Kids Story Books

A tailor and a goldsmith went on a journey together. One night, they heard sweet music and, following the sound, they reached a hill.There, in the moonlight, were many tiny men and women singing and dancing in a circle. In the centre of the circle sat a tiny old man. He saw the tailor and […]

Aunt Cora was seventy-two years old when she decided that she needed a holiday. The whole family was in great chaos because she had got all of them involved.Papa had to buy the tickets. Mummy had to make sure that she had the right clothes. Uncle Bob had to find a suitable hotel room. Aunt

Hari lived with his mother in a small hut. They were so poor that they went to sleep hungry. Hari would run errands for the villagers and earn a little money, but it was never enough. He wished there was something he could do to help his mother.One night, there was a terrible storm. The

Once upon a time, a huntsman heard the cry of a child in a forest. He looked around and found that it had come from the top of a tree. He saw a little boy clinging to a branch. Climbing up, he gently took the boy and brought him down. He named him Foundling and

Lenny was a lazy fellow. Her family and her teachers were exasperated with her. She woke up late, dressed in a slovenly way, had her breakfast, spilling things on the table, and forgot to do her homework. Her bed was in a mess, and all her clothes and toys too lay in a mess in

Kate had no friends in the neighbourhood. She watched the children get together in the evening and go to the park to play.“Kate, your cousin Nora is coming here for the holidays,” said Kate’s Mummy, “Aunt Gwen has to go and look after her sister. so, Nora will stay with us. Please look after her

Once there was a rich nobleman who lived in a castle with his kind wife and two lovely children, a son and a daughter. Unfortunately, his wife died and the nobleman married again.His new wife was a wicked and cruel witch who hated the two children. One day, as they were playing in the garden,

The King and the Queen were really fed up. They had a daughter who was always eating! She was always munching away at something. All the royal physicians and the doctors were called in. They gave her medicines. But the next day, they found her munching a slice of cake!The King called all the wise

Once upon a time, there was a miller who had grown old. He had no children but he had three apprentices. So, he said that he would leave his mill to the one who brought him the most beautiful horse.The three apprentices set off to seek horses. But the two elder ones left Eric, the

Little Red Hen was scratching the ground in the farmyard, looking for nice juicy worms to eat. Instead, she found a grain of wheat. She showed it to her friends—the duck, the goose and the cat.“I could eat it right away,” she said, “Or we could plant it and have wheat to feed all of

Tina had just moved to a new house with her parents. It was a large rambling house with a garden and an apple orchard. She had fun wandering all over it and discovering all kinds of secret cupboards and rooms.Tina now had a room for herself too. The best thing was a large shelf for

Once upon a time, there was a tall sunflower plant in a garden that belonged to an old lady.It always had one flower on it and that was a beautiful bloom. Every day, a gorgeous black and gold butterfly came to the sunflower. The sunflower would sway in the breeze and the butterfly would flit

Mattie was looking for an adventure, but she couldn’t find any. All that happened was that she went to school, sat in the classroom, did lessons, came home, did homework, helped her mother and fell asleep after dinner. How boring her life was!But she did not know that among her toys was a magical clown.

Once upon a time, a queen had to send her beautiful daughter far away to marry a prince. She sent her with a lot of treasure and her talking horse, Falada, and with a maid to attend her.The maid was jealous and unkind. So on the way, she waited for the princess to get down

Whenever Mr Hake came to a party, people began to go away quickly to other rooms. He loved to tell stories and most of his stories had been told so often that everyone knew them off by heart! Now, it was terribly boring to listen to his uninteresting stories again and again.One day, however, something