Fairy tales for children, the most famous and time-tested. Russians are posted here folk tales and original children's fairy tales that are definitely worth reading to a child.

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In addition to the text of the fairy tales, you can find fascinating facts from the life of fairy tale writers, discussions about fairy tales and conclusions that can be drawn after reading.

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How to choose children's fairy tales?

Children's fairy tales in this section are suitable for absolutely all children: fairy tales have been selected for the youngest and for schoolchildren. You will find some works only here, in their original presentation!

• For younger children, choose fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Mamin-Sibiryak or Russian folk tales - they are easy to understand and very easy to read. As you know, little fairy tales before bedtime work better, and these can be fairy tales for the little ones, or just short fairy tales.
• Fairy tales by Charles Perrault are suitable for children over 4 years old. They will love them for their vivid descriptions of the main characters and their extraordinary adventures.
• At the age of 7, it’s time to start teaching children to poetic works fairytale format. An excellent choice would be Pushkin’s children’s fairy tales, they are both instructive and interesting, most of has a strong moral, like a fable. In addition, the guys will encounter Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin throughout the entire school life. You will even learn his little fairy tales in verse by heart.
• There are fairy tales that most parents believe the child should read himself. The first of such children's fairy tales could be the works of Kipling, Hauff or Lindgren.

Do you like to read short stories for children ? But this is very beneficial for those who do not really like to read or tell fairy tales. After all, a short fairy tale for children takes very little time, but conveys the plot of the fairy tale almost completely! Well, fairy tale lovers, we invite you to our page. Short stories for children. This is especially for you!!!

When fairy-tale heroes come to life, they become much more convincing than real prototypes.

We invite you to the World of Fairy Tales and Adventures. This castle is very high. Sat on the roof beautiful princess. and near her feet the Serpent Gorynych wriggled and slid down the wall.

Bluebeard hugged the horn of the castle with his hands, and wild grapes climbed up his back. Koschey the Immortal supported with his head the balcony on which the mermaids were hanging. View of the castle windows. like the eyes of a fat-headed dragon. And near the entrance, bulging, gray wolves sat, and the entrance itself gave the impression of an open pasture of some huge monster. Everything looked so scary and funny at the same time.

And funny things are never scary!

Short fairy tales for children are small, funny, scary, kind, instructive stories from a collection of fairy tales. This is a fairy tale, only shortened.

The Tale of Petya the Cockerel

Once upon a time there lived Petya the Cockerel. Oil head, silk beard, spurs on legs. And what a voice he had! Clean, clear, loud! One morning the cockerel woke up. Earlier then others. I looked out the window, it was dark, everyone was sleeping. And the sun is still sleeping. “Not in order!” - thinks Petya the Cockerel. Petya jumped onto the fence and shouted: “Ku-ka-re-ku!” Loud, loud! Loud, loud! The sun heard him, woke up, and opened his eyes. “Thank you, Petya, for waking me up! – says Sunny, “I fell asleep somehow.” The sun rose into the sky. The day has begun. Everyone slowly began to wake up. Thanks to Petya the Cockerel.

The Tale of a Hungry Mouse

Once upon a time there was a mouse, his name was Peak. One day Peak looked out of his hole and said: “I want to eat. What would you like to profit from? A little mouse ran out of his hole to look for something to eat. He sees a doll lying on the floor. The girl played and left. "Which beautiful doll“Probably delicious,” thinks Pieck. He ran up to the doll. He grabbed it with his teeth and immediately spat it out. No, not a tasty doll. You can't eat it. He looked around and saw a pencil lying on the floor. Beautiful, red. The boy drew and left. " Beautiful pencil“Probably delicious,” thinks Pieck. He ran up to the pencil, grabbed it with his teeth and immediately spat it out. The pencil is not tasty, you can chew it to sharpen your teeth, but it is not suitable for food. He looked around and saw a newspaper lying there. Dad read it and forgot. “Oh, what a newspaper! I’ll definitely get enough of her,” thinks Peak. He ran up to the newspaper, grabbed it with his teeth and started chewing. Chewed it a little and spat it out. The newspaper is not tasty, I don’t want to eat it. Suddenly, Pieck felt that he smelled something delicious. He looks and sees a piece of cheese lying on the floor. Someone dropped it. “This is what I’ll eat,” thought Pieck. The mouse ran up to the cheese, grabbed it with his teeth, and did not notice how he ate the entire piece. " Delicious cheese, it’s a pity that it’s over,” thought Pieck and ran to his hole to sleep.

