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This is the FIRST story in a set of space stories from Orb Central Library. In the far reaches of the Canis Major Dwarf, on planet Orb, a young longtail named Denver works at Orb Central Library as a librarian, where he fights fake news alongside his fellow longtail species and collects moments (otherwise known …

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In No Ordinary Lizard, a middle-grade adventure, Ruth and her lizard Benson go on an incredible journey. If you had a secret pet who was smart enough to write you messages, how far would you go to protect him? This is the question 11-year-old Ruth Patterson faces every day. To keep her secret, Ruth must …

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Homeland Cory Doctoroy YA novel about a hacktivist – In this, the sequel to Cory’s extremely popular Little Brother, the protagonist, a hacktivist, Marcus Yallow is again caught in a tricky situation. This time, he has information that will expose the corruption inside the government’s security contractors, but doing so can cost him his job. The …

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In Pirate Cinema, a young adult sci-fi novel about piracy, more over, extensive over-criminalisation of it. A teenager’s piracy crime results in his whole family being cut off from the internet as a punishment. Feeling forced to leave his home in a combination of shame, shunning, and an overriding desire to keep hacking movies. Another …

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Captain Ren is ready for his first adventure into space, he’s off to Mars. He has important work to do on Mars. What will he do while he is there? Will he meet anything on Mars? Get ready for lift off! In this fictional space theme early reader young astronauts can entertain their dreams of …

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For the Win, a young adult gaming sci-fi, is set in a futuristic world, gaming is becoming the new sweatshops of China, where underage workers are exploited. The youths involved attempt to rebel, while some in the West attempt to get in the game. Amazon says: “It’s the twenty-first century, and all over the world, …

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Little Brother is a young adult sci-fi novel by popular author Cory Doctorow. The book features a teenage hacker and his group of friends as they navigate San Francisco after a terrorist attack, ending up accused of involvement they rally social support in the fight against civil infringements and abuse of political authority. The topics …

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Face to Face with a Gorilla – Middle Grade Science Fiction- Who would know a family trip to the zoo results in a trip to another galaxy? A mission to fulfill a prophecy for another race, a battle with strange rules, and lots of excitement while trying desperately to get back home. This science fiction …

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The Little Alien provides fun science fiction for upper elementary and middle grades, another great story from Joe Corcoran… While the galaxy was still young, an alien civilisation rose and fell. Five thousand years have now passed since it was destroyed, and only a handful of elderly citizens still survive – two dozen elders and …

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Bunnies from the Future is an action packed, and incredibly hilarious, middle-grade science fiction. With battles to save the earth and flying lessons combined with cute bunnies and heart warming talking plants, the story that has something for everyone. For Dad’s (or Moms) looking for adventure at bedtime, this is for you!  It’s time for …

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15+ Best Science Fiction Stories For Kids

Children have vivid imagination. The stories they read give direction to that imagination. Tales of space and science expand their horizons, and that is why it is essential to give them the right books. Here we list some of the best science fiction stories for kids. Some of these books have inspired many of us and gave wings to our imagination.

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

This wonderful book has been enrapturing kids since the 1950s. Written by Eleanor Cameron, this is one of the most popular science fiction stories for kids.

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet is a story to two kids and their journey to Basidium, a tiny and hidden but inhabited moon of the earth. The book is available in paperback and hardcover. With illustrations, this book is a must in every kids collection.

Phoenix

As kids we all believe that we are special. So does Lucky, and it does come true in the most extraordinary way.

Phoenix by SF Said is one of those sci-fi stories that adults would as much enjoy as kids would. This highly commended book is available in paperback and hardcover as well as in ebook and audiobook formats.

A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

Needless to say, Jules Verne’s A Journey to the centre of the Earth is still one of the most asked for science fiction stories for kids. It was penned in 1864 and even after a century and a half, this novel captivates kids and adults equally.

