All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death
The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death: In the southern regions of ancient China, where green mountains rose like sleeping dragons and rivers
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty
Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty: In the provinces of northern China, where the Great Wall stretched like a stone dragon across mountains and
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Magic Paintbrush of Ma Liang
The Magic Paintbrush of Ma Liang: In a remote village nestled among the misty mountains of ancient China, there lived a boy named Ma Liang. He was the youngest
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea
The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea: In the days when the boundary between heaven and earth was thinner than a silk veil, and when the gods still walked among
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Chang’e and the Moon
Chang'e and the Moon: In ancient times, when the world was young and the heavens were still negotiating their final arrangement with the earth, there came a
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Dragon’s Pearl
The Dragon's Pearl: In the shadow of mountains that touched the clouds, there lived a poor boy named Wei. His family owned nothing but a small cottage and a
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Legend of Nian
The Legend of Nian: Long ago, before the dynasties grew great and the kingdoms sprawled across the land, there existed a creature of terror known as Nian.
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Weaver Girl and the Magic Loom
The Weaver Girl and the Magic Loom: In a palace overlooking a city of jade and silk, there lived a young woman named Xiang who possessed a gift that none could
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Judge Bao and the Missing Gold
Judge Bao and the Missing Gold: During a time when justice was not merely an ideal but a practice guarded fiercely by those few with the wisdom and courage to
Chinese Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Jade Emperor’s Birthday Feast
The Jade Emperor's Birthday Feast: In the time before the heavens and earth were fully separated, when the boundaries between the divine and the mortal were
Korean Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
A Bridegroom For Miss Mole
A Bridegroom For Miss Mole: By the river Kingin stands the great stone image, or Miryek, that was cut out of the solid rock ages ago. Its base lies far beneath
Korean Folk Tales
All Ages
A Frog For A Husband
A Frog For A Husband: Off in a valley among very stony mountains, lived an old farmer named Pak We and his wife. His land was poor and he had to toil from