The Broken Bridge: A Short Story About Friendship and Forgiveness for Kids
A short story about friendship and forgiveness for kids. After a quarrel, two best friends must work together to fix a broken bridge.
Read MoreThe Complete Education Portal in 14 Languages
The Complete Education Portal in 14 Languages
English short stories for kids with morals: bedtime stories, Panchatantra, Aesop’s fables, Tenali Rama tales and original stories about kindness and courage.
A short story about friendship and forgiveness for kids. After a quarrel, two best friends must work together to fix a broken bridge.
Read MoreAn inspiring short story about nature for kids. One boy plants one sapling a day on a barren hill, and years later, a forest changes his whole village.
Read MoreA short story about responsibility for kids. Annie borrows her sister’s silver anklet without asking and loses it. Will she hide the truth or own up?
Read MoreA soothing bedtime story about self-esteem. Twinkle the firefly believes her light is too small to matter, until one dark night proves otherwise.
Read MoreA cheerful story for bilingual kids. Polly the parrot is teased for speaking two languages, until her gift saves two lost children.
Read MoreA warm story about making friends for kids. Lily moves to a new city and dreads school, until a thermos of Grandma’s gumbo starts an unexpected friendship.
Read MoreMia thinks books are boring, until a glowing card takes her to the Midnight Library and a dragon whose story needs a reader to finish it.
Read MoreGus is the biggest elephant in the forest, yet he’s afraid of almost everything, even a tiny mouse. A short story about what courage really means.
Read MoreA short story about kind words for kids. Ryan shouts angry words into an old village well, and discovers that what we send out always comes back.
Read MoreJake finds a valuable gold coin at his family’s farmers market stand. Will he keep it, or find its owner? A moral story about honesty.
Read MoreFree short stories, bedtime stories and lessons for kids in 14 languages, with discussion questions for parents and teachers.
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