Related: Read Short Story here – The Star from Tales of Space and Time

A Journey to the Center of the Earth: The Graphic Novel

This classic novel has been made into films and seen many adaptations and the graphic novel version is here. Sometimes it is easier to rouse a child’s interest with illustrations. If you are looking for a really good graphic novel, gift your child this one.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Another Jules Verne classic, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea still makes us wonder about our beautiful and unexplored oceans. Jules Verne is one of the best storytellers the world has ever seen, and his books are one of the best ways to shape a child’s young mind.

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Boy In The Tower

Boy in the Tower is one of those contemporary books sought after by both children and adults. This was school-teacher Polly Ho-Yen debut novel.

The story is based on a character named Ade who lives with his mother in a tower. The top of the tower is his vantage point of the world. The tower is meant to keep them away from the world but little Ade is curious. However, one day the safety of the tower is no more and their wits are the way to their survival.

Boy and Bot

An adorable little book, Boy and Bot is one of the nicest science fiction stories for kids out there. A story of a boy and his robot who are fast friends, this simple story imparts ideas that make children think and understand the basics of friendships.

The book is best suited for children of about 5 years of age. This is one of those stories that kids would want to listen before they go to sleep.

The Time Machine

The classic novel is more suited for young adults and teenagers but it is one book that every kid should read. The Time Machine by HG wells is one of the timeless sci-fi stories. Written in 1895, it has hugely popular ever since. It has been adapted many times and made into a film in 2002.

Books like The Time Machine expand our minds and both kids and adult need it.

Related: Read Short Story – The Crystal Egg by HG Wells

Lunch Walks Among Us

A well written story by Jim Benton, Lunch Walks Among Us is a book every kid needs to read. This is the story of Franny, a genius child and an outcast in her class because she is different. Although she is way more intelligent than the rest of her class, she yearns to be ‘normal’. She wants to fit in like everyone.

What makes this book one of the recommended science fiction stories for kids is that every kid faces this challenge more or less. Every child wants to fit in and be popular, no matter if it means numbing themselves down. Is it right? Let them read Franny’s story to find it out.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom: The Junior Novelization

Dinosaurs may scare kids but they also enthrall them. No wonder Jurassic Park became mega successful. Encourage children to learn about the lost worlds and these ancient animals. They are the future of the earth and for that they need to know our past.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a simplified novel quite suitable for kids.

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

You will love The Many Worlds of Albie Bright, no matter what your age is. It is one of the most heart touching science fiction stories for kids and young adults ever written.

Stephen Albie Bright is a happy boy born to parents who are both astrophysicists. Sadly his world is shattered when his mother passes away. When he comes to know from his father about parallel worlds and the possibility that his mother may still be there in one those dimensions, the boy is determined to reach her. Can he do it?

Some of the best short stories in science fiction in the world has been penned by the legendary director and writer Satyajit Ray. His books have been translated to many languages around the world. His most famous sci-fi character is Professor Shonku, a genius scientist living in the quiet town of Giridih.

The Exploits of Professor Shonku: The Diary of a Space Traveller

Professor Shonku is one of the most imaginative and interesting characters ever created in literature. The genius scientist, like in real life, is hailed globally more than he is known in India. He lives in a quiet life in a small town where he creates superb inventions in his humble lab.

What makes Professor Shonku timeless and definitely one of the best science fiction stories for kids (and adults) is the humble ‘Indian-ness’ to it. His knowledge and use of local ingredients instead of expensive chemicals to create one of a kind inventions is down to earth and adorable. It does in a way remind us of great scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose.

The original Shonku tales were written in Bengali but here is the English version for you.

Shanku Samagra (Bengali)

If you want to real charm of the stories, read the stories in Bengali itself.

Related: Shonku to Maganlal – Ten everlasting characters created by Ray

The Collected Short Stories by Satyajit Ray

This is a collection of forty-nine short stories by Satyajit Ray translated in English, many of those being popular science fiction stories like The Pterdactyl’s Egg and The Hungry Septopus. But the most famous of these stories is probably Bonku Babu’s Friend.

Bonku Babu’s Friend was the story that gave rise to all our favourite alien movies that we know today. Bonku Babu’s Friend was first published in the Sandesh magazine in 1962. Later Ray was asked to write a script for Hollywood film The Alien. Unfortunately due to a dishonest agent in Hollywood, the film was stalled due to legal complications. Years later, Steven Spielberg came across this script and this led to the creation of his movie, The ET. A string of other films followed after that by various filmmakers, loosely based on the same script.

