Fairy tales are poetic stories about extraordinary events and adventures, involving fictional characters. In modern Russian, the concept of the word “fairy tale” has acquired its meaning since the 17th century. Until that point, the word "fable" was supposedly used in this meaning.

One of the main features of a fairy tale is that it is always based on an invented story, with happy ending, where good conquers evil. The stories contain a certain hint that enables the child to learn to recognize good and evil, to comprehend life clear examples.

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Reading fairy tales is one of the main and important stages on your child's path to life. Various stories make it clear that the world around us is quite contradictory and unpredictable. By listening to stories about the adventures of the main characters, children learn to value love, honesty, friendship and kindness.

Reading fairy tales is useful not only for children. Having grown up, we forget that in the end good always triumphs over evil, that all adversity is nothing, but beautiful princess waiting for her prince on a white horse. Give a little Have a good mood and plunge into fairy world simple enough!

Dear readers, we have put together a collection of children's fairy tales for you and your beloved children. All fairy tales are different, some are original, some are folk. But they are all needed. After all, a child from the very early age is learning, and one of the most best lessons give the children a fairy tale!

The importance of reading to a child. The learning process from early childhood.

The child’s entire childhood is accompanied by stories from his favorite authors and lines from his favorite works. And of course, the works are not only entertaining but also educational. Children learn and learn from the examples of their favorite heroes. the world, learn new concepts and differences between them.

Choosing which children's fairy tales to read.

The choice is truly great! We have collected the most to date large collection fairy tales that you can read online and for free.

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What fairy tales should you read to your baby?

It all depends on the age of the child. For example, from 0 to 2 years old it will be useful to start with fairy tales by such authors as the Brothers Grimm, Mamin-Sibiryak, and Russian folk tales. They are easy to read and understand younger age. It's good to read before bed short tales, or fairy tales for the little ones.

For children aged 3-5 years it is better to choose bright tales full of adventures and colorful descriptions of the main characters, locales and situations, for example by the author Charles-Perrault

At the age of 6-8 years, we recommend that children switch to more intelligent works and poems. It is at this age that A.S. is well perceived. Pushkin. His poetic works clearly express the essence, which makes it easier for children to understand.

Moreover, if you approach the issue of education with fairy tales correctly, the child will subsequently be drawn to read his favorite works. In this case, we recommend the authors: Lindgren, Kipling.

On the pages of our website you will see many fairy tales with pictures and annotations! Enjoy reading!

In the heavens a young and bright moon was born, on earth a son was born near the old cathedral of Leonty the priest - mighty hero; and they named him young Alyosha Popovich - a pretty name. They began to feed and water Alyosha: whoever is a week old, he is like this every day; The new ones are a year old, Alyosha is a week old. Alyosha began to walk along the street, began to play with the little children: whoever he takes by the hand - the hand away, whoever by the leg - the leg away; his game was not selfish! Whoever he takes by the middle, he will deprive him of his belly. And Alyosha grew older; I taught him to ask his father and mother for a blessing: to go for a walk in an open field.

Father says:
- Alesha Popovich! You go into an open field; We have people stronger than you; take Maryshka Paranov’s son as your faithful servant.

IN glorious city In Rostov, the Rostov cathedral priest had one and only son. His name was Alyosha, nicknamed Popovich after his father.

Alyosha Popovich did not learn to read and write, did not sit down to read books, but learned from an early age to wield a spear, shoot a bow, and tame heroic horses. Silon Alyosha is not a great hero, but he prevailed with his audacity and cunning. Alyosha Popovich grew up to sixteen years old, and he became bored in his father’s house. He began to ask his father to let him go open field, to a wide expanse, to travel freely throughout Rus', to blue sea get there, hunt in the forests. His father let him go and gave him a heroic horse, a saber, a sharp spear and a bow with arrows.

Alyosha began to saddle his horse and began to say:
- Serve me faithfully, heroic horse.

The old man had a beautiful daughter, he lived with her quietly and peacefully until he married another woman, and that woman was evil witch. She disliked her stepdaughter and pestered the old man:
- Drive her out of the house so that I don’t even see her.

