Category Archives: Short Works

Pepper and Salt

Author(s): Howard Pyle One must have a little pinch of seasoning in this dull, heavy...

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 1, 1835 to 1842

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen’s works. He is...

The Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse

Author(s): VariousOlive Beaupre Miller Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this...

The Frog Prince and Other Stories

Author(s): Walter Crane Here are three charming fairy tales with happy endings. They feature an...

Zanzibar Tales

Author(s): George W. Bateman If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you...

Up One Pair of Stairs of My Bookhouse

Author(s): VariousOlive Beaupre Miller Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this...

The Magic World

Author(s): E. Nesbit Talking cats, birds, fish and bells, wicked fairies, uglified princesses – adventure,...

The Aesop for Children

Author(s): Aesop A collection of Aesop’s fables for children from the classic American book illustrated...

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 3, 1848 to 1853

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen’s works. He is...

In the Nursery of My Bookhouse

Author(s): VariousOlive Beaupre Miller Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk...

Uncle Joe’s Stories

Author(s): Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson This is an entertaining collection of varying stories recounted as only a...

Very Short Stories And Verses For Children

Author(s): Lucy Clifford Very Short Stories And Verses For Children is a children’s book by...

Twilight Stories

Author(s): Various A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various...

Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

Author(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne A Yankee student stays at a country house called Tanglewood during a...

The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

Author(s): Joel Chandler Harris 26 of Uncle Remus’s stories put into verse and song. With...

Tiny Story Book

Author(s): Anonymous Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)

Three Minute Stories

Author(s): Laura E. Howe Richards This is a delightful collection of little stories for little...

The Story-teller

Author(s): Maud Lindsay Are you a story teller? Almost all of us are, you know....

The Tale of Old Dog Spot

Author(s): Arthur Scott Bailey Another book in the Sleepy Time series of Tuck Me In...

The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot (version 2)

Author(s): Arthur Scott Bailey Another Slumbertown and Tuck-Me In Tale book by Arthur Scott Bailey,...

The Jumble Book

Author(s): David Cory This is a lovely collection of short stories and poems some well...

The Mary Frances Story Book

Author(s): Jane Eayre Fryer The Mary Frances Story Book is different from the other Mary...

The Ontario Readers: Third Book

Author(s): Various The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the...

The Russian Storybook

Author(s): Richard Wilson Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories...

The Sandman’s Hour

Author(s): Abbie Phillips Walker Reading bedtime stories to children can be a wonderful way to...

The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories

Author(s): Various Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select...

The Boy Scout Book of Campfire Stories

Author(s): Various The Editor likes to think that quite a few of the stories found...

The Beacon Second Reader

Author(s): James Hiram Fassett In the “Beacon Second Reader” the author has chosen for his...

The Blue Jar Story Book

Author(s): Maria EdgeworthCharles LambMary LambAlicia Catherine Mant This is a collection of 6 delightful stories...

The Barberry Bush and Eight Other Stories for Girls

Author(s): Susan Coolidge Eight heartwarming stories. Most of the stories are about girls, and their...