Retold by The Fable Cottage
A haughty usignolo is flying to Egitto when he meets a regretful statua seeking redemption. A longer, intermediate-level story with sad parts. Make sure you have dei fazzoletti handy.
One day a hard-working gallina sees a bush full of lamponi, and decides to make a cake. Will her friends help? A harvest-tinged story with lots of repetition and baking vocabulary, told in the present tense.
Two hikers get stuck in some bad weather, and discover that even a "noiosa" oak tree can have its uses. A short story in the present tense, with weather and basic feelings vocabulary.
Il signor Orso is hungry for il miel. Unfortunately he has no talent for negotiating with bees... A short, cautionary tale about losing your temper, told in the present tense.
The wind and the sun want to find out who is the strongest, and so they throw a whole bunch of weather vocabulary at an unsuspecting man. Told in the present tense.
L’inverno is coming. Jack goes to market to sell their cow, and comes back with cinque fagioli neri. Will those beans make him più ricco dell’uomo più ricco del mondo?
A little girl stares out her bedroom window, longing for summer. Then… she sees an ice cream truck. A short story inspired by “The Spendthrift and the Swallow”, told in the present tense.
A topolino di città tells wonderful tales of city life, so the topolino di campagna decides to visit. But there are some things the city mouse hasn't mentioned... A short story in the present tense with a good moral for the Instagram generation.
A dog finds a bone and feels like the luckiest dog in the world —until he sees another dog... A short story in the present tense with lots of question words and city vocabulary.
Lion is getting ready for bed, when he hears un rumore. What could it be? Is it a un mostro? A short story in the present tense.
A hungry volpe is walking through the forest one morning when she sees uncorvo with some formaggio in his becco. But how can the fox get the cheese? A short story in the present tense.
Chicken Little gets an update for the Facebook era. Poletto Carletto reads a story on the internet that says "IL CIELO STA CADENDO!" Hysteria ensues. Written in the present tense.
A seagull and a whale fall in love one summer, but then the weather turns cold. If a whale can't fly and a seagull can't swim, where will they live together?
Once there was a girl with la pelle bianca come la neve who was un tantinello more beautiful than the jealous queen. A story of magic mirrors, multiple dwarfs, poisoned apples, and ScrabbleTM
When a rich cappellaio tells people that his daughter can turn il fieno into gold, the king makes him prove it (or be fed to the coccodrilli!)
A vain imperatore loves bragging about his own intelligence. But when a dishonest sarto sells him some vestiti stupefacenti, the emperor discovers who the real imbecille is.
A story about a girl with i capelli lunghissimi who lives in un’alta torre with no stairs. But it's also about different kinds of eroi, and the things we do to live sempre felici e contenti.
Cinderella is sveglia e buona, but she's also molto infelice. She has two selfish sorellastre and a mean matrigna. Will she go to the ballo del re and meet il principe?
Three hungry capretti meet un orco on their way to eat l'erba alta e verde in the meadow. Will they outsmart him? Or will he have goat per colazione?
Hansel and Gretel get lost in il bosco and find a cottage fatte di cioccolata. But then they also meet una strega cattiva...
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