Tea Sea

fairy tale for little ones

There is a table. There is a cat and mice at the table. There is a teapot in the cat's paws.

Do you want some tea? - he asked the mice.

Yes! - said the mice. - Give us a whole bowl of tea!

This will be our sea.

We will float with tea in cups.

We will row with spoons.

We will have an island made of buns, and on it - white grass made from coconut shavings.

We will have broccoli trees.

Our clouds will be from cotton candy, and the rain is made of juice.

Our houses will be made of cookies.

Will you have a beach? - asked the cat.

Yes! But all the sand will be made of sugar, said the mice.

Will you have sun? - asked the cat.

But of course! - answered the mice. - Our sun is CHEESE!

Magic word

short fairy tales for little children

What should you do if a mother tells a boy: “Put away the toys”?

You have to run to your grandmother and shout: “Grandma! Save me! They're chasing me!"

What should you do if a mother tells a boy: “Go brush your teeth”?

You have to hide under the bed and shout: “I’m not at home!”

What should you do if your mother says: “Go eat. Is dinner getting cold?

What does a baby need to sleep peacefully and soundly? Of course bedtime story! Short good fairy tales will calm the baby and give wonderful dreams.

Unusual story

Once upon a time there was a boy Kolya, an ordinary boy who went to kindergarten and loved buckwheat porridge. But one day a completely extraordinary story happened to this ordinary boy. That day the weather was wonderful, and Kolya decided to go for a walk.
He took his favorite red car with him and went out into the yard. Then he saw Dimka, a neighbor's boy. Dimka was a naughty man and a bully, and Kolya did not want to communicate with him at all. He had already turned around to leave unnoticed, when he suddenly heard Dima’s call:

Hey Kolka, look what I have!

He ran up to the boy and began to twirl a large magnifying glass in front of his nose. Kolya had never seen such a huge magnifying glass, and he really wanted to look into it.

Dima, can I look at it?

Oh no! “Only if you let me play with your car all day,” he replied.

The boy felt sorry for his car, because he knew how carelessly his neighbor handled his toys. But, nevertheless, he agreed, he really wanted to get a magnifying glass. When the exchange took place, Kolya began to look at everything: the bark on the tree, his fingers, his skinned knee. Then he bent down to look at some bug or ant in the grass. Suddenly, the boy almost jumped out of surprise. Kolya saw a small gnome, the size of his little finger. Yes, a real gnome! He jumped up, waved his red cap and tried to attract Kolya’s attention. He was wearing a green suit and shoes with shiny buckles. Kolya came to his senses and leaned lower to better see and hear the gnome.

“Hello Kolya,” the dwarf squeaked.

“Hello, how do you know my name,” Kolya asked.

I know everything about children, and I’m here for a reason, I need your help.

How can I help you, little gnome?

“I live in the kingdom of Good Deeds,” he answered, “and when a child does a good deed, the weather in our kingdom is good and everyone is having fun, but when he does nothing or does evil, it becomes gloomy, it rains and all the dwarves cry.” For some reason, in Lately children are committing less and less good deeds. I came to your world to find a child who will help us.

Of course,” said the boy, he felt sorry for the gnomes, “I will do what you ask.”

“You must do three good deeds,” said the dwarf.

Kolya took the gnome in his hand and helped him get into his pocket. First he ran home to his mother.

Mom, how can I help you?

Mom was very surprised and delighted at Kolya’s proposal. She asked her son to take out the trash. Kolya took the bucket and ran to fulfill the request. Near the trash can he saw a small hungry kitten. He meowed pitifully. Kolya brought out the milk and fed the baby. Then the boy remembered that he had recently torn a book, and his conscience had been tormenting him for a week. He took the book and glued it together.

