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Storyberries Bedtime Stories Short Stories for Kids and free books

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The best free books for kids! Longer bedtime stories, chapter books, fairy tales and anthologies here – myths and legends, fantasy books and stories for older readers. Read free online!

Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen fairytale Twelve Swans
20 Mins+ Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Danish Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Family Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales Love Magic Princes & Princesses Siblings Witches

The Wild Swans

A sister loses her twelve brothers, who are turned into swans. Will she risk her own life to save them?

February 28, 2018October 30, 2019
Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Little Mermaid
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Danish Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Famous Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales Magic Mermaids

The Little Mermaid

The classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of a Little Mermaid, and what she will do for love.

February 21, 2018October 30, 2019
Short stories for kids Ali Baba 40 Thieves illustration
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Arabian Nights Fairy Tales Arabic Fairy Tales Famous Fairy Tales

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba discovers a wonderful cave of riches... but will the forty thieves discover him?

November 14, 2017October 30, 2019
Illustration for free chapter story The Light Princess
Age 7-12 20 Mins+ All Fairy Tales Chapter Books Fairy Tales Love Princes & Princesses Scottish Fairy Tales Witches

The Light Princess

When a Princess is caused by a spell to be as light as air, a Prince discovers the way to make her happy.

November 13, 2017November 21, 2022
10 Min Stories 20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 Heroes Myths Nordic Stories

The Apples of Idun – A Tale of Odin and Loki

Loki, in a temper, must steal the goddess Idun and her apples. But where will the poetry go?

November 10, 2017January 31, 2018
Illustration for children's fairytale The Crow Peri
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Animals Arabic Fairy Tales Magic

The Crow Peri

A black crow helps Hassan make his fortune.

February 21, 2017October 30, 2019
Bedtime story illustration The Dwarf with the Golden Beard
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Magic Princes & Princesses Slovenian Fairy Tales

The Dwarf With The Golden Beard

Dobrotek's Princess is stolen from him by a golden bearded dwarf.

February 9, 2017October 30, 2019
East of the Sun West of the Moon header illustration
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Nordic Stories Norse Fairy Tales Princes & Princesses

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

A young girl breaks her promise, and must voyage east of the sun and west of the moon to recover her love.

November 30, 2016October 30, 2019
Illustration of prince on white horse for fairy tale long broad and sharpsight
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Fairy Tales German Fairy Tales

Long, Broad and Sharpsight

A Prince goes on a quest with some talented friends to save his Princess.

November 29, 2016October 30, 2019
Illustration for children's dragon story The Book of Beasts by Edith Nesbit
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 Dragons Magic Monsters

The Book of Beasts

When a little boy Lionel becomes King, he lets a dragon escape...

November 29, 2016January 31, 2018
Illustration for Chinese children's story The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest
20 Mins+ Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Animals Chinese Fairy Tales Chinese stories Magic

The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest

A poor slave girl and a mad goose help an old miser break the spell upon him.

November 24, 2016October 30, 2019
Illustration of tiger in jungle for Chinese children's story The Nodding Tiger
20 Mins+ Age 7-12 All Fairy Tales Animals Chinese Fairy Tales Chinese stories

The Nodding Tiger

A tiger kills an old woman's son - but finds ways to make amends.

October 17, 2016October 30, 2019
Dragon illustration for childrens story Deliverers of their Country
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 Dragons

The Deliverers of Their Country

Effie and Harry are forced to change the weather when a plague of dragons comes to town!

September 6, 2016January 31, 2018
Illustration of griffin for children's dragon story The Island of the Nine Whirlpools
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 Dragons Magic Monsters Princes & Princesses Witches

The Island of the Nine Whirlpools

Nigel and the Princess will conquer a dragon and a griffin when Love and Arithmetic collide.

September 6, 2016October 6, 2018
Header illustration of dragon and lollipop for kids short story The Dragon Tamers
20 Mins+ Adventures Age 7-12 Dragons Monsters

The Dragon Tamers

A wild dragon is stuck in the basement... how do you think you would tame it?

September 6, 2016January 31, 2018
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