Kids Bedtime Fairy Tales and Stories
Kids Bedtime Fairytales and Stories offers a magical collection of classic fairytales and original stories, told in a calming, gentle voice perfect for bedtime. Designed to spark imagination and soothe young listeners, each story helps children relax, dream, and drift peacefully into sleep after a day full of adventure.
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April 27, 2025 • 6 mins
Cinderella is a beloved Grimm fairy tale about a kind, gentle girl who is mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters after her mother dies. Forced to do the hardest work and wear rags, Cinderella remains patient and good-hearted.
When the king hosts a royal ball to find a bride for his son, Cinderella longs to go but is forbidden. With the magical help of her mother's spirit and a tree she planted on her grave, she appears a...
When the king hosts a royal ball to find a bride for his son, Cinderella longs to go but is forbidden. With the magical help of her mother's spirit and a tree she planted on her grave, she appears a...
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April 27, 2025 • 7 mins
Snow White is a classic fairy tale about a beautiful princess with skin as white as snow. Her jealous stepmother, the Evil Queen, tries to kill her after learning from a magic mirror that Snow White is the fairest of all. Snow White escapes into the forest, where she finds refuge with seven kind dwarfs. The Queen eventually tricks her with a poisoned apple, putting her into a deep sleep. A prince, enchanted by her beauty and kindne...
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April 27, 2025 • 6 mins
Beauty and the Beast is a beloved fairy tale about a kind and intelligent girl named Belle who lives in a village with her father. When her father gets lost and ends up in a magical castle, he is captured by a fearsome Beast. To save him, Belle offers to stay in his place. Over time, she discovers that the Beast is not truly cruel, but cursed—once a prince, he can only return to human form if someone loves him despite his appearanc...
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April 27, 2025 • 6 mins
Sleeping Beauty is a classic fairy tale about a princess named Aurora. At her birth, a wicked fairy curses her to prick her finger on a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep. To protect her, the king and queen hide her away, but on her sixteenth birthday, the curse comes true. Aurora falls into an enchanted sleep that can only be broken by true love’s kiss. A brave prince, guided by good fairies, battles the evil fairy and find...
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April 27, 2025 • 7 mins
The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale about a young mermaid named Ariel who dreams of living on land. Fascinated by the human world, she falls in love with a prince she saves from a shipwreck. To be with him, she makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula, trading her voice for human legs. But if the prince doesn’t love her in return, she’ll lose her soul. Ariel struggles in silence as the prince falls for another. Heartbroken, she sacrif...
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April 27, 2025 • 7 mins
Rapunzel is a fairy tale about a girl with long, magical golden hair, locked in a tower by a wicked enchantress. Taken from her parents as a baby, Rapunzel grows up isolated, with only the enchantress visiting by climbing her hair. One day, a prince hears her singing and climbs the tower. They fall in love and plan to escape. When the enchantress finds out, she banishes Rapunzel and blinds the prince. After wandering for years, the...
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April 27, 2025 • 7 mins
Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic fairy tale about a poor boy named Jack who trades his family’s cow for magic beans. His mother angrily throws them out, but overnight they grow into a giant beanstalk reaching the sky. Jack climbs it and discovers a castle owned by a fearsome giant. Inside, he finds treasures like a magic harp and a hen that lays golden eggs. Each time Jack visits, he steals something valuable, narrowly escaping ...
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April 27, 2025 • 7 mins
Hansel and Gretel is a dark fairy tale about a brother and sister abandoned in a forest by their poor parents. Clever Hansel leaves a trail of breadcrumbs, but birds eat them, and the siblings become lost. They find a house made of candy and begin eating it, unaware it's a trap set by a wicked witch who lures children to eat them. She captures them, planning to fatten Hansel and cook him. Gretel outsmarts the witch by pushing her i...
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April 27, 2025 • 8 mins
The Wizard of Oz is a magical story about Dorothy, a young girl swept away from Kansas by a tornado to the land of Oz. To return home, she must find the Wizard in the Emerald City. Along the way, she befriends a Scarecrow who wants a brain, a Tin Man who desires a heart, and a Cowardly Lion seeking courage. Together, they face challenges and defeat the Wicked Witch. When they meet the Wizard, they discover he’s just an ordinary man...
