Animated stories for toddlers

Kids Animated Short Stories, Funny Animated Stories for Children in English for Free

Technology has invaded life in such a way that it is but impossible to even imagine a life otherwise. So, what can be better than putting it to good use to develop the reading habit among children. Animated stories are the best entertainment options available for kids to develop their reading habit, while improving their skill in comprehension. Through free animated stories online it is easily available to you and helps in instilling values in the child’s mind. With a judicious combination of graphics, narration, sound effects and background music, kids are attracted to them. There are many funny animated stories as well as animated stories for kindergarten in our collection of selected animated stories in English

Our selection of animated stories that are free to download can help the young minds. It will sow the seed of wisdom which eventually assists them towards growing into better citizens of tomorrow. The language used is simple and hence easily comprehensible. To add to that, the beautiful animation in these stories will be a sure winner with children with each animated story coming with our review on it. When a story is being read or narrated by a person, there is always the risk of the child losing interest at some point. With animated stories it is a totally different scenario. Children get glued to it and will surely watch it to the end as these are custom made animated stories for kids.

Nighty Night Circus

Nighty Night Circus is a bedtime animated story video, a little owl is sleepy and flies to a branch to get ready for bed. The owl is startled by a noise and flies down to find out.

The Sun and the Wind

The Sun and the North Wind is a story from Aesop’s Fables. Different versions of this fable are taught to children all around the world to teach an important lesson on the superiority of persuasion over power.

The Ginger Bread Man

The Ginger Bread Man is a fairy tale about a ginger bread that came to life and his escape from being eaten by many different people. Where does he end up in the end? Read on and find out!

The Disloyal Friend, Tenali Rama

The Disloyal Friend is a moral story that involves Tenali Rama, the court jester of Krishnadevaraya, the Vijayanagar emperor. The story is centered around four friends from Vijaynagar who journey to the town in search of work.

Ali And The Magic Carpet

This fantasy story is a sure-fire tool to entertain your little one. You will be transported to a totally different world with Ali on his magic carpet. The places that you will see through Ali’s eyes will delight you. Make note of the places, my friend. Brace yourself. The wind is strong and so is Ali’s desire to see the world. Why shouldn’t yours be too? It is magic, so anything could happen. Enjoy this flight with Ali. Watch this animation and see the magic it creates!.

Jack And The Beanstalk

The story of Jack and the Beanstalk is part of the staple diet of fairy tales that we have feasted on as kids. The son of a poor widow, Jack, wants to help his mother. But he foolishly sells their cow for a few bean pods. But the beanstalk that grows out of this leads Jack to an ogre and his immense treasure. How brave Jack gets all that is the story. Being a fairy tale that has entertained children all over the world, it is sure to get your child glued to the screen in its new animated avatar. Just go ahead and watch it in it full glory and enjoy it to the fullest!

Dark, Dark Wood

Fear is present in the minds of children and adults alike. The only difference is that adults learn to hide it. This animated story leads you through a dark wood through a dark road, to a dark house, and a dark stairs to a dark room and a dark cupboard and a dark shelf on it in which there is a dark box. What is inside the dark box is the surprise. That is a secret you will have to unearth by yourself. I am sure you will be in for a real surprise. Don’t you want to find out? Watch it now!

Goldilocks And The Three Bears

This beautiful story of a little girl, who wanders into the forest, gets lost and finds a house that belongs to a family of bears will definitely win over the hearts of children. Goldilocks, the little girl with hair like golden locks walks into the house of the bears as it is not locked. As she is tired she eats the food laid out for the bear family and sleeps on their bed. Goldilocks goes about the house without a care in the world. Little does she know that the house belongs to the bears While she is asleep the bears return! What will happen to little Goldilocks?

Little Red Riding Hood

The eternally evil wolf works his evil plans to eat Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. He manages to gobble her grandma but will his wicked ways help him get her too? Clever Little Red Riding Hood is too smart for him. Enjoy this fun-filled animated story with your children. It will teach them a safety lesson too. It will keep them from trusting strangers.

