Our Bedtime Stories for Kids category features soothing, age-appropriate stories designed to create a peaceful bedtime routine. These tales encourage imagination, kindness, and emotional comfort while helping children unwind after a busy day. Perfect for reading aloud or independent listening, every story is written with soft pacing and comforting themes to support restful sleep.
Mythical stories for children – THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Mythical stories for children - THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER | There was an old woman who lived on a hill. You never heard of any one smaller or neater than she...
Little Red Riding Hood Story With Pictures
Little Red Riding Hood – There was once a sweet little maid who lived with her father and mother in a pretty little cottage at the edge of the village....
HOW THE WHITE MAN CAME – Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers
Long, long before Columbus came to America, the Red Children were here. They were the first and only real Americans.
THE LADY OF THE LAKE – Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
One easily gets acquainted with the Welsh fairies, for nearly all the good ones are very fond of music.
HOW OLD MAN WINTER WAS DRIVEN BACK – Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers
How Old Man Winter Was Driven Back is a traditional Iroquois children’s story, retold by Mabel Powers, that teaches timeless lessons through folklore and storytelling. This gentle and imaginative tale...
HOW THE COON OUTWITTED THE FOX – Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers
A wise old raccoon sat up in a tree near the river where the bear lost his tail. The coon saw the fox play his foxy trick on the bear,...
The Sleeping Beauty short story with pictures
The Sleeping Beauty – Once upon a time there was a king and queen who for a very long time had no children, and when at length a little daughter...
A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice – Indian Fairy Tales
A poor blind Brahman and his wife were dependent on their son for their subsistence. Every day the young fellow used to go out and get what he could by...
THE SEA-MAIDEN – Celtic Fairy Tales
There was once a poor old fisherman, and one year he was not getting much fish. On a day of days, while he was fishing, there rose a sea-maiden at...
THE MAGPIE’S NEST – English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Once upon a time when pigs spoke rhyme And monkeys chewed tobacco, And hens took snuff to make them tough, And ducks went quack, quack, quack, O!
How the Rabbit Lost His Tail – Brazilian Fairy Tales
Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, the rabbit had a long tail, but the cat had none. She looked with envious eyes at the one which the rabbit...
HOW TWO INDIAN BOYS SETTLED A QUARREL – Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers
Flying Squirrel and Lightning Bow were two little Indian boys. They lived by Singing River, and they played from sunrise to sunset. They were as happy as the day was...

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