Stories for children

Inga-Lill Ottosson

”Trulls the Troll” is a short story by Inga-Lill Ottosson. It is about a Troll who want to play with some human children he finds in the wood.

Grimm Brothers

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids is a fairy tale about seven small goat kids and a wolf that wants to eat them up.

HC Andersen

"The Ugly Duckling" is a tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It is about a duckling who suffers abuse from the others until he matures into a beautiful swan.

HC Andersen

” The Tinder Box” is a short story by Hans Christian. Andersen about a soldier and a witch that promised him money if he could find a tinderbox in a hollowed treed.

"Three Billy Goats Gruff" is a Norwegian folk tale. The heroes of the story are three male goats who need to outsmart a ravenous troll in order to cross the bridge to their feeding ground.

”The Story of Pomperipossa” is a Swedish fairy. Pomperipossa is a witch with a long nose. She is very rich and is living in a house build by ham and sausages.

Grimm Brothers

” The Queen bee” is about three kings' sons seeking their fortunes and found an enchanted castle with three pretty princesses.

Charles Perrault

"The Master Cat” is a story about a cat. The cat, the youngest son of a miller, was receiving as his legacy. This was not an ordinary cat. It was a very clever cat!

Grimm Brothers

” The Magic Pot” is a short story about a poor family and a small old man, living in the woods, that gave them a magic pot.

Inga-Lill Ottosson

”The lost Christmas gifts” is written by Inga-Lill Ottosson. It tells about Christmas gifts that disappeared from the Santa Claus workshop nearly before Christmas.

Grimm Brothers

”The Frog-Prince” is a folk tale recorded by Grimm Brothers. It tells about a princess and a frog that turns into a prince.

HC Andersen

"The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen is about two weavers who say they have done a magic suit to him but in reality he had no clothes at all.

Inga-Lill Ottosson

“The Dragon and the Princess” is a fairy tale about a dragon, living up in the mountains, that get in love with a Princess — written by Inga-Lill Ottosson.

Grimm Brothers

"Snow White", published by The Brothers Grimm, tells about a beautiful princess, a magic mirror, an evil stepmother, jealous of her beauty, and Seven Dwarfs.

Charles Perrault

Sleeping Beauty is a classic short story about a princess who is cursed to sleep for a hundred years by an evil fairy.

HC Andersen

”Princess and the Pea” is a fairy tale by Hans Christian It tells about a prince who is searching for a real princess.

Grimm Brothers

"Little Red-Cap" is a fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. When visiting her sick grandmother with a food basket, the wolf is waiting for her.

"Jack and the Beanstalk" is an old English fairy tale. It is about a poor family and a gigantic beanstalk that Jack used to climb up to an old castle.

Grimm Brothers

"Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a witch.

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”Beauty and the Beast” is from the 17:th century. The story is about a beauty who search for shelter in the castle of a beast.