India
Folk tales from the diverse traditions of India.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Magic Bed
The Magic Bed: One very hot day, a young Prince, or Rajah as they are called in India, had been hunting all the morning in the jungle, and by noon had lost
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
The Monkey With The Tom Tom
The Monkey With The Tom Tom: In a remote wood there lived a monkey, and one day while he was eating wood-apples, a sharp thorn from the tree ran into the tip
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The Intelligent Merchant – Hindi Folktales from India
The Intelligent Merchant – Hindi Folktales from India: Long ago, there was a king who was very unjust and cunning. He used to look for opportunities to tax his
Modern Moral
Ages 8-12
The Interesting Journey (Short Story)
Read The Interesting Journey: Rohan and his father meet a banshee on an Everest trek, solve a fairies’ riddle, and offer honey and flowers. Moral about kindness. Ages 8–12. Modern kids’ short story — free to read.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Ivory City And Its Fairy Princess
The Ivory City And Its Fairy Princess: One day a young prince was out practising archery with the son of his father’s chief vizier, when one of the arrows
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Jackal And The Crocodile
The Jackal And The Crocodile: Once upon a time, Mr. Jackal was trotting along gaily, when he caught sight of a wild plum-tree laden with fruit on the other
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Jackal And The Iguana
The Jackal And The Iguana: One moonlight night, a miserable, half-starved jackal, skulking through the village, found a worn-out pair of shoes in the gutter.
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Jackal And The Partridge
The Jackal And The Partridge: A Jackal and a Partridge swore eternal friendship; but the Jackal was very exacting and jealous. You don’t do half as much for me
Jataka Tales
Ages 3-5
The King’s Elephant
The King’s Elephant: Long ago, the mighty Himalayas were home to a large herd of eighty thousand elephants headed by a magnificent white elephant. He had a
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
The Jewelled Arrow
The Jewelled Arrow: In the city of Vardhamana in India there lived a powerful king named Vira-Bhuja, who, as was the custom in his native land, had many wives
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Jogis Punishment
The Jogis Punishment: Once upon a time there came to the ancient city of Rahmatabad, a jogi of holy appearance, who took up his abode under a tree outside the
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Fish Prince
The Fish Prince: Once there were a king and queen who had two sons. The older of the two was a very short and ugly man with only one eye, and that was in the