In a way, Bonku Babu started a new era in the movie industry.

Related: Read Short Story – The Crystal Egg by HG Wells

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein 

A beautifully illustrated book, this is a biographical journey on the great scientist Albert Einstein. Einstein’s journey is truly inspirational. This great mind struggled in his studies in childhood. But it was curiosity that kept him going and become one of the greatest minds to walk on earth.

This is one of the best gifts you can ever give to a child. Get it here.

First Dinosaur Encyclopedia

Kids are naturally curious. They want to know about space and earth. Dinosaurs in their myriad forms capture their attention. Gift them this one of a kind Dinosaur Encyclopedia. Full of pictures and easy to read references, this will keep a child occupied for hours.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook 

When Bonku Babu’s Ang became the ET the movie, it was a historical moment in 1982. It kind of started a new era in our storytelling. We looked up to space and believed in life out there. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook is a wonderful illustrated retelling of the story.

Not only is this the best gift but it is also one of the best science fiction stories for kids you ever buy.

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Brief, short stories for children. Learning to read and retell

Brief, short stories for children. Learning to read and retell content

List of short stories with the help of which you can easily teach a child to retell texts

Duck
Gorka
Autumn
Chicken
SPEL
Babochka
Grandmots Helped
Friendship
Friendship
Two comrades
Murka
Like a bear, as a bear, he was frightened0005 Fire dogs
Bone Bone
Grandmother and granddaughter
New toy
Medicine
Offenses
Cookies
Bad
What is it possible, it is impossible
Sons
Watchmakers
ALLOUSKENT
Comrades
Comfort
Bubble
Simple old woman
in one house
Builder
Winter
Snowman
Heralds of spring
A short story about autumn
Autumn has come
Winter has come
Summer
In the forest
In the zoo
Mushrooms
Four Butterflies
Kitten
Halt
Hedgehog
Alien Egg
Postman
Friends
Stork and Nightingale
Pine Tree
Rattle
Master's Lesson
90 905
Clock without Hand

Short stories by Yakov Taits

Aha - Geese
Wolf
Pencil
Fox and Grandpa
Mushrooms
Berries
Dice per Dice
How much?
Beast
Train
Holiday

Animal Short Stories

Boar
Story about Squirrel
Story about owl
Story about moose
Tale about deer
Tale about fox
Tale about bear
Bishka
in the forest in the summer of
Raven and forty
goose and crane
Two goats
Bear

Stories for children 7-8-9-10 years old. Stories for grades 2-3.

This section of our site contains stories of favorite Russian writers for children 7-8-9-10 years old. Many of them are included in the main school curriculum and extracurricular reading program for grades 2 and 3. However, these interesting stories for children are worth reading not for the sake of a line in the reader's diary. Being classics of Russian literature, the stories of Tolstoy, Bianchi and other authors have educational and educational functions. In short children's stories, the reader is faced with good and evil, friendship and betrayal, honesty and deceit. Younger students learn about the life and way of life of previous generations.

Classical stories not only teach and edify, but also entertain. Funny stories of Zoshchenko, Dragunsky, Oster are familiar to every person since childhood. Plots understandable to children and light humor made the stories the most readable works among junior schoolchildren aged 7-10.

Read interesting stories by Russian writers online on our website!

Dragunsky's funny and instructive story about how Deniska imagined himself as an adult. The boy dreamed about how he would scold his father, mother and grandmother for misbehavior: being late, walking without a hat, talking at dinner, etc. This ...

An interesting and informative story about two friends who bought two toy phones to talk to each other. Yes, only Mishka decided to disassemble his apparatus and see how it works. And to collect, as it was, and ...

A story about two friends who were left alone in the country for two days. When leaving, my mother explained how to cook porridge and soup. Yes, only the boys did not listen to advice at all. Read how friends caught the fleeing porridge, took out a bucket. ..

