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.
Korean Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
Faithful Mo
Faithful Mo. Kids-friendly retelling with setting, characters, moral, and a lesson for today.
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Tale Of Ivan
The Tale Of Ivan: There were formerly a man and a woman living in the parish of Llanlavan, in the place which is called Hwrdh. And work became scarce, so the
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Shepherd Of Myddvai
The Shepherd Of Myddvai: Up in the Black Mountains in Caermarthenshire lies the lake known as Lyn y Van Vach. To the margin of this lake the shepherd of
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Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The House In The Lake.[2]
The House In The Lake.[2]: A long, long time ago there lived in a little hut, in the midst of one of the inland lakes of Erin, an old fisherman and his son.
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Elidore
Elidore: the days of Henry Beauclerc of England there was a little lad named Elidore, who was being brought up to be a cleric. Day after day he would trudge
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Dream of Owen O’Mulready
Dream of Owen O'Mulready: here was a man long ago living near Ballaghadereen named Owen O’Mulready, who was a workman for the gentleman of the place, and was a
African Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves
Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles As Big As Themselves: Kweku Anansi and Kweku Tsin - his son - were both very clever farmers. Generally they succeeded in
African Folk Tales
Ages 6-8
The Ungrateful Man
The Ungrateful Man: A hunter, who was terribly poor, was one day walking through the forest in search of food. Coming to a deep hole, he found there a leopard
African Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
How Beasts And Serpents First Came Into The World
How Beasts And Serpents First Came Into The World: The famine had lasted nearly three years. Kweku Tsin, being very hungry, looked daily in the forest in the
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Travelling Musicians
The Travelling Musicians: An honest farmer had once an ass that had been a faithful servant to him a great many years, but was now growing old and every day
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Raven
The Raven: There was once a queen who had a little daughter, still too young to run alone. One day the child was very troublesome, and the mother could not
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom: There was once a miller who had one beautiful daughter, and as she was grown up, he was anxious that she should be well married and