The old man took it and gave his daughter in marriage. She lives with her husband and is happy, and they have a boy.

- Afonka! Where have you been, how did you escape from me?

In your village, sir, it was lying under a peasant’s barn.

Well, what if the barn broke out?

I would have pushed him away.

What if the barn caught fire?

I would like to warm myself, sir.

So, do you know my village?

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman; they had no children. No matter what they did, no matter how they prayed to God, the old woman still did not give birth. Once an old man went into the forest to pick mushrooms; comes his way old grandfather. “I know,” he says, “what’s on your mind; you keep thinking about children. Go around the village, collect an egg from each yard and plant a chook on those eggs; you’ll see what happens!” The old man returned to the village; in their village there were forty-one courtyards; So he went around all the yards, collected an egg from each and planted a hook on forty-one eggs. Two weeks passed, the old man looked, the old woman looked, and from those testicles boys were born; forty strong, healthy ones, but one failed - frail and weak!

The woman took a jar of butter to town to sell; It was time to get to the oil shop. Two soldiers catch up with her: one stayed behind, and the other ran ahead and asked the woman:

Hey, auntie, give me a boost, please.

The woman got off the cart and began to belt it.

Once upon a time there lived a husband and wife, and they had a daughter. The wife fell ill and died. The man grieved and grieved and married someone else.

The evil woman disliked the girl, beat her, scolded her, and only thought about how to completely destroy her. One day the father left somewhere, and the stepmother said to the girl:

Go to my sister, your aunt, ask her for a needle and thread - to sew you a shirt.

And this aunt was Baba Yaga, the bone leg. The girl didn’t dare refuse, she went and first went to see her own aunt.

There lived a cat, a sparrow and a third one. The cat and the sparrow went to chop wood and said to the cowgirl:

Be a housekeeper and look: if Baba Yaga comes and starts counting spoons, don’t say anything, keep quiet!

Okay,” answered the fireman. The cat and the sparrow left, and the fireman sat down on the stove behind the chimney. Suddenly Baba Yaga appears, takes the spoons and counts:

This is the cat's spoon, this is the sparrow's spoon, the third is Zhikharkov's.

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Fairy tales online

In this section of the site you can read children's fairy tales online completely free of charge and without registration. Just select the author of the fairy tale you need in the right menu and you can immerse yourself in a fascinating read about magical adventures fairy-tale heroes. All fairy tales on our website with colorful illustrations And summary, therefore, we recommend that you first read a summary of the fairy tale before reading it to your children at night. Fairy tales for children on our website are presented in the form alphabetical list to make it easier for you to find the right fairy tale and read it online. Reading fairy tales online is not only interesting, but also very useful - this activity perfectly develops a child’s imagination.

Children's fairy tales

Remember your childhood. Each of us loved bedtime stories as a child. At first, when we did not yet know how to read, our parents and grandparents did it for us, showing colorful illustrations in the book. When we learned to read on our own, we began to read ourselves interesting tales. On our website we have selected fairy tales for children of any age: from 2 years to the age until children stop believing in fairy tales)) Each author's or folk tale carries with it certain meaning, which was put into this fairy tale by the author or the people under the influence of the corresponding time.Fairy tales contain basic principles of morality. It is from fairy tales that a child begins to understand what is good and what is bad. He learns to empathize with the heroes, tries to imitate them, so correctly selected children's fairy tales will play important role in raising children.

Fairy tales are presented on our website best authors of all times and peoples. The list of author's fairy tales is constantly expanding and supplemented with new arrivals. In the right menu you can see a list of authors whose fairy tales are published on the site. If you don’t see the author you need there, use the site search.

Folk tales

The site for children collects and publishes folk tales with colorful illustrations and brief content. In the right menu you can see a list folk tales which are presented on our website. This list is constantly being updated with interesting folk tales.

The best fairy tales

The most best fairy tales, which are in greatest demand among our readers, are placed in a separate block on the right. Materials with the highest ratings are placed there - the maximum number of views and the highest reader ratings.

