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Fables

From the Panchatantram:
The Three Fishes
The Indigo Jackal
The Monkey and the Crocodile
The Talkative Turtle

From Aesop:
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Lion and the Mouse
The Ass and the Lapdog
The Cat and the Fox
The Lion with Bad Breath

From the Uncle Remus Stories of JC Harris:
How Brer Rabbit Met Brer Tar Baby

Find out more...
The Panchatantram
Who was Aesop
Who was Phaedrus
Writers of fables



Folktales

Why the Sky is So High - a folktale from Bengal, India
Why the Sea is Salt - a folktale from Karelia
Dick Whittington and His Cat - an English folktale



Fairytales

Fairytales:
Cap o' Rushes
Little Red Riding Hood
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Emperor's New Clothes

Find out more...
Why are fairy tales so called?
What is a fairy?

Kinds of fairy
Brownie
Dwarf
Elf
Goblin
Kobold
Leprechaun
Pixie

Fairytale Writers

Famous Fairies
The Cottingley Fairies
Oberon
Puck
Queen Mab
Titania



Myths

Two Rivers
Dhruv - The Pole Star
Ganesh, Parvati's son
Kartikkeya - the Son of Shiva
A Trip Around the Universe
Krishna's Birth



Festival Stories

Passover
Easter
Holi
Chusok
Durga Puja
Halloween
Diwali
Guy Fawkes' Day
Christmas - by Serena Jacob



Tales from History

The Offering - a story about the Buddha and Emperor Ashoka
Robert Bruce and the Spider



Classics Retold

Lav and Kush, the Royal Twins - a story from the Ramayana
A Midsummer Night's Dream



Science fiction and Fantasy

Isaac Asimov's The Three Laws of Robotics.



Stories Behind Great Discoveries

'Eureka!' - the story of Archimedes and the Golden Crown
Who was Archimedes?
Who was Galileo?



Tales of Today

The Jimbaroo - a nonsense story in verse by Rohini Chowdhury
Answers to Do you Know...?



Puzzles

Alice-in-Wonderland Crossword
Robin Hood Wordsearch



Reviews of Children's Books

Eragon - by Christopher Paolini
Five Children and It - by E. Nesbit
Skellig - by David Almond
Stig of the Dump - by Clive King



Writers' Biographies

Fables:
Aesop
Phaedrus
La Fontaine
Joel Chandler Harris

Fairytales:
Joseph Jacobs
Charles Perrault
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Hans Christian Andersen

Modern Fiction for Children:
David Almond
E. Nesbit



Books to read

Books mentioned on this website

Bibliography



Stories for Younger Children

Kitten-Cat:
Wake Up, Kitten-Cat
Come Here, Kitten-Cat
Kitten-Cat is Good
Kitten-Cat Helps with the Cooking

Bilari Billi, the Little Grey Kitten:
Bilari Billi and the Big, Black Crow
Time for School, Bilari Billi

The Adventures of Meera:
Meera's First Day in School

Magic Minibeasts:
The Lost Raisin Bee



Books by Rohini Chowdhury:

The Three Princes of Persia
White Tiger
Aesop's Fables



Archives

Fairytale Postbag:

From Sneezy to his Pharmacist
From Grumpy to his Doctor
From Grumpy to Dopey
From Sleepy to his Doctor
From Dopey to Dr.Box
From Snow White to her Prince
From Snow White to her Prince - Again
From Snow White to her Stepmother
From the Three Little Pigs to the Big Bad Wolf
From the Big Bad Wolf to the Three Little Pigs
From the Big Bad Wolf to the Three Billy Goats Gruff
From Grandma to Little Red Riding Hood
From the Princess Aurora to her Prince
From Cinderella to the Shoemaker
From the Giant to Jack
From the Giant to Jack's Mum
From the Bear Family to Goldilocks
From Baby Bear to Goldilocks

The Girl Who Wouldn't Get Out of Bed - by Piyali Sengupta

Raman's New Flute - by Asha Nehemiah

Uncle Booji's Visit - by Asha Nehemiah




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