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Princess Susie really wishes she had a baby brother, and goes on a quest to find one.
5 Min Stories Age 4-6 All Early Readers Early Readers Learning Picture Books Picture Books Reading Sleep and Bedtime Stories Toys
Stripy Elephant and his friends have a BIG problem... they never hear the end of the bedtime story! So Stripy Elephant decides he will learn to read...
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A collection of autumn rhythm poems by artist-illustrator Clancy.
Princess Polly stows away on a pirate ship with her friend Petronella!
A family works together to get a mouse out of the house!
Muzi loves building things, but one day decides he wants to build the Best Thing Ever!
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A young, plucky brother gifts a turnip to a king, and saves himself from his brother's wrath with wits!
A brave girl called Robyn decides to investigate when a dragon is terrorising a village.
Five peas in a shell discover their destinies...
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Ted is a big boy and wears big boy undies! But something goes wrong when the washing happens!
Oh no, there's a fire! But Billy the fire-truck doesn't want to get dirty!
Sam wants to know what is in the pot... he's so hungry !
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Winter makes a little Fox feel sad... until a forest fairy reminds him about optimism.
All these rabbits know what they like to do best. What do YOU like to do?
Sam just can't wait to see what's in his secret Christmas present!
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A girl marries a lion who becomes a dove, and she must travel all ends of the earth to find him again.
A princess is deceived by her maid. Will her talking horse save her?
Dorothy and Jeb fall into a crack during an earthquake, and end up inside the earth!
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The classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of a Little Mermaid, and what she will do for love.
A pixie helps a farmer while he's asleep - but stops helping when he is spoken to!
Taper Tom sets off on a quest to make an unhappy Princess laugh.
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Ollie the Octopus is best friends with Sukey the Spider. Read all about their sixteen-legged rhyming adventures!
A Dad takes his family for a walk through the forest, to find chestnuts and other natural treasures.
A little boy learns to climb up everything... but how will he ever get down again?
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The tale of an unlikeable little girl who discovers how to tend the beauty in her heart.
Twins Jerry and Jacob have a BIG little problem on their hands when they find a goblin in Gran's shed!
During a daydream, Alice finds herself in a strange new Wonderland filled with nursery rhyme characters!
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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 put to the test to see if she can be a truly fearsome Witch of Chaosah
If three royal children won't go to sleep, the dragons will be sent in!
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London Bridge is broken down, dance o'er my Lady Lee.
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Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie...
There was a little girl who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead...
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A child has a pair of shoes that make WAY too much noise!
Got a bored or sad goose at home? Try this neat trick!
Ah, Dads...! Serenade yours next Fathers Day with this funny poem.
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A boy starts receiving gifts and letters from Mother Earth!
When you're learning to fly broomsticks in the classroom, all sorts of things are about to happen!
A girl creates an army, to fight a wicked man who started war.
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Read the biggest collection of FREE bedtime stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, short stories for kids and poems for kids! More than 1000 free kids books + audio e-books online!
5 Min Stories Age 4-6 All Early Readers Early Readers Learning Picture Books Picture Books Reading Sleep and Bedtime Stories Toys
Stripy Elephant and his friends have a BIG problem.
.. they never hear the end of the bedtime story! So Stripy Elephant decides he will learn to read...
5 Min Stories Age 4-6 Age 7-12 All Animals Picture Books Picture Books Unicorns
Jaydee finds a unicorn in the garden one day. But will Mummy and Daddy believe her?!
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!
5 Min Stories Age 4-6 All Animals Environment Gardens Insects Mindfulness Picture Books Picture Books
One day Mr Barry decides to throw out his old sofa, Darla. But before he knows it, a whole community of friends pops up!
5 Min Stories Age 7-12 All All Fairy Tales Animals Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Feel Good Fairy Tales Modern Fairy Tales Picture Books Picture Books
The people of Hamelin are happy. Until one day, a horde of multicoloured butterflies descend upon the town.
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Koah Koala is having his first birthday! He's about to discover how fun it is to be One!
5 Min Stories Age 7-12 All Picture Books Picture Books Reading
Veronica Peach loves crazy hats, silly voices and BOOKS! One day, she decides to ride around town on her flashy racing bike, reading stories to children.
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5 Min Stories Age 4-6 All Animals Dogs Feelings and Emotions Friends Picture Books Picture Books Senses
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!
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. You can read them online and completely free. 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 a hint for what age it is intended for, 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 :)
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.
Benefits of reading fairy tales
A bedtime story read by a parent is a powerful stimulus for the child's development, a child's wide 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.
The repeated repetition of the same situation (a familiar room, a favorite blanket and a soft toy, next to it is a mother reading a familiar fairy tale) 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, Sergei 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 site
The free bedtime stories presented on our site 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:
- readers' age;
- reading time;
- short description;
- popularity indicator;
- illustration.
