Classical Mythology, Mythology, Children's fiction
The poetics of childhood
The Poetics of Childhood investigates the sensibility of childhood and the ways writers try to recapture it. It explores the earliest conceptions of innocence and the development of literature about children through contemporary times. It encompasses the pastoral, the dark pastoral, the anti-pastoral; it addresses picture books, fantasy, and realism. It looks with originality at the literature…
Shares: Children's literature, Children
Written for children: an outline of English children's literature
Shares: Children's literature, Children
Otto of the Silver Hand
A courageous boy in the Middle Ages brings an end to the feud between two powerful robber barons.
Shares: Children, Conduct of life, Classic Literature, Children's fiction
Paul the Peddler
Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best.
Shares: Children, Children's fiction
Running Out of Time
Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana, in 1840 -- or so she believes. When diphtheria strikes the village and the children of Clifton start dying, Jessie's mother reveals a shocking secret -- it's actually 1996, and they are living in a reconstructed village that serves as a tourist site. In the world outside, medicine exists that can cure the dread disease, and…
Shares: Children's literature, Children, Children's fiction
The golden key
The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden key.
Shares: Children, Conduct of life, Children's fiction
The wise woman
The Wise Woman abducts a princess and a peasant girl and carries them off to her magical cottage in the forest in order to teach them the lessons of Christian love and humility.
Shares: Children's literature, Conduct of life, Children's fiction
The Trouble with Mom
A young boy's mother, who is a witch, is not immediately accepted by the parents of the children in his new school.
Shares: Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Children's fiction