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April 27, 2025 • 7 mins
Hercules, a demigod son of Zeus, is forced to complete twelve heroic labors as punishment after being driven mad by Hera and harming his family. These labors include slaying the Nemean Lion, killing the Hydra, capturing the Golden Hind and Erymanthian Boar, cleaning the Augean Stables, defeating the Stymphalian Birds, capturing the Cretan Bull, stealing the Mares of Diomedes and Hippolyta’s girdle, retrieving the Cattle of Geryon a...
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
The Frog King, also known as The Frog Prince, is a fairy tale about a young princess who loses her golden ball in a well. A talking frog offers to retrieve it if she promises to be his friend. She agrees but breaks her promise once she has the ball. Later, the frog comes to the palace, reminding her of her vow. Reluctantly, she lets him eat with her and sleep beside her. When she finally shows kindness—or in some versions, angrily ...
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids is a classic fairy tale about a mother goat and her seven children. Before leaving home, she warns them not to open the door to strangers, especially the wicked wolf. The cunning wolf tries to trick them by disguising his voice and appearance. After several failed attempts, he finally deceives the kids and enters the house, swallowing six of them whole. The youngest hides and later tells the mother...
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April 27, 2025 • 6 mins
The Twelve Brothers is a fairy tale about a king who has twelve sons. When his wife becomes pregnant again, the king declares that if the child is a girl, the twelve boys must die so she can inherit the kingdom alone. Hearing this, the queen warns her sons, and they flee to the forest. Years later, their sister, who had been born after they left, discovers the truth and goes to find them. Reunited, they are overjoyed, but due to a ...
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
The Three Little Men in the Woods is a fairy tale about a kind, hardworking girl mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsister. One winter day, the stepmother sends her into the forest to gather strawberries, hoping she will freeze. The girl shares her meager food with three little men living in a cottage and sweeps their home. Grateful, they bless her with beauty, the ability to drop gold coins when she speaks, and a royal mar...
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April 27, 2025 • 4 mins
The Three Spinners is a fairy tale about a lazy girl who hates spinning. Her mother, embarrassed by her idleness, lies to the queen, claiming the girl is a tireless spinner. Impressed, the queen takes the girl to the castle, promising marriage to her son if she spins three rooms full of flax. The girl despairs, but three strange women with deformed features—caused by years of spinning—appear and offer to help in exchange for being ...
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
Mother Hulda is a fairy tale about a kind, hardworking girl who falls into a well while trying to retrieve her spindle. She wakes in a magical land and begins working for Mother Hulda, a wise old woman. The girl is diligent and caring, shaking out Hulda’s feather bed so snow falls on Earth. When she wishes to return home, Mother Hulda rewards her with a shower of gold.
Later, the girl’s lazy stepsister tries to copy her, hoping for ...
Later, the girl’s lazy stepsister tries to copy her, hoping for ...
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
Little Red Riding Hood is a classic fairy tale about a sweet girl who wears a red cloak. One day, she sets out to visit her sick grandmother, carrying a basket of food. Her mother warns her not to talk to strangers, but on the way, she meets a cunning wolf. The wolf tricks her into revealing where she’s going, then races ahead, eats the grandmother, and disguises himself in her bed.
When Little Red Riding Hood arrives, she notices s...
When Little Red Riding Hood arrives, she notices s...
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
The Fisherman and His Wife is a fairy tale about a poor fisherman who catches a magical talking fish. The fish begs to be released, and the kind fisherman lets it go. When he tells his wife, she demands he ask the fish for a wish—to live in a nicer house. The fish grants it. But the wife’s greed grows. She demands to be queen, then empress, and finally wants to be God. Each time, the fish grants the wishes, until the final request....
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
The Brave Little Tailor is a fairy tale about a clever tailor who kills seven flies with one blow and proudly stitches "Seven at one blow" on his belt. People mistake this for seven men, and the tailor uses the misunderstanding to his advantage. He sets off to seek fortune, outwitting giants, capturing dangerous beasts, and completing impossible tasks through clever tricks rather than brute strength. His cunning impresses a king, w...
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April 27, 2025 • 5 mins
The Bremen Town Musicians is a fairy tale about four aging animals—a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster—who are no longer useful to their masters. They decide to run away and become musicians in the town of Bremen. On their journey, they find a cottage occupied by robbers. To scare them off, the animals stack themselves up and make a loud, frightening noise. The robbers flee, thinking a monster has invaded. The animals enjoy the c...
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