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Hansel and Gretel
by Brothers Grimm
A dark tale of abandoned children featuring the celebrated gingerbread house.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
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The Dragon Rock
by Ellena Ashley
Nobody knew for sure how the slumbering dragon got there, but one thing everybody agreed on was that one day it would wake.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
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Mr Sticky
by Mo McAuley
One day a tiny water snail appears in Abby's fish tank.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
by Brothers Grimm
A soldier risks his life to uncover the secret of twelve beautiful princesses.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
King Grisly-Beard
by Brothers Grimm
A beautiful but rude and conceited princess is taught a lesson.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
The Tidy Drawer
by Mo McAuley
Abby's mother tells her to tidy her room.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
Rapunzel
by Brothers Grimm
A wicked enchantress imprisons a beautiful girl in a tower.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
The Frog Prince
by Brothers Grimm
A princess makes a promise to a talking frog.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
High and Lifted Up
by Mike Krath
A children's story about a boy who turns into a leaf.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:4 stars
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top short stories
Hansel and Gretel
by Brothers Grimm
A dark tale of abandoned children featuring the celebrated gingerbread house.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
High and Lifted Up
by Mike Krath
A children's story about a boy who turns into a leaf.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:4 stars
Thumbelina
by Hans Christian Andersen
The adventures of a tiny girl who is found inside the petals of a Tulip.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
Hobnail
by Crystal Arbogast
Scary bedtime story about a mother and daughter's night-time journey home.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
The Dragon Rock
by Ellena Ashley
Nobody knew for sure how the slumbering dragon got there, but one thing everybody agreed on was that one day it would wake.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
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