Bedtime stories for 5 year old boys
8 New Bedtime Stories to Read to 2-5 Year Old Children
Looking for bedtime stories to read to your child is a tough task. Where do you find a new story every night? Kids between 2-5 years are the trickiest, since you cannot pick up chapter books, they have short attention spans, and you need stories that can tickle their imagination sufficiently. If they learn a thing or two in the process, then that’s the cherry on the icing.
Here are 8 stories that can be read to toddlers at bedtime, each of which is under 10 minutes read-time.
1. A Pair of BinocularsMr. Grasshopper discovers the joys of using a pair of binoculars with the help of Mr. Beaver. And boy! Isn’t he thrilled!
Read the complete story here.
2. The Tale of Two Frogs – A Japanese FolktaleThis is the story of two frogs from Japan. One day a thought struck both of them – they desired to see something outside of their own world. The frog from Osaka wanted to see how Kyoto looked like and the Kyoto frog was excited to visit Osaka. One fine day, the two frogs set off on their respective journeys.
Halfway between Osaka and Kyoto was a tall mountain that had to be crossed to reach the other city. The frogs met each other on the top of this mountain.
Click here to read what happened next.
3. The Smoke Seller – A Turkish FolktaleA poor man had no money to afford the grilled meat that smelt delicious. So, instead, taking a few pieces of bread from his pocket, he held them to the smoke emanating from the grill, and then ate them. The vendor demanded that the poor man pay up for the smoke that helped him eat his bread.
The two quarreling men decided to see the judge – Nasreddin Hodja – and settle the matter.
Click here to find out the hilarious manner in which Hodja settled the dispute.
4. Snow White and The Good WitchA present-day retelling of the classic fairy tale, where the dwarfs rescue Snow White from her eternal sleep with the help of the Good Witch.
Read how Snow White goes back to reclaim her kingdom from the evil step-mother with the help of the dwarfs and the Good Witch.
Read the complete story here.
5. The StarfishAn old man on a beach, finds a young boy throwing starfish into the sea after a storm. He asks the boy why he is doing so. The boy replied, “I am throwing the starfish back into the ocean. The storm washed them up on to the beach last night. Now the tide is far out, and the starfish cannot return to the sea by themselves. When the sun gets too high, they will die because of the heat. So I am throwing them back into the water before that happens.”
The old man was bewildered and wondered if the boy was simply stupid. “But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. It is impossible to save all of them. I’m afraid you won’t be able to make much of a difference”, he said.
Click here to read what the boy said in this short story with an important moral value.
A lonely snowman goes in search of some company. He meets many people on the way. Finally he finds friends.
Read this story to know about his adventures.
7. Hari and The CloudThe farmers in a village are told by an Oracle that there will be no rains for a long time. Everybody is depressed and put away their ploughs and tools, and sit down to wait for the rains to return. One farmer – Hari – continues to plough his fields daily and sow seeds at the beginning of every season. Everybody in the village makes fun of him.
One day a small cloud passes over Hari’s field and sees him hard at work. ‘Don’t you know there are going to be no rains for a long time? Why are you working in your fields?’ he asked.
Find out what Hari answered in this story.
8. The Undersea Adventure of the Blue DiamondOnce upon a time, there was a mermaid, a crab, a sea-lion, a sea-horse and a sea turtle.
They all lived together in the Great Pacific Ocean. They all set out on a treasure hunt to find the Great Castle of Gold. On the way, they meet Tory – a fish who has lost her way, and claims to have seen the Castle of Gold.
Read about their adventures here.
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One day Mr Barry decides to throw out his old sofa, Darla. But before he knows it, a whole community of friends pops up!
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Baxter the Puppy loses his beloved Oliver in Paris.
He will have to follow his nose to find him!
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Making friends is pretty hard for a friendly shark with a toothy smile. But he's going to try!
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A story about the beauty and love your special light can bring to others, and how it spreads from one person to everyone!
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Scowly Puss feels bored and blue.
Luckily Antony the Ant appears, to tell him what to do!
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Ou Ou wants to make new friends, but everyone thinks his quills are too sharp. Will he be able to overcome their rejection?
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Kayal bounced her ball too high! You'll never guess where it bounces!
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Little Mouse, Littler Mouse and Tiny Mouse have a wonderful day at the Carnival.
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A family talks together about all the things they love to do!
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Zi and Zu have such a hard time not waking the baby! But it's going to be even harder getting him back to sleep!
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Bear wants to catch some fish for his fish bowl, but those cheeky fish make it impossible!
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Kynan the caterpillar LOVES shoes.
.. but he can't possibly put them all on by himself!
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Fairy tales for children aged 5
Fairy tales for children aged 5 — a selection of works that will make the kid want to return to adults every evening for a new story from the wonderful world of fairy tales. At the age of 5, the child still clearly divides the world into good and bad. He wants to listen to something that strikes the imagination with the brightness of the plot and images. Children at the age of 5 expect that after all the adventures of the positive heroes, victory awaits, and the villains - punishment. Fairy tales for children aged 5 teach young listeners compassion and the ability to distinguish good from evil.
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Mikhail ZoshchenkoStories for children 5 years oldStories for children 6 years oldStories for children 7 years oldStories for children 8 years oldStories for children 9 years oldStories for children 10-11 years oldFor children 5 years oldFor children 6 years oldFor children 7 years oldAbout boysInstructive stories
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Maxim Gorky About fish For children 5 years old For children 6 years old For children 7 years old
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No need to lie - Mikhail Zoshchenko, read online
I studied a very long time ago.
Then there were high schools. And the teachers then put marks in the diary for each lesson asked. They put some score - from five to one inclusive.
And I was very small when I entered the gymnasium, the preparatory class. I was only seven years old.
And I still didn't know anything about what happens in gymnasiums. And for the first three months, I literally walked in a fog.
And one day the teacher told us to memorize a poem:
The moon is merrily shining over the village,
The white snow sparkles with a blue light...
But I didn't learn this poem. I didn't hear what the teacher said. I didn’t hear because the boys who were sitting behind me either slapped me on the back of the head with a book, or smeared ink on my ear, or pulled my hair, and when I jumped up in surprise, they put a pencil or insert under me.
And for this reason, I sat in the classroom, frightened and even stunned, and all the time I listened to what else the boys sitting behind were planning against me.
And the next day the teacher, as luck would have it, called me and ordered me to read the given poem by heart.
Not only did I not know him, but I did not even suspect that such poems existed in the world. But out of timidity, I did not dare to tell the teacher that I did not know these verses. And he stood at his desk, completely stunned, without uttering a word.
But then the boys began to suggest these verses to me. And because of this, I began to babble what they whispered to me.
At that time I had a chronic runny nose, and I could not hear well with one ear, and therefore it was difficult to understand what they were telling me.
Even the first lines I somehow said. But when it came to the phrase: “The cross under the clouds burns like a candle,” I said: “Crack under the boots, like a candle hurts.”
There was laughter among the students. And the teacher laughed too. He said:
- Come on, give me your diary! I'll put one in there for you.
And I cried because it was my first unit and I didn't know what it was.
After school my sister Lelya came to pick me up to go home together.
On the way I took a diary out of my knapsack, unfolded it on the page where one was marked, and said to Lelya:
— Lelya, look what it is? This was given to me by the teacher for the poem "The moon is merrily shining over the village."
Lelya looked and laughed. She said:
- Minka, this is bad! It was your teacher who slapped you a unit in the Russian language. This is so bad that I doubt that dad will give you a photographic camera for your name day, which will be in two weeks.
I said:
— And what to do?
Lelya said:
— One of our students took and sealed two pages in her diary, where she had one. Her dad licked his fingers, but he couldn’t peel it off and never saw what was there.
I said:
— Lelya, it's not good to deceive your parents!
Lelya laughed and went home.
And in a sad mood I went into the city garden, sat down on a bench there and, having unfolded the diary, looked with horror at the unit.
I sat in the garden for a long time. Then he went home. But as he approached the house, he suddenly remembered that he had left his diary on a bench in the garden. I ran back. But my diary was no longer on the bench in the garden. At first I was frightened, and then I was glad that now I don’t have a diary with this terrible unit with me.
I came home and told my father that I had lost my diary. And Lelya laughed and winked at me when she heard these words of mine.
The next day the teacher, having learned that I had lost the diary, gave me a new one.
I opened this new diary with the hope that this time there was nothing wrong with it, but there was again a unit against the Russian language, even bolder than before.
And then I felt so annoyed and so angry that I threw this diary behind the bookcase that we had in the classroom.
Two days later, the teacher, having learned that I did not have this diary, filled out a new one. And, in addition to the unit in the Russian language, he brought me a deuce there in behavior. And he told my father to look at my diary without fail.
When I met Lelya after school, she told me:
— It won't be a lie if we temporarily seal the page. And a week after your name day, when you get your camera, we'll peel it off and show dad what was in there.
I really wanted to get a photographic camera, and Lelya and I glued the corners of the ill-fated diary page.
In the evening, dad said:
— Come on, show me your diary! Interesting to know if you picked up units?
Dad began to look at the diary, but did not see anything bad there, because the page was sealed.
And while dad was looking at my diary, suddenly someone called on the stairs.
Some woman came and said:
— The other day I was walking in the city garden and there I found a diary on a bench.
I learned the address by the last name and brought it to you so that you could tell if your son had lost this diary.
Dad looked at the diary and, seeing one there, understood everything.
He didn't yell at me. He only quietly said:
- People who lie and deceive are funny and comical, because sooner or later their lies will always be revealed. And there was no case in the world that any of the lies remained unknown.
I, red as a cancer, stood in front of my father, and I was ashamed of his quiet words.
I said:
— Here's what: another one of mine, the third one, I threw behind a bookcase at school.
Instead of getting even angrier with me, dad smiled and beamed. He grabbed me in his arms and started kissing me.
He said:
— The fact that you confessed this made me extremely happy. You admitted that you could remain unknown for a long time. And it gives me hope that you won't lie anymore. And for this I will give you a camera.
When Lelya heard these words, she thought that dad had gone crazy in his mind and now he gives everyone gifts not for fives, but for ones.
And then Lelya came up to dad and said:
— Daddy, today I also got a bad mark in physics because I didn't learn the lesson.
But Lelya's expectations were not justified. Dad got angry with her, kicked her out of his room and told her to immediately sit down to books.
And in the evening, when we went to bed, the bell suddenly rang.
It was my teacher who came to my father. And I told him:
- Today we had a cleaning in the classroom, and we found your son's diary behind the bookcase. How do you like this little liar and deceiver who abandoned his diary so that you would not see him?
Dad said:
— I have personally heard about this diary from my son. He confessed this to me himself. So there is no reason to think that my son is an incorrigible liar and deceiver.
The teacher said to dad:
— Oh, that's how it is.
