Genre/Topic: Classics
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy’s Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker.
Genre/Topic: Myths And Legends
Do you know what spells are? They are magical activities that do not do good. Who is Circe? And what do her spells do? Let us find out from this mythical story about war, adventure and magic spells.
Genre/Topic: Fairy Tales
Two small children, Hansel and Gretel, are left alone in the jungle. They do not know their way back home; and they are hungry and cold. Wild animals are lurking around. Are the children lucky enough? Do they reach home safe and sound? Are they attacked by the animals? Do their parents come to take […]
Genre/Topic: Fables And Folktales
In the following story, the frogs in a pond face a tragic end. How does this happen? Is this because the frogs do something wrong? Or it just because of their stupidity? Read and find out.
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Genre/Topic: Fables And Folktales
Brer Rabbit is a lazy guy. One day, he, along with Brer Fox, Brer Coon, and Brer Bear and other animals decide to plant a garden with corns. Suddenly, an idea strikes Brer Rabbit that will help him avoid work. But will his plans work? Will he also be able to deceive other animals working […]
Genre/Topic: Short Stories
We all get angry when someone does something unkind to us. Mrs. Thapa makes Kanchi, the elephant really angry. What makes the elephant angry? Does the elephant hurt Mrs. Thapa then? Read this beautiful story ‘Tit for Tat’ and find out.
Genre/Topic: Poetry
Many people have this bad habit of teasing animals. Just because the animals are defenseless or caged doesn’t mean making fun of them doesn’t cause damage. They don’t like being mocked at, but not many people understand that. This is what the poet Kenn Nesbitt wants to teach those people. Hope you learn that it […]
Genre/Topic: Classics
Meg, Joe, Beth and Amy are sisters. One day, Joe and Amy get involved in a fight. How does the fight trigger? Do they make up their fight? Or do they end up in a furious temper? Read this extract from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and find out.
Genre/Topic: Myths And Legends
Beliefs of how the world started differ from country to country and from religion to religion. Yet, each story is spellbinding and mystic in its own. Read this lesson to understand how civilization in Egypt started, according to their myths.
Genre/Topic: Fables And Folktales
What will happen when the sky falls? Will it fall through our homes and schools and destroy everything? Will it fall in drops or will it fall as a whole? Will the sun, moon and the stars fall along with it? Will it fall at all? Read this story of the falling sky.