18 books like The song of Hiawatha

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning · 1888 · ★ 3.9 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The Pied Piper pipes the village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service he exacts a terrible revenge. Shares Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Legends, Folklore

Why War Is Never a Good Idea Alice Walker · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light Simple, rhythmic text explores the wanton destructiveness of War, which has grown old but not wise, as it demolishes nice people and beautiful things with no consideration for the consequence Shares Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, American poetry, Poetry

The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore · 1857 · ★ 4.4 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Challenging A well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor. Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, American poetry

You read to me, I'll read to you Mary Ann Hoberman · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light Here's a book With something new - You read to me! I'll read to you! We'll read each page To one another - You'll read one side, I the other. But who will read - Now guess this riddle - When the words are In the middle? The answer's easy! Plain as pie! We'll read together, You and I. Shares Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, American poetry, Folklore

'Twas the Night before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore · 1912 · ★ 4.4 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate The Coca-Cola Company's Santa are used to illustrate the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor. Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, American poetry

Fairy tales Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1919 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Moderate An illustrated collection of four Pushkin stories in verse. Shares Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Folklore, Poetry

Kutenai tales Franz Boas · 1918 · 387p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Collection of texts made by Alexander F. Chamberlain in 1891 and by Franz Boas in the summer of 1914. Shares Indians of North America, Legends, Folklore

The Wept of Wish-ton-wish: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1829 · ★ 3.9 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Indians of North America, Classic Literature with this book.

Myths and Legends of the Sioux Marie L. McLaughlin · 1916 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The timid rabbit who outwits the tyrannical bear, the wonderful turtle who marries the Indian chief's daughter, the pet crane who saves a family{u2014}these and many other legendary figures appear in Myths and Legends of the Sioux. Marie L. McLaughlin, born to a white father and a mixed-blood Sioux mother, heard these stories while growing up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota. When she… Shares Indians of North America, Legends, Folklore

The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1983 · 1178p · ≈ 39h · Challenging Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry with this book. Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry

It's Halloween Jack Prelutsky · 1977 · ★ 5.0 · 56p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Thirteen poems to spice up the holiday that ghouls and ghosts love most. "Prelutsky's Nightmares tamed for beginning readers. They're catchy at the most rudimentary level."--Kirkus Reviews. Shares Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Ten Great Mysteries [10 stories, 5 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1960 · ★ 3.0 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry with this book. Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry

Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki · 1905 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Legends, Folklore with this book.

The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [73 stories, 48 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · 842p · ≈ 28h · Challenging 73 stories: Unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall -- Balloon-hoax -- Mesmeric Revelation Ms. found in a bottle -- Descent into the Maelstrom Von Kempelen and His Discovery Gold-bug -- Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Mystery of Marie Rog?t -- Fall of the House of Usher Purloined Letter Tell-tale Heart Black… Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry

Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · ★ 4.1 · 540p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry with this book. Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry

Erzählungen [40 stories, 4 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1965 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Challenging 40 stories: Metzengerstein (Metzengerstein — 1832) Eine Geschichte aus Jerusalem (A Tale of Jerusalem — 1832) Assignation Berenice Morella (Morella — 1835) König Pest — Eine nicht unallegorische Geschichte (King Pest— 1835) Ligeia (Ligeia— 1838) Das System des Doktor Teer und Professor Feder (The System of Dr. Theer and Prof. Fether— 1845) Eleonora Das ovale Porträt (The Oval Portrait—… Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry

The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [67 stories, 52 poems, 4 essays] Edgar Allan Poe · 1938 · ★ 4.0 · 1026p · ≈ 34h · Challenging 73 stories: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall The Gold-Bug The Balloon-Hoax Von Kempelen and His Discovery Mesmeric Revelation Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade MS. Found in a Bottle . Descent into the Maelstrom The Murders in the Rue Morgue . The Mystery of Marie Roget Purloined Letter Black Cat Fall of the House of Usher Pit and… Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry

The Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe [32 stories, 42 poems, 11 essays] Edgar Allan Poe · 1931 · 428p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 32 stories: Metzengerstein The Duc L'Omelette MS. Fmrnd in a Bottle Assignation Berenice Morella Shadow Silence — A Fable Ligeia Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion The Man of the Crowd The Murders in the Rue Morgue Island of the Fay A Descent into the Maelström Three Sundays in a Week Eleonora The Oval Portrait Masque of the Red… Shares Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, American poetry, Poetry

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