Lesser-Known

Browse our collection of Lesser-Known kids books, fairy tales, poems, bedtime stories, short stories and novels. Use the filters to narrow your choices, or read our full article for inspiration.

The raspberry worm

Louise M. Alcott

Sunshine and her siblings

The Strawberry Thief

Madame Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Ririro

Prince Darling

Laura Rountree Smith

The Road to Sleepytown

Hans Christian Andersen

The Happy Family

Rubezahl

Abbie Phillips Walker

How the Fairies Borrowed the Moon

The Adventures of Florian

Louise M. Alcott

The Violets of the Princes

The Three Sillies

J.J.A. Goevernour

The Gnomes

Richard Wilhelm

The cave of the beasts

The One Hundredth Princess

The Little Singing Frog

The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife

Mrs. Rodolph Stawell

The cloud that had no lining

The story of Honey and Sunny

The Big Sausage

The story of the amber beads

The Strange Witch of Willowweed

One Eye, Two Eyes and Three Eyes

The Ogre in the Woods

Mouse Perez, the Tooth Fairy

Madame d’Aulnoy

Princess Rosette

The Raven

Hans Christian Andersen

The Swineherd

The Magic Bonbons

Kate Crackernuts

The Dreamer

The Goat and the Ram

The Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom

The Giant’s Cliff House

The Frog, Fox, Lion and Deer

Battle of Frogs and Mice

The Pack of Ragamuffins

The Brave Little Tailor

Louise M. Alcott

The frost king and the power of love

Abbie Phillips Walker

How Old Witch Neda Stole the Moon and the Sun

Giambattista Basile

The Three Sisters

The boy with the moon on his forehead

Catherine Bernard

Riquet with the Tuft

Hans Christian Andersen

The Nightingale

Hans Christian Andersen

Little Claus and Big Claus

Hans Christian Andersen

The Naughty Boy

The Goose Girl at the Well

Charles Perrault

Diamonds and Toads

Dick Whittington And His Cat

Hanna Diyab, Ririro

The Three Princes And The Princess Nouronnihar

Baba Yaga

Hans Christian Andersen

Clumsy Hans or Jack the Dullard

Hans Christian Andersen

The Flying Trunk

Clever Gretel

Hans Christian Andersen

The Travelling Companion

J.J.A. Goevernour

Blanca and Rosalinde

Till Eulenspiegel

The Tale of Vivionn the Giantess

The Golden Bird

The Half Chick

Sweet Porridge

Abbie Phillips Walker

Nim-Nim’s Golden Wings

The Invisible Prince

The Turnip

Evald Tang Kristensen

The Prince and the Princess from the Forest

Madame d’Aulnoy

The White Doe

The Story of the Three Beggars

Jay T. Stocking

How the bluebird was chosen herald

The cat and mouse in partnership

The louse and the flea

The travels of Prince Flamingo

Emilie Poulsson

Goody Two Shoes

The Yellow Dragon

Princess Miranda and Prince Hero

J.J.A. Goevernour

The four musicians

The Frog Princess

The Origin of Rubies

The Sea King and the Magic Jewels

Abbie Phillips Walker

Greta and the Black Cat

Elphinstone Dayrell

Why the hippopotamus lives in the water

The Ogre

Parker Hoysted Fillmore

Zlatovlaska with the golden hair

Abbie Phillips Walker

The Fairy Queen’s Jewels

The Water Nymph in the Pond

The Clock of the Earth and the Clock of the Sea

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen & Jørgen Moe

The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body

Abbie Phillips Walker

How the Goblins Were Out-Tricked

The Star Money

Louise M. Alcott

Goldfin and Silvertail

Why the Sea is Salt

William J. Hopkins

The September Storm

Abbie Phillips Walker

The Lost Fairy

Jorinde and Joringel

Prince Sneeze

Abbie Phillips Walker

The Goblins, The Fairies, And The Moon

The Black Bowl

Hans Christian Andersen

The Toad

Abbie Phillips Walker

The Moon Lady’s Daughter

The spindle, the shuttle, and the needle

A Heart of Stone

Abbie Phillips Walker

The King’s Servant