Stories for 9 to 10 Year Olds

Confident readers at this age are ready for richer plots, longer stories, and more independent reading.

The Gateway to Christmas 🎄 — A Free Tale Inspired by Stargate: A Christmas StoryThe Gateway to Christmas 🎄 — A Free Tale Inspired by Stargate: A Christmas StoryElin sees a light like a gateway of stars in the forest -- and finds the way to bring her family back together at Christmas.
The Little Match Girl – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale for Children 🕯️The Little Match Girl – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale for Children 🕯️A little girl tries to sell matches on a freezing New Year's Eve and finds warmth in the light of the flames.
Bambi 🦌 A Forest Story About Growing UpBambi 🦌 A Forest Story About Growing UpBambi learns about nature, loses his mother, and grows at last into the forest's next protector.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (White Bear King Valemon) 🐻‍❄️East of the Sun and West of the Moon (White Bear King Valemon) 🐻‍❄️A girl promises a white bear she will never look at him at night -- but when she breaks that promise, she must cross mountains and seas to find him again.
Cinderella ✨ The Classic Tale by Charles PerraultCinderella ✨ The Classic Tale by Charles PerraultCinderella loses her mother, becomes a servant in her own home, and is helped by a fairy godmother to attend the palace ball.
The Greedy ManThe Greedy ManA rich man buries his gold in the forest, but when it's stolen, he learns a precious lesson about what wealth really means.
A Christmas Carol 🎄 A Timeless Classic About the True Spirit of ChristmasA Christmas Carol 🎄 A Timeless Classic About the True Spirit of ChristmasEbenezer Scrooge despised Christmas, until Marley's ghost and three spirits showed him the past, the present, and the future -- and changed him forever.
The Snow QueenThe Snow QueenWhen a splinter of a cursed mirror lodges in Kai's heart, he grows cold and indifferent -- and vanishes with the Snow Queen into her icy realm. Gerda refuses to give him up.
Jack O'Lantern 🎃 The Legend of the Glowing PumpkinJack O'Lantern 🎃 The Legend of the Glowing PumpkinThe story of Stingy Jack, the man who tricked the Devil twice and was doomed to wander forever with a lantern in his hand.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — The Headless Horseman 🎃The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — The Headless Horseman 🎃A child-friendly adaptation of Washington Irving's classic about schoolteacher Ichabod Crane and his encounter with the Headless Horseman.
Mumle Goose-Egg: The Magic Egg That Became a Hero 🥚Mumle Goose-Egg: The Magic Egg That Became a Hero 🥚Five childless old women hatch a goose egg -- but what comes out is no gosling.
Sleeping BeautySleeping BeautyA cursed spinning wheel, a hundred years of sleep, and a kiss that wakes an entire castle -- the classic story of Sleeping Beauty, told faithfully to Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, with a full look at the tale's origins and versions.
Snow WhiteSnow WhiteWhite as snow, red as blood, black as ebony -- when the queen's mirror says Snow White is the fairest in the land, a jealous stepmother will stop at nothing to kill her.
Halvor and Soria Moria CastleHalvor and Soria Moria CastleHalvor, who never does anything but poke at the ashes, sets off to sea and finds himself fighting trolls to free three enchanted princesses.
The Pumpkin Lantern That Wouldn't Go OutThe Pumpkin Lantern That Wouldn't Go OutTwo friends carve the strangest, biggest pumpkin they've ever seen for Halloween -- and discover its flame is the only thing keeping ancient shadows away.