Short Stories for Children

Please enjoy these great stories, fairy-tales, fables, and nursery rhymes for children. They help kids learn to read and make excellent bedtime stories! We have hundreds of great children's stories for you to share.

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The Three Little Pigs
The Velveteen Rabbit
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Bogey-Beast
Little Red Riding Hood
My Father's Dragon
St. George and the Dragon
Snow White
Cinderella
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
The Tortoise & the Hare
The Gingerbread Man
The Little Thief in the Pantry
The Ugly Duckling
Thumbelina
The Bremen Town Musicians
Alice in Wonderland abridged
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Aesop's Fables
The Reluctant Dragon
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Princess and the Pea
Hans Christian Andersen
Rapunzel
The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Five Little Pigs
Old Mother Goose & Her Son Jack
Mother Goose Rhymes
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Hansel and Gretel
The Little Mermaid
The Snow Image
Father Frost
The Snow Queen
How the Moon Became Beautiful
The Paradise of Children
The Little Match Girl
Cousin Tribulation's Story
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Huckleberry
The Zigzag Railroad
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
The Magic Pitcher
Just So Stories
This Land Is Your Land
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Little-Girl-Afraid-of-a-Dog
The Little Red Hen
Little Bo-Peep
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
This Old Man
The Two Sisters
A Little Tiny Thing
The Cunning Little Tailor
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
Androclus and the Lion
The Night Moth With a Crooked Feeler
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Bruce and the Spider
How Jack Went Out to Seek His Fortune
The Adventures of Aladdin
"The Sky is Falling!"
The Fisherman and his Wife
Sleeping Beauty (Briar-Rose)
Haiku Poetry - Basho
The Forest Bride: Mouse Who Was a Princess
The Selfish Giant
The Happy Prince
The Blind Men and the Elephant
The Sagacious Monkey & the Boar
The Farmer and the Badger
Hinky Pinkie Riddles
Mother Bear's Call
The Wind in the Willows
The Last Dream of Old Oak
Soup on a Sausage Peg
Fun on the Ice
How They Ran Away
The Golden Touch
Pegasus, The Winged Horse
How Theseus Slays the Minotaur
The Great Stone Face
The Golden Windows
The Dragon's Teeth
The Coming of the King
The Great Feast
The Marsh King's Daughter
The Sea-Maiden
The Story of Little Boy Blue
Mother Earth's Children
Little Benjamin
Puss in Boots
Goody Two Shoes
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Big Blue Ox
Fun Halloween Stories
The Pumpkin Glory
Thankful
Christmas Stories
Twas The Night Before Christmas
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