I have yet to find any pre-modern culture that hasn't developed it's own sets of fairy tales, myths, and legends. I'm sure I'll miss quite a few - just leave a comment, and I'll add any suggestions! Thanks!!!
Any links from Gutenberg.org will feature free ebooks in a variety of formats, including an occasional audio book. ** There is always on ONLINE version, so you can skim to see the content before downloading for your child to read.
Any links from Librivox.org will feature a variety of free audio formats.
It is likely that I will not have the same copy version on some of the books between the 3 sources, and authors often wrote several similar books, and there are many written by anonymous with similar titles. Plus, some versions are abridged. I've done my best to match them up.
The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies
Aesop's Fables; a new translation [Kindle Edition] Aesop (Author), Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), V. S. (Vernon Stanley) Vernon Jones (Translator)
Aesop's Fableshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aesop%27s+Fables
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome [Kindle Edition] E.M. Berens (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22381
http://librivox.org/the-heroes-or-greek-fairy-tales-for-my-children-by-charles-kingsley/
The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments *** Note: not all Arabian Night's Tales are suitable for children.
Vol 2 - 4 
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3435
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3440
The Arabian Nights Entertainmentshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19860
Arabian nights. Englishhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Arabian+nights.+English
The Arabian Nights *Andrew Lang - Likely to be child friendlyhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/128
http://librivox.org/the-arabian-nights-entertainments-by-andrew-lang/
The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights'
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nightshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8599
The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20916
The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Mythshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24737
Viking Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24811
Asgard Stories Tales from Norse Mythologyhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37488
Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race [Kindle Edition] T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34081
Curious Myths of the Middle Ageshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36127
Grimm's Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2591
http://librivox.org/grimms-fairy-tales-version-2-by-jacob-wilhelm-grimm/
Grimm's Fairy Storieshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11027
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimmhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19068
Household Tales by Brothers Grimmhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5314
Bulfinch's Mythologyhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3327
Welsh Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9368
Celtic Folk and Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7885
http://librivox.org/celtic-fairy-tales-by-joseph-jacobs/
http://librivox.org/celtic-folk-and-fairy-tales-by-joseph-jacobs/
More Celtic Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34453
English Fairy Tales [Kindle Edition] JOSEPH JACOBS (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7439
http://librivox.org/english-fairy-tales-collected-by-joseph-jacobs/
British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditionshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34704
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry [Kindle Edition] W. B. (William Butler) Yeats (Author, Editor)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33887
Fairies and Folk of Irelandhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18824
Irish Wonders The Ghosts, Giants, Pooka, Demons, Leprechawns, Banshees, Fairies, Witches, Widows, Old Maids, and other Marvels of the Emerald Isle
Irish Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2892
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folkshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7871
Tales of Folk and Fairieshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25913
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lang%27s_Fairy_Books
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30580
The Blue Fairy Book [Kindle Edition] Andrew Lang (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/503
http://librivox.org/the-blue-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Red Fairy Book [Kindle Edition] Andrew Lang (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/540
http://librivox.org/the-red-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Green Fairy Book [Kindle Edition] Andrew Lang (Author, Editor)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7277
http://librivox.org/the-green-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Yellow Fairy Book (Andrew Lang's Fairy Books)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/640
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28314
http://librivox.org/the-yellow-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Pink Fairy Bookhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5615
http://librivox.org/the-pink-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Grey Fairy Bookhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5615
http://librivox.org/the-grey-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Violet Fairy Book (Andrew Lang's Fairy Books)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/641
The Crimson Fairy Bookhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2435
http://librivox.org/the-crimson-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Brown Fairy Book [with Biographical Introduction] ** $2.99http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3282
http://librivox.org/the-brown-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Orange Fairy Book (Andrew Lang's Fairy Books)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3027
http://librivox.org/the-orange-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Olive Fairy Book (Andrew Lang's Fairy Books)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27826
http://librivox.org/the-olive-fairy-book-by-andrew-lang/
The Lilac Fairy Bookhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3454
http://librivox.org/the-lilac-fairy-book-edited-by-andrew-lang/
Andersen's Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1597
http://librivox.org/andersens-fairy-tales-by-hc-andersen/
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersenhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27200
Stories from Hans Andersenhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17860
http://librivox.org/hans-christian-andersen-fairytales-and-short-stories-volume-1-1835-to-1842-by-hans-christian-andersen/
Indian Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7128
http://librivox.org/american-indian-fairy-tales-by-william-trowbridge-larned/
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land - Completehttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6615
Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet
Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio by by Carlo Collodi (SUPER ILLUSTRATED) - 99chttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/500
Pinocchio in Africahttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5327
The Happy Prince and Other Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/902
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lorehttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22373
Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi
Japanese Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4018
http://librivox.org/japanese-fairy-tales-by-yei-theodora-ozaki/
The Story of the Three Little Pigshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18155
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19993
American Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4357
http://librivox.org/american-fairy-tales-by-l-frank-baum/
Favorite Fairy Taleshttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20748
My Book of Favorite Fairy TalesRootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg
Even with as long as this list has become ... there are still dozens more that I will not have time to add tonight.
Go to gutenberg.org ... and Type in "Fairy Tales" in the search box for many, many more.
A site where you can read all of Andrew Lang's Colored Fairy Stories on-line:
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