Children's Tales

We'll begin with children's tales and fables since people are generally familiar with these
stories. Perhaps you enjoyed the Berenstain Bears as a child or got excited by a
juicy Goosebumps story.

Here are some examples of short stories for kids. They're available in book format, but
people also share these stories via word-of-mouth.

 "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" by Robert Southey

 "Little Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perrault
 "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm
 "Peter Pan" by James Matthew Barrie
 "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop (from Aesop's Fables)
 "The Tortoise and the Hare" by Aesop (from Aesop's Fables)
 "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen
 "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen
 "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen
 "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen
 "The Gingerbread Man" by Jim Aylesworth
 "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore
 "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen
 "Rapunzel" by the Brothers Grimm
 "Beauty and the Beast" by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
 "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault
 "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
 "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain
 "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown
 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by the Brothers Grimm
 "Three Little Pigs" by James Halliwell-Phillipps
 "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak
 "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss
 "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss
 "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch
 "Corduroy" by Don Freeman
 "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter
 "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper
 "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister
 "Stone Soup" by Ann McGovern