Stories For Children by We Nurture Collective

Sammy Spider loves to dance. He loves to turn, twist, twirl, tap and do the tango. Sammy’s parents want him to weave blankets for Mother Earth’s children instead of dance but Sammy doesn’t want to weave. One day, Ruby Robin delivered a letter from Mother Earth asking Sammy’s family to weave blanket for the root children’s winter sleep and Sammy is sad because all he wants to do is dance. How long...

Clarabell lived in a small cottage by the sea and every morning she collected seashells by the shore. One day, Clarabell closed her eyes and made a wish. She wished to have her very own star. A little star heard Clarabell’s wish and started its journey down to earth. We recommend this story for ages 3-7 About the Author - Christy Klincewicz This is my 20th year as a Waldorf Early Childhood Educato...

Once there was a forest where a great many birds made their homes and during the day the young birds played together with their friends. One day danger came to their forest and all the birds had to stay in their nests and could no longer play together.  We recommend this story for ages 3 - 7  About the Author - Stephen Spitalny is a writer, early childhood consultant and kindergarten tea...

The setting is summertime and this is a simple story about the life of a caterpillar. Follow the journey of the caterpillar as he looks around for something to eat and inches through the grass, up hills and down hills, climbing over and under sticks.  We recommend this story for ages 3 - 5 About the Author - Kristen McArthur is a Waldorf Early Childhood teacher at Alabama Waldorf School in Bi...

Daisy and Dilly are two Mama ducks that live in a beautiful little pond with all their ducklings. One day, they notice that their ducklings have grown so much that there’s not enough room in the pond or enough food for everyone. What can they do?  We recommend this story for ages 2 - 7 About the Author - Anja Toddington Anja moved to the UK from Germany nearly 30 years ago and she currently w...

A very sweet tale about a hedgehog named Pete who lived in a garden. One day, Pete falls asleep in the gardener's  basket. He wakes up and discovers that he’s on a journey! We recommend this story for ages 3 - 7 About the Author - Jill Tina Taplin was born and brought up in the UK, graduated from university with a degree in philosophy and was busy until her early 30s as a gardener, house buil...

Tobias is the talented tailor of the Kingdom of Timberlap. He lives alone with a timid mouse named Mabel. Although they never speak to each other, they help each other. One day Tobias is so ill that he cannot he cannot finish sewing Princess Rebecca’s dress and Mabel mouse comes to his rescue.  Author - Mary Natale Mary has been a teacher of young children for many years. She studied at the I...

Slow and Steady Tammy is about a turtle who wishes to be a heroine. One day, when a thunderstorm left Sally Spider and her many little children clinging to a branch, Tammy Turtle found being slow and steady made her a heroine after all! Author: Mary Natale Mary has been a teacher of young children for many years. She studied at the Institute of Child Study in Toronto, and upon graduating with her...

Simon Spider lives with his mother and father at the bottom of a giant ash tree the home of Periwinkle fairy. Simon is waiting for the day when he will be able to spin beautiful, useful things like his mother and father can. The one day he helps an elf. Author - Mary Natale Mary has been a teacher of young children for many years. She studied at the Institute of Child Study in Toronto, and upon gr...

From the book, Thirty Sunsets and A Moon, a collaborative project by Ashley J. May & Jessica Lewis Stevens  Here is a tale about a flock of birds that embark on a soul moving journey. An adaptation of Farid al Din Attar’s “The Conference of the Birds”, deeply inspired by the wisdom of my motherline and two little boys who believe they can fly. I tell this story each summer. Sometimes, I t...

Amir loves his cat Leyla. Every night Leyla snuggles with Amir in his bed and every morning they wake up together. One day, Leyla goes missing and Amir cannot ind her, even when his dad’s Hossein and Josef help him search the whole house. Author - Mary Natale Mary has been a teacher of young children for many years. She studied at the Institute of Child Study in Toronto, and upon graduating with h...

Grandfather had a beautiful garden where he grew lots of vegetables and flowers. He loved working in his garden. One day a big storm came and knocked down the flowers in the garden beds and even blew leaves off the trees. Grandfather had to find the courage to tidy up his garden and make it beautiful again. Ages 3 - 6 About the author Jill Tina Taplin was born and brought up in the UK, graduated f...

Bella Butterfly is about a lovely brown butterfly who survives a terrible storm. One day Bella Butterfly was gathering sweet nectar in an acorn cup for her friend Benjamin Beetles birthday. Suddenly a storm came and blew hard on Bella's brown velvet wings. Toby the tulip called to her and she flew into his petals to rest her tattered and torn wings. Author - Mary Natale Mary has been a teacher of...

Bluebell was written to encourage children to be strong. One spring day, Lady Spring asked a little fairy named Celeste to help her wake up the woodland flower seeds and bulbs. Celeste was honored. One little seed named Bluebell didn’t want to wake up so Celeste coaxed it by describing the beauty and wonder of the woods. Author - Mary Natale Mary has been a teacher of young children for many years...

Susie loved collecting little treasures all summer long. Everywhere she went she found lovely treasures to collect and bring home. One thing kept happening and that was she sometimes would loose a treasure and this made her very sad. One day Susie’s mama came up with a wonderful plan to keep all her treasures safe. Ages 2.5 to 7 About the author Rhiannon Silver-Gilmore is the author of this very l...

This story was written by Susan Perrow and is a therapeutic story. Children will enjoy it whether it is used for therapeutic reasons or not. A "story for 'separation anxiety', (it was) written for a four-year-old boy who was having difficulty parting from his mother at pre-school." An A-Z Collection of Behaviour Tales by Susan Perrow Published by Hawthorn Press We recommend this story for ages 4 -...

Thirty sunsets and a moon - volume one A collaborative project by Ashley J. May & Jessica Lewis Stevens “This is a sweet tale I love to share with children. Especially my own children. It is a tale of everyday childhood wonder, rooted in their own family histories. A testament to the power of oral tradition and intergenerational storytelling to bring two small boys into the arms of their grand...

Long, long ago in a land far, far away the sky lived very close to the earth. It stayed close to the earth for many, many years until one year the people of the land upset the sky, so the sky moved. A Nigerian Folktale retold.  We recommend this story for ages 4 - 7 To discover more about please visit wenurturecollective.com/stories-for-children Follow along on Instagram @we_nurture

I wrote this story to help children who have a fear about weather, particularly dark clouds, rain and storms. My hope is that it will offer a sense of courage and triumph. It’s also just a sweet story to listen to again and again. Written by Chinyelu Kunz We recommend this story for ages 3 to 6 To discover more about please visit wenurturecollective.com/stories-for-children Follow along on Instagr...

One spring, The Three Billy Goats Gruff wanted to go to the mountains and eat sweet mountain grass. To get to the mountains they had to cross a bridge and under that bridge there lived a troll. The first to cross was little billy goat gruff, then medium sized billy goat gruff then big billy goat gruff. Each billy goat had to meet up with the troll before they could get to the mountains to eat swee...

This story was written by Susan Perrow and is a therapeutic story. Children will enjoy it whether it is used for therapeutic reasons or not. This story has been used by families of children aged four to seven to help give a sense of stability in times of transition. On the farm of Farmer "Just Right' everything has its place and function. There is also delicious mud play in the story, which could...

This Chinese folktale has been adapted and retold from the book 'Chinese Children's Favorite Stories' by storyteller and artist, Mingmei Yip.  The story is about a frog who lived in a well. The frog thought that he knew everything about the world but when a turtle visits one day, they have a conversation and the frog comes out of his well and discovers that the world is much bigger than his w...

Once upon a time, long long ago in China, there was a boy named Ping. Ping loved flowers and anything he planted would bloom. The Emperor of the land loved flowers too. The time came when the Emperor had to choose an heir and this was a difficult choice. The Emperor gave a flower seed to each child and “said “Whoever can show me their best in a year's time," he proclaimed, "shall succeed me to the...

A Japanese Folktale In Japan, there once lived an old man and old woman who had no food to eat one cold, cold winter. The old man went to the market to sell the old woman’s kimono so they could buy food and on the way he meets three statues. We recommend this story for ages 3 to 7 To discover more about please visit wenurturecollective.com/stories-for-children Follow along on Instagram @we_nurture

Adapted by Sharifa Oppenheimer from a story by Olive Beaupre Miller, My Book House, Vol. 1. Join little Robin as he sets off on a journey to the palace to sing for the King. We recommend this story for ages 2 to 7 To discover more about please visit wenurturecollective.com/stories-for-children Follow along on Instagram @we_nurture