The Book of Fables and Folk Stories
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- First published
- 1882
- Pages
- 159Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 4 of 10
A little about the story
The best-loved fables and folk tales for young children: Little Red Riding Hood, Aesop's fables, Tom Thumb, the Three Bears and many more, retold in clear, simple language.
Horace E. Scudder, editor of The Atlantic Monthly, put together this collection for early readers, and it was used in schools for decades.
Things You May Not Know About The Book of Fables and Folk Stories
- By the editor of The Atlantic Monthly.
- New illustrated edition, published by Houghton Mifflin.
- Written for children just learning to read.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
