The White Heron–a Classic Children's Story by Sarah Orne Jewett
This tale flips the traditional "boy meets girl" fairy-tale narrative by introducing a strong-willed nature loving girl who puts her own des...
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Readastorus - Classic Children's Stories
While they may seem prehistoric, the best children's stories never grow old. Readastorus presents classic tales for kids that have entertained for generations. These are the stories that our...
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Little Brier Rose (Sleeping Beauty)–a Classic Children's Story by The Brothers Grimm
The story of Sleeping Beauty has been told many ways and was made into an animated movie by Walt Disney. The original story by the brothers...
Monosyllabics–a Classic Children's Poem by Laura E. Richards
This story isn't really a story. It's a poem. What makes it's both unique and fun is that every word has just one syllable. Why don't you re...
The Night Moth With a Crooked Feeler–a Classic Children's Story by Clara Dillingham Pearson
Sometimes when we look at others, we see our own imperfection magnified and think less of ourselves. However, while we we all have flaws and...
A Noble Dog–a Classic Children's Story by Edith Nesbit
Everyone and everything has a purpose. In this story a Newfoundland shows his talent when it's needed most Heya grownups! It’s me, the Reada...
Dolly’s Voyage–a Classic Children's Story by L.L. Weedon
Sometimes kids can be a little too rough with their toys, but have you ever wondered how the toys feel about being tossed around. This is a...
Jack and the Beanstalk–a Classic Children's Story
One of the most famous stories of all time is about a boy who disobeys his mother and trades the family cow for a few beans. Heya grownups!...
Tiny Little Things–a Classic Children’s Story
Even though the Readastorus is a huge mythical story telling dinosaur, he still cares about all the creatures in the world just as this litt...
Bremen Town Musicians–a Classic Children's Story by The Brothers Grimm
As we get older we want to do new things and that's just what happened with the donkey, dog, cat, and Rooster in this wonderful old story fr...
When We Were Very Young - a Classic Children’s Story - Part Three by A. A. Milne
Here is the final episode of our reading of one of the most famous books of children's verse by the author of "Winnie the Pooh." Heya grownu...
When We Were Very Young-a Classic Children’s Story - Part Two by A.A. Milne
One of the world's favorite books of children's poetry was written by Winnie the Pooh creator, A. A. Milne in 1924. Generations have enjoyed...
When We Were Very Young–a Classic Children's Story - Part One by A. A. Milne
One of the world's favorite books of children's poetry was written by Winnie the Pooh creator, A. A. Milne in 1924. Generations have enjoyed...
Thumbelina–a Classic Children's Story by Hans Christian Anderson
The story is about a tiny little girl and the struggles she faced along the path to her destiny. Heya grownups! It’s me, the Readastorus! I...
Winnie-the-Pooh: The Wrong Sort of Bees–a Classic Children's Story by A.A. Milne
One of the greatest children’s stories of all time was written way back in 1925. Today, I’d like to introduce you the world's most famous be...
The Deliverers Of Their Country–a Classic Children's Story by Edith Nesbit
We really like stories written by Edith Nesbit. They are lots of fun and usually the kids save the day as they do in this story, set many ye...
The Golden Windows–a Classic Children's Story by Laura E. Richards
Here’s a story about a little boy who sees one thing from far away and something quite different on closer inspection. What we see with our...
Mother Earth's Children–a Classic Children's Story by Elizabeth Gordon
Do you love fruits and vegetables? Hmmm. Some of you seem to making icky faces. You might like them better if you could see, just how much m...
The Aged, Aged Man–a Classic Children's Poem by Lewis Carroll
Today we have a silly story, actually it’s a nonsense poem that was written by the author of Alice in Wonderland and included in his second...
How the Moon Became Beautiful–a Classic Children's Story
Long ago, people did not much of what that you learn in school today. Even the sun and the moon were mysterious objects that were impossible...
Little Boy Blue–a Classic Children's Story by L. Frank Baum
Mother Goose wrote lots of great rhymes like: Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn. The sheep 's in the meadow, the cow 's in the corn; Wher...