Classic Stories for Parents & Families

Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that…

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do…

I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors…

All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this…

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife…

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.

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IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood.

Far off in a beautiful city in China a ragged urchin called Aladdin used to play in the street…

Once upon a time there were Three Bears, who lived together in a house, in the forest.  One of them was a […]

A boy named Jack sneaks up a beanstalk and finds more than he could have ever imagined!

A certain miller had three sons, and when he died the only worldly goods that he had left to them were his […]

Once there were two mice that had been playmates when they were young but life had taken them on different paths, and […]

One morning, a lion, who was asleep in his den, was awakened by a playful mouse running across his face. In an […]

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter…

Learn about the origin of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Once there were Three billy goats who were all brothers and who […]