Storyland Classics is a library of classic children’s literature, read aloud in a calm, unhurried voice and paired with vintage storybook illustration. There are fables and fairy tales, poems by Stevenson, Milne and Eugene Field, and Mother Goose rhymes, with the full text of each on its own page.
If you are not sure where to begin, this collection gathers the favorites we would hand to anyone visiting for the first time. Each title below has its own page with the words and a read-aloud.
Like what you hear? Browse all our collections by author or by interest, or get a free Library Card for printable activity guides.
Good Places to Begin
Tap a title to read the full text and watch its read-aloud.
- The Little Engine That Could“I think I can”: the 1930 story.
- Wynken, Blynken, and NodThree fishermen sail a wooden shoe among the stars.
- The Tortoise and the HareAesop’s best-known race.
- The Ugly DucklingAndersen’s tale of finding where you belong.
- The Owl and the Pussy-catA pea-green boat and a dance by the light of the moon.
- My ShadowStevenson’s shadow that grows and shrinks.
- VespersA. A. Milne’s gentle bedtime prayer.
- Humpty DumptyThe nursery rhyme everyone knows.
- Who Has Seen the Wind?Christina Rossetti’s eight perfect lines.