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Story Origin Length Age range
Baba Yaga Russian 20 4+
Ewungelama! Zambian 20 4+
The Dragon's Pearl Chinese 20 4+
Anansi West African 15 5+
Dilemma Stories West African 15 5+
Kings for Breakfast Indian 15 6+
Pinocchio! Italian 20 6+
St Nicholas and the Butcher European 15 6+
Etain of the Two Worlds Celtic 25 7+
Isis and Osiris Egyptian 25 7+
Lemminkainen Finnish 20 7+
Perseus and the Gorgon's Head Greek 25 7+
The Fearsome Giant Owuo West African 20 7+
The Iron Man Ted Hughes (abridged) 20 7+
The King With Horse's Ears Celtic 20 7+
The Lion and Albert, Albert's Return British 10 7+
The New Mother Victorian 25 7+
The Odyssey Part 1 (Odysseus and the Cyclops) Greek 20 7+
The Odyssey Part 2 (Circe, Scylla, Charybdis) Greek 20 7+
The Odyssey Part 3 (Odysseus’s Return Home) Greek 20 7+
The Wishes of Savitri Indian 20 7+
Thor in the Land of Giants Viking 20 7+
Beowulf Anglo-Saxon 20 8+
The Little Mermaid HC Anderson 15 8+
Lost Hearts MR James 20 11+