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At https://folklorefairytales.wordpress.com/page/40/ you will find the first of 40 pages, or 250+, FREE individual children’s stories, of folklore, fairytales, myths, legends, fables, poems and ditties from around the world with images and illustrations to keep children occupied during this trying time.
These are stories and tales from long ago. Follow the link to page 40 and work backwards. Here your children will find stories they have never even heard of!
Encourage your children to FEEL FREE to print these off and create their own folders of these tales. The owner of this site published these and gives his permission for you to download and print off the stories on this site for your personal use.
PLEASE SHARE with friends and family and schools in your area.
Please also browse our shop at bit.ly/GetB00ksHere for multi-story ebooks and do look for the FREE eBOOKS as well.
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Almost a year ago I started a project to keep alive and bring to the world those old and forgotten children’s stories as individual stories. No longer will you have to buy a whole book of stories to have access to just one story.
To make it more interesting, I created a fictional persona to narrate the stories based on a tribal storyteller, in this case a Zulu tribal storyteller. His name is Baba Indaba, pronounced Baaba Indaaba, which means “Father of Stories” and he lived in KwaZulu-Natal during the Victorian era. A free downloadable description of Baba Indaba can be found on Google Play and Google Books.
As at today the first 260 stories have been loaded in PDF and ePUB formats. Each story sells for US$0.25 – or you can buy 4 for US$1.00
The UK price is £0.20 or 4 for £0.80. For all other countries, Google works out what the equivalent price in your country is.
At least 5 new stories will be added to this collection every week.
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Below you will find a list of all 260 stories to date listed by the region they originated in.
The URL/link to review the stories, and/or to buy, is https://goo.gl/J5TX98
Each story also includes LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE BABA INDABA STORIES as well as a “WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP” educational section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. Our HINT is: use Google maps.
AFRICA
Book 01 – The Stars and The Road of Stars
Book 02 – Why the Hare has a Split Nose
Book 06 – Anansi and the Lion
Book 07 – Two Anansi Stories
Book 10 – The Lost message
Book 111 A STORY ABOUT A MAIDEN AND A PUMPKIN
Book 122 The Story of OSIRIS
Book 16 – THE GIRL OF THE EARLY RACE WHO MADE STARS
Book 19 – THE STORY ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN
Book 220 WHY THE HONEY BADGER IS SO KEEN ON HONEY
Book 25 – Miss Salt Miss Pepper
Book 29 – Why the Whitecrow Never Speaks
Book 43 – Why A Bushman Throws Earth Into the Air
Book 46 – Two Bushmen Tales – HOW A SNAKE ANNOUNCES A DEATH IN THE FAMILY & THE RESURRECTION OF THE OSTRICH
Book 69 A LION’S STORY
Book 83 The Giant and the Cause of Thunder
AESOP’s FABLES – Rewritten for Children
Book 08 – The Tortoise and the Ducks
Book 117 TWO AESOPS FABLES – The Astrologer & The Fox and the Pheasants
Book 127 A Cat and Mouse in Partnership
Book 21 – How the Turtle Saved his Own Life
Book 26 – The Wolf and the Kid
Book 30 – The Old Lion and the Jackal
Book 37 – A Cocks Breakfast
Book 28 – THE EAGLE AND THE CROW
Book 61 – Horse and Turtle
Book 62 THE JACKAL AND THE HYENA
Book 78 Two Aesops Fables
Book 90 BELLING THE CAT
AUSTRALASIAN – Aboriginal, Maori, Polynesian
Book 221 The Story of Hine Moa
Book 52 – How the Fish got into Water
Book 82 The Story of Ahuula
NORTH AMERICAS – American Indian, Americana, Alaska & Hawaii
Book 114 The Giant Dog
Book 119 UNKTOMI AND THE ARROWHEADS
Book 18 – The Star Maiden
Book 182 BOKWEWA, THE HUMPBACK
Book 191 WUNZH – THE FATHER OF INDIAN CORN
Book 198 THE RETURN OF THE DEAD WIFE
Book 200 RIP VAN WINKLE
Book 201 THE WONDERFUL BASKET
Book 204 GROWING-UP-LIKE-ONE-WHO-HAS-A-GRANDMOTHER
Book 207 THE STORY OF DJUN
Book 208 BLACKSKIN
Book 212 LAND-OTTER THE INDIAN
Book 217 THE CHIEF’S DAUGHTER
Book 238 THE ADVENTURES OF FIRE-DRILL’S SON
Book 245 The Loot of Loma – American Indian
Book 31 – Two American Indian Stories – A Bashful Courtship & Why The Birch-Tree Wears Slashes In It’s Bark
Book 32 – A BET BETWEEN THE COOYOKO AND THE FOX
Book 42 – A Dinner and its Consequences
Book 60 A HOPI RAID ON A NAVAHO DANCE
Book 63 Journies to the Skeleton House
Book 64 A KATCINA RACE CONTEST BETWEEN THE WµLPI AND THE ORAÖBI
Book 67 A Legend of Manabozho
Book 70 A LITTLE BRAVE AND THE MEDICINE WOMAN
BRITISH – English, Welsh, Scots & Irish
Book 09 – The Three Sillies
Book 101 A Voyage to Lilliput
Book 102 Black Brown and Gray
Book 104 Lazy Jack
Book 109 Nansi Llwyd and the Dog of Darkness
Book 112 THE Milk White Doo and a poem
Book 118 Tom Tit Tot
Book 12 – The Tale of the Hoodie
Book 123 ‘HAME, HAME, HAME, WHERE I FAIN WAD BE’
Book 124 MORE FAITHFUL THAN FAVOURED
Book 130 A NIGHT IN THE KITCHEN (HCA)
Book 132 BEOWULF
Book 133 Two Medieval Stories
Book 134 CHILDE HORN
Book 135 GUY OF WARWICK
Book 136 PRESTER JOHN
Book 137 Cherry
Book 146 THE PHYNODDERREE – Isle of Man
Book 153 A STRANGE TIGER
Book 151 A Rats Tale
Book 155 A White Trout
Book 158 LITTLE THUMB
Book 159 THE MASTER CAT
Book 161 ADVENTURES OF GILLA NA CHRECK AN GOUR
Book 165 ALL CHANGE
Book 166 BINNORIE
Book 168 Birth of Fin MacCumhail
Book 170 BLACK STAIRS ON FIRE
Book 171 Two Ghostly Tales
Book 172 AN BRAON SUAN OR
Book 178 DAY-DREAMING
Book 179 EARL MARs DAUGHTER
Book 183 CAUTH MORRISY LOOKING FOR SERVICE
Book 199 YOUNG AMAZON SNELL
Book 202 AN OLD-WORLD GHOST
Book 203 THE GENTLEMAN HIGHWAYMAN
Book 205 BLIND JACK OF KNARESBOROUGH
Book 206 BLIND JACK – More Adventures
Book 213 THE DISINHERITING OF A SON
Book 247 MR. VINEGAR
Book 250 THE SHEPHERD OF LAUDERDALE
Book 257 – THE CHURCH THE DEVIL STOLE & THE PARSON AND THE CLERK – Two Co
Book 258 – Two Cornish Legends – The Weaver Of Dean Combe And The Demon Who Helped Drake
Book 259 – Two Cornish Legends – The Samson Of Tavistock And The Midnight Hunter Of The Moor
Book 260 – Two Cornish Legends – The Piskie’s Funeral and The Lost Land of Lyonesse
Book 33 – A Mouthful of Silence
Book 45 – Two Welsh Fables – The Fable Of Gwrgan Farfdrwch & The Story Of The Pig-Trough
Book 54 A Ghostly Rehearsal
Book 57 A Good Action
Book 65 A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY
Book 66 The Legend of Lough Mask
Book 71 A LOST PARADISE
Book 75 A Pottle O’ Brains
Book 76 A Phantom Funeral
Book 77 A Puzzle
Book 87 TWO WELSH FABLES – A Strange Otter & Melangell’s Lambs
Book 91 Cap O Rushes
Book 92 The Legend of Beth Gellert
Book 93 DAME PRIDGETT AND THE FAIRIES
CENTRAL AMERICA – Caribbean, Mexican, Pre-Columbian, Atlantean
Book 138 PRINCESS BLUEGREEN OF THE SEVEN CITIES
Book 173 Bimini and the Fountain of Youth
Book 34 – The Maya Creation Story
Book 38 – The Creation Story of the Mixtecs
Book 48 – The Death Of Tupac King of the Inca
Book 51 – THE STORY OF NEZAHUALPILLI KING OF TEXCOCO
Book 56 The Lost Island
Book 72 The MYTH OF MANCO CCAPAC INCA
Book 73 The Rise and Fall of the Toltec Empire
Book 74 ZLATOVLASKA THE GOLDEN-HAIRED
Book 80 The Fugitive Prince
EUROPE – Eastern, Western & Scandinavia
Book 04 – The Watchmaker
