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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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In addition to our bedtime stories, we also offer a multitude teaching resources! This includes over 100 free bedtime stories, fairy tales, folk tales, readers theater play scripts, and performance notes!
You will find the bedtime stories and the materials you need for your classroom with Stories to Grow By.
Fairy Tales, Bedtime Stories and Kids Poems!
Jaydee finds a unicorn in the garden one day. But will Mummy and Daddy believe her?!
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A high-contrast black-and-white rhyming story for newborns.
.. fun for babies to look at, and fun to read aloud!
5 Min Stories Age 4-6 All Halloween Picture Books Scary
A fun storybook and memory game for Halloween nights with kids, sitting around a campfire. How many of the zombie gifts can you remember?
5 Min Stories Age 7-12 All Cats Friends Halloween Picture Books Picture Books
Leah, Emmie and Tim are going trick-or-treating... but they don't count on encountering some spooky Halloween cats!
All the animals are scared of a big shadow that is following them!
Arthur meets a fox in the forest, who teaches him to be in the moment with nature.
Angelina just wants to eat ice-cream, even at dinner!
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A sparrow avenges her friend a dog, who is cruelly killed by a man.
Davie lands on Planet Disco - and straight into the jaws of a hungry beast!
Two sisters make friends with a bear, and help an ungrateful dwarf.
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A little girl is curious about all the sounds around her!
You'll never guess which little friend helps all the other animals in Africa!
Baby Bunny has an Easter Picnic with all her baby animal friends. There's lots of chocolate!
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There are lots of busy people at the Bakery Cafe!
A lullaby for a mother who lives by the sea alone with her baby.
One of the all-time classic christmas poems about a man's encounter with Santa Claus.
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Bhaiya has a big black monster on his back. His family and friends are there to help him make the monster smaller.
Pepper loves voting with a fancy new hand-held remote.
.. until she loses confidence in the ways people vote.
A Brothers Grimm fable about how beans came to have a black seam!
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Three Dwarfs meet a poor girl who shares the last of her bread with them.
The breeze helps some flowering weeds spread their seeds.
A collection of Aesop's fables in short poetry form - along with vintage illustrations.
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There is so much fun to be had on an 'Inside Day' !
Senzo can do all sorts of things... can you?
Ballu makes a very special birthday wish - and it starts raining fish!
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A water rat and a badger help their friend Toad, when he becomes addicted to fast cars!
Two friends are separated by a Snow Queen and an icy heart.
Dorothy finds herself in a new and wonderful land when a cyclone picks up her house.
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Carrot gets his friend Pepper to the big potion contest... but what a potion!
Pepper is offered everything she'd ever wished for by a genie.
But she refuses! You'll never guess why...
Pepper and Carrot start playing with a crystal ball that isn't theirs... uh-oh!
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There was a monkey climbed up a tree, when he fell down, then down fell he...
The tragic nursery rhyme of three blind mice, who lose their tails to a carving knife!
One, two, buckle my shoe... Three, four, knock at the door...
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A spooky poem about Halloween's dreaded Jack o' Lantern!
The classic romance about a love affair between an owl, a cat and a runcible spoon.
Poet Arden Davidson talks to Storyberries about her inspiration for the new kids poetry collection, 'What's Weird About A Mirror'.
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A boy starts receiving gifts and letters from Mother Earth!
A trio of haikus about rain, holidays and bluebells.
Victoria invents a fork, and presents it to the King!
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Listen to audiobooks and stories for children online
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Victor Dragunsky (60)
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Victor Astafiev (5)
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Grigory Oster (3)
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Anton Chekhov (24)
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Arkady Gaidar (5)
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Mikhail Prishvin (19)
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Vitaly Bianchi (8)
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Mikhail Zoshchenko (6)
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Storybook (2)
Here are audiobooks and stories for children that you can listen to online for free in good quality.
Some works are suitable for children aged 5-6, for example, Nosov's funny humorous stories about Dunno. There are also audio books with children's fantasy stories and audio stories for schoolchildren - these are Deniska's stories by Viktor Dragunsky, because children are 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 years old it will be interesting to learn about the life of schoolchildren in grades 1-4.
Listen to all audio stories in a row without stopping:
These are 60 stories of a preschooler, and then a schoolboy, Denis Korablev, whose prototype was the youngest son of Viktor Dragunsky, Denis.
