StarryTalezTimeless favorites
Step into a timeless library of fairy tales, fables, and beloved storybook traditions, thoughtfully retold for modern families and young readers.
A dog carrying a juicy piece of meat in his mouth crosses a bridge and sees his own reflection in the water below. Thinking it is another dog with a bigger piece of meat, he snaps at it — and loses his own piece in the river.
A hungry fox spots a bunch of ripe grapes hanging high on a vine and tries again and again to jump up and reach them — but no matter how hard he tries, they are always just out of reach. Finally, he walks away telling himself the grapes were probably sour anyway.
A tortoise, tired of crawling on the ground, begs an eagle to teach him to fly. The eagle warns him it's impossible, but the tortoise insists. The eagle carries him high into the sky and lets go — and the tortoise falls to his doom.
Two cunning tricksters convince a vain Emperor that they have made him the most magnificent outfit in the world — one that only clever, important people can see — and the whole kingdom plays along, until one small child says out loud what everyone else was too afraid to admit.
A miller's daughter is locked in a room and told to spin straw into gold, so a mysterious little man helps her — but in return, he wants her firstborn child, unless she can guess his secret name before three days are up.
A mother goat warns her seven children about the cunning wolf before she leaves for the forest — but the wolf tricks his way inside and swallows six of them whole, until their brave mother finds a way to rescue every single one and outwit the wolf for good.
