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Koah Koala is having his first birthday! He's about to discover how fun it is to be One!
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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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Ted is a big boy and wears big boy undies! But something goes wrong when the washing happens!
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Leah is trying to think of the best present in the world for her mother. Her whole family is here to help her think of the perfect gift!
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Some mummies help us, and some mummies love us. What does your mummy do?
5 Min Stories Age 0-3 All Animals Baby Books Early Readers Early Readers Easter Friends Picnics Picture Books Picture Books
Baby Bunny has an Easter Picnic with all her baby animal friends. There's lots of chocolate!
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Kynan the caterpillar LOVES shoes.
.. but he can't possibly put them all on by himself!
5 Min Stories ABCs Age 0-3 All Alphabet Animals Picture Books
Learn your ABCs with this fun and simple alphabet book!
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A nature alphabet ABCD book for tomorrow's little learners.
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Fezile is looking for his grandmother's shoes, but keeps finding other ones!
5 Min Stories Age 0-3 All Baby Books Early Readers Early Readers Feelings and Emotions Picture Books Trucks
Oh no, there's a fire! But Billy the fire-truck doesn't want to get dirty!
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Mama Chick feels sad.
.. luckily her little chicks are about to make her Easter a happy one!
5 Min Stories Age 0-3 All Animals Baby Books Early Readers Food Friends Gardens Helping Picture Books Picture Books
Jimmy the Cat wants to make a garden with his friends. What should he plant?
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Whose egg is this? All the animals are about to find out!
5 Min Stories Age 0-3 All Baby Books No-Words Stories Picture Books Picture Books Toys
A wordless picture book about a lost giraffe, and his short adventure!
5 Min Stories Age 0-3 All Environment Gardens No-Words Stories Picture Books
Use your imagination to tell the story in this wordless picture book about creating a garden with Dad.
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Fairy Tales, Bedtime Stories and Kids Poems!
A sweet and non-frightening bedtime story to celebrate Halloween with little ones!
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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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The people of Hamelin are happy.
Until one day, a horde of multicoloured butterflies descend upon the town.
Four trick-or-treating kids visit an old house at the end of their street, and return with a basket of apples...
Elroy is scared of most things, especially going on a school camping trip. But that's not counting the ZOMBIES!
Teeny Tiny Ghost steals a bone for her supper... but somebody wants it back!
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A little girl's scary trip to the doctor's is made better by walking there with her mother.
A boy falls in love with a peach stone, which he carries around Italy on vacation.
Timmy Tiptoes is a squirrel who saves up his nuts - until he discovers a new friend!
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Janet must trust a fairy named Tamlane, in order to return him to human form.
Fido loves Pussy, but Pussy is infatuated with Paul Parrot.
What can Fido do?
Three traditional stories about Spirit from around the world.
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Use your imagination to tell the story in this wordless picture book about creating a garden with Dad.
Koah Koala is having his first birthday! He's about to discover how fun it is to be One!
A sweet tale of a cheeky kitten and a naughty mouse!
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Shaka has an invisible friend. Will he join him when he moves house?
A Mother Hen (almost!) misses out on a fair while she waits to hatch her chicks!
Frog sees the stars, and longs to touch them.
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It all seems like a perfectly normal wedding... or is it?!
An elderly couple are kind to two strangers and magic results!
Pepper is offered everything she'd ever wished for by a genie. But she refuses! You'll never guess why...
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A cunning cat with a pair of boots makes his owner's life purr-fect!
A stubborn young prince goes to work for an evil troll, and falls in love with a maid.
A sick boy goes on a magical adventure of the imagination...
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A family has a lovely day playing in the snowy snow!
A high contrast black and white baby book for infant visual stimulation and brain development.
This active little baby wants a lot of things!
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During a daydream, Alice finds herself in a strange new Wonderland filled with nursery rhyme characters!
Two friends are separated by a Snow Queen and an icy heart.
A magical Christmas adventure about two sisters who discover a mystery in their toy room, and are led into a fantastic adventure!
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Pepper loves voting with a fancy new hand-held remote... until she loses confidence in the ways people vote.
Pepper discovers her new friends did come to her birthday after all... but they're not at all happy with her now!
Pepper is put to the test to see if she can be a truly fearsome Witch of Chaosah
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A delicious pumpkin pie is prepared for a Thanksgiving feast!
The north wind doth blow, and we shall have snow.
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Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man, bake me a cake just as fast as you can...
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Edward Lear's nonsense limericks, complete with original vintage illustrations.
What happens when you're BORED?
A little sugar ant goes on a big scary adventure in the big, wide world... until he decides to come back home.
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A moving poem of history and the Australian outback.
Victoria invents a fork, and presents it to the King!
A boy starts receiving gifts and letters from Mother Earth!
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Fairy tales for children to read. 1500 fairy tales with pictures online.
The tale about Kolobok is found in Russian and Ukrainian folklore, and also 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. “Gingerbread Man” read Once upon a time there was an old man with an old woman. Here…
Grade 2 A fairy tale about three brothers-piglets 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…
Recently, scientists discovered that there are naughty children in the world who do everything the other way around. They are given useful advice: "Wash in the morning" - they take and do not wash. They are told: "Hello to each other" - they are here ...
Grade 1A short tale 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 ...
Grade 1 Kitten named Woof - a series of short stories about the adventures of the kitten Woof and his friend Sharik the puppy. Ridiculous situations constantly happen to Gav, as soon as he goes out into the yard.
Together with his friend, he manages...
A tale about a cowardly hippopotamus who ran away from the clinic because he was afraid of vaccinations. And he got jaundice. Fortunately, he was taken to the hospital and cured. And the hippopotamus felt very ashamed of his behavior… “About the Behemoth who was afraid…
Grade 1The turnip is a famous fairy tale for the little ones with a large number 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….
