Classic Ancient Tales for Children

 

Children’s Lit  before 1923 (literature in the Public Domain)

Myth and Fairy Tales

Sources of Today’s Fantasy

 Most of these texts are available on-line. (www.gutenberg.org for example)

Many have been re-written for younger audiences. (Not on-line)

Many have been re-adapted and retold continuing the adventures originally told  

‘Once Upon a Time’.

Listed are a few examples of some collectors of these famous tales and some modern retellings.
                                                            There are many more then listed here.

Agnes Regan Perkins

Myths and Hero Tales: A Cross-Cultural Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults [1997]

                                                               Ancient Tales

 Aesop

Aesop's Fables   Laura Gibbs (translator)
2003 by Oxford University Press (first published -560)
Homer
Joan Kidell-Monroe
The Iliad of Homer (Oxford Illustrated Classics) (Aug 1997

 Geraldine McCaughrean

The Odyssey (Oxford Illustrated Classics Series) (May 6, 1999

Mary Pope Osborne   (1949 - )
Tales from the Odyssey
1. The One-Eyed Giant (2002)
2. The Land of the Dead (2002)
3. Sirens and Sea Monster (2003)
4. The Gray-Eyed Goddess (2003)
5. Return to Ithaca (2004)
6. The Final Battle (2004)
Tales from the Odyssey (2010)

Favorite Greek Myths (1988)

 DK Classics

The Odyssey (DK Classics) by Homer (May 1, 2000)

 Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875)

The Heroes, Greek Fairy Tales for Children (1856)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1852)
The complete Greek stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne from the 'Wonder book' and 'Tanglewood tales' (1963)

  Josephine Preston

Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew (1897

 The Metamorphoses of Apuleius

The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius by M. D. Usher and T. Motley (Oct 31, 2011)                                               

Thousand and One Nights

Richard Burton
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
2004 by Modern Library (first published 1898)

Featuring
Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
Richard Burton
John Yeoman and Quentin Blake (Dec 2003)
N. J. Dawood

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Philip Smith (May 4, 1993

William Harvey and N. J. Dawood (Apr 1, 1997)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Tales from the (Classics) (1973)

PENGUIN GROUP (UK) (Author), William Harvey (Illustrator), N.J. Dawood (Translator)

Geraldine McCaughrean

One Thousand And One Arabian Nights (1982)

J.C. Mardrus and E.P. Mathers

The Book of the Thousand and One Nights: The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night (Vol. 2) (Thousand Nights and One Night)  (Dec 31, 1990)

Beowulf

Some Kid Friendly Versions

H. E. Marshall (Author), J. R. Skelton (Illustrator)

Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children (Yesterday's Classics) [2005]

James Rumford
Beowulf [2007]

Rebecca Barnhouse

Coming of the Dragon
1. The Coming of the Dragon (2010)

2. Peaceweaver (2012)

                                                 

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales 

Geraldine McCaughrean (Sep 1985)

Barbara Cohen and Trina Schart Hyman (1988)

Padraic Colum
The Adventures Of Odysseus And The Tale Of Troy (1918)

The King of Ireland's Son (1916)

The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said (1918)
The Children's Homer (1918)
The Girl Who Sat By The Ashes (1919)
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths (1920)
The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter (1920)
The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter (1920)
The Golden Fleece: And The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles (1921)
Castle Conquer (1923)