Series of eBook Short Stories

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

2018-12-03T08:00:00+00:00

This is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. It is most famous for The Happy Prince, the short tale of a metal statue who befriends a migratory bird. The stories included in this collection - The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket.

The Blue Jar Story Book

2018-12-03T06:22:49+00:00

This is a collection of 6 delightful stories about children by some of the best authors of the period: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Maria Edgeworth and Alicia Catherine Mant. These stories are well written and although they feature children and their escapades, clearly can be enjoyed by adults as well if not more.

The Woggle-Bug Book

2018-12-03T05:29:19+00:00

The Woggle-Bug favors flashy clothes with bright colors (he dresses in "gorgeous reds and yellows and blues and greens" and carries a pink handkerchief), falls in love with a gaudy "Wagnerian plaid" dress that he sees on a mannequin in a department store window.

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

2018-12-03T05:09:27+00:00

The story of a domestic duck whose eggs are routinely confiscated by the farmer's wife.

Just So Stories

2018-12-03T02:20:29+00:00

The Just So Stories for little children are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Highly fantasized original stories, especially for differences among animals, they are among Kipling's best known works.

A Garland for Girls

2018-12-03T00:43:56+00:00

"These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure suggested titles for the tales and gave an interest to the work. If my girls find a little beauty or sunshine in these common blossoms, their old friend will not have made her Garland in vain." - L.M. Alcott, September, 1887

Our Friend the Dog

2018-12-02T23:21:53+00:00

A short tale of Pelleas, Mr. Maeterlinck's young bulldog. It is an insight into the being of Mr. Maeterlinck dog and explains the saying that the dog is man's best friend. Illustrated.

The Velveteen Rabbit

2018-12-02T22:26:15+00:00

It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner.

The Magic Pudding

2018-12-02T21:29:24+00:00

Bunyip Bluegum the koala sets out on his travels taking only a walking stick. At about lunchtime, feeling more than slightly peckish, he meets Bill Barnacle the sailor and Sam Sawnoff the penguin who are eating a pudding. The pudding is a magic one which, no matter how much you eat it, always reforms into a whole pudding again. Named Albert, this pudding has thin arms and legs and is a bad-tempered, ill-mannered so-and-so into the bargain. His only pleasure is being eaten.

The Story of a Stuffed Elephant

2018-12-02T17:10:55+00:00

The story of a stuffed elephant and the little boy who owns him, his sister, and all their adventures.

The Story of a Candy Rabbit

2018-12-02T17:07:28+00:00

The Candy Rabbit wakes up one morning to find his destiny has arrived. He is part of a wonderful Easter display at the toy shop in which he lives and at any moment the customers will arrive! He has many little adventures, makes new friends and catches up with old friends along the way.

Aunt Jo's Scrapbag

2018-12-02T16:20:07+00:00

This is a collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott that were written with the intent to entertain the whole family and to fill children's heads with wonder and delight.

The Blue Bird for Children

2018-12-02T08:00:00+00:00

On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visited by Fairy Berilyuna. Fairy's granddaughter is sick and can only be saved by the Blue Bird. Thanks to the Fairy's magic gift children have the opportunity to see the soul of things. Inanimate objects Clocks, Fire, Water, Bread, Sugar, Milk transformed into beings with their own character. Together, they set off on a dangerous journey for the fabulous Blue Bird.