Kindness & Compassion
Explore 106 folk tales celebrating kindness and compassion. These heartwarming stories show how simple acts of mercy — feeding a hungry animal, helping a stranger, forgiving an enemy — can change the course of events in miraculous ways. These moral stories about kindness for children teach that compassion is never wasted and that the smallest gesture can have the greatest impact.
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Conall Yellowclaw
Conall Yellowclaw: was a sturdy tenant in Erin: he had three sons. There was at that time a king over every fifth of Erin. It fell out for the children of the
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Salad
The Salad: As a merry young huntsman was once going briskly along through a wood, there came up a little old woman, and said to him, ‘Good day, good day; you
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
The Goose-Girl
The Goose-Girl: The king of a great land died, and left his queen to take care of their only child. This child was a daughter, who was very beautiful; and her
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Snow-White And Rose-Red
Snow-White And Rose-Red: There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 9-12
Hans In Luck
Hans In Luck: Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right all that falls to them is so much gain all their geese are swans all their
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
The Kindly Magician
The Kindly Magician: Once upon a time there was a man named Du Dsi Tschun. In his youth he was a spendthrift and paid no heed to his property. He was given to
Russian Folk Tales
All Ages
Father Frost
Father Frost: [Illustration] In a far-away country, somewhere in Russia, there lived a stepmother who had a stepdaughter and also a daughter of her own.
Japanese Folk Tales
All Ages
The Farmer And The Badger
The Farmer And The Badger: Long, long ago, there lived an old farmer and his wife who had made their home in the mountains, far from any town. Their only
Hitopadesha
All Ages
Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted
Wali Dad the Simple-Hearted: Once upon a time there lived a poor old man whose name was Wali Dad Gunjay, or Wali Dad the Bald. He had no relations, but lived
Indian Folk Tales
All Ages
The Broken Pot
The Broken Pot: In a small village in ancient India, there lived a poor Brahmin named Svabhavakripana. He owned nothing in the world except a single clay pot
Hitopadesha
All Ages
Charity Alone Conquers
Charity Alone Conquers: In ancient times, there lived a wealthy king who ruled over a prosperous kingdom. He had everything a man could desire - vast The
Indian Folk Tales
Ages 3-5
The Story of a Kind Hearted Little Girl Named Tara
The Story of a Kind Hearted Little Girl Named Tara: Once there lived a little girl named Tara with her mother in a small hut near the forest. Tara was