Leaping Match

The Leaping Match is a funny story about a kingdom which is not much heard of until the great leaping match is announced. The story starts on January 1st when there is an argument between a flea, a grasshopper and a mudskipper. The argument is about who can jump the highest! They decide to hold a leaping match. The king comes to know of the match and is very interested in it. He announces a great reward for the winner. What could that be? Who wins the match? Now, it is up to you to find out. Watch the animated story. You are sure to be thoroughly entertained by the animation. It is going to be real fun!

My Secret Team

‘My Secret Team’ is an interesting story about a little boy who belongs to a family of soccer fans. But unfortunately he secretly supported the Boston Rovers while his family supported the Boston Town team. Being different was difficult. He watched matches with his family and cheered along with the family for the team that he did not support. He expressed his real feelings only in the bathroom. Something happens to change the whole scenario. What could that be? Does the change make the little boy and his family happy? Watch the animation to know. The climax of the story is worth the wait. Come on, watch it! Have a bit of solid fun!

The Ugly Duckling - Fairy Tales

This amazing story of the Ugly Duckling who transforms into a beautiful swan is one that has held all readers in awe over many decades. Now in its new animated form it is even more captivating. It says about the journey of a little swan who is mistaken for a baby duck initially and abandoned by the duck family because he is ugly. This little one goes through difficult times but keeps going on and one day joins his own people as the beautiful swan that he actually is. The story has a message that says that each one of God’s creations has a purpose in life. It is important to not lose patience or one’s heart because of adversities that one may face in life because there is a time and a place for everything. Enjoy this animated version of the famous fairy tale.

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Hen learns to fly, the wolf dances ballet, Mr. Night takes a day off - the most interesting cartoons from zero to six are recommended by the critic animation and program director of the Big Animation Festival Dina Goder

Good piece cartoons for preschoolers are rare. Perhaps, today author's children's films are shot primarily in Russia, and in other countries, even with a much more developed animation industry, mainly series are shot for kids. But, of course, there are exceptions: this selection includes only those foreign cartoons that can be understood without language.

"Evstifeyka-wolf"

Directed by Oleg Uzhinov. Russia, 2001

Oleg Uzhinov is a well-known director: after "Zhikharka" from "Mountain of Gems" and the first episodes of "Masha and the Bear", where the heroine inherited Zhiharka's fiery temperament, almost everyone knows him. He is also the director of the famous series "Masha Plus Porridge", which not so long ago became one of the world's major hits on the Internet, having collected more than two and a half billion views on YouTube. But Oleg began to shoot children's films from the fairy tale "Evstifeyka the Wolf" based on Yuri Koval - crafty and good-natured.

"Bad Boy"

Directed by Oleg Uzhinov. Russia, 2003

Uzhinov also has a very funny children's film shot at the Pilot studio, where the director began to study animation. Yabednik must watch.

"About a girl who found her bear"

Directed by Elena Chernova. Russia, 2002

Elena Chernova has already made many films, mostly for children, and received many prizes for them (including the main prize of the Suzdal Animation Festival), but her debut based on a poem by Sasha Cherny remains the most favorite for many fans. Chernova remarkably talks about how she found the boy who voiced the heroine: she saw him on the minibus, the boy chatted with his mother without closing his mouth, and his speech was so charming and intonation rich that Chernova immediately offered him to record for the cartoon. Mom agreed, but it turns out that in children's animation there is a concept of sound hygiene, that is, only a small percentage of the text can be illegible, and the kid did not pronounce a single letter normally, so he had to work with a speech therapist. There were also legends about the recording itself, since the boy was fighting and only said the text without hanging upside down. It turned out great.

"Rain from top to bottom"

Directed by Ivan Maksimov. Russia, 2007

Ivan Maksimov is a master of modern Russian animation who became a star in the early 1990s when his student cartoon Bolero won the Berlinale Prize. Strictly speaking, Maximov does not make films for children, but children understand him perfectly, which cannot be said about adults who often ask stupid questions. For children in Maximov's absurd and sentimental world, there is nothing surprising: just think, a flying bunny or a fish with an udder! This applies to all Maximov's films, but "Rain from top to bottom" is one of the most memorable. He himself is like music, you can watch him endlessly.

