Catalogue Page for Stories with a Reading Time of 15 - 20 mins
The Golden Bird
A prince has to find a golden bird to bring back to his father, but why does he keep ignoring the advice of the kind fox he helps along the way?
By Brothers Grimm
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, German Animals: Bird, Fox, Horse Reading time: 10 - 15 mins, 15 - 20 minsThe Fisherman and his Wife
A fisherman saves the life of a fish and is rewarded when his wife suggests to ask for a pretty cottage. Unfortunately she keeps wanting more and more and is never satisfied.
By Brothers Grimm
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, German, Illustrated Animals: Fish, Flounder Reading time: 10 - 15 mins, 15 - 20 minsThe Happy Prince
The Happy Prince, a statue, asks a swallow to take his precious stones and gold leaf to give to the poor who are suffering.
By Oscar Wilde
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale Animals: Bird, Swallow Reading time: 15 - 20 mins
The Valiant Little Tailor
A little tailor kills seven flies in one blow. Now convinced of his great strength and bravery, he goes out in the world.
By Brothers Grimm
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, Funny Reading time: 15 - 20 minsHansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel find a house made of cake and sweets and start to eat it, but don’t realise that a wicked witch lives there.
By Brothers Grimm
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale Reading time: 15 - 20 minsThe Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan
Ribby the cat holds a tea party for a dog called Duchess. Complications arise when Duchess tries to replace Ribby’s mouse pie with a pie of her own.
By Beatrix Potter
Age range: 0 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Classic, Illustrated Animals: Bird, Cat, Dog Reading time: 15 - 20 minsThe Nightingale
Story about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale.
By Hans Christian Andersen
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, Illustrated Animals: Bird, Nightingale Reading time: 15 - 20 minsThumbelina
Follow the adventures of little Thumbelina after she is taken away by an ugly toad.