Book 100 HANSEL AND GRETTEL
Book 105 MASTER AND PUPIL
Book 107 MOTHER HOLLE
book 115 A Very Naughty Boy
book 120 Vasilica The Brave
Book 121 ANDROCLES AND THE LION
Book 125 ‘TOM’ AN ADVENTURE IN THE LIFE OF A BEAR IN PARIS
Book 126 A (NOTHER) STORY OF A FROG
Book 139 Twopence Halfpenny – Gypsy
Book 143 THE JUDGMENT OF THE FLOWERS – Spain
Book 149 A PACK OF RAGAMUFFINS
Book 150 IN HONOUR OF A RAVEN
Book 152 FELICIA AND THE POT OF PINKS
Book 156 THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER or CINDERELLA
Book 157 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOODS
Book 160 BLUE BEARD
Book 162 BEASTS BESIEGED
Book 163 AINO’S FATE
Book 164 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Book 167 ALLERLEIRAUH or THE MANY-FURRED CREATURE
Book 169 ALPHEGE OR THE GREEN MONKEY
Book 174 BLOCKHEAD-HANS
Book 175 CANNETELLA (GFB)
Book 176 CHARCOAL NILS AND THE TROLL-WOMAN
Book 177 DAPPLEGRIM
Book 180 EMELYAN THE FOOL
Book 181 AN IMPOSSIBLE ENCHANTMENT (GFB)
Book 184 DOGS OVER THE WATER
Book 186 Aschenputtel
Book 187 BOYISLAV YOUNGEST OF TWELVE
Book 188 GAZELLE the TORTOISE
Book 189 HEART OF ICE
Book 190 ILMARINEN FORGES THE SAMPO
Book 192 VASSILISSA THE CUNNING AND THE TSAR OF THE SEA
Book 193 VIRGILIUS THE SORCERER (VFB)
Book 194 WAINAMOINEN AND YOUKAHAINEN
Book 195 YELENA THE WISE
Book 196 THE DROWNED BUCCANEER
Book 209 THE PETS OF AURORE DUPIN
Book 210 AURORE DUPIN AT PLAY
Book 211 HOW AURORE DUPIN LEARNs TO RIDE
Book 214 THE SIEGE OF RHODES
Book 216 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Book 218 THE BOYHOOD OF LEONARDO
Book 219 THE ADVENTURES OF A SPANISH NUN
Book 154 A THE STORY OF THREE WONDERFUL BEGGARS
Book 237 Pandoras Box
Book 24 – Salt – A Baba Yaga story
Book 243 AMYS AND AMYLE (Red Romance Book)
Book 246 CINDERELLA or the Little Glass Slipper
Book 251 DONKEY SKIN
Book 248 THree princesses of whiteland (Norway)
Book 249 Famine Among the Gnomes – Norse
Book 36 – A Clever Lass
Book 41 – The Wind Rider
Book 39 – The Wolves Skoll and Hati
Book 44 – A Dozen At A Blow
Book 55 A GIFT FROM FRIGGA
Book 53 A French Puck
Book 59 A Gullible World
Book 85 Baba Yaga and the Girl with a Kind Heart
Book 86 A Story About a Darning Needle
Book 88 A Tale of Tontawald
Book 89 THE CAT WHO BECAME HEAD-FORESTER
Book 95 Gertrudes Bird
Book 96 A VISITOR FROM PARADISE
Book 98 FIN MacCUMHAIL and the KNIGHT of the FULL AXE
Book 99 GENTLE DORA
FAIRY STORIES
Book 103 HOW ETHNE LEFT THE LAND OF THE FAIRIES
Book 108 Minnikin
Book 113 The Fairy Frog
Book 128 A FAIRY’S BLUNDER
Book 140 The Fairy Child
Book 141 The Fairy Cure
Book 142 The Fairy Nurse
Book 144 The Kite That Went to the Moon
Book 145 The Pen Fairy
Book 147 The Rubber Fairy
Book 148 Twelfth Night Fairy
Book 185 FAIRER-THAN-A-FAIRY
Book 232 Twelve Fairy Stories Bumper edition
Book 234 Tinyboy and Other Stories
Book 235 The Leaf Fairy and Other Stories
Book 236 The Rain Fairy and Other Stories
Book 252 THE ELF MAIDEN
Book 49 – A Fairy Borrowing
Book 50 – A Fairy Dog
Book 94 FAIRY TRANSPORTATION
FAR EAST – Burma, China, Japan
Book 106 – A TRADITIONAL PHYSICIAN CALLED JIVAKA
Book 11 – The Moon that Shone on the Porcelain Pagoda
Book 110 The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue
Book 116 OF THE MAIDEN SSUWARANDARI
Book 129 A Laung Khit
Book 13 – The Monkey and the Crocodile
Book 131 Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Book 22 -The Elephant Girlie Face
Book 35 – TIKI-PU AND WIO-WANI
Book 47 – Two Burmese Tales – A DISRESPECTFUL DAUGHTER & THE THREE SISTERS
Book 58 – A Greedy King
Book 68 A Lesson for Kings
Book 79 A Rabbit Story
Book 81 A Son of Adam
Book 84 – Two Burmese Folktales – A SAD FATE & FRIENDS