Fairy tale heroes

Each hero of a children's fairy tale can be classified into one of two types: good or bad. In almost every fairy tale there is a struggle between good and evil and, more often than not, good wins.

In addition, fairy tale heroes can be divided into the following categories:

Magical heroes (Kolobok, Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid, Kashchei the Immortal, Baba Yaga, Vodyanoy, Beast,Serpent-Gorynych, Dragon, Chippolino, Gulliver...)

Magical animals(Puss in Boots, Ryaba Hen, Fox, Bear, Cheshire Cat, Ugly Duckling, Golden Cockerel, Gray wolf, Crane, Traveling Frog...)

Social Heroes(princess, prince, king, queen, master, boyar, peasant, peasant...)

Representatives of professions(blacksmith, forester, swineherd, soldier, chimney sweep, priest, bishop...)

People different ages (grandmother, grandfather, granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood, mother, father, brother, sister, groom, bride...)

Bogatyrs (Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich, Nikita Kozhemyaka, Ilya Muromets...)

Each fairy tale has its own atmosphere, characteristic of a certain people and era to which the author of the fairy tale belonged.

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Fairy tales that teach good...

These good fairy tales for the night with a happy and instructive ending, they will delight your child before bed, calm him down, and teach him kindness and friendship.

2. The tale of how Fedya saved the forest from an evil sorcerer

In the summer, the boy Fedya Egorov came to rest in the village with his grandparents. This village stood right next to the forest. Fedya decided to go into the forest to pick berries and mushrooms, but his grandparents did not let him in. They said that there lives in their forest real Baba Yaga, and for more than two hundred years no one has walked into this forest.

Fedya did not believe that Baba Yaga lived in the forest, but he obeyed his grandparents and did not go into the forest, but went to the river to fish. The cat Vaska followed Fedya. The fish were biting well. There were already three ruffs floating in Fedya’s jar when the cat knocked it over and ate the fish. Fedya saw this, got upset and decided to postpone fishing until tomorrow. Fedya returned home. Grandparents were not at home. Fedya put away the fishing rod, put on a long-sleeved shirt and, taking a basket, went to the neighbor’s children to invite them into the forest.

Fedya believed that his grandparents had written about Baba Yaga, that they simply did not want him to go into the forest, because it is always very easy to get lost in the forest. But Fedya was not afraid of getting lost in the forest, since he wanted to go into the forest with friends who had lived here for a long time, and therefore knew the forest well.

Much to Fedya’s surprise, all the guys refused to go with him and they began to dissuade him. ...

3. Obeshchaikin

Once upon a time there was a boy Fedya Egorov. Fedya did not always keep his promises. Sometimes, having promised his parents to clean up his toys, he got carried away, forgot and left them scattered.

One day Fedya’s parents left him alone at home and asked him not to lean out of the window. Fedya promised them that he would not lean out of the window, but would draw. He took out everything he needed for drawing, settled down in big room at the table and began to draw.

But as soon as mom and dad left the house, Fedya was immediately drawn to the window. Fedya thought: “So what, I promised not to peek, I’ll quickly peek out and see what the guys are doing in the yard, and mom and dad won’t even know that I was peeking.”

Fedya placed a chair near the window, climbed onto the window sill, lowered the handle on the frame, and before he even had time to pull the window sash, it swung open. By some miracle, just like in a fairy tale, a flying carpet appeared in front of the window, and on it sat a grandfather unfamiliar to Fedya. Grandfather smiled and said:

- Hello, Fedya! Do you want me to give you a ride on my carpet? ...

4. A tale about food

The boy Fedya Egorov became stubborn at the table:

- I don’t want to eat soup and I won’t eat porridge. I don't like bread!

The soup, porridge and bread took offense at him, disappeared from the table and ended up in the forest. And at this time an angry hungry wolf was prowling through the forest and said:

– I love soup, porridge and bread! Oh, how I wish I could eat them!

