Favorite Children's Stories

Here are 28 of the best-loved children's stories from around the world. Included are:

• "Dick Whittington and His Cat", an English folk tale
• "The Magic Swan", a traditional folk tale
• "Hok-Lee and the Dwarves", from The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
• "Childe Rowland", an English folk tale
• "The Happy Prince" and "The Remarkable Rocket" by Oscar Wilde
• "The Magic Fishbone" by Charles Dickens
• "The Well of the World's End", an English folk tale
• "The Three Bears", a traditional folk tale
• "Squirrel Nutkin" by Beatrix Potter
• "The King of the Golden River" by John Ruskin<
• "How the Whale Got His Throat", "The Beginning of the Armadillos", "The Elephant's Child", and "The Cat Who Walked by Himself" by Rudyard Kipling
• "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde
• "The Gorgon's Head" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Tinderbox", "The Ugly Duckling", and "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen
• "The Fisherman and His Wife", "The 12 Dancing Princesses", "The Bremen Town Musicians", and "The Six Servants" by The Brothers Grimm
• "Spindle, Shuttle, Needle", an English folk tale
• "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling