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The Classic fairytale of Cinderella: a young girl, mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters, who finds out that dreams really can come true.
The Classic Fairytale Story of Snow White with a Modern Twist: Who is the “fair”est of them all? Snow White of course!
A Bedtime Story of Honesty, Courage and Truth. If Pinocchio is to become a Real boy he needs to learn how to be honest, brave and true.
A Grimm’s Brother Tale: A miller tells a tale that his daughter can turn straw into gold. A strange little man is willing to help…for a price. Guess his name and he will be gone…but what is his name?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids. Goldilocks finds the three bears cottage in the woods. Should she make herself comfortable?
Hansel and Gretel Bedtime Stories for Kids. When Hansel and Gretel go in search of food, they find a gingerbread house. But who is inside?
A Story of Friendship, Love and Courage. Rapunzel’s Story ~ A Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale. An evil witch has trapped Rapunzel in a tower. Can her long hair or love save her?
A Story of Courage, Justice and Self-Awareness. Merlin the Magician places a magic sword in a stone…whomever can pull it out is the rightful king.
A Bedtime Story of Acceptance and Self-Awareness. A Mama Duck is proud when her six ducklings hatch from their eggs. But one duckling does not look like the others? Is he truly an Ugly Duckling?
The classic Brother’s Grimm fairytale that sparked the Disney adaptation.
A Story of Courage, Learning and Love. The Classic fairy tale: The Little Mermaid falls in love with a prince on shore and she makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human. But without her voice, how can the prince fall in love with her?
This Classic Folktale is adapted from the original story of “Aladdin” from The Arabian Nights. Aladdin, the Genie and the Magic Lamp work to impress the princess who wishes to be a commoner.
A Story of Courage, Kindness to Animals and Learning. The Classic Tale of a male deer, Bambi, his mother and his adventures learning in the woods.
A Story of Charity, Compassion and Justice, from England. Robin Hood takes part in an archery contest thrown by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Will he realize its a trap before it is too late? One of the many Tales of Robin Hood.
This is the Legend Tale of Maui the Demi-God from Moana. It is part of our Classic Bedtime Stories for Kids Collection. It has been adapted from the Tales of Maui as well as Disney’s version of Moana.
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. A toy rabbit learns that through a child’s love it can become real.
The Classic Tale of the Snow Queen: Gerda and Kai struggle to fight the Snow Queen and find the balance between Good and Evil.
The Classic Fairy Tale of Sleeping Beauty. Princess Aurora has been cursed by Maleficent. When she pricks herself on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday, she is put into a deep sleep for 100 years.
Who can save her?
Bedtime Story for Kids: The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Story. Della and Jim wish to give each other the perfect Christmas present, but how will they come up with the money?
A Bedtime Story of Friendship, Courage and Acceptance. . The story tells of the time Pocahontas saved the life of settler John Smith from her father, Powhatan.
A Cinderella Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
The Classic fairytale of Cinderella: a young girl, mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters, who finds out that dreams really can come true.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
The Classic Fairytale Story of Snow White with a Modern Twist: Who is the “fair”est of them all? Snow White of course!
Pinocchio Story ~ Fairy Tale Bedtime Stories in English for Kids
A Bedtime Story of Honesty, Courage and Truth. If Pinocchio is to become a Real boy he needs to learn how to be honest, brave and true.
Beauty and the Beast Classic Tale ~ Fairy Tale Stories for Kids
The classic fairy tale of a beautiful woman and the monstrous beast.
Rumpelstiltskin ~ A Fairy Tale Bedtime Story for Kids
A Grimm’s Brother Tale: A miller tells a tale that his daughter can turn straw into gold. A strange little man is willing to help…for a price. Guess his name and he will be gone…but what is his name?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids. Goldilocks finds the three bears cottage in the woods. Should she make herself comfortable?
Hansel and Gretel ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
Hansel and Gretel Bedtime Stories for Kids. When Hansel and Gretel go in search of food, they find a gingerbread house. But who is inside?
Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm ~ Bedtime Stories
A Story of Friendship, Love and Courage. Rapunzel’s Story ~ A Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale.
An evil witch has trapped Rapunzel in a tower. Can her long hair or love save her?
The Sword in the Stone: a King Arthur Legend of the Sword Story
A Story of Courage, Justice and Self-Awareness. Merlin the Magician places a magic sword in a stone…whomever can pull it out is the rightful king.
The Ugly Duckling Story ~ Fairy Tale Story for Kids in English
A Bedtime Story of Acceptance and Self-Awareness. A Mama Duck is proud when her six ducklings hatch from their eggs. But one duckling does not look like the others? Is he truly an Ugly Duckling?
The Frog Prince: The Story of the Princess and the Frog ~ Bedtime Stories
The classic Brother’s Grimm fairytale that sparked the Disney adaptation.
The Little Mermaid Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids in English
A Story of Courage, Learning and Love. The Classic fairy tale: The Little Mermaid falls in love with a prince on shore and she makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human.
But without her voice, how can the prince fall in love with her?
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from The Arabian Nights ~ Bedtime Stories
This Classic Folktale is adapted from the original story of “Aladdin” from The Arabian Nights. Aladdin, the Genie and the Magic Lamp work to impress the princess who wishes to be a commoner.
Bambi Story: A Life in the Woods ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids in English
A Story of Courage, Kindness to Animals and Learning. The Classic Tale of a male deer, Bambi, his mother and his adventures learning in the woods.
Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow Story ~ Legend Stories for Kids
A Story of Charity, Compassion and Justice, from England. Robin Hood takes part in an archery contest thrown by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Will he realize its a trap before it is too late? One of the many Tales of Robin Hood.
Maui from Moana: Tales of the Demi-God ~ Legend Stories for Kids
This is the Legend Tale of Maui the Demi-God from Moana.
It is part of our Classic Bedtime Stories for Kids Collection. It has been adapted from the Tales of Maui as well as Disney’s version of Moana.
The Velveteen Rabbit Story ~ Bedtime English Story for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. A toy rabbit learns that through a child’s love it can become real.
The Snow Queen Fairy Tale Story ~Bedtime Story for Kids
The Classic Tale of the Snow Queen: Gerda and Kai struggle to fight the Snow Queen and find the balance between Good and Evil.
Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
The Classic Fairy Tale of Sleeping Beauty. Princess Aurora has been cursed by Maleficent. When she pricks herself on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday, she is put into a deep sleep for 100 years. Who can save her?
The Gift of the Magi Story ~ A Holiday Story for Kids
Bedtime Story for Kids: The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Story. Della and Jim wish to give each other the perfect Christmas present, but how will they come up with the money?
Pocahontas and John Smith Story ~ Folktales Stories for Kids
A Bedtime Story of Friendship, Courage and Acceptance.
. The story tells of the time Pocahontas saved the life of settler John Smith from her father, Powhatan.
The Emperor’s New Clothes Story ~ Bedtime Stories
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. The Emperor is fooled into believing he is wearing magic clothes which can’t be “seen”.
Mulan Story ~ Tale of Hua Mulan Bedtime Stories | English Story for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. Based on the “Ballad of Mulan” and Disney’s Mulan, this is a legend tale about a girl who goes in disguise as a boy and joins the army in her brother’s place.
Short Stories for Kids ~ Folk tales, Fairy Tales, Riddles, Legends, Poems
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A rhyming poem about being grateful every day, for love, beauty and family.
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A collection of autumn rhythm poems by artist-illustrator Clancy.
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Jaydee finds a unicorn in the garden one day. But will Mummy and Daddy believe her?!
One day Mr Barry decides to throw out his old sofa, Darla. But before he knows it, a whole community of friends pops up!
The story of a dancer, who follows her passion and lives her dreams dancing around the world.
Uh-oh! There are holes in the galaxy! Black holes...
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A girl called Sunshine becomes lost in the bush, but her friends help her find her way home.
An old donkey, dog and cat find a new home for themselves after scaring some robbers.
An old man loves his dog, who brings him tragic heartache and good luck.
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A girl with a dream tells how she made it happen. All the way to the moon!
A wordless picture book about a lost giraffe, and his short adventure!
A little girl tells of what she does when she goes to the beach.
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A wordless counting picture book based on the Aesop fable.
Arthur meets a fox in the forest, who teaches him to be in the moment with nature.
All Sringeri Srinivas wants is a haircut once a year. Will anybody help him tame his locks?
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Plucky puppy Sparks is lost... and Mandy thinks it's a leprechaun's fault !
A stubborn young prince goes to work for an evil troll, and falls in love with a maid.
A poem about some children singing Christmas carols.
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A Princess is turned into a monkey called Babiole by a wicked fairy's spell.
A young prince battles the Norka and wins the love of a Princess.
Two sisters make friends with a bear, and help an ungrateful dwarf.
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A boy loves bath time - that's when all the animals come out!
A little girl is curious about all the sounds around her!
Lungisa lives in a seaside town where there is a blowhole, and wonders how it got there...
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The warm and wonderful tale of Santa Claus's adventures.
When Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole, things get curiouser and curiouser!
Dorothy finds herself in a new and wonderful land when a cyclone picks up her house.
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Pepper and Carrot leave the Fairy Godmothers because they think they're not learning enough... but will they survive?
Pepper is so bored in her classes that she is willing to go the end of the earth to get some special ingredients!
Pepper is worried about the environment when all her Godmothers' buried potions start affecting the plants....
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There was a monkey climbed up a tree, when he fell down, then down fell he.
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Monday's child is fair of face... Tuesday's child is full of grace...
Merry are the bells, and merry would they ring...
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A little sugar ant goes on a big scary adventure in the big, wide world... until he decides to come back home.
A fat golden pumpkin, and a moon high up in the sky, have a conversation.
If you could choose any face you wanted, what would you pick?
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What happens when a new puppy comes into the house - and your sister already has a cat!?
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Victoria invents a fork, and presents it to the King!
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Audio bedtime stories for children 🌙 listen online for free
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- For the night
A distinctive feature of bedtime stories is their short duration and happy ending. A happy ending is very important in children's bedtime stories, because if, for example, a child listens to the story The Steadfast Tin Soldier, at the end of which the main characters burn in the fireplace, he will be very worried about them and will not sleep well. Therefore, this section contains only good bedtime stories for children, which you can listen to online for free in good quality MP3 without stopping.
For newborns instead of bedtime stories, listen to white noise.
Below are several playlists with thematically selected fairy tales.
1) Bedtime stories from Banilaska the clown
Below are bedtime stories from Banilaska, a funny clown who tells stories to children. It has many different stories, but here you can listen to tales from the "Before bed" section. Voiced by the beauty, athlete and Komsomol member Natalya Varley. Suitable for children 2-5 years old.
2) Russian folk tales
These time-tested Russian folk tales have been listened to before bed for many generations. They do not lose their relevance even now, because the topic of relationships has no statute of limitations. The stories are sorted by length from shortest to longest. Suitable for children from 2 to 7 years old.
3) Chukovsky's short bedtime stories
According to parents, children love certain Chukovsky's audio stories. They are ready to listen to them every day, for example Confusion or Aibolit. Suitable for children 2-4 years old.
4) "Deniska's stories" by Dragunsky for schoolchildren of grades 1-5
Surprisingly interesting stories from the life of the boy Denis Korablev will not only help you enjoy listening to, but also give an educational effect, it is for this that Dragunsky's works are valued. Only a part of the stories - the most popular ones - are presented here.
All 60 stories can be heard in the audiobook "Deniska's Stories".
5) Children's songs for the night
Below you can listen to children's songs for the night. Suitable for children from 2 to 7 years old, as well as adults who are nostalgic for childhood;)
For more bedtime songs for babies, see Baby Lullabies.
6) Other fairy tales and bedtime stories
No need to explain what audio bedtime stories are for, because many modern parents in their childhood fell asleep to Russian folk audio fairy tales on Soviet records. By the way, now, despite the abundance of modern sleepy tales and cartoons, the most popular are still works of the 18th-20th centuries.
On this page you can listen to good sleep stories, short, long (but not too long), for the little ones - for toddlers, for preschool children up to 7 years old, for other ages 3,4,5 and 6 years old, as well as for older kids 8, 9and 10 years. As a rule, fairy tales are voiced by professional actors in order to completely immerse children in the atmosphere of a fairy tale.
A little less often, the text is read by the authors themselves, for example, Korney Chukovsky, who voices his audiobooks very expressively and with soul. For those guys who will not have enough of one fairy tale - you can put several fairy tales at once without a break.
We wish you and your children a pleasant good sleep!)
Fairy tales for children 2 years old
Fairy tales for children 3 years old
Fairy tales for children 4 years old
Tales for children 5 years old
Tales for children 6 years old
Tales for children 7 years old
Tales for children 8 years old
Listen to Russian folk tales online for free
Here you can listen to Russian folk tales for children online is free. These fairy tales keep a special warmth, reminiscent of a carefree childhood. Someone first heard Russian folk audio tales on Soviet records, someone on TV, and someone read them in books. In all cases, they immerse the listener in a magical land where no one is surprised by miracles, where everything is possible and where good always triumphs over evil.
There is a lot of controversy about the educational goals of these works. The censorship of the 19th century often forbade the publication of fairy tales as they existed, as "they were aimed at achieving their cunning goals by any means available." In any case, these fairy tales are based on life experience and should prepare the bright and pure minds of children for real life.
Russian folk tales listen online for free:
A well-known Russian folk tale about a bun that left his grandmother, left his grandfather, but did not leave the fox.
- Author: Russian folk
A fairy tale about a teremok, which was first found by a mouse, then by a frog, and then by other forest dwellers.
- Author: Russian folk
A tale about three bears who once came home and saw that someone was at home.
- Author: Russian folk
Russian folk tale about a gullible rooster who was constantly saved by a cat from a cunning fox.
- Author: Russian folk
The fox's ice hut melted and she drove the hare out of his bast hut.
- Author: Russian folk
Geese-swans carried away the boy and his sister had to save him from Baba Yaga.
- Author: Russian folk
A popular Russian fairy tale about an unusually large turnip that the whole family had to pull out.
- Author: Russian folk
Russian folk tale about the three sons of the Tsar, one of whom was forced to marry a frog, who eventually turned out to be a princess.
- Author: Russian folk
A tale about a modest girl who, by the will of her stepmother, was sent to her death in a cold forest.
- Author: Russian folk
Russian folk tale about a quick-witted Masha, who by cunning escaped from a bear back to her grandparents.