Dragunsky's story about Denisk and Mishka, who did their homework together. At the same time, Deniska tells a friend about lemurs. Then the boys decide to check each other's work and find many mistakes - everything needs to be redone. After…

A funny story about how the yard dog Bobik came to visit his master's Barbos. Bobik was surprised by everything in the house: a wall clock, a hairbrush, a mirror, a TV set. Watchdog, as a hospitable host, explained to a friend about the purpose of objects. And then…

A funny story about a boy who didn't want to eat semolina. Mom promised to take him to the Kremlin if he ate all the porridge. Deniska adds sugar, salt, water and even horseradish to the porridge to make it more…

Dragunsky's story about Denisk, who came to visit his friend Mishka. Mishka gathered a lot of guys. And then it was decided to play hide and seek. Deniska decided to outsmart everyone and hide in one of the communal rooms….

Dragunsky's story about three guys who didn't pronounce the letter Sh. It all started when a truck with a Christmas tree drove into the courtyard of the house. Alyonka says: “Look, there are detectives hanging on the Christmas tree.” This is where it started…

A story about rescuing a dog and a kitten on the river during ice drift. The guys threw a board on the ice floe and the dog in its teeth with the kitten moved to the shore. She missed her master very much and was very happy when he…

An instructive story about the blacksmith's son Vasya. The boy was very fond of riding a cart drawn by his father's horse. The blacksmith did not approve of this. Once Vasya took a cart and went to the forest. A branch got into the wheel and started whipping the boy...

A story about how a teacher witty weaned Fedya Rybkin from laughing in class. The boy was smeared with mascara, the whole class could not look at him without laughing. This made Fred very happy. The teacher, discovering the reason for the fun, said that on ...

Nosov's instructive story, which teaches that one should not take someone else's. Pavlik and Kotka once picked cucumbers in the collective farm garden. Kotka's mother saw cucumbers in her son's pocket and found out how he got them. This is strong for her ...

A story about a boy, Kotka, who was sitting at home and did not want to build a hill. However, when the guys built a slide and went home, Kotka went out into the yard to skate. And he wanted to ride from a new mountain. Climb up…

An instructive story about honesty. Minka got an A at school and got so upset that he forgot his diary on a park bench. They brought him a new diary and again put a unit there. In the evening a guest came and brought a forgotten diary...

A humorous story about Denisk and Mishka, who were assigned to sing a duet with satirical verses at a concert. The boys rehearsed for a long time, but during the performance Mishka got excited and repeated the first verse three times. The whole hall fell from ...

Dragunsky's story about the boy Deniska's sympathy for a circus performer. One day he went to the circus with his class. He liked the show very much. Especially the number with a huge blue ball on which a little girl danced. After Denisk's speech was...

The commander left the horse wounded in the leg in the village and the miller Pankrat cured him. But he could not feed the horse, so the horse walked around the village and everyone fed him little by little. But once an unkind boy Filka hit ...

Once Deniska and Mishka played hockey and were late for the lessons. They came up with a good reason, but never agreed. As a result, the deceit came out. A fire in an outbuilding or a feat in the ice read We are with ...

A funny story about how three friends went on a trip around the world, taking a dog and a whole bag with things: plates, forks, pencils, pillows and other utensils . Read how their campaign ended and Styopka succeeded...

Pyotr Terentyev, preparing to go to war, received from his son a beetle, which he found in the garden, as a gift. Peter put him in a box, fed him and let him fly. The beetle went through the whole war with the soldier. Adventures of the Rhinoceros Beetle…

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• Wives in the mirror

  Chinese fairy tale

  In a small village there lived a mother with two sons, extremely smart and reasonable. They just didn't want to get married. And then one day at midnight, the mother came out of the house, looked at the starry sky and said: “Children ...

• Fearless Giovannino

  Italian fairy tale

  A fairy tale about the fearless guy Giovannino, who decided to spend the night in a castle from which no one had ever left alive in the morning. Giovanino not only survived, but also became rich. "Fearless Giovannino" read Once upon a time there was one guy ....

