All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 3-5
The Elves and the Shoemaker
A poor shoemaker finds shoes finished overnight by two naked elves—then thanks them with tiny clothes, and they dance away forever.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
The Fisherman and His Wife
A talking fish grants the fisherman's wife ever-greater wishes—cottage, castle, king, emperor, pope—until she asks to rule the sun and loses all.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Four Clever Brothers
Four brothers master theft, stars, the bow, and magic sewing—then argue who rescued the princess, until the king pays each half a kingdom.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Fox and the Horse
An old horse must prove himself stronger than a lion; a fox ties the lion to the horse's tail, and the horse hauls him home.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Frog-Prince
A princess promises companionship for her golden ball, then tries to break her word—until the frog she throws becomes a prince.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Golden Bird
A golden feather leads a gardener's youngest son on a fox-guided quest for a golden bird, a wind-swift horse, and a princess.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
The Golden Goose
Dummling shares his poor cake with a grey man, finds a golden goose that glues a whole procession—and makes a solemn princess laugh.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Goose-Girl
A waiting-maid steals a princess's place and has Falada killed; the true bride keeps geese until a horse's head and an old king expose the fraud.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Juniper-Tree
After a child is murdered, his sister gathers his bones beneath a juniper tree; a singing bird returns with gifts and a deadly millstone.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The King of the Golden Mountain
A merchant sells whatever meets him first for a dwarf's gold—and twelve years later his son Heinel must outwit the bargain.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Little Peasant
A poor peasant's tricks bring wealth and revenge, but also lead to the deaths of a shepherd and other villagers.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Miser in the Bush
An underpaid servant receives magical gifts, then uses a compulsory-dancing fiddle to extort money and overturn a court sentence.