All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
A king’s twelve daughters wear out their shoes each night; a soldier with an invisible cloak follows them to an underground ball and wins the eldest.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Twelve Huntsmen
A princess and eleven look-alike friends disguise themselves as huntsmen to win back the young king who promised to marry someone else.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Valiant Little Tailor
A tailor swats seven flies, straps on “Seven at one stroke,” and bluffs his way past giants, a unicorn, and a boar to a crown.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Water of Life
Three princes seek the Water of Life for their dying father; only the youngest asks the dwarf kindly—and still faces his brothers' envy.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The White Snake
A servant tastes a king’s secret white snake, understands animals, clears his name, and wins a princess with help from fishes, ants, and ravens.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Willow-Wren and the Bear
A bear mocks the willow-wren’s nest as a wretched palace; bird and beast armies clash—until a hornet under the fox’s tail ends the war.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Tom Thumb
No bigger than a thumb, Tom drives a cart from a horse's ear, slips through window bars, and rides home inside a hungry wolf.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
Rumpelstiltskin
A miller’s boast traps his daughter in a room of straw; a strange little man spins gold—then claims her first child unless she learns his name.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
The Bremen Town Musicians
An old donkey, dog, cat, and rooster set out to be town musicians; their midnight “concert” scares robbers from a cottage for good.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Rapunzel
Given away through her father's bargain, Rapunzel grows up in a locked tower, plans an escape and later reunites with the prince through her familiar voice.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Cinderella (Aschenputtel)
Ashputtel’s hazel tree and bird allies dress her for three balls; a golden slipper fits only her—while false sisters pay a bitter price.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Little Red Riding Hood
A wolf swallows Red-Cap and her grandmother before a hunter rescues them; later, grandmother and child work together to outwit a second wolf.