“Thank you, Kolya, you helped my people a lot,” said the dwarf, waved goodbye to Kolya and disappeared into thin air, bursting like a soap bubble.

The next morning Kolya woke up, stretched and ran to his mother’s room.

“Good morning, mommy, how can I help you today?” he asked and kissed mom on the cheek.

Let short good bedtime stories will become a good tradition and will bring you and your baby closer.

If you ever need to read someone a bedtime story, you won't find a better one than this one.

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It was time to sleep, and the little bunny grabbed the big hare tightly by the long, long ears. He wanted to know for sure that the big hare was listening to him.
- Do you know how much I love you?
- Of course not, baby. How should I know?
- I love you - that's how it is! - and the little bunny spread his paws wide, wide.
But a big hare has longer legs.
- And I love you - that’s how it is.
“Wow, how wide,” thought the bunny.
- Then I love you - that’s how it is! - and he reached up with all his might.
“And you too,” the big hare reached out after him.
“Wow, how high,” the bunny thought. “I wish I could!”
Then the little bunny guessed: somersault on his front paws, and up the trunk with his back paws!
- I love you to the very tips of your hind legs!
“And I’ll take you to the very tips of your paws,” the big hare picked him up and threw him up.
- Well, then... then... Do you know how much I love you?... That's it! - and the little hare jumped and tumbled around the clearing.
“And I like that,” the big hare grinned, and jumped so much that his ears reached the branches!
“What a jump! - thought the little bunny. “If only I could do that!”
- I love you far, far along this path, like from us to the river itself!
- And I’ll take you - like across the river and oh-oh-he’s over those hills...
“How far away,” the little bunny thought sleepily. Nothing else came to his mind.
Here above, above the bushes, he saw a large dark sky. There is nothing further than the sky!
“I love you to the moon,” the little bunny whispered and closed his eyes.
- Wow, how far... - The big hare put him on a bed of leaves.
He settled down next to him, kissed him goodnight... and whispered in his ear:
- And I love you to the moon. All the way to the moon... and back.

“That’s how I love you” - translation of the fairy tale in poetic form:

The little bunny smiled at his mother:
- I love you like this! - and spread his hands.
- And that’s how I love you! - his mother told him,
She spread her hands and showed too.

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- He crouched down and jumped high like a ball.
- I love you like this! - the bunny laughed.

And then in response, running wildly,
- That's how I love you! - the bunny jumped.
“That’s a lot,” the little bunny whispered, “
This is very, very much, a lot, but not too much.

I love you like this! - the bunny smiled
And he somersaulted on the ant-grass.
- And that’s how I love you! - mommy said,
She tumbled, hugged and kissed.

“That’s a lot,” the little bunny whispered, “
This is very, very much, a lot, but not too much.
Do you see a tree growing right next to the river?
I love you like this - you understand, mom!

And in my mother’s arms I can see the whole valley.
- That's how I love you! - the mother told her son.
So it was a fun day. At the hour when it was getting dark,
The yellow-white moon appeared in the sky.

At night, children need to sleep even in our fairy tale.
The bunny whispered to his mother, closing his eyes:
- From the earth to the moon, and then back -
That's how much I love you! Isn't it clear?..

Having tucked a blanket around the bunny on all sides,
Quietly before going to bed, my mother whispered:
- This is very, very much, it’s so nice,
If you love to the moon, and then back.

An invaluable source of wisdom and inspiration for a child. In this section you can read your favorite fairy tales online for free and give children the first most important lessons of world order and morality. It is from the magical narrative that children learn about good and evil, and also that these concepts are far from absolute. Each fairy tale presents its short description , which will help parents choose a topic that is relevant to the child’s age and give him a choice.

