Middle East
Stories from Middle Eastern and Arabian traditions.
Arabian Nights
All Ages
The Barber’s Story of His Fifth Brother
The barber's fifth brother, Al-Nashshar, invested his whole inheritance in glassware and, lost in a daydream of the fortune it would bring, kicked over the tray and shattered everything - the Arabian Nights tale that gave English the word 'Alnaschar'.
Arabian Nights
All Ages
The Barber’s Story of Himself
The comic Arabian Nights tale of the self-styled Silent Barber - the busybody who climbs uninvited into a stranger's boat, lands in chains before the Caliph, and still cannot hear how he sounds.
Arabian Nights
All Ages
The Tale of the Three Apples
The Tale of the Three Apples from the Arabian Nights - one of the earliest murder mysteries ever told. A locked chest pulled from the Tigris, a three-day deadline, and a husband undone by his own haste.
Indian Folk Tales
All Ages
The Bronze Ring
The Bronze Ring: There was once a poor young man who lived with his aged mother in a small hut at the edge of a great forest. Despite their poverty, they were
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
Jonah and The Whale – Bedtime Bible Stories for Children
Jonah and The Whale. A man runs from his duty but learns a lesson. This bedtime story teaches about second chances and doing what is right.