The food heard this and flew straight into the wolf's mouth. The wolf has eaten his fill, sits contentedly, licking his lips. And Fedya left the table without eating. For dinner, mom served potato pancakes with jelly, and Fedya became stubborn again:

- Mom, I don’t want pancakes, I want pancakes with sour cream!

5. The Tale of the Nervous Pika or the Magic Book of Yegor Kuzmich

There lived two brothers - Fedya and Vasya Egorov. They constantly started fights, quarrels, divided something among themselves, quarreled, argued over trifles, and at the same time the youngest of the brothers, Vasya, always squeaked. Sometimes the eldest of the brothers, Fedya, also squealed. The squeaking of the children greatly irritated and upset the parents, and especially the mother. And people often get sick from grief.

So the mother of these boys got sick, so much so that she stopped getting up even for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The doctor who came to treat my mother prescribed her medication and said that my mother needed peace and quiet. Dad, leaving for work, asked the children not to make noise. He gave them the book and said:

– The book is interesting, read it. I think you'll like it.

6. The Tale of Fedya’s Toys

Once upon a time there was a boy Fedya Egorov. Like all kids, he had a lot of toys. Fedya loved his toys, he played with them with pleasure, but there was one problem - he did not like to clean them up after himself. He will play and leave where he played. The toys lay in disarray on the floor and got in the way, everyone was tripping over them, even Fedya himself threw them away.

And then one day the toys got tired of it.

“We need to run away from Fedya before they completely break us.” We must go to the good guys who take care of their toys and put them away,” said the plastic soldier.
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7. An instructive tale for boys and girls: The Devil's Tail

Once upon a time there lived the Devil. That Devil had a magic tail. With the help of his tail, the Devil could find himself anywhere, but, most importantly, the Devil’s tail could fulfill whatever he wanted, for this he only had to think of a wish and wave his tail. This devil was very evil and very harmful.

He used the magical power of his tail for harmful deeds. He caused accidents on the roads, drowned people in rivers, broke ice under fishermen, started fires and committed many other atrocities. One day the Devil got tired of living alone in his underground kingdom.

He built himself a kingdom on earth, surrounded it with dense forest and swamps so that no one could approach him, and began to think about who else to populate his kingdom with. The Devil thought and thought and came up with the idea of ​​populating his kingdom with assistants who would commit harmful atrocities on his orders.

The Devil decided to take naughty children as his assistants. ...

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Poem: “Fedya is a nice boy”

Cheerful boy Fedya
Riding a bike,
Fedya is driving along the path,
Stepping back a little to the left.
At this time on the track
Murka the cat jumped out.
Fedya suddenly slowed down,
I missed Murka the Cat.
Fedya moves on briskly,
A friend shouts to him: “Wait a minute!”
Let me ride a little bit.
This is a friend, not anyone,
Fedya said: “Take it, my friend.”
Ride one circle.
He himself sat down on the bench,
He sees a faucet and a watering can nearby,
And there are flowers waiting in the flowerbed -
Who would give me a sip of water?
Fedya, jumping off the bench,
All the flowers were watered from a watering can
And he poured water for the geese,
So they can get drunk.
- Our Fedya is so good,
- Prosha the cat suddenly noticed,
- Yes, he is good enough to be our friend,
- said the goose, drinking some water.
- Woof woof woof! - said Polkan,
– Fedya is a nice boy!

“Fedya is a hooligan boy”

Cheerful boy Fedya
Riding a bike
Directly off the road
Fedya, the mischievous one, is coming.
Driving straight across the lawn
So I ran into peonies,
I broke three stems,
And scared away three moths,
He crushed more daisies,
I caught my shirt on a bush,
Immediately he crashed into a bench,
He kicked and knocked over the watering can,
I soaked my sandals in a puddle,
I used mud on the pedals.
“Ha-ha-ha,” said the gander,
Well, what a weirdo he is,
You have to drive on the path!
“Yes,” said the kitten Proshka,
– there’s no road at all!
The cat said: “He does a lot of harm!”
“Woof-woof-woof,” said Polkan,
- This boy is a bully!