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The Jungle Book [Full Audiobook] by Rudyard Kipling

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'Wonder' by R. J.  Palacio.  Full Audiobook (8:11:45) + subtitles

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The Little Prince narrated by Kenneth Branagh

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A tale about friendship. My students appreciated it a lot

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Welcome to the fairy tales page! Below you will find a list of magical and captivating bedtime stories for kids written by some of the best known fairy tale authors.

People have been telling each other stories about talking animals, magic, witches and giants, kings and heroes since ancient times. A very significant literature genre, fairy tales are present in all cultures around the world. In comparison to myths and legends, the time and place of occurrence in fairy tales are unknown.

Good and evil in fairy tales is usually clearly separated, often in the form of good and evil characters. The main themes in these stories usually include a hero, a conflict between good and evil, natural and supernatural forces. At the end, the good is rewarded and evil punished.

Choose a bedtime story from the list

Notes: "Andersen's fairy tales" contains 18 of H.C.Andersen's most notable fairy stories. This is not the original cover.

Check out the complete collection of Hans Christian Anderesen fairy tales below

: This is the first of two volumes of Andersen's fairy tales edited by J. H. Stickney.

: This is the second volume of Andersen's stories edited by J. H. Stickney.

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Welcome to the online fairy tales page - Stories for children from around the world

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Welcome to the fairy tales page! Below you will find a list of magical and captivating bedtime stories for kids written by some of the best known fairy tale authors. People have been telling each other stories about talking animals, magic, witches and giants, kings and heroes since ancient times.

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English Literature and Nursery Rhymes :: Learn English online - free exercises, explanations, games, teaching materials and plenty of information on English language.

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A collection of classic, all time favorite stories on english for kids, like David Copperfield and Frankenstein

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By Hans Christian Andersen

This little gem of a story by Hans Christian Andersen reveals the ultimate test to find out whether or not a girl is a true princess. It is short, but sweet, and an enduring favourite. The English text is the Andrew Lang version, from his Yellow Fairy book, first published in 1894.

Proofread by Claire Deakin.
Read by Natasha. Duration just 4.30

There was, once upon a time, a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she must be a true princess. So he travelled through the whole world to find one, but there was always something against each. There were plenty of princesses, but he could not find out if they were true princesses. In every case there was some little defect, which showed the genuine article was not yet found. So he came home again in very low spirits, for he had wanted very much to have a true princess. One night there was a dreadful storm; it thundered and lightened, and the rain streamed down in torrents. It was fearful! There was a knocking heard at the palace gate, and the old king went to open it.

There stood a princess outside the gate; but oh! What a sad plight she was in from the rain and the storm! The water was running down from her hair and her dress into the points of her shoes and out at the heels again. Yet she said she was a true princess.

"Well, we shall soon find that out!" Thought the old queen. But she said nothing, and went into the sleeping room, took off all the bedclothes, and laid a pea on the bottom of the bed. Then she put twenty mattresses on top of the pea, and twenty eiderdown quilts on the top of the mattresses. This was the bed in which the princess was to sleep.

The next morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" Said the princess. "I scarcely closed my eyes all night! I am sure I don't know what was in the bed. I laid on something so hard that my whole body is black and blue. It was dreadful!"

Now they perceived that she was a true princess, because she had felt the pea through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eiderdown quilts. No one but a true princess could be so sensitive.

So the prince married her, for now he knew that at last he had gotten hold of a true princess. The pea was put into the Royal Museum, where it is still to be seen, if no one has stolen it. Now this is a true story.

So Bertie says that's how you tell a real princess. Sadie says she would never sit on a pea, but still Bertie won't say that she's a real princess and now she's in a bit of a huff. I'm sure she will cheer up soon because she likes Bertie really.

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This little gem of a story by Hans Christian Andersen reveals the ultimate test to find out whether or not a girl is a true princess. Free audio.

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Kids Picture Book Recommendations Linked to Primary School Topics and Themes - SparkleBox

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Find wonderful picture story books for your teaching topics and themes.

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o good book to learn days and the weather, and it's funny too!

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The most favorite book of my children.

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a wonderful book

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a nice book

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I love all the poems. I leave the web page where you can find lots of resources. It is https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/poems.html

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I love this book by Michael Rosen. In the video he tells the story. He is just great!

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Michael Rosen performs We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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It is a whole chain for teachers and students it is also useful for CLIL lessons

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Oxford Read and Discover | Oxford University Press

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Libri di lettura graduati propongono argomenti utili per CLIL

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This is a series of books that we use in my primary school. Pupils can borrow a book and read it at home or I sometimes read thema story in class.

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Hello! I teach English in a Secondary school but I think this book is really interesting both for Primary and lower Secondary students to learn English language.

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with some books and activities for ESL kids

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About

Welcome to Story Telling for ESl kids. This is where I post my lesson ideas based on well known story books or nursery rhymes. Whilst students learn basic vocabulary the real aim of these lessons is to grow small children's confidence with speaking and learning English as a foreign language.

This blog started off as word documents of the lessons I do in nursery school and primary school with children aged 2-8, but I decided to publish them for others looking for lesson planning inspiration.

These lessons are designed to be repeated 3-4 times with different extensions. The first time I tell the story the students listen and I elicit some words. I increase the eliciting cues each lesson, until in the end students can tell the story almost entirely on their own.

Most of the worksheets I use in class are not the ones I post here. One day I will get a tablet that allows me to draw my worksheets and then print them out. For now I just have heaps of un-sharable photocopies, but you really don't need out-of-this-world artistic skills to make your own.

Feel free to make recommendations or requests in the comments!

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