Categories: Age 2-5 Years, All FKB Books, Behaviour, Children, Grade 1 to Grade 3, moral, Niti Krishnakumar, Toys
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
Categories: Age 10-13 years, Age 2-5 Years, Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Children, Editor's Picks, English Stories, FKB Make a Difference, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Grade 4 to Grade 6, Human Values Foundation, Inspirational, Intermediate English, moral, Open Educational Resources, Story Collections, Values
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 …
Categories: Age 2-5 Years, Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Beginner English, Children, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Insects, moral, Room to Read, Toddlers
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, …
Categories: Age 2-5 Years, All FKB Books, Children, Grade 1 to Grade 3, Imagination, Intermediate English, Jo Kemp, moral, Values
Categories: Age 6-9 years, All FKB Books, Animals, Behaviour, Cats, Fable, Grade 4 to Grade 6, moral, mouse, Mrs Arthur Bell, Older Children, Public Domain
Continuing on the Tales from the Sanskrit, this is a lovely story about nature and nurture. The story explores how, when the cat is trapped in a snare and asks for help, the mouse helps her, the owl waits to catch the mouse, and the cat kills the lizard, ultimately demonstrating how self-interest and opportunism can determine the fate of others, and that nature is hard to overcome.
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 …
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 …
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