- Author: Dragunsky
A story about a man who, after a shipwreck, spent 28 years on a desert island.
- Author: Daniel Defoe
To make it easier for my daughter to endure the illness, dad tells her his stories from childhood.
- Author: Alexander Raskin
After the death of his mother, the boy meets homeless children from the "bad society".
- Author: Vladimir Korolenko
A selection of funny stories for children 4-10 years old.
- Author: Collection of stories
A well-known audiobook about flip-flop advice that will show children what not to do.
- Author: Grigory Oster
A story about a lost dog that after some time found its owners.
- Author: Anton Chekhov
An interesting audiobook about the adventures of schoolchildren for children from 9 years old.
- Author: Mark Twain
A story about the boy Vasyutka, who got lost in the forest and came across a previously unknown lake, which was later named after him.
- Author: Victor Astafiev
A story about a little girl, the size of a finger, who ate nails and drank ink.
- Author: Leonid Panteleev
Stories with stories about a boy who helped the police catch criminals.
- Author: Yuriy Koval
A story about two boys who returned from high school on New Year's Eve and tried to escape to America.
- Author: Anton Chekhov
Bedtime stories for children. Read online with pictures.
In this section we have collected interesting fairy tales from all over the world that are suitable for reading before bed. These small instructive and kind stories will help children calm down after a stormy day and tune in to rest.
In bedtime stories, you will not find cruelty and frightening characters. Only light plots and pleasant characters.
At the bottom of each fairy tale there is hint for what age it is intended, as well as other tags. Be sure to pay attention to them when choosing a product! You do not have to spend time reading a fairy tale to find out if it suits your child or not. We have already read everything, sorted and compiled short descriptions of fairy tales.
Enjoy reading and good dreams :)
bedtime stories for children read
An interesting fairy tale is that part of childhood that stays with us forever, even when childhood is gone. This is a magical world that is wide open in front of the baby, and acquaintance with it begins with a short and sweet bedtime story.
At what age to read fairy tales to a child
There is no strict age limit in reading fairy tales to a child. Reading for a child is primarily an opportunity for emotional intimacy with an adult. Even if not a word is clear yet, the familiar timbre of the voice, the measured rhythm soothe the baby and stimulate its development. That is why psychologists recommend reading fairy tales even to babies. The main condition: the process should bring pleasure to both the adult and the baby.
The benefits of reading fairy tales
A bedtime story read by a parent is a powerful stimulus for the child's development, the child's opportunities in the following areas:
- imagination;
- fantasy;
- creative thinking;
- speech skills;
- emotional development;
- the ability to find a way out of problem situations.
Unlike cartoons, a fairy tale does not present the child with ready-made images and the world invented by the artist, but invites him to think, think out and imagine what is not in the illustrations.
Simply put, we read to children at night and at the same time unleash their creativity. The next step is the first children's tests of themselves as an author and artist, but that will come later. And now such familiar and at the same time amazing short bedtime stories come to the aid of parents.
Bedtime stories - what should they be?
It often happens that every day a baby asks for the hundredth time to read a familiar fairy tale to him, not wanting to listen to any others.
Do not argue and try to read something new - a bedtime story exists for this, to cradle and give pleasant dreams. So, it should be:
- short;
- calm;
- kind;
- without dynamic details in the plot, but with a happy ending.
Repeated repetition of the same situation (familiar room, favorite blanket and soft toy, mother reading a familiar fairy tale nearby) turns into a kind of ritual for the baby, which has a calming effect.
It helps relieve the emotional stress that has accumulated over a long day.
Short stories on our website
The Short Bedtime Stories section presents famous works by Russian and foreign authors that have become favorites for children all over the world.
Magic little men created by Astrid Lindgren, Donald Bisset's kind tigers, Sergey Kozlov's inseparable Hedgehog and Bear cub - these and other characters are looking forward to meeting young readers.
Here you will also find folk tales and illustrated works by Vladimir Suteev. Kids will be delighted with simple instructive stories and colorful pictures created by a real Master.
Tips on the website
The free bedtime stories presented on our website are so diverse that sometimes it can be difficult to find the right one. To help parents, we have developed a convenient search engine that allows you to view the parameters of a fairy tale without opening it:
- age of readers;
- reading time;
- short description;
- popularity indicator;
- illustration.
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