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Frances Jenkins Olcott
Baltic Wizards by Frances Jenkins Olcott is a captivating collection of Baltic folklore from regions including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1917 Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Subjects: Indians of North America Folklore, Indian History / Native American Juvenile Nonfiction / People
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
A collection of traditional ballads from around the world, this volume combines historical significance with artistic beauty. Olcott's work highlights the richness and variety of global folklore, making it a…
Collection of some of the greatest short stories, with works by authors including Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles W. Moore, Henry Cabot Lodge, Mary Austin, Ralph Connor, Washington Irving…
A choice collection of Native American myths and legends carefully selected from many sources. Most are nature stories telling about birds, beasts, flowers, and rocks of our American meadows, prairies…
And Also For The Boys’ And Girls’ Own Reading.
Looking for a way to inspire your child's love of reading? Look no further than The Children's Reading, a charming collection of classic stories, fairy tales, and poems compiled by…
The Red Indian Fairy Book was originally published in 1917. This edition contains all sixty-four of the original stories and all seventeen of the original illustrations and the original color…
Good Stories for Great Holidays by Frances Jenkins Olcott, published in 1914, includes children’s stories for most American holidays, including New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Holloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and several…
Accounts of elfin mounds and fairy hills abound here. So do fables of little men and treasures of gold, fairy servants, and spirits of water, forest, and meadow. More appealing…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
His honesty was strongly illustrated by the way he kept his accounts with his law-partner. When he had taken a fee in the latter’s absence, he put one half of…
The book
The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children’s Own Reading, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that…
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Subjects: Children’s literature Birthdays United States South America Children’s books Holidays Storytelling Juvenile Nonfiction / Holidays
Here are 77 story-telling ballads and narrative poems – romances, hero-tales, faery legends, and adventures of Knights and lovely Damsels. They sing of proud and wicket folk, of gentle and…
Arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children’s own reading.
Frances Jenkins Olcott, Milo Winter
This Wonder Book contains over 150 myths and tales of nature from all parts of the world, illustrated by Milo Winter. There are tales of flowers, talking birds, magic waters…
These stories are selected from the King James Version of the Old Testament.
