The Classic Stories Big Book from the Core Knowledge Foundation includes condensed versions of ten famous classic stories or fables, each includes beautiful illustrations, perfect for reading to kindergarten or early grade children, and suitable for early reading by early grade developing readers.
This book is designed for the US preschool / pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) syllabus and has teachers guides and activity workbooks available with it, I’ll upload these soon, in the mean time you can find them here: https://www.coreknowledge.org/?s=classic+tales
The activities have lots of fun learning activities including matching images, board games, and recipes, with a few reading comprehension activities, aimed at young children, however some, for example, recipes and games can fit many ages.
This collection of stories has many favourites and can be enjoyable for learning English or for reading as bedtime stories.
Sample Page from Classic Stories
Contents from Classic Stories Collection
The Lion and the Mouse 1
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse 9
Goldilocks and the Three Bears 19
The Gingerbread Man 31
The Shoemaker and the Elves 45
The Little Red Hen 57
Thumbelina 67
How Turtle Cracked His Shell 85
Why Flies Buzz 95
The Three Little Pigs 111
Reading Comprehension Questions
The Lion and the Mouse Reading Comprehension
1. Who woke the lion by running across his paw?
3. What did the lion decide to do when the mouse said he would be his friend?
2. How did the lion feel about being awakened?
4. How did the mouse later help the lion?
Why Flies Buzz Reading Comprehension
1. Why did the man and woman go into the jungle?
3. What happened to the bushfowl’s nest?
2. What made the hippopotamus angry?
4. The lion decided that all the problems occurred because of one animal. Which animal?
Three Little Pigs Reading Comprehension
1. Who huffed and puffed and blew down the little pigs’ houses?
3. How did the wolf get into the brick house?
2. Which house was the only house the wolf could not blow down?
4. Where did the wolf end up in this story?
See more of our stories collections ebooks below
See more of our classic children’s stories ebooks below
The Little Red Hen – Story with activities from CKF - The classic tale of The Little Red Hen, this version brought to us by Core Knowledge Foundation, inclusive of activity sheets. This book teaches the powerful lesson of the importance of hard work. Sample page from The Little Red Hen Spread the love
The Magic Pitcher – Tales From the Sanskrit for Children - A beautiful rendition of the classic Sanskrit tale (stories with morales), The Magic Pitcher, complete with illustrations and comprehension / inferential questions. Sample Text from The Magic Pitcher Long, long ago there lived far away in India a woodcutter called Subha Datta and his family, who were all very happy together. The father went every ...
The Gingerbread Man – Classic Tales with Activities - The fun tale of the gingerbread man is re-told here with beautiful illustrations, reading comprehension questions, and fun activities, including a recipe for Gingerbread Men. Sample Page from The Gingerbread Man Download or read online the full book by selecting one of the green buttons below the post. Retold by Rosie McCormick Illustrated by Gail ...
The Voyages of Dr Dolittle – Classic Tales - From the push-me-pull you, the people of Popsipetel, to Polynesia the talking parrot, and much much more, the classic adventures of Dr Dolittle are an ageless classic. The Voyages of Dr Dolittle are provided herewith a convenient pdf, epub, and odt version for maximum readability. Written by Hugh Lofting The Voyages of Dr Dolittle Sample ...
The Three Little Pigs – Classic Tale - The classic tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, including comprehension questions. Sourced from Core Knowledge Foundation. Have fun with the repetitive phrases, such as huffing and puffing, and chinny, chin, chin. Sample Page from The Three Little Pigs Also available in an editable version for customisation: https://freekidsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Three_Little_Pigs-Landscape-CKF-FKB.odt (created on OpenOffice ...
More Classic Tales – CKLA Supplemental Reader Grade 3 - Core Knowledge Foundation is back with more classic tales, this time tailored for Grade 3 reading levels. This classic tale compilation features The Frog Prince, The Fisherman and his Wife, Rumpelstiltskin, The Queen Bee, Rapunzel, Hanzel and Gretel, Beauty and the Beast, The Magic Paintbrush, The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackel, and A Christmas ...
The Story of My Life – Helen Keller’s Autobiography up to age 21 - Helen Keller’s Autobiography, written at age 22, and details her growing up, before and after meeting Anne Sullivan, and her years in formal education, both special needs education and afterwards when she was accepted into main stream education, with the help of Ms Sullivan’s translation. The book includes letters written by Helen from the age ...
Classic Stories – Big Book for Early Grades and Kindergarten CKF - The Classic Stories Big Book from the Core Knowledge Foundation includes condensed versions of ten famous classic stories or fables, each includes beautiful illustrations, perfect for reading to kindergarten or early grade children, and suitable for early reading by early grade developing readers. This book is designed for the US preschool / pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) syllabus ...
The Frog Prince – Classic Fairytale Picture Book - This is a beautifully illustrated picture book version of the classic fairytale The Frog Prince, and includes reading comprehension questions at the end. The classic fairytale also has a teaching guide with lesson plans available for Grade 1 students, and reading comprehension questions available at the end of the book. This illustrated eBook and read ...
Sleeping Beauty – Illustrated Picturebook - This is a beautifully illustrated version of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty. The classic fairytale also has a teaching guide available for Grade 1 students, and reading comprehension questions available at the end of the book. This illustrated eBook and read online version of Sleeping Beauty is based on the Brothers Grim version of the ...
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Really interesting! These books used to be my absolute favorites in childhood. I used to love listening to them just before bedtime, with my mother reading them to me. Those stories have always held a special place in my heart. Although I still have a deep affection for them, But finding the time to read them has become difficult due to my busy work schedule, And I truly believe it will free up the time in future I need to revisit the things I love. Hopefully, I can soon enjoy my favorite stories again without feeling overwhelmed.
Interesting! These books are amazing and always have a moral. My younger sister loves them. I used to read these storybooks when I was a kid now I am working with online class help and making assignments to fulfill my university expenses.
Brilliant! My daughter loves these stories. Many are short versions of stories she knows very well already but the short versions are great for a quick bedtime story which you can finish in about 10 minutes; think, The three little pigs without every “Huff” and “Puff”.
AMAZING
I LOVED IT SUPERB
i did kind of like this book but some of the pages are blank so i kind of cannot read the whole story but sure i did get an idea of the above stories
Hi, sometimes it just takes some time to load, some pages do show blank until the book is fully loaded, to solve the problem it can be easier to download rather than readonline
I loved this book because the stories are interesting and have a moral !