Free Bedtime Stories for Kids: Storybooks Read Aloud

Slow and steady wins the race, a little mouse saves a lion, and more of Aesop's fables, each with its lesson.
The Hare and the Tortoise, and More of Aesop's Fables by Aesop, read aloud by Ocean. A free 6-minute bedtime story for kids.
From The Aesop for Children (Aesop, with pictures by Milo Winter, 1919): the classic original text, from Project Gutenberg.
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A donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, all too old for their jobs, set off to be musicians, and find a robbers' cottage on the way.
The Bremen Town Musicians by The Brothers Grimm, read aloud by Belle. A free 8-minute bedtime story for kids.
From Grimms' Fairy Tales (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes, 1812-1857): the classic original text, from Project Gutenberg.
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A little old woman bakes a gingerbread man, and he jumps out of the oven and runs. Nobody can catch him, until he comes to the river.
The Gingerbread Man by Sara Cone Bryant, read aloud by Luna. A free 6-minute bedtime story for kids.
From Stories to Tell to Children (Sara Cone Bryant, 1907): the classic original text, from Project Gutenberg.
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Three little pigs build three houses, of straw, sticks and bricks. The wolf huffs and puffs, but the third pig is cleverer than he is.
The Three Little Pigs by Joseph Jacobs, read aloud by Cherry. A free 6-minute bedtime story for kids.
From English Fairy Tales (collected by Joseph Jacobs, 1890): the classic original text, from Project Gutenberg.
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Pooh and Piglet follow some mysterious tracks round and round a little wood in the snow. The tracks keep multiplying.
Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle by A. A. Milne, read aloud by Matilda. A free 9-minute bedtime story for kids.
From Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne, 1926): the classic original text, from Project Gutenberg.
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