stories for kids

Grandma’s Scrapbook

Grandma’s Scrapbook

It was Hopper’s day to visit his Grandma, and he had some big plans. “Let’s hop right down to the pond, Grandma,” he said as he burst through the front door. When Hopper got excited, he just couldn’t slow down. He bounced all around Grandma’s living room, rattling the teacups and bumping into the furniture….

Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin

There once was a penniless miller whose greatest joy was his kind and loving daughter. One warm spring morning, the miller and his ­daughter went to the royal palace to deliver some sacks of flour to the king. The miller wanted to impress the king. The miller boasted, “Your Majesty, not only do I sell…

The Frog Prince

The Frog Prince

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a king and his fair young daughter. In the summer, when the kingdom broiled with heat, the young princess would sit by the edge of a deep, cool well and daydream. She imagined faraway lands and the people who lived there. And sometimes, when she…

The Golden Bird

The Golden Bird

THE GOLDEN BIRD STORY A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this,…