Honesty & Truth
Read 118 folk tales about honesty and truth from storytelling traditions around the world. These stories show the power of truthfulness and the inevitable downfall of liars and deceivers. From boys who cry wolf to merchants who cheat their customers, these moral stories about honesty teach children that integrity is the foundation of trust and lasting success.
Norse Folk Tales
All Ages
Freya’s Necklace: The Brisingamen
Freya's Necklace: The Brisingamen: In the golden halls of Asgard, where gods walked and the fates of worlds were woven, there existed a beauty so transcendent
Bengal Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Weaver’s Enchanted Cloth
The Weaver's Enchanted Cloth: In a city on the banks of the Hooghly River, where the spires of temples rose above the rooftops like prayers made stone, there
Bengal Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Seven Champions of Bengal
The Seven Champions of Bengal: In a time when the world was younger and magic still flowed through the land like water through the Ganges delta, there lived in
Bengal Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Golden Lotus of the River Ganges
The Golden Lotus of the River Ganges: Along the banks of the Ganges, where the sacred river curves like a sleeping serpent through the plains of Bengal, there
Bengal Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Story of Prince Dodul and the Ruby Queen
The Story of Prince Dodul and the Ruby Queen: In the ancient kingdom of Gaur, nestled between the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers, there lived a prince named
Russian Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
Vasilisa the Beautiful
Vasilisa the Beautiful: There once lived a merchant of great wealth and standing who had a daughter of such exceptional beauty that men traveled from distant
Russian Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Koschei the Deathless
Koschei the Deathless: In the times before time itself was properly counted, when magic was as common as earth and water, there arose a sorcerer of such
Russian Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa
The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa: In the days when the world was young and magic flowed through forests like rivers of starlight, there lived a great Tsar
Arabian Nights
Ages 9-12
The Fisherman and the Genie
The Fisherman and the Genie: On the shores of the Arabian Sea, where the waters were as blue as lapis and the sand sparkled like crushed diamonds, there lived
Arabian Nights
Ages 9-12
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Read ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’ — a classic Arabian Nights story about moral lessons about greed. In a prosperous city of the Arabian lands, there…
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Soria Moria Castle
Soria Moria Castle: Once on a time there was a poor couple who had a son whose name was _Halvor_. Ever since he was a little boy he would turn his hand to
Korean Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Honest Witch
The Honest Witch: [Song Sang-in matriculated in 1601. He was a just man, and feared by the dishonest element of the Court. In 1605 he graduated and became a