• The Orange Princess

  Italian fairy tale

  A fairy tale about a prince who could not choose a princess for himself, they all seemed ugly to him. And so he sat on a good horse and rode around the world to look for a bride for himself ... "Princess of Orange" read Once upon a time there was a prince in the world, ...

• Parsley

  Italian fairy tale

  Once upon a time there was a husband and wife. When the wife was expecting a child, she really wanted parsley and she tore it in the witches' garden. For this, the sorceresses ordered to give them the child when he grows up ... "Petrushechka" read Once upon a time there was a husband and ...

  A story about how a goose and her goslings got into a polynya on the Yenisei. The hero of the story and his friends saved the geese from death, they risked themselves. "Geese in the polynya" read Freezing on the Yenisei comes gradually. First…

• The smell of hay

  Astafiev V.P.

  Two boys, cousins, are eager to help their grandfather and uncle bring hay from distant mowing. However, they are not taken with them, the road is hard, the work is difficult. But in the evening, when the hay is already in the yard, the guys are eager and ...

• Autumn sorrows and joys

  Astafiev V.P.

  Autumn is a hot time. It is necessary to collect and prepare the entire crop. A story about how a large amount of cabbage is salted for the winter in one of the Siberian villages. It is in some way a mystical and interesting ritual and process….

• Photo without me

  Astafiev V.P.

  A story about true friendship, sincere love for the native land and shows what a real teacher should be like. It is important to remember those who were with you as a child. These people can be an important part of your life. And together…

• Russian women

  Nekrasov N.A.

  Contents: ♦ I. Princess Trubetskaya ♦ Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ Princess M. N. Volkonskaya ♦ Chapter I ♦ Chapter II ♦ Chapter III ♦ Chapter IV…

• Tam Glen

  Burns R.

  Oh, aunt, I ask for advice! With such a young man, I don’t need to be afraid of the fate of change. I’ll be glad of poverty too, — If only I would be with me…

• Lines about war and love

  Burns R. I give my blood In that life-creating battle, What we call love. I glorify the triumph of the world, Contentment and prosperity. It is more pleasant to create one Than to destroy a dozen!

• What's a girl to do

  Burns R.

  What's a girl to do? What shall I do, little girl? How shall I, little girl, live with my hubby? He is grouchy and sick, always dissatisfied. There is coldness in his chest, ice in his hands. He grunts, ... has analogues in the tales of many other peoples. Our site presents a version of a folk tale in the processing of A. N. Tolstoy. "Kolobok" read Once upon a time there was an old man with an old woman. Here ...

• 2 - Three little pigs

  Mikhalkov S.

  A fairy tale about three pig brothers who built houses for themselves. One brother built a house out of straw, another out of twigs and twigs, and a third out of bricks. "Three Little Pigs" read Once upon a time there were three little pigs in the world. Three brothers. All…

• 3 - Little Red Riding Hood

  Charles Perrault

  A short story about a trusting girl and a cunning gray wolf. Disobeying her mother, the girl turns off the road and talks to a stranger - a gray wolf ... "Little Red Riding Hood" read Once upon a time there was a little girl. Her mother loved her without memory, and her grandmother ...

• 4 - Turnip

  Russian folk tale

  Turnip is a famous fairy tale for the little ones with a lot of repetitions. The child quickly remembers the sequence of presentation and a simple plot. "Turnip" read Grandfather planted a turnip and says: - Grow a turnip, sweet, sweet! Grow big, big! A turnip has grown, sweet and big, big….

• 5 - Bremen Town Musicians

  Entin Yu.S. and Livanov V.B.

  The story of the animals and the young Troubadour who went to the city of Bremen to become street musicians. In the city they stopped in front of the royal castle. The king and princess came out onto the balcony of the palace, the townspeople ran to the square and it began ...

• 6 - A wolf and seven kids

  Russian folk tale

  A fairy tale tells about an evil wolf who changed his voice, made his way into a goat's house and ate little kids. But the mother goat will be able to save her children and get rid of the wolf. "The Wolf and the Seven Kids" read Once upon a time there was a goat with kids . ...

• 7 - Flower of seven flowers

  Kataev V.P.

