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How Zebras Were Made
by William Thabiso - One day there was a beautiful white horse. She lived in the snowy mountains far away. She was very happy, except that she didn’t want to live alone. So she decided to go on a...
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Araynee’s Gift
by Katrina DeLallo - Araynee the spider lived in the hidden corner of earth that was still inhabited by fairy tale creatures such as unicorns, centaurs, pixies, goblins, fairies and griffins. She lived...
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Neighbors
by Elizabeth Knight - Poppy glanced round as Mom turned the car into the drive. The houses on either side of theirs frowned down between tall trees. Her family had only moved in two days ago and she...
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The Christmas Bags
by Kimberlee Esselstrom - Kelley and Tara couldn’t wait to see their Christmas tree! As usual, it would be too tall and scrape the ceiling—every year it was the same. The sisters heard Alvin and the...
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Jingle All the Way
by Christine Collier - Christine slouched in the easy chair and gazed out her living room window. She was daydreaming. Dreaming she’d receive a piano on Christmas morning that is! It was Christmas Eve...
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The Music Shop at the End of the Street
Christine Collier – The shop was at the end of Maple Street. It was actually on the corner of Maple and First but so many people described it as that pretty music shop at the end of the street that the...
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Trouble at the Inn
By Dina Donahue - (a note from Phillip, Founder of knowonder! – Whether you believe in Christ, or not, this story epitomizes the Spirit of Christmas and the Holiday season – that of a loving and giving...
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The Capture of Father Time
By L. Frank Baum - Jim was the son of a cowboy, and lived on the broad plains of Arizona. His father had trained him to lasso a bronco or a young bull with perfect accuracy, and had Jim possessed the...
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How Zebras Were Made
by William Thabiso – One day there was a beautiful white horse. She lived in the snowy mountains far away. She was very happy, except that she didn’t want to live alone. So she decided to go on a...
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The Princess and the Pea (The Real Princess)
By Hans C. Andersen There was once a prince, and he wanted a princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled right round the world to find one, but there was always something wrong. There...
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The Fox and the Grapes
by Aesop One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my...
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The Milkmaid and Her Pail
by Aesop A Milkmaid had been out to milk the cows and was returning from the field with the shining milk pail balanced nicely on her head. As she walked along, her pretty head was busy with plans for...
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The Astrologer
by Aesop A man who lived a long time ago believed that he could read the future in the stars. He called himself an Astrologer, and spent his time at night gazing at the sky. One evening he was walking...
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The Little Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe
Once on a time there was a Little Old Woman who lived in a Shoe. This shoe stood near a great forest, and was so large that it served as a house for the Old Lady and all her children, of which she had...
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To Be or Not To Be a Princess
by Kathy Sattem Rygg - Jetta Rose wanted to be a princess. Every day she spent hours practicing her princess moves. She was good at twirling and gliding, but her specialty was bowing. She even knew how...
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The Bear and the Bees
by Aesop A Bear roaming the woods in search of berries happened on a fallen tree in which a swarm of Bees had stored their honey. The Bear began to nose around the log very carefully to find out if the...
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The Lark and Her Young Ones
by Aesop A Lark made her nest in a field of young wheat. As the days passed, the wheat stalks grew tall and the young birds, too, grew in strength. Then one day, when the ripe golden grain waved in the...
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The Iron Stove
by the Brothers Grimm – Once upon a time when wishes came true there was a king’s son who was enchanted by an old witch, so that he was obliged to sit in a large iron stove in a wood. There he lived...
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The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse
by Aesop – A very young Mouse, who had never seen anything of the world, almost came to grief the very first time he ventured out. And this is the story he told his mother about his adventures. “I was...
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The Four Clever Brothers
by the Brothers Grimm – There was once a poor man who had four sons, and when they were grown up, he said to them: ‘Dear children, you must go out into the world now, for I have nothing to give you....
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The Tortoise and the Ducks
By Aesop – The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home. They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that...
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Little Tuk
by Hans Christian Andersen – Little Tuk! An odd name, to be sure! However, it was not the little boy’s real name. His real name was Carl; but when he was so young that he could not speak plainly, he...
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The Queen Bee
by the Brothers Grimm Once upon a time two Princes started off in search of adventure, and, falling into a wild, free mode of life, did not come home again. The third Brother, who was called the...
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Spread Your Wings
- by Laird Long – Princess Suzy awoke, as she did every morning, with her pet dragon, Ollie, snuggled into her side next to her in bed. Ollie liked to burrow under the warm blankets of the large bed,...
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Big Tooth
by Scott Searcy - Each sunny afternoon, Hamilton and his little brother Wells ran down the gravel lane to the lagoon to get a glimpse of the large, scary alligator they called Big Tooth. One look at...
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The Smallest Chipmunk
by William Thabiso - It was springtime in the forest, and that means there were lots of new trees, new flowers, and new baby animals – especially chipmunks! Now, all of the new chipmunks had to go to...
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
By Beatrix Potter Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a...
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Salvatore Salamander’s Sensational Sack of Super Socks
by Kevin J. Doyle – Ronnie stared at the hole in the fence. His brand new football had just just flown through and simply disappeared. His buddy Norman stood nearby with his head down and his hands on...
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To Be or Not To Be a Princess
- by Kathy Sattem Rygg - Jetta Rose wanted to be a princess. Every day she spent hours practicing her princess moves. She was good at twirling and gliding, but her specialty was bowing. She even knew...
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Catch the Wind
by Kai Strand - If I could catch the wind, I’d soar high and far. I’d swoop low and long. I’d whirl like a tornado and turn loop-the-loops. If I could catch the wind, I’d climb so high in the air...
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The Wind’s Tale
- by Hans Christian Andersen ABOUT WALDEMAR DAA AND HIS DAUGHTERS When the wind sweeps across a field of grass it makes little ripples in it like a lake; in a field of corn it makes great waves like...
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The Spaghetti Solution
by Linda Opp – Thursday was spaghetti and meatball night at Amanda’s house. Amanda loved spaghetti. She loved the spicy tomato sauce and chewy meatballs. She loved the long loopy noodles and the extra...
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Ellie’s Art Rocks!
by Kai Strand - The air was heavy with heat. Ellie sprawled in the shade of a tall elm tree making sure none of her sweaty skin touched anything but the cool grass beneath her. Every now and again the...
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Sapphire and Weld
by Holly Stacey - In a small coastal village somewhere in Cornwall, a storyteller sat down on an ancient oak stump overlooking the sea. He then pulled out an old pipe, smiled at his audience of twenty...
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Princess Polly Pearl
by Dulcinea Norton-Smith – Princess Polly Pearl wriggled and felt the ropes tied around her wrist. A spider dropped off a web above her head and parachuted onto her nose then crawled off and fell onto...
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