Juvenile Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore
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The Music Thief
by Sophie Armstrong
“Then, one starry night through a sky full of stars, The sound of music drifted afar…” The sound of music lights up the enchanting city of Song, filling the air with the joy of each girl and boy. But when a witch named Mysantha hears the...
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Stjarna's Stars
by Patricia Squire
"Mamma, I'm really scared! Are we in danger?" asks nine-year-old Stjarna. It is March 29, 1875 in Iceland. She has been awakened by the powerful eruption of a volcano close to home. Her parents decide to start a great adventure that will bring...
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The Fairy Tree
Irish Magic by Eileen R Bouchard
On the side of a hill in Ireland, not far from a small, run-down cottage, was a fairy tree. The fairy tree was full of fairies. Elisa Reidy, who lived in the cottage with her family, loved the fairies, especially Sunshine, and Sunshine especially...
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Heart of the Willow
by Brenda Lynne Sorensen
During the longest winter she’s ever known, a lonely Willow begins to weep. Her heart is filled with frost, and she can’t remember what it feels like to be loved. She cries out to the Wise Wind, who comforts her, reminding her: You are never...
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The Glass Child
by Fabel Smythe
The Glass Child tells the story of a rainbow child, full of colour and excitement. She has worlds within her mind and spreads her joy with others through speaking these stories to life. When the rainbow child was born, her family was enamoured...
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Otto's Corner
by JoAn Weissman
Everything is well on Otto’s corner until a problem arises. The problem grows. The adults as well as the children around Otto’s corner express their views about it. Can anyone solve this problem? Ideas to help to clear it, is not as easy as it...
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How Santa Came to Be
The Real Story by Robert J Mazar
Dear Reader, You may think you know the story of how Santa came to be, but how can you be so sure? It’s been told so many times by so many people, it’s sure to have changed with each telling. And how do those people really know? Well, if you want...
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The Flower Who Dreamed
by Alicia Chantale Rahier
Imagine if a single act of kindness could help make your greatest dream come true? That is exactly what the flower at the centre of this lovely children’s story discovers when it decides to stop feeling sorry for itself and instead help someone...
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Tales of the White Stork
by Florica Lorint
The mill of Moara is powered not by wind, but by storytelling. So long as the villagers surrounding the mill tell one another stories, the mill continues to work. When the mill unexpectedly stops, storytellers from across the land flock to Moara...
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The Magical Adventures of Quizzle and Pinky Palm
by Teresa Mae Waterland
These are modern fairy tales for new generations! Humans have grown in awareness since fairy tales first revealed their secrets. Now, we must take care to carry this great tradition forward. No magic has been left behind in this fiercely...
