Traditional Stories

Twelve princesses long to leave the palace and go dancing. When their shoes are worn out night after night, the king is determined to solve the mys...

Andersen's story of the Ugly Duckling, rejected and bullied, lonely and miserable until he realises his magnificent true nature, has become one of ...

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair!" A witch keeps Rapunzel in a tall tower without a door or stairs - but she isn't the only one visitin...

"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!" Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf in the forest. He seems friendly, and he's so interested to hear about h...

"I'm sorry, Beast" said Beauty. "I can be your friend, but I can't marry you." Poor Beast! Can Beauty learn to love him?Includes a word list, 5 pag...

"I know this is magic," says the shoemaker.Someone is making beautiful shoes every night, when the shoemaker and his wife are asleep. Who can it be...

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" The Queen wants to be the most beautiful, but one day the mirror says, "Snow White!"I...

The wicked fairy says, "When she is sixteen, she will hurt her little hand on a spindle and die!" Instead, Princess Rose falls asleep for a thousan...

Cinderella is sitting in the kitchen and crying. Everyone else is dancing at the palace. Suddenly the kitchen is full of light and magic. Cinderell...

Alice falls down a rabbit hole to Wonderland, where the impossible is perfectly normal: a talking White Rabbit, a smiling Cheshire Cat and a very s...

"Aladdin, I am your Uncle Abanazar. If you do as I say, we will be the richest men in the world." But why does Abanazar want a dusty old lamp? Coul...

It's the most famous love story in the world. Romeo and Juliet's families hate each other, but when the two young people fall in love, can they bri...