A tale about a hedgehog, a hare and a crow who could not share the last apple among themselves. Everyone wanted to own it. But the fair bear judged their dispute, and each got a piece of delicacy ... "Apple" read It was late ...
Teremok is a short fairy tale for kids about a house that sheltered many animals. However, the tower could not accommodate a huge bear and broke.
"Teremok" read There is a teremok in the field. A mouse runs past. She saw the teremok, stopped and asked: —…
A story about one serious and independent boy, whose name was Uncle Fyodor and his friends: the cat Matroskin and the dog Sharik. Uncle Fyodor's mother did not like animals very much and did not want to start them. To live with a cat…
A story about animals and a 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 the princess came out onto the balcony of the palace, the townspeople came running to the square and it began…
The tale about the Hedgehog, how he walked at night and got lost in the fog. He fell into the river, but someone carried him to the shore. It was a magical night! “Hedgehog in the Fog” read In the evenings, the Hedgehog went to the Bear cub in ...
Grade 3 CHARACTERS Cat; Two kittens; Cat Vasily; Rooks; Goat; Beavers; Goat; Pigs; Rooster; Ram; Chicken; Sheep; Pig; Narrator.
Chorus Beam-bom! Tili-bom! Outside is a tall building. Carved shutters, Painted windows. And on the stairs there is a carpet - ...
A short story about a kid and a prankster Carlson adapted by B. Larin for children. "Kid and Carlson" read This story actually happened. But, of course, it happened far away from you and me - in Swedish ...
Grade 1A small fairy tale for the little ones about three restless kittens and their funny adventures. Small children love short stories with pictures, that's why Suteev's fairy tales are so popular and loved! "Three kittens" read Three kittens - black, gray and ...
grade 1A fairy tale about a wooden boy carved from a log by Papa Carlo, his adventures in the theater of Karabas Barabas, meeting with scoundrels Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat, Malvina and Artemon the poodle, Tortila the tortoise and Duremar. "Pinocchio" to read to the Joiner...
Grade 1 A fairy tale about a girl Zhenya, who was presented with a magic seven-color 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 ...
The Snow Queen is one of Hans Christian Andersen's most famous fairy tales about love, which can overcome any trial and melt even an icy heart! "The Snow Queen" read The first story, which tells about the mirror and its...
Grade 2A funny story about how a parrot taught a monkey to do exercises. And then the monkey began to teach her friends different exercises. But it turned out that not everyone can repeat simple exercises. Therefore, everyone needs a personal charge! “Charging…
A fairy tale about a baby mammoth that melted out of the ice and went looking for its mother. But all mammoths died out long ago, and the wise Uncle Walrus advised him to sail to Africa, where elephants live, which are very similar to mammoths. Read your favorite…
This section of our site presents Russian folk tales with vivid illustrations, as well as a selection of fairy tales by foreign and Russian authors: Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Perrault, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Suteev and many others.
The site is constantly updated with new authors and works.
For your convenience, we have written a brief description of each fairy tale and developed a system of labels (tags). Thanks to them, you can easily pick up fairy tales according to age and preferences. To quickly find the desired author, use the menu. Happy reading :)
Fairy tales for children are one of the very first literary works that young readers get acquainted with. The roots of these stories go far into antiquity, but they do not lose their relevance today. Children believe in magic, in reincarnation, in the victory of good over evil, in the existence of good wizards, and it is children's fairy tales that give rise to this belief - pure, naive, bright, at the same time instructive and educating. Most often, animals are the main characters, so popular works also instill love for our smaller brothers.
The site mishka-knizhka.ru contains a fabulous collection - a real magical wealth for the children of domestic and foreign authors, Russian folk tales and tales of the peoples of the world, illustrated and printed without abbreviations.
Through such works, kids get to know the world and learn to distinguish good from bad, highlight the positive and negative qualities of a person, form their correct position in life. They learn the rules of conduct, the way of life of their own and other countries. The benefits of a children's fairy tale can hardly be overestimated, and the huge variety and popularity is a direct confirmation of this. The whole section is completely at your service, so you won’t have to look for a long time what to read with your child. A convenient online format will allow you to use the site, read with your child anytime and anywhere, even if you are in transport or waiting in line. Spend time with benefit, plunging into the world of unique reincarnations.
Reading is an important stage of learning. At an early age, children can listen to adults and look at illustrations, imagining unprecedented colorful pictures, empathizing with the characters, trying to find clues, draw logical chains and draw conclusions.
Looking at the pictures, the child is transferred to a magical world and imagines himself as a part of what is happening. We have selected the brightest and kindest illustrations that will appeal to both children and adults.
Reading fairy tales will definitely benefit. Looking at our site, you will see a huge variety of works, among which there are sure to be the most beloved and interesting for the child. Every evening you can choose any, listen and fall asleep with a good mood and positive emotions. Over time, the baby himself will certainly begin to compose and tell fairy tales, this will allow him to develop his vocabulary and mental activity to the maximum. The longer a person reads fairy tales, the more he will remain a child, see everything in a rainbow light, believe in a better future and treat people kindly.
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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.
There are 9 at the bottom of every fairy tale0061 clue what age it is for, and 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.
Benefits of reading fairy tales
A bedtime story read by a parent is a powerful stimulus for the child's development, the 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 fairy tales 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.
Hints 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:
- readers' age;
- reading time;
- short description;
- popularity indicator;
- illustration.
Secrets of reading bedtime stories
In order to replace the evening fairy tale with a sweet dream, it should be a short fairy tale, which should be read online in a calm and familiar environment.
