Ages 9-12
Complex tales exploring justice, courage, and wisdom. Ideal for developing critical thinking.
African Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Maku Mawu And Maku Fia
Maku Mawu And Maku Fia: I will die God’s death’ and ‘I will die the King’s death’ Once upon a time there were two men who were such great friends that they
African Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
How Beasts And Serpents First Came Into The World
How Beasts And Serpents First Came Into The World: The famine had lasted nearly three years. Kweku Tsin, being very hungry, looked daily in the forest in the
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb: A poor woodman sat in his cottage one night, smoking his pipe by the fireside, while his wife sat by his side spinning. How lonely it is, wife,’
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Wolf And The Seven Little Kids
The Wolf And The Seven Little Kids: There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The White Snake
The White Snake: A long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his wisdom through all the land. Nothing was hidden from him, and it seemed as if news of
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Willow-Wren And The Bear
The Willow-Wren And The Bear: Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing so beautifully that he
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Water Of Life
The Water Of Life: Long before you or I were born, there reigned, in a country a great way off, a king who had three sons. This king once fell very ill so ill
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Twelve Huntsmen
The Twelve Huntsmen: There was once a king’s son who had a bride whom he loved very much. And when he was sitting beside her and very happy, news came that his
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Valiant Little Tailor
The Valiant Little Tailor: One summer’s morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. A
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Turnip
The Turnip: There were two brothers who were both soldiers; the one was rich and the other poor. The poor man thought he would try to better himself; so
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Twelve Dancing Princesses: There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed, the
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Travelling Musicians
The Travelling Musicians: An honest farmer had once an ass that had been a faithful servant to him a great many years, but was now growing old and every day