# Classic story sources

The following classic texts are included in Little Lantern for offline listening. Layout, illustration markers, contents pages, and transcription notes were removed. Long novels are divided into listening parts at chapter boundaries. Goldilocks, the Gingerbread Man, and the Three Little Pigs have gentler endings for young listeners. The Tale of Peter Rabbit has a Little Lantern closing scene. No text from later film or television adaptations is included.

| Story | Author or source | Original text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) | A. A. Milne, 1926 book | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098 |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Flora Annie Steel, *English Fairy Tales* | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17034 |
| The Gingerbread Man | Sara Cone Bryant, *Stories to Tell to Children* | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/473 |
| The Three Little Pigs | Katharine Pyle, *Mother's Nursery Tales* | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49001 |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11 |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14838 |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Williams | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11757 |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum, original silver shoes | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43936 |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/514 |
| Anne of Green Gables | L. M. Montgomery | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45 |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/113 |
| Peter Pan | J. M. Barrie, *Peter and Wendy* text | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16 |

Source texts are public domain in the United States per the linked Project Gutenberg records. The app uses only text; it does not use any illustrations or later adaptations. The three longer fairy tales in `static/long_classics.js` are original Little Lantern retellings of traditional stories.