  A fairy tale about a girl Zhenya, who was presented with a magic seven-flower flower. It had seven petals and could grant any seven wishes. Zhenya spent the first six wishes, but did not receive any pleasure and only made her last wish ...

• 8 - The Tale of Tsar Saltan

  Pushkin A.S.

  The tale of Tsar Saltan, of his glorious and mighty son Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and the beautiful Swan Princess is based on the folk tale "Wonderful Sons". Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin enriched the folk work with new plot twists,…

• 9 - The Snow Queen

  Hans Christian Andersen

  The Snow Queen is one of Hans Christian Andersen's most famous fairy tales about love, which is able to overcome any trial and melt even an icy heart ! "The Snow Queen" read Table of contents: ♦   The first story, which tells about . ..0062

• 10 - Three Bears

  Russian folk tale

  Three Bears is a fairy tale about a girl who got lost in the forest and ended up in a house of bears. There she behaved very rudely: without permission, she ate from every cup, sat on every chair, lay in every bed, ...

• 11 - Geese-swans

  the swan geese carried the boy away and the little sister went to look for him. The stove, apple tree and river helped the girl save her brother. Read the fairy tale in the processing of A.N. Tolstoy. "Geese-swans" read There lived a man and a woman. At…

• 12 - Wizard of the Emerald City

  Volkov A.M.

  "The Wizard of the Emerald City" - a fairy tale story by Alexander Volkov written in 1939 based on the fairy tale by the American writer Frank Baum "The Wise Man of Oz" with some changes. In 1959, a new edition of the book was published, significantly revised ...

• 13 - The Frog Princess

  Russian folk tale

  The Frog Princess is a Russian folk tale where the main character, Ivan Tsarevich, married a frog by the will of fate. Ivan had no idea that his wife was Vasilisa the Wise, turned by Koshchei into a frog. Ivan hurried, burned the frog skin and had to ...

• 14 - The Fox and the Crane

  Russian folk tale

  The Fox and the Crane is a fairy tale about friendship between a cunning fox and a clever crane. The crane could not eat the semolina porridge, which the Fox smeared on a plate. He invited her to his place and treated her to a delicious okroshka, which he put down…

• 15 - Winnie the Pooh and everything-everything

  Alan Milne

  A cheerful and beloved fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh does not obey the laws of the fairy tale genre. The tale is devoid of negative characters, the struggle between good and evil forces. The main characters of the tale are the toys of the boy Christopher, with whom funny situations happen in a magical ...

• 16 - Masha and the Bear

  Russian folk tale

  Masha and the Bear is a fairy tale about a girl who got lost in the forest and ended up in a bear's hut. The bear did not let Mashenka go home, however, the girl came up with a way to return to her grandparents. Masha and…

• 17 - The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish

  Pushkin A.S.

  The tale of a poor fisherman who caught a golden fish in his net. The old man took pity on the fish, released it into the sea. For this, the fish promised to fulfill his every wish. The old man didn’t ask for anything, but when he returned home, he told about…

• 18 - Hen Ryaba

  Russian folk tale

  Hen Ryaba is the first fairy tale that mothers read to their babies. Children quickly grasp a simple plot and remember it by heart. Hen Ryaba read Once upon a time there was a grandfather and a woman. And they had a Ryaba Hen. The hen laid an egg, yes…

• 19 - The Little Mermaid

  Hans Christian Andersen

  A touching tale about the Little Mermaid's strong love for the prince. The little mermaid is ready to give up everything that is dear to her for the sake of the human soul and the love of the prince ... The fairy tale formed the basis of the plots of many films, cartoons and musicals. Little Mermaid read In the open…

• 20 - Thumbelina

  Hans Christian Andersen

  The fairy tale about Thumbelina is loved by children all over the world. A tiny girl born from a flower goes through many trials on the way to her happiness. Fate rewards Thumbelina for her kind heart. The swallow, which she saved earlier, endures…

• 21 - Puss in Boots

  Charles Perrault

  The tale of an unusual cat, which was inherited by the younger brother from the miller's father. The young man was not very happy at first with his share of the inheritance, but the cunning and intelligent cat made him the richest man and son-in-law of the king ... The cat in ...