Dog Playground

Directed by Leonid Shmelkov. Russia, 2009

Leonid Shmelkov is a student of Ivan Maksimov, this is clearly seen in his diploma film at the SHAR studio school: both in characters (anthropomorphic, but still not quite people and not quite dogs), and intonation. But it is also clear that he is different: the relationships between the characters, no matter how incredible they may be, are more important to him than gags.

"Jump-jump"

Directed by Leonid Shmelkov. Russia, 2012

This is also true for another Shmelkov film - absurd and at the same time entirely built on relationships. Shmelkov, like Maksimov, does not make films specifically for children, but children love and understand them.

KJFG No. 5»

Directed by Alexey Alekseev. Hungary, 2008

This two-minute hysterically funny and absurd film by Alexei Alekseev (by the way, a distant descendant of Stanislavsky) was shot literally on his knee about ten years ago. When asked what the film would be called (it was necessary to send it to festivals), he tapped something on the keyboard without looking. It turned out to be such an unpronounceable name. But as soon as this cartoon, which Alexey calls "punk", was released, its success turned out to be incredible. Fan-made remakes were made for it, teenagers uploaded videos in the roles of forest musicians, and in Annecy, where the film won an unexpected prize for the best music (Alekseev, as a real Renaissance personality, he composed and played it himself), animation youth went around the city and howled like a wolf from a movie. By the way, not so long ago in Annecy they made a big cycle of programs in which the audience had to choose the funniest movie in the 50 years of the festival, and Alekseev's two-minute forest jam session beat everyone. And immediately after the appearance of this film, the Nickelodeon channel ordered the director a mini-series with the same characters. So there were 12 more episodes called "Log Jam".

Pereletnaya

Directed by Vera Myakisheva. Russia, 2012

A very good graduation film by Vera Myakisheva is a slightly sad family story “Waiting”, where at first a baby elephant waits for her mother from work all day long, and then she, having already become a grandmother, waits for him with her grandson. But for the little ones, first of all, I want to show Vera's other two very nice films. For example, about a chicken who dreamed of learning to fly like other birds (by the way, the script for it was written by a wonderful director and screenwriter Yulia Aronova).

"How cats live"

Directed by Vera Myakisheva. Russia, 2015

And a movie for very young children about three cats — a sailor, a cook and a reader, who experience all four seasons in their house. The film was shot based on pictures by Daria Bulycheva, and the music for it was written by Pyotr Nalich, with whom Vera has been collaborating since her diploma.

The Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse

Directed by Camille Che, Hugo Jean, Juliette Jourdan, Marie Pillier, Kevin Roget. France, 2015

Another fairy tale about a fox and a mouse, but not according to Bianchi, was filmed by five graduates of the French film school ESMA using 3D computer animation. The film received many awards.

Trim Time

Directed by Gil Alkabets. Germany, 2002

The famous Israeli-German director Gil Alkabetz remains a paradoxicalist, even when he makes films for children. Four seasons turn into a whirlwind of hairdressing for a tree: the hairdresser helped the hair-leaves grow, he also dried them out with a hair dryer, so that they fell off. This story was filmed by Alkabets for the most famous German studio Film Bilder, where several cute films for the little ones have been released in recent years.

Octopus

Directed by Julia Okker. Germany, 2015

At the same German studio Film Bilder, young director Julia Okker made a series of small films with stories about animals - "Animanimals". For example, about an octopus who wanted to bake a peach pie, but one of his obstinate and cunning legs dreamed of chocolate.

"Crocodile"

Directed by Julia Okker. Germany, 2015

About a crocodile with very short arms who wanted to watch TV comfortably in the evening, but that was not the case.

Wolf

Directed by Julia Okker. Germany, 2015

And, it seems, the most unexpected film in the cycle is about a wolf who dreamed of becoming a ballerina and secretly danced "Swan Lake" in a pink skirt in the forest.

"Super Grand"

Directed by Marjolin Perretin. Switzerland, 2014

Marjolin is a young and very promising Swiss director with a great sense of humor and precision in his observations. Her film, a one and a half minute story about a giant baby that everyone is afraid of, has traveled to many international festivals.

"Mr. Night has a Day Off"

Directed by Ignas Meilūnas. Lithuania, 2016

This is a witty movie about Mr. Night, who changes the color of all objects to black, by the Lithuanian director Ignas Meilunas filmed in Vilnius, on the street and at home, fitting the picture into the real environment. As he himself says, he shot it in twenty-one summer days with zero budget commissioned by the French festival Nuits en Or 2016.

