The Lion’s Whisker ~ Bedtime Stories from Cultures of Color. Leeya can’t seem to connect with her new stepson..could a lion’s whisker help?
English Story for Kids | Simple, Small, Short Moral Stories in English | Short Stories for Children Learning English
Read a Simple English Story for Kids with morals. Our Short English Stories for Kids are perfect for children learning English and learning to read! Our English Story for kids collection contains short moral stories in simple English with positive messages. Each English story will help with learning English. All our short moral stories in English contain positive values such as kindness, friendship and honesty.
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Short Stories for Kids in English
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.
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?
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.
Is There Anyone Like Me? ~ Bedtime English Story for Kids
A donkey wonders if there is anyone in the world just like him.
A Caterpillar’s Voice ~ Bedtime English Story for Kids
Who is in the hare’s cave? A big voice!
Fur and Feathers ~ 5 Min Bedtime Stories for Kids
When Mama Lion kidnaps 2 ostrich chicks , who will dare to object?
Birbal and the Mango Tree ~ Akbar Birbal English Story for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. Who owns the Mango tree? Birbal helps two men decide and discover who is the proper owner.
Swapping Places ~ Folktale Stories for Kids
A farmer and his wife swap places, and he finds her work is not so easy.
How to Turn Dirt Into Gold ~ Folktale Stories for Kids
A young man learns the secret of how to turn dirt into gold.
Sima Guang Breaks the Vat ~ Chinese Stories in English for Kids
A Chinese Story in English for Kids Learning to Read. Sima Guang is tasked to save his friend who has fallen in a vat of water.
Weighing the Elephant ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
A Chinese Riddle Tale in English for Kids Learning to Read. A Chinese king is amazed by the gift of an elephant- but how to weigh it?
A Donkey to Market ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. How to best take their donkey to market? Everyone weighs in.
The Apple Dumpling Story ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. An old woman’s search for an apple dumpling leads her to generous trades. A story of Gratitude and Kindness.
The Ram, the Pig and the Big Bad Wolf ~ Learn to Read English Story
A Bedtime English Story for Kids. The animals want to build their own house in the woods- but what about the big bad wolf?
The Geese and the Fig Tree ~ The Wise Old Bird Panchatantra Stories
Panchatantra Stories: When a vine starts to grow, the wise geese says to get rid of it. What happens when something small becomes a big problem?
The Enormous Turnip ~ Folktale Stories for Kids
An old man grows a giant turnip. But how to get it out of the ground? A Russian Folktale Story for Kids
The Empty Pot ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. The boy who grows the finest plant will be emperor, but Jun’s seed does not sprout.
Androcles and the Lion ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. Androcles, an escaped slave, meets a lion in the woods. An Aesop’s Fable tale.
Birbal Finds a Thief ~ Akbar Birbal English Story for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. How can Birbal tell who the thief is? With a clever plan, of course!
Short Stories for Kids in English
The Lion’s Whisker ~ Bedtime Stories from Cultures of Color
The Lion’s Whisker ~ Bedtime Stories from Cultures of Color. Leeya can’t seem to connect with her new stepson..could a lion’s whisker help?
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.
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?
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.
Is There Anyone Like Me? ~ Bedtime English Story for Kids
A donkey wonders if there is anyone in the world just like him.
A Caterpillar’s Voice ~ Bedtime English Story for Kids
Who is in the hare’s cave? A big voice!
Fur and Feathers ~ 5 Min Bedtime Stories for Kids
When Mama Lion kidnaps 2 ostrich chicks , who will dare to object?
Birbal and the Mango Tree ~ Akbar Birbal English Story for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. Who owns the Mango tree? Birbal helps two men decide and discover who is the proper owner.
Swapping Places ~ Folktale Stories for Kids
A farmer and his wife swap places, and he finds her work is not so easy.
How to Turn Dirt Into Gold ~ Folktale Stories for Kids
A young man learns the secret of how to turn dirt into gold.
Sima Guang Breaks the Vat ~ Chinese Stories in English for Kids
A Chinese Story in English for Kids Learning to Read. Sima Guang is tasked to save his friend who has fallen in a vat of water.
Weighing the Elephant ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
A Chinese Riddle Tale in English for Kids Learning to Read. A Chinese king is amazed by the gift of an elephant- but how to weigh it?
A Donkey to Market ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. How to best take their donkey to market? Everyone weighs in.
The Apple Dumpling Story ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. An old woman’s search for an apple dumpling leads her to generous trades. A story of Gratitude and Kindness.
The Ram, the Pig and the Big Bad Wolf ~ Learn to Read English Story
A Bedtime English Story for Kids. The animals want to build their own house in the woods- but what about the big bad wolf?
The Geese and the Fig Tree ~ The Wise Old Bird Panchatantra Stories
Panchatantra Stories: When a vine starts to grow, the wise geese says to get rid of it. What happens when something small becomes a big problem?
The Enormous Turnip ~ Folktale Stories for Kids
An old man grows a giant turnip. But how to get it out of the ground? A Russian Folktale Story for Kids
The Empty Pot ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. The boy who grows the finest plant will be emperor, but Jun’s seed does not sprout.
Androcles and the Lion ~ Learn to Read with English Stories for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. Androcles, an escaped slave, meets a lion in the woods. An Aesop’s Fable tale.
Birbal Finds a Thief ~ Akbar Birbal English Story for Kids
An English Story for Kids Learning to Read. How can Birbal tell who the thief is? With a clever plan, of course!
Our English Story for Kids Collection: learn English than through our collection of free short stories for kids.
This collection of short stories for kids in English are kid-tested and come from all over the world! Our English Story for Kids have short read times and are in small, short, simple English language for students learning English (ESL) or beginner readers.
Our English story collection consists of classic folktales from all over the world. Folktales (or folk tales) are short stories that have been shared from generation to generation by word of mouth. They consist of Fairy Tales (or fairytales), Animal tales, Legends, Myths, Riddle stories and more. Stories here have been collection from all the world, including India, such as the popular collection of animal fables from the Panchatantra. These Panchatantra stories in English are some of the most popular moral stories for kids from the collection of tales.
All our short stories for kids make wonderful bedtime stories or the perfect moral stories in English for the classroom to build character and teach Language Arts skills! Our short stories for kids are multi-cultural, kid-tested and all contain positive moral messages. So share a story with a child today and create a lesson that will last a lifetime.
What does Kid-tested mean? Kid-tested and approved means our short stories for kids were edited until they were loved by our kid-testers. When kids love what they are reading, they will want reading to become a nightly ritual. Since all of our Stories and Reader’s Theater Play Scripts for kids have positive moral messages, that’s exactly the point! We guarantee that kids will love our short stories.