Fairy tale title	Source	Rating
Vasilisa the Beautiful	Russian traditional	309621
Morozko	Russian traditional	211422
Aibolit	Korney Chukovsky	873190
The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor	Arabian tale	198723
Snowman	Andersen H.K.	117527
Moidodyr	Korney Chukovsky	876193
Porridge from an ax	Russian traditional	225677
The Scarlet Flower	Aksakov S.T.	1263037
Teremok	Russian traditional	337634
Fly Tsokotukha	Korney Chukovsky	886670
Mermaid	Andersen H.K.	371805
Fox and crane	Russian traditional	184309
Barmaley	Korney Chukovsky	394845
Fedorino grief	Korney Chukovsky	672463
Sivka-Burka	Russian traditional	166196
Green oak near Lukomorye	Pushkin A.S.	677750
Twelve months	Samuel Marshak	685154
The Bremen Town Musicians	Brothers Grimm	252443
Puss in Boots	Charles Perrault	369574
The Tale of Tsar Saltan	Pushkin A.S.	562258
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish	Pushkin A.S.	522772
Tale of dead princess and seven heroes	Pushkin A.S.	259698
The Tale of the Golden Cockerel	Pushkin A.S.	210194
Thumbelina	Andersen H.K.	163913
The Snow Queen	Andersen H.K.	219680
Fast walkers	Andersen H.K.	25730
sleeping Beauty	Charles Perrault	80699
Little Red Riding Hood	Charles Perrault	189244
Tom Thumb	Charles Perrault	133852
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Brothers Grimm	141884
Snow White and Alotsvetik	Brothers Grimm	37212
The wolf and the seven Young goats	Brothers Grimm	121874
Hare and hedgehog	Brothers Grimm	114919
Mrs. Metelitsa	Brothers Grimm	80424
Sweet porridge	Brothers Grimm	168022
Princess on the Pea	Andersen H.K.	96680
Crane and Heron	Russian traditional	25305
Cinderella	Charles Perrault	262429
The Tale of a Stupid Mouse	Samuel Marshak	287819
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Arabian tale	115078
Aladdin's magic lamp	Arabian tale	186753
Cat, rooster and fox	Russian traditional	108813
Chicken Ryaba	Russian traditional	273738
Fox and cancer	Russian traditional	79578
Fox-sister and wolf	Russian traditional	68442
Masha and the Bear	Russian traditional	237050
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise	Russian traditional	74383
Snow Maiden	Russian traditional	47830
Three piglets	Russian traditional	1550894
ugly duck	Andersen H.K.	112771
Wild Swans	Andersen H.K.	47771
Flint	Andersen H.K.	67847
Ole Lukoje	Andersen H.K.	105047
The Steadfast Tin Soldier	Andersen H.K.	42148
Baba Yaga	Russian traditional	114856
Magic pipe	Russian traditional	114506
Magic ring	Russian traditional	134678
Grief	Russian traditional	19214
Swan geese	Russian traditional	65039
Daughter and stepdaughter	Russian traditional	20698
Ivan Tsarevich and Gray wolf	Russian traditional	59774
Treasure	Russian traditional	43021
Kolobok	Russian traditional	143040
Living water	Brothers Grimm	73503
Rapunzel	Brothers Grimm	116830
Rumplestiltskin	Brothers Grimm	38436
A pot of porridge	Brothers Grimm	68570
King Thrushbeard	Brothers Grimm	23339
little people	Brothers Grimm	52293
Hansel and Gretel	Brothers Grimm	28270
golden goose	Brothers Grimm	35999
Mrs. Metelitsa	Brothers Grimm	19223
Worn out shoes	Brothers Grimm	27665
Straw, coal and bean	Brothers Grimm	24715
twelve brothers	Brothers Grimm	19213
Spindle, weaving shuttle and needle	Brothers Grimm	25442
Friendship between cat and mouse	Brothers Grimm	31722
Kinglet and bear	Brothers Grimm	25820
Royal children	Brothers Grimm	20568
Brave Little Tailor	Brothers Grimm	31955
crystal ball	Brothers Grimm	52603
Queen Bee	Brothers Grimm	34057
Smart Gretel	Brothers Grimm	19213
Three lucky ones	Brothers Grimm	19222
Three spinners	Brothers Grimm	19220
Three snake leaves	Brothers Grimm	19221
Three brothers	Brothers Grimm	19231
The Old Man of the Glass Mountain	Brothers Grimm	19220
The Tale of a Fisherman and His Wife	Brothers Grimm	19206
underground man	Brothers Grimm	24461
Donkey	Brothers Grimm	21123
Ocheski	Brothers Grimm	19033
The Frog King, or Iron Henry	Brothers Grimm	19223
Six swans	Brothers Grimm	21702
Marya Morevna	Russian traditional	33384
Wonderful miracle, wonderful miracle	Russian traditional	37832
Two frosts	Russian traditional	35047
Most expensive	Russian traditional	29307
Wonderful shirt	Russian traditional	34186
Frost and hare	Russian traditional	34154
How the fox learned to fly	Russian traditional	41845
Ivan the Fool	Russian traditional	31599
Fox and jug	Russian traditional	22784
bird tongue	Russian traditional	19718
The soldier and the devil	Russian traditional	19236
Crystal Mountain	Russian traditional	22433
Tricky Science	Russian traditional	24238
Smart guy	Russian traditional	19274
Snow Maiden and Fox	Russian traditional	54923
Word	Russian traditional	19266
Fast messenger	Russian traditional	19212
Seven Simeons	Russian traditional	19204
About the old grandmother	Russian traditional	20772
Go there - I don’t know where, bring something - I don’t know what	Russian traditional	44122
By pike command	Russian traditional	60458
Rooster and millstones	Russian traditional	19206
Shepherd's Piper	Russian traditional	24612
Petrified Kingdom	Russian traditional	19275
About rejuvenating apples and living water	Russian traditional	31993
Goat Dereza	Russian traditional	29719
Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber	Russian traditional	23990
Cockerel and bean seed	Russian traditional	48122
Ivan – peasant son and miracle-yudo	Russian traditional	24941
Three Bears	Russian traditional	410388
Fox and black grouse	Russian traditional	21284
Tar barrel	Russian traditional	65514
Baba Yaga and berries	Russian traditional	32893
Battle on Kalinov Bridge	Russian traditional	19867
Finist-clear falcon	Russian traditional	46343
Princess Nesmeyana	Russian traditional	115832
Tops and roots	Russian traditional	49530
Winter hut of animals	Russian traditional	36023
flying ship	Russian traditional	63921
Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka	Russian traditional	32848
Golden comb cockerel	Russian traditional	39999
Zayushkin's hut	Russian traditional	118580