"Tin Toy"

Directed by John Lasseter. USA, 1988

The animation heavyweight American studio Pixar, the main authority in 3D computer animation, has many suitable cartoons. 1988's Tin Toy is one of the few short films directed by the great Pixar founder John Lasseter. Programs were tested on this film to help make the image of a person more realistic, and although to today's eyes the computer design of 30 years ago looks very primitive, the story is about the unfortunate tin Tinny, a man-orchestra who first tries to take his legs off a baby that destroys everything, and then - to win his attention, still looks great. By the way, this film was the first to win an Oscar for computer animation.

"Partly Cloudy"

Directed by Peter Son. USA, 2009

Pixar usually works on new technologies in short films, which are then used in full-length films. Apparently, in "Partly Cloudy" - a film about an unfortunate cloud sculpting very dangerous babies for a stork - the studio specialists were thinking about how to show the soft, cottony texture of the clouds.

Piper

Directed by Alan Barillaro. USA, 2016

And in this Pixar film about a chick learning not to be afraid of water, Alan Barillaro worked first and foremost on how to show the sea and, most importantly, the feathers of the little fluffy sandpiper. The film won an Oscar in 2017 for best short film.

For the Birds

Directed by Ralph Eggleston. United States, 2000

One of Pixar's greatest kids-friendly films is About the Birds, which won an Oscar in 2001. It is not so much the gags that are important here, but the story about the relationship of a flock of small harmful birds with one large and good-natured one. And the moral is understandable to any five-year-old: it’s better to be kind than evil, right?

The Bird Alphabet (Het vogeltjes ABC)

Directed by Dick Grobler. South Africa, 2008

The cutest animated alphabet by South African illustrator Pete Grobler and director Dick Grobler, of course, does not play with Cyrillic, but it does not matter. The cartoon is understandable to anyone, because the birds show us letters not through the words that begin with them, but through cheerful onomatopoeia. The chicks are crying: “Ek! Ek!", the bird farts: "F-f-f-f-tt!", the apple fell: "Doink!"

The Bear & The Hare

Directed by Elliot Dear, Yves Gelain. Great Britain, 2013

The bear, who has never seen Christmas (because he always slept at this time), is given a holiday by his friend the hare. This impossibly sweet cartoon is actually made as an advertisement for the old English chain stores John Lewis with the slogan "Give someone a Christmas they'll never forget". The main charm of the film is in the unusual way of its creation: two of the most classic animation techniques were chosen for it - hand-drawn and puppetry. The whole world - the forest, the trees, the lair - is made by hand, three-dimensional, as it is done in a puppet movie. And all the characters are drawn (and traditional Disney artists were invited for this), and then each phase of their movement was cut out by a laser - in this way, flat drawn figures lived in a three-dimensional forest. There is a separate film about how "The Bear and the Hare" was created - the real magic of animation, which is understandable even to a five-six-year-old child.

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Genre: Developing animated series for the little ones
Format: 3D CGI + video (composite), 2D, flash animation
Number of episodes: 208
Episode duration: 5 minutes.
The audience: 0–3 (core 1.5–2.5 years)
The authors of the idea: Ilya Popov, Maria Bolshakova
General producer: Ilya Popov
Artistic director: Elena Chernova
Production: Computer Animation Studio "Petersburg"

"Kids" is an animated entertainment and educational project for children of the youngest age - from 0 to 3 years.

The project was developed with the participation of child psychologists and teachers and covers all areas of a child's life from birth - health, physical development, cognition, socialization, work and creativity.

Each of the heroes of Malyshariki, whose prototypes are the well-known characters of Smeshariki, is endowed with its own unique character and temperament.

Synopsis

The series "Kids" are simple stories based on situations already familiar to the baby; rhythmic, but comfortable for the perception of a small child narration, interactive elements, and most importantly - charming and very touching images of characters, so similar to animated toys.

The world of Malyshariki is a world of children's play. Its very height, when the game is indistinguishable from reality. Malyshariki is a children's fantasy, toys come to life, whose life takes place in an apartment where a family with children lives.