Readastorus - Classic Children's Stories

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 parents and grandparents enjoyed and they haven't lost their charm. Let the Readastorus "read a story to us."

Episodes

Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells - A Family Christmas Story

December 22, 2022 • 16 mins
Children around the world grow more excited by the day in December as Christmas approaches. Are you looking forward to Christmas morning? How would you feel if it was always Christmas? Well, that’s just what one little girl wondered over 100 years ago in this special holiday tale, "Christmas Every Day."
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Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - A Family Christmas Story

December 19, 2022 • 15 mins
Being a scarecrow is a hard enough job in the best of times, but when winter comes, it can be miserable. Yet, for one scarecrow, a cold Christmas brought a wonderful opportunity.
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The White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett

August 2, 2022 • 27 mins
This tale flips the traditional "boy meets girl" fairy-tale narrative by introducing a strong-willed nature loving girl who puts her own desires and beliefs ahead of those of a young man she meets in the woods. The child of a rural family doctor in Maine, Sarah Orne Jewett was writing short stories professionally from age 18. Most of her work was purchased by The Atlantic magazine, with the glaring exception of "The White Heron." T...
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Little Brier Rose (Sleeping Beauty) by The Brothers Grimm

September 18, 2021 • 6 mins
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 Grimm was actually titled "Little Brier Rose" which is also the name of the princess who fell asleep.
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Monosyllabics by Laura E. Richards

August 29, 2021 • 2 mins
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 read along:The black cat satIn the fat man’s hat;“Oh, dear!” the fat man said.“May the great gray batCatch the bad black catWho has left me no hatFor my head!”The big brown bearTried to curl his hairTo go to the Fair so gay.But he looked such a frightThat his aunt took flight,And he cried till nig...
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The Night Moth With a Crooked Feeler by Clara Dillingham Pearson

August 15, 2021 • 10 mins
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 problems, its is how we treat others that really matters.
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A Noble Dog by Edith Nesbit

August 8, 2021 • 3 mins
Everyone and everything has a purpose. In this story a Newfoundland shows his talent when it's needed most
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Dolly’s Voyage by L.L. Weedon

July 23, 2021 • 3 mins
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 story about how one doll felt about the abuse she received from her little girl's brother.
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Jack and the Beanstalk

June 19, 2021 • 7 mins
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.
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The Chicken Who Wouldn't Eat Gravel by Clara Dillingham Pierson

June 1, 2021 • 12 mins
Sometimes it seems like parents tell us to do things that make no sense or to eat things that taste bad. Most of the time those things that we hate doing turn out to be really good fo us. That's just what a young chicken discovers in this wonderful story of life in the barnyard.
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When We Were Very Young - Part Two by A.A. Milne

May 20, 2021 • 9 mins
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 these memorable verses and now the are available for anyone to publish or read without paying.Over three episodes, we will feature a selection of poems from this book. In this episode we hope you'll enjoy: Market SquareDisobedienceSpring MorningThe IslandThree Three FoxesJonathan JoeAt the Zo...
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When We Were Very Young - Part One by A. A. Milne

May 16, 2021 • 7 mins
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 these memorable verses and now the are available for anyone to publish or read with paying.Over the next few episodes, we will feature five of six poems from this book.In this episode we hope you'll enjoy:Buckingham PalacePuppy and IThe Four FriendsLines and Squaresand Nursery Chairs
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Tiny Little Things by Unknown

May 10, 2021 • 7 mins
Even though the Readastorus is a huge mythical story telling dinosaur, he still cares about all the creatures in the world just as this little girl learned to do in this wonderful story by an unknown author.
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Bremen Town Musicians by The Brothers Grimm

May 3, 2021 • 8 mins
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 from the Brothers Grimm.
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When We Were Very Young - Part Three by A. A. Milne

April 24, 2021 • 7 mins
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."
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Thumbelina by Hans Christian Anderson

April 23, 2021 • 25 mins
The story is about a tiny little girl and the struggles she faced along the path to her destiny.
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Winnie-the-Pooh: The Wrong Sort of Bees by A.A. Milne

April 20, 2021 • 15 mins
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 bear, Winnie-the Pooh.This was the very first story ever written about Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin. Now, 95 years later, it is in the public domain. Next year, we will begin bringing you more of the classic tales of Pooh and his friends. In the meantime, you might want to check out some...
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The Deliverers Of Their Country by Edith Nesbit

April 14, 2021 • 28 mins
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 years ago in Great Britain, when a little girl has a big surprise land in her eye while her brother has his turn up in a tea cup.
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The Golden Windows by Laura E. Richards

April 8, 2021 • 6 mins
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 eyes can change depending on where we are when we see it, just like what we think is true can be different depending on our personal beliefs and perspective.
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Mother Earth's Children by Elizabeth Gordon

April 3, 2021 • 9 mins
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 much fun these plants can be.So, I believe that it is time,to tell their stories in a rhyme.
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