By listening to fairy tales, children not only acquire the necessary knowledge, but also learn to build relationships in society, relating themselves to this or that fictional character. From the experience of relationships between fairy-tale characters the child understands that he should not trust strangers unconditionally. Our website presents the most famous fairy tales for your children. Choose interesting tales in the table presented.

Why is it useful to read fairy tales?

The various plots of the fairy tale help the child understand that the world around him can be contradictory and quite complex. Listening to the hero's adventures, children virtually encounter injustice, hypocrisy and pain. But this is how the baby learns to value love, honesty, friendship and beauty. Always having a happy ending, fairy tales help the child to be optimistic and resist various kinds of life's troubles.

The entertainment component of fairy tales should not be underestimated. Listening fascinating stories has a lot of advantages, for example, compared to watching cartoons - there is no threat to the baby’s vision. Moreover, by listening to children's fairy tales performed by parents, the baby learns many new words and learns to correctly articulate sounds. The importance of this is difficult to overestimate, because scientists have long proven that nothing affects the future so much comprehensive development child's early speech development.

What kinds of fairy tales are there for children?

Fairy tales There are different ones: magical – exciting children’s imagination with a riot of imagination; household - telling about a simple Everyday life, in which magic is also possible; about animals - where the leading characters are not people, but various animals so beloved by children. Our website presents a large number of such fairy tales. Here you can read for free what will be interesting to your child. Convenient navigation will help make finding the right material quick and simple.

Read the annotations to give the child the right to independently choose a fairy tale, because most modern child psychologists believe that the pledge future love The key to reading for children lies in the freedom to choose material. We give you and your child unlimited freedom in choosing wonderful children's fairy tales!