The Three Little Pigs
7 min read ages 4 and up
Animal fairy tales
Animal fairy tales and Aesop’s fables: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Ugly Duckling, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Lion and the Mouse, and more.
Animals are how most children meet a story for the first time. There is a wolf at the door, a bear who finds someone has been sitting in his chair, a donkey who decides he would rather be a musician than a beast of burden.
A child understands what an animal in a story wants without being told. Several of these are recommended from age three, because it is enough to know what a goat and a wolf look like.
Most of them read aloud well, with repeated lines a child soon joins in with and endings that are over in a single sentence. Aesop’s fables come last: short ones, each ending on its moral.
Tales in this collection
56 tales
Little Red Riding Hood
5 min read ages 4 and up
The Gingerbread Man
4 min read ages 3 and up
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
3 min read ages 4 and up
Puss in Boots
6 min read ages 4 and up
The Ugly Duckling
12 min read ages 5 and up
The Little Red Hen
7 min read ages 3 and up
Thumbelina
14 min read ages 5 and up
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
7 min read ages 3 and up
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
6 min read ages 3 and up
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
15 min read ages 6 and up
Bambi
15 min read ages 8 and up
The Bremen Town Musicians
7 min read ages 4 and up
The Happy Prince
15 min read ages 6 and up
The Nightingale
12 min read ages 6 and up
Snow-White and Rose-Red
14 min read ages 5 and up
The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats
4 min read ages 4 and up
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
7 min read ages 3 and up
Kolobok
4 min read ages 3 and up
The Enormous Turnip
2 min read ages 2 and up
The White Cat
15 min read ages 6 and up
Hans My Hedgehog
7 min read ages 6 and up
Medio Pollito
8 min read ages 4 and up
The Nightingale and the Rose
8 min read ages 7 and up
The Queen Bee
5 min read ages 5 and up
The Golden Bird
10 min read ages 6 and up
Momotaro, the Peach Boy
15 min read ages 6 and up
The Tinderbox
9 min read ages 6 and up
Cat and Mouse in Partnership
6 min read ages 6 and up
The Hare and the Hedgehog
7 min read ages 5 and up
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
8 min read ages 4 and up
The Tale of Tom Kitten
4 min read ages 3 and up
The Lion and the Mouse
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Tortoise and the Hare
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Ant and the Grasshopper
1 min read ages 3 and up
Androcles and the Lion
2 min read ages 5 and up
The Fox and the Grapes
1 min read ages 3 and up
The Fox and the Crow
1 min read ages 4 and up
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
1 min read ages 4 and up
The Crow and the Pitcher
2 min read ages 3 and up
The Ant and the Dove
2 min read ages 3 and up
The Dog and the Wolf
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Wolf and the Lamb
2 min read ages 5 and up
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
2 min read ages 5 and up
Belling the Cat
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Fox and the Goat
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Fox and the Stork
1 min read ages 4 and up
The Farmer and the Viper
1 min read ages 5 and up
The Dog and Its Reflection
2 min read ages 3 and up
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Peacock and the Crane
1 min read ages 4 and up
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Frog and the Ox
1 min read ages 4 and up
The Frogs Who Desired a King
2 min read ages 4 and up
The Gnat and the Bull
1 min read ages 4 and up
The Wolf and the Crane
1 min read ages 4 and up