Est. 1998 Β· Reborn 2026 ChildrenStory
Telling tales since 1998 Β· 675 stories

Once upon a time…
and any time you like.

Hundreds of fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes β€” free to read, and read aloud to you in a warm, grandmotherly voice. No account, no cost, no fuss.

Browse all 675 β†’

Got an AI assistant? This site is MCP-ready β€” it can fetch or read aloud any tale. See AGENTS.md β†’

Choose a shelf

Four collections, gathered from the great storytellers.

117 stories 🏰

Fairy Tales

Enchanted forests, clever youngest sons, and spells that break at dawn .

284 stories 🦊

Fables

Short, sharp, and wise.

273 stories 🎡

Nursery Rhymes

The first poems every child meets .

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Bedtime

The gentlest tales for the end of the day.

1 stories❄

Holiday

Christmas and winter tales, like 1998.

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The 1998 Site

Where this all began β€” preserved in full.

A few to start with

Tap any tale β€” then tap Grandma to hear it.

Briar Rose Grimm's Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Β· 8 min Jack and the Beanstalk English Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Β· 14 min The Fox and the Grapes Aesop's Fables Fables Β· 1 min The Emperor's New Clothes Andersen's Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Β· 10 min Little Red-Cap Grimm's Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Β· 8 min The Hare and the Tortoise Aesop's Fables Fables Β· 1 min Snowdrop Grimm's Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Β· 13 min The Story of the Three Little Pigs English Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Β· 5 min
Built for agents, too. ChildrenStory follows Agents First: every story is offered as clean Markdown and JSON, with an MCP server card, an OpenAPI read API, and machine contracts in AGENTS.md Β· llms.txt Β· Stories API. Point your MCP-enabled assistant or CLI here to read or fetch any tale.