• 22 - Sleeping Beauty

  Charles Perrault

  A fairy tale about a beautiful princess who was cursed by an offended fairy at a celebration in honor of her birth. The old fairy predicted the girl's death from a spindle prick, but the good fairy was able to commute the sentence. The girl didn't die, but fell asleep on…

• 23 - Ax porridge

  Russian folk tale

  Ax porridge is a short fairy tale about a witty soldier. The greedy old woman did not want to feed the soldier, but he outwitted her and got porridge with butter ... Read porridge from an ax The old soldier went on a visit. Tired in…

• 24 - The ugly duckling

  Hans Christian Andersen

  A fairy tale about the miraculous transformation of an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. The duckling was born unlike his brothers, the inhabitants of the poultry yard disliked him for his dissimilarity to the others. The duckling had to leave the house and go through many trials before he…

• 25 - The Princess and the Pea

  Hans Christian Andersen

  A short story about how the prince wanted to marry a real princess. One day, a girl knocked on the gate, who was soaked to the skin, but assured that she was a real princess. She was allowed to sleep, and the old queen gave her a check……

• 26 - Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka

  Russian folk tale

  Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka - this is a fairy tale about how the younger brother disobeyed his sister, got drunk from a hoof and turned into a kid to read ... Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka lived -there was an old man and an old woman, they had ...

• 27 - Bean seed

  Russian folk tale

  The cockerel and the bean seed - a Russian folk tale about a rooster who was always in a hurry when he pecked the grains. The hen warned him all the time and asked him to peck more slowly. One day he choked on a bean seed and fell down. But the chicken ...

• 28 - Fear's eyes are big

  Russian folk tale

  Fear's eyes are big - a short fairy tale about the fact that from fear you can see what was not really . .. (from M.M. Serova's collection) Fear eyes are big to read Once upon a time there was an old grandmother, a laughing granddaughter, a hen-klohtushka and a mouse-leaf. Every…

• 29 - Sivka Burka

  Russian folk tale

  Sivka-Burka is a fairy tale about the adventures of Ivan the Fool and his gallant horse. Sivka Burka read The old man had three sons: two smart ones, and the third Ivanushka the Fool; day and night the fool is lying on the stove. The old man sowed wheat, and it grew ...

• 30 - Baba Yaga

  Russian folk tale

  A fairy tale about a girl who was able to get out of the clutches of Baba Yaga, thanks to the advice of her own aunt and a kind cat ... Baba Yaga read Once upon a time there was a husband and wife, and they had a daughter. The wife fell ill and died. Grieved, grieved…

• 31 - Crocodile Gena and his friends

  Uspensky E. N.

  Tale of a lonely crocodile Gena. Coming home from work from the zoo, he was left alone and bored. Crocodile Gena decided to make friends with someone. He wrote an ad that he was looking for friends, hung them around the city and ...

• 32 - Teremok

  Russian folk tale audio tale

  Listen online Russian folk tale "Teremok" on Mishkin's books website!

• 33 - Twelve months

  Samuil Marshak

  Do you know how many months there are in a year? - Twelve. And what are their names? — January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. As soon as one month ends, another immediately begins. And…

• 34 - The tale of the priest and his worker Balda

  Pushkin A.S.

  The tale of the stingy priest and resourceful worker Balda. Somehow Balda was hired for the service for three clicks on the forehead of the priest. When the time of reckoning was approaching, the priest decided to give Balda an impossible task in order to get rid of him. But Balda…

• 35 - Little Humpbacked Horse

  Ershov P.

  An old man lived in a village and had three sons. They grew wheat and sold it in the market. But then someone got into the habit of trampling wheat in the field at night ... Table of contents: ♦ Part one. Starting…

• 36 - Alice in Wonderland

  Carroll L.

  A captivating story about a girl Alice, who met a talking White Rabbit and ended up in amazing worlds where she met very unusual characters ... Chapter 1. Down the rabbit hole Alice got bored of sitting with his sister on the shore…

• 37 - The Little Prince

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  A fairy tale about how a pilot, who remained a child at heart, met the Little Prince in the desert, who arrived from another planet.

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