INDIA – India, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Book 03 – The Evil Eye of Sani
Book 14 – CONKIAJGHARUNA
Book 23 – The Broken Pot
Book 233 Tiger Tom
Book 244 The Son of Seven Queens
MIDDLE EAST – Arabian Nights, Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Armenian
Book 05 – The Pixie of the Well
Book 15 – Ameen and the Ghool
Book 17 – The Story of Bostanai – Persian
Book 197 THE PERPLEXITY OF ZADIG – Babylon
Book 20 – ARA AND SEMIRAMIS – Armenian
Book 215 THE PRINCESS OF BABYLON
Book 222 THE THREE CALENDERS – Arabian Nights
Book 223 THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE – Arabian Nights
Book 224 THE STORY OF THE KING OF THE EBONY ISLES – Arabian Nights
Book 225 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves – Arabian Nights
Book 226 THE STORY OF THE MAGIC HORSE – Arabian Nights
Book 227 THE STORY OF THE WICKED HALF-BROTHERS – Arabian Nights
Book 228 HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP – Arabian
Book 229 THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF – Arabian
Book 230 THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND THE JINNEE – Arabian
Book 231 THE STORY OF THE FISHERMAN – Arabian
Book 239 THE STORY OF THE THREE APPLES
Book 241 THE STORY OF NOOR-ED-DEEN AND ENEES-EL-JELEES
Book 242 THE SUMERIAN STORY OF THE GREAT FLOOD
Book 240 THE STORY OF THE HUMPBACK
Book 253 THE STORY OF THE PORTER AND THE LADIES OF BAGHDAD
Book 254 THE STORY OF THE FIRST ROYAL MENDICANT – Arabian Nights
Book 255 THE STORY OF THE SECOND ROYAL MENDICANT – Arabian Nights
Book 256 THE STORY OF THE THIRD ROYAL MENDICANT – Arabian Nights
Book 27 – The Soothsayer
Book 40 – An Armenian Story and an Armenian Poem
Book 97 Little Hyacinths Kiosk
A sample of 25 Baba Indaba Children’s Stories Covers
The Horse and Turtle – A Baba Indaba Children’s Story Issue 61
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 61
In Issue 61 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Jamaican Anansi tale of The Horse and the Turtle – in effect the Jamaican version of the Hare and the Tortoise. In typical Jamaican style this version comes with a song and sheet music. Oh – and remember to tell the story with a Jamaican accent!
Each issue also has a “Where in the World – Look it Up” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE DOWNLOADS
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture.
About the author
African Legends 5 Bookset available as eBooks or in Paperback format
LEGENDS of AFRICA 5 BOOKSET BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL
Five ancient and forgotten African volumes containing 116 authentic African Myths and Legends Tales from all four corners of the continent –1 volume from ANCIENT EGYPT,
Five ancient and forgotten African volumes containing 116 authentic African Myths and Legends Tales from all four corners of the continent –1 volume from ANCIENT EGYPT,
Two volumes from SOUTH AFRICA,
1 volume from West Africa’s YORUBA people
PLUS a special volume of west AFRICAN ANANSI “The Trickster Spider” Stories
Stories and Legends full of ancient African lore and wisdom containing 116 African themed folk tales spread across 5 books from all four corners of the continent. Tales like:
the ancient Egyptian story of “The Adventures of Sanehat”,
the Zulu tale of “The Lost Message”,
the Yoruba tale of “The Iroko Tree”, and
the Anansi tale of “Anansi And The Lion” ……..plus 111 more!
The books in this set are:
Old Hendriks Tales ISBN: 978-1-909302-15-0
Yoruba Legends ISBN: 978-1-907256-33-2
Ananzi Stories ISBN: 978-1-907256-52-3
South African Folk Tales ISBN: 978-0-956058-45-4
Egyptian Tales ISBN: 978-1-909302-34-1
About the collators and translators
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