Stories on Values is an endearing and beautiful collection of short stories written by children, as selected entries from the Human Values Foundation’s annual Stories on Values competition. The Human Values Foundation has kindly made these available to republish here so as to reach a wider audience with these endearing and important lessons. More details …

What Happened to the Shawl? Buddhist parable – A monk approaches Buddha in need of a new shawl. Before he gives it to him Buddha delves deep into the situation of what happened to the old shawl. A story of reduce, reuse, recycle. Sample Text from What Happened to the Shawl? Buddhist parable One day, …

Teddy wants to start a shoe shop, but it is really difficult to make shoes, will he manage? A sweet tale illustrating the importance of not giving up. Sample Page from Teddy’s Wish See also https://freekidsbooks.org/teddys-strange-problem-understanding-feelings/ from Niti Krishnakumar See more from Niti Krishnakumar at her website: http://www.restorationplaceministries.com/Niti.html  

Raj is a radiator, but he cares a lot about all his friends. He wants to make everyone warm. Tim the tea towel gets a bit cold, and the pink flamingo loses an egg, flip a doodle, let’s not let the egg get cold! This exciting tale is a short fun read, with an important …

How the Children Became Stars is a collection of 52 fables and folk tales from all over the world. The folk tales provide important morals and life lessons, and help foster an understanding of other cultures. Each folk tale has an activity at the end, which makes it perfect for classroom or home-school use, and …

The Good Fox is a fable about a fox who succeeds through kindness. It reinforces how doing good is rewarding and being kind to others is important. The book also has lots of fun repetition so can be suitable for children learning to read. Sample Text from The Good Fox Fox awoke and she was …

A fun story about a lion who uses her wits to turn her unique attributes, which seemed to be a liability, to her pride’s advantage. This is an illustrate your own book story with prompts for your child to draw, making it their very own storybook. Sample Page from Eleonora Thistletail See more children’s books …

Story of Stories is a picture book about a writer bear following his dream to write. What would happen if you were a journalist but there was nothing to write about? Should you give up writing? Or should you find another way to follow your dream? Does it seem journalists have to write breaking stories …

This classic tale is told with some beautiful imagery combined with some comprehension questions. Creator: Core Knowledge Foundation See more from CKF on FKB here: https://freekidsbooks.org/publisher/core-knowledge-foundation/ This book is also available in an editable version (created using Open Office): https://freekidsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff-Landscape-Book-CKF-FKB.odt Sample Page from Three Billy Goats Gruff:    

Sharky just can’t make friends, until an unlikely adversary judges his heart, not his looks — a short cute tale with a moral. Sample page from The Seal and The Sharky Volume 1 Friendship   Written by Danielle Bruckert Illustrated by Zehnya Bruckert Also available in an editable file here: https://freekidsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Seal-and-Sharky-vol-1.odt