https://readtoyourchild.com/themes/family/Recent content in Family on Read To Your ChildHugoen-usWed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-always-sleepy-girl-and-how-she-lost-her-first-tooth/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-always-sleepy-girl-and-how-she-lost-her-first-tooth/An unusually sleepy girl worries about how her wobbly first tooth will finally come out, until it happens the sweetest way possible.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/a-boys-silent-voice/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/a-boys-silent-voice/Leo is far too shy to ask for help at school, and three times in one week his silence turns a small problem into a much bigger one.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-farmer-and-his-four-sons/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-farmer-and-his-four-sons/A dying farmer teaches his four quarrelling sons a lesson about unity, using nothing but a bundle of sticks.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-understood-the-world/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-understood-the-world/A count despairs of a son who spends three years learning only the language of dogs, of birds and of frogs, and never guesses where it will lead him.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-pea-princess/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-pea-princess/A prince searches the world for a real princess, until a soaking-wet stranger and three tiny peas prove what truly matters.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fisherman-and-the-magic-fish/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fisherman-and-the-magic-fish/A fisherman catches an enchanted fish and grants his wife's ever-growing wishes, until her greed asks for too much.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rex-trixie-and-the-five-speckled-frogs/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rex-trixie-and-the-five-speckled-frogs/A mighty T-Rex and his little sister set out to hunt, and end up learning a game of Hop and Splash from five speckled frogs on a speckled log.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-crab-and-the-big-lesson/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-crab-and-the-big-lesson/A proud mother crab tells her son to stop walking sideways and to march straight ahead like a dignified crab, then tries to show him how it is done.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-2-the-moon-in-the-sea/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-2-the-moon-in-the-sea/Free from its string at last, the kite drifts over the city and out to sea, chasing the moon in its own gentle way.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-1-the-kites-wish/Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-kite-that-flew-to-the-moon/part-1-the-kites-wish/A boy named Daniel builds a simple red kite, never guessing that once he's asleep, the kite will start dreaming of the moon.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-beauty-of-life/Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-beauty-of-life/A Georgian prince refuses to accept that anyone must die, and travels to the edge of the world in search of a land where life never ends.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-stag-beetles-and-the-big-bad-rhino-beetle/Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-stag-beetles-and-the-big-bad-rhino-beetle/A retelling of the Three Little Pigs in miniature, as three stag beetle brothers build homes of leaves, twigs and bark, and a big bad rhino beetle comes to knock them down.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-loved-his-dinosaurs-but-not-bedtime/Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-loved-his-dinosaurs-but-not-bedtime/A boy's toy Stegosaurus comes to life for a night of dinosaur adventures, and teaches him why sleep matters.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/father-time-and-the-night-of-new-beginnings/Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/father-time-and-the-night-of-new-beginnings/On New Year's Eve, Father Time and Baby New Year visit a nervous child about to start primary school, showing them what the year ahead holds.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-penguin-brothers-and-the-sea-lion/Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-penguin-brothers-and-the-sea-lion/Three penguin brothers who love school must use everything they have learned to outwit a hungry sea lion prowling outside Iceberg Academy.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-6-the-silent-hunter/Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-6-the-silent-hunter/Whiskers the kitten proves her worth when she takes on a pantry full of mice all by herself.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-5-a-stranger-by-the-fire/Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-5-a-stranger-by-the-fire/The master brings home a tiny, mysterious creature, and Bailey and Gus aren't sure what to make of her.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-4-walking-in-guss-paws/Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-4-walking-in-guss-paws/While recovering, a restless Bailey learns from Gus what it really takes to be a good guard dog.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-3-learning-to-hunt/Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-3-learning-to-hunt/Bailey trains Gus in the art of the hunt, and the two dogs discover they make a formidable team.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-2-guss-first-hunt/Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-2-guss-first-hunt/After a fox injures Bailey, Gus must try hunting for the very first time, with mixed results.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-1-a-fair-reward/Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-hunting-dog-and-the-guard-dog/part-1-a-fair-reward/A hunting dog and a guard dog compare their very different jobs, and learn that both matter just as much.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/toto-the-dino-who-didnt-want-to-go-to-school/Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/toto-the-dino-who-didnt-want-to-go-to-school/A little T. rex hides under his blanket every morning rather than go to school, until his best friend tells him what he has been missing.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-golden-bird/Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-golden-bird/A gardener's youngest son follows a helpful fox across three kingdoms in search of the golden bird, and learns the hard way what happens when good advice is ignored.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-magic-pot/Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-magic-pot/A village pot that multiplies everything by ten teaches young Finn a very fluffy lesson about greed, one Movie Night.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-origin-of-childrens-day/Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-origin-of-childrens-day/A mysterious traveller leads a village's children away to play in a meadow, just before their school is swallowed by a landslide.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bullfrogs-and-the-raging-bulls/Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bullfrogs-and-the-raging-bulls/A wise old bullfrog warns his grandchild that a fight between two giant bulls will end badly for the little creatures in the marsh below.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-little-sharks-and-the-big-bad-orca/Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-little-sharks-and-the-big-bad-orca/An underwater retelling of the Three Little Pigs, in which three shark siblings build homes of seaweed, shell and stone, and a big bad orca comes calling.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-seven-sisters-and-the-hunter/Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-seven-sisters-and-the-hunter/How seven sisters escaped a stubborn hunter and became the twinkling star cluster we know as the Pleiades.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-of-stone-mountain/Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-of-stone-mountain/A greedy elder brother takes everything but a strip of maize land, only for his honest younger brother to stumble on the mountain's hidden treasure.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/three-naughty-rabbits/Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/three-naughty-rabbits/Three little rabbits run off to play instead of helping their mother, and learn what she does for them while they're gone.