Los mejores cuentos infantiles
Educational Value
- Trust, loyalty and discretion
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| A fox asks his friends to trust him. He betrays that trust so they teach him a lesson |
Countryside near the north pole |
A fox, a penguin and a reindeer |
Story intro
Pingüino, reno y zorro eran muy amigos. Un día, el pingüino y el reno encuentran un montón de fruta y deciden guardarlo en secreto. Por el camino, se encuentran al zorro, que al verles tan felices...Penguin, Reindeer and Fox were great friends. One day, Penguin and Reindeer found a load of fruit, and decided to keep it a secret. On the way, they met Fox, who seeing them so happy, asked them why. They told him they couldn't say, because...
Educational Value
- Respect other's privacy
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Curiosity about other people’s business shows a lack of respect. We all have a right to privacy. |
A jungle |
A giraffe, a monkey, and other animals |
Story intro
In Chipper Jungle, everything was peaceful and happy until Jemima turned up. Jemima was an extremely tall giraffe, with a long bendy neck like some rubber plant. She got on everyone's nerves because she was just the nosiest and most..
Educational Value
- Leadership and initiative
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Leadership is earned via actions that demonstrate courage, fairness, and commitment |
A far away kingdom |
A King and his two sons |
Story intro
Once upon a time a King ordered his two sons to build two large aqueducts to supply water to his country estates, which were in a very poor state due to a great drought. The first son took part of his father's riches and part of the army. With them...
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Three short examples to demonstrate essential aspects of freedom |
A school |
A teacher and her students |
Story intro
That weekend Miss Ellis handed out another of her famous experiment assignments. Her pupils loved that form of teaching, in which they themselves had to think up experiments that would aid in understanding. Many had to do with science, chemistry, but others - the most famous experiments - had to do with...
Educational Value
- Respect and kindness
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Respecting others is not only important for those we respect, but also for the effect it has upon ourselves |
A forest |
A gang of evil goblins, a little old man, and a wizard |
Story intro
Once upon a time, there was a gang of evil goblins who lived in a forest. They spent a lot of their time making fun of a poor old man who could now hardly move, see, or hear. They showed...
Educational Value
- Teamwork, Friendship and Hard Work
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| The satisfaction of working together in friendship is much greater than the minor inconveniences it brings |
The Earth and The Moon |
A Martian and the forest animals |
Story intro
One night, a hedgehog was scanning the sky with his telescope, when he saw what seemed to be a spaceship flying to the moon. When he managed to properly focus on it, he found out that it was a craft belonging to an unfortunate Martian who seemed to have had an accident, and had to make an emergency landing..
Educational Value
- Freedom and self guiding
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| No one is predestined to do anything. It’s in our own hands to change our lives, from day to day |
The age of the pirates |
A young pirate boy |
Story intro
Not only was Longhands a young pirate boy, he was also the son of a pirate, the grandson of a pirate, and the great grandson of a pirate. Actually, he hadn't yet stolen anything, nor attacked any ship; but his whole family were sure that he'd turn out to be...
Educational Value
- Tidiness and Solidarity
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Treating things well, with care, is also a sign of respect to those who cannot enjoy such things, and who –given the chance – would surely treat them well. |
UA house in the future |
A robot and a boy |
Story intro
Ricky lived in a lovely, futuristic house, which had everything you could ever want. Though he didn't help much around the house, Ricky was still as pleased as punch when his parents bought him the latest model of butler robot. As soon as it arrived...
Educational Value
- Solidarity and Justice
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Good or bad fortune does not make one a better or worse person, and we all have a responsibility to help the less fortunate. |
A cinema |
A rich boy |
Story intro
Perry Piccolo was a rich kid who led a very nice, comfortable life, protected from most of the bad stuff in the world. One day, Perry went to the movies to see a film he'd been dying to see. The problem was that he arrived a bit late, just...
Basic elements
| Moral of the story |
Setting |
Characters |
| Freedom is a fundamental part of life, what gives it its colour. That should always be respected |
A zoo |
A tiger and a painter |
Story intro
Once upon a time, there was a colourless tiger. All his shades were greys, blacks and whites. So much so, that he seemed like something out of an old black and white movie. His lack of colour had made him so famous that...
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