The Classic Story Hour

The essential canon of childhood reading — the fairy tales, fables, and adventures that have shaped young imaginations for generations.

The tales every child should meet

In this collection

• The Wish House
• Tilly's Christmas
• The Two Little Skeezucks
• Pollyanna
• Tell-Tale
• The Children's Joke
• Bill Bunny and the Big Bear
• Billy Bunny and Ragged Rabbit
• The Song-Sparrow
• The Three Citrons: the Story of a Prince who Climbed the Glass Hill
• The Hero and the Heroine
• The Story of Little Muck
• Baby
• The Two Frogs
• A Big Temptation
• The Zoological Gardens
• How Shakspere Came to Write the 'Tempest'
• The Two Brothers
• Griffiths the Safe Man
• Cherry-Time
• Little Thumb
• Uncle Sidney to Marcellus
• Christmas in the Woods
• The Pigeon's Bride: the Story of a Princess who Kissed and Told
• Maximilian and the Goose Boy
• A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden
• Henry the Third
• My Great and Only
• The Fox and the Bramble
• Little Annie's Ramble
• Back to the Army Again
• The Fairy
• Patty in the City
• My May-Day Among Curious Birds and Beasts
• The Archer and the Lion
• The Fairies' Siege
• The Plush Usurper
• Mr. Philosopher
• The Flying Girl
• The Laughing Prince: the Story of the Boy who Could Talk Nonsense
• Karl and the Dryad
• The Balloon Boy
• The Green Cap
• The Star Jewels

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