Abela Publishing: 722 books
MYTHS & LEGENDS OF JAPAN - over 200 Myths, Legends and Tales from Ancient Nippon
Tales of Japan before time began
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
In Seas and Lands, Sir Edwin Arnold gave us the impression that Japan was a real fairyland in the Far East. And he was correct. Herein you will find over 200 magical myths, legends, tales and fables of Japanese deities from the time before the world was brought into being. F. Hadland Davis has categorised...
THE STORY OF OSIRIS - An Ancient Egyptian Children’s Story
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 122
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 122
In issue 122 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the ancient Egyptian tale of the story of Osiris. In the beginning the sun god Ra cursed Nut, and his curse was that none of her children should be born on any day of any year. But Nut finds a way and...
by Washington Irving
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by American author Washington Irving.The Story was written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, and is among the earliest examples of enduring popular American fiction.
The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch...
THE STORY OF SIKULUME - A Xhosa legend from South Africa
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 277
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 277
In this 277th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Xhosa tale, “The Story of Sikulume.”
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago in the land of the Xhosa, on Africa’s East Coast, there was once in a certain village in South Africa...
THE THREE SILLIES - An English Fairy Tale with a moral
Baba Indaba Childrens Stories Issue 009
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 09
In issue 9 of the Baba Indaba children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the old English story about a young man who sets off to find fame and fortune. Along the way he meets three groups of silly people, each group sillier than the last which leaves him scratching his head...
by Wilfred Owen
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier, is considered to be one of the greatest poets of WWI. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his mentor Siegfried Sassoon, and stood in stark contrast both...
THE STORY OF NOOR-ED-DEEN AND ENEES-EL-JELEES - A Tale from the Arabian Nights
Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 241
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 241
In this 241st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of THE STORY OF NOOR-ED-DEEN AND ENEES-EL-JELEES - a tale from the Arabian Nights.
There was once, in El-Basrah (Basra), a certain King who loved the poor and indigent, and...
HACON THE KING - A True Story of a Viking King
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 296
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 296
In this 296th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Norse/Viking story of “HACON THE KING.”
Hacon is but a babe when is father dies in battle and the Kingdom of Norway splits into two camps. One supports the babes right to the...
Old Time Children's Stories
11 All-time favourite Children's Tales
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
The stories in this book are 11 of the world’s all-time favourite fairy tales translated from the French by A. E.·Johnson and retold by Charles Perrault. The stories are:
The Sleeping Beauty In The Woods,
Puss In Boots,
Little Tom Thumb,
The Fairies,
Ricky Of The Tuft,
Cinderella,
Little Red...
THE SAGA OF VIGA GLUM - A Viking Saga
Viking action, adventure, bloodshed, courage and betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
The Sagas, of which this tale is one, were composed for the men who have left their mark in every corner of Europe. There is no page of modern history in which the influence of the Vikings and their conquests have not had an effect -- Russia, Turkey, Greece, Palestine, Sicily, the coasts of Africa,...
Children's Stories from Zanzibar
10 Children's Stories from East Africa's Spice Islands
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Herein you will find 10 tales from the tiny island archipelago of Zanzibar - “The Spice Islands” of old. Stories like “The Kites and the Crows” – which tells why African Kites always fly away from Crows. The story of “The Ape, The Snake, And The Lion” which tells of poor ’Mvoo Laana,...
THE GREEN FOREST FAIRY BOOK - 11 Illustrated tales from long, long ago
11 Children's stories from when all the world was young
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Herein are 11 tales taken from the time when the earth was young. In those days, indeed, the grown folk all loved wonder tales as well as children love them now and were not worse because of it. Sometimes these wonder tales were told by magic chairs or chests; sometimes by birds or beasts that were...
MOTHER'S NURSERY TALES - 34 of your best-loved fairy tales
34 illustrated fairy tales from across the world
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Unlike her “Fairy Tales from Many Lands“, Katherine Pyle’s “Mother’s Nursery Tales” contains most of the traditional western fairy tales we all grew up with, plus many other less familiar tales which are just as enjoyable to read.
Compiled and illustrated by Katherine Pyle, herein...
PRINCESS CRYSTAL, or The Hidden Treasure - A Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 350
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 350
In this 350th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale " PRINCESS CRYSTAL, or The Hidden Treasure”.
ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, there were the four Kings: the King of the North, the region...