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Iris finds an old seaside map with benches, walls and several puzzling arrows. Grandpa says nothing is buried there. As they walk along the shore, she begins to wonder whether the arrows mean something other than the way to go. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/8-year-old/the-ocean-map-with-no-treasure As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your f...

Mara brings a paper crown to the fairies' Halloween pumpkin party. Nico brings feathers and a very different plan. They promised to dress one pumpkin together, but neither friend wants to put an idea away. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/halloween-stories/the-pumpkin-with-the-paper-crown As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and st...

Princess Lina wants to move out of her grand bedroom and into a little room beside the castle kitchen. But her brother has plans for that room, and he is not ready to pack them away. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/6-year-old/the-princess-who-wanted-the-small-room As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Rufus has chosen a rainy afternoon for a nap. Then Tilly Squirrel arrives at his den with wet paws and a bundle that will not stop clattering. Can there be room for a visitor and a rest? Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/the-foxs-rainy-day-visitor As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Mina knows every word of her witch's part in the school Halloween play. But while she checks her first line backstage, her entrance comes and goes. Now the other children are telling the story without her. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/halloween-stories/the-witch-who-missed-her-cue As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and storie...

Nella wants a new welcome mat ready before her cousin reaches the castle. But one crooked blue stripe costs her more time than she expected, and her visitor arrives while the gift is still on its frame. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/6-year-old/the-castles-unfinished-welcome-mat As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and sto...

Rafi has saved a bus seat for his toy rabbit, Bean, who is on an important superhero mission. But the bus is getting full, and someone else needs a place to sit. Can Rafi change the mission without leaving his sidekick behind? Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/the-superhero-who-saved-the-wrong-seat As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all...

The cardboard haunted house has welcomed a roaring dragon and a very noisy pirate. But nobody answers when a little ghost knocks. Rae is ready to make the game louder—until she spots the visitor still waiting outside. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/halloween-stories/the-ghost-who-knocked-too-politely As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorit...

Rory borrows a basket to collect bright autumn leaves, then catches its handle on a branch. A leafy bow hides the split, but it doesn't make returning the basket any easier—especially when its owner reaches for the handle. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/6-year-old/the-dinosaur-and-the-borrowed-basket As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your...

Theo is saving Aunt Nina's last empty box for a flowerpot. But as her delivery van makes its final stops, the neighbors keep adding little things. By the time they collect the pot, the box is no longer empty. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/the-delivery-vans-last-empty-box As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and...

Leah's folded Halloween portrait looks cheerful to one visitor and furious to another. Nobody admits to changing it. As the porch fills with costumes and competing opinions, Leah discovers that the best clue is where each visitor stands. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/halloween-stories/the-halloween-portrait-with-two-faces As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.c...

Luma prepares an enormous welcome for a very small guest. There are flowers, a special seat, and plenty of supper—but while the dinosaurs chat above her head, Dot the beetle is still trying to finish her first sentence. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/7-year-old/the-dinosaurs-tiny-dinner-guest As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite...

When Brindle finds a mysterious piece of glass washed ashore, he thinks his broken lighthouse lamp is fixed. But on the seventh night, the lamp says peep—and a tiny stormbird leaves him with a dark lighthouse and a fishing boat to guide home. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/6-year-old/brindle-and-the-lamp-that-went-peep As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTal...

Rapunzel likes the sound of a door opening. In this fireside conversation, she remembers the window, the unfinished silk ladder, and the song that brought her family together. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-for-kids/fireplace-interview/interview-with-rapunzel Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

A handkerchief becomes a sofa when Thumbelina visits the fireplace. She describes a leaf voyage, a winter underground, and the swallow who carried her towards the sun. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-for-kids/fireplace-interview/interview-with-thumbelina Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Seven little cups are waiting for Snow White. Beside the fire, she talks about an unexpected home, a dangerous apple, and a question she would have asked the queen's mirror. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-for-kids/fireplace-interview/interview-with-snow-white Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Cinderella brings a glass slipper to the fireplace and answers some overlooked questions about dancing, mice, midnight—and six very surprising footmen. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-for-kids/fireplace-interview/interview-with-cinderella Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Brindle keeps a lighthouse lamp burning with dragon fire. But one night his lamp said peep—and the boats still needed a light to guide them home. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-for-kids/fireplace-interview/interview-with-madeline Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Goldilocks has a parcel on her lap and a reason to be cautious about chairs. Beside the fire, she tells her side of the visit to the Three Bears. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-for-kids/fireplace-interview/interview-with-goldilocks Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Red Riding Hood brings her basket to the fireplace, where a question about a wolf leads to a much harder challenge: getting Granny's voice just right. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-for-kids/fireplace-interview/interview-with-red-riding-hood Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Toby is the smallest dinosaur at the Halloween shadow show, but his shadow is enormous. There is just one problem: most of it won't fit on the rock wall. Can he give everyone a proper look at his pretend monster? Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/halloween-stories/the-little-dinosaurs-big-shadow As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales...

Getting ready for Grandma's birthday, Owen finds that everyone has a different place in mind for the garden bench. Before anyone lifts it, he draws a pretend bench—and discovers what the family has been trying to say. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/7-year-old/the-bench-nobody-wanted-to-move As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite t...

The little school bell swings without a sound, and lunchtime is nearly here. Leo has an idea for calling everyone in, but his quiet signal needs a little help to travel across the playground. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/6-year-old/the-school-bells-day-off As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Lily is ready for the Halloween party until she finds two tails on her fox costume. Dad can fix it, but while she waits, a little music gives her a different idea about her strange new outfit. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/halloween-stories/the-costume-with-the-extra-tail As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A unicorn borrows Maya's laundry to disguise himself for a game among the clouds. But a sheet that looks perfect on the ground behaves very differently in the breeze, and Maya must rethink what he really needs. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/7-year-old/the-unicorn-at-the-laundry-line As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales an...