Stories of Kings
Stories of Kings
List of educational resources for parents and teachers to read online, to download in PDF format, or to listen to as audio stories
Our stories are a great tool to improve the education of your children and enhance your family atmosphere. Whether in family or in the classroom, as audio or as reading, using pictures or simple text, parents and teachers will discover with them a new way to successfully teach values to children, while enjoying each and every learning minute.
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List including all our stories about Kings . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
Educational Value
- Initiative and proactivity
Basic elements
| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| You don’t achieve things by waiting for them to happen, but by actively working to bring about everything that would help these things to happen. | An island in a lake | Two princesses and a monster |
Story intro
Once upon a time there were two beautiful Princesses whom, when still young, had been kidnapped by a hostile King. The King arranged to have them taken to a forgotten lake where they were abandoned...
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Educational Value
- Sincerity and guile
Basic elements
| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| The truth will always come out, because there’s always someone who knows. | A palace | A King and a dwarf |
Story intro
In the palace of Rubyland there was a ruby thief. No one knew who it was, and the thief had everyone so fooled that the only thing known about him was that he lived in the palace...
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Educational Value
- Nature care and environment friendly
Basic elements
| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| The balance of natural spaces can break very easily. Before acting on them and making any change we should study them in detail. | Some Royal gardens | A King and a young man |
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There was once a King who had a great palace with wonderful gardens. In those gardens there lived thousands of creatures from hundreds of different species...
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Educational Value
- Honesty and reliability
Basic elements
| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| You can’t lie and exaggerate indefinitely. If you can’t keep your word, sooner or later you will be found out. | The jungle | A fly and a tortoise |
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In the jungle of Maluba there lived a fly called Mozzie, and Mozzie could roar like a lion. He discovered his special ability while still very young, and as he grew up he travelled to the farthest reaches of Maluba, where no one would know him...
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Educational Value
- Trust and understanding
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| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| We all have reasons for behaving as we do. It is better to be understanding and try to bring out the good that we all have in ourselves, rather than be judgemental and condemnatory. | A Kindom of dragons | A dragon and a prince |
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In the dark lands of the witches and the trolls, there lived, a long time ago, the most terrible dragon that had ever existed. His magic powers enabled him...
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Educational Value
- Perseverance and effort
Basic elements
| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| What some highly trained people cannot achieve due to giving up too soon, can be achieved by less trained people who apply persistent effort. | A King’s palace in olden times | The King, a girl, a wizard, and a harp |
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There was once a King who adored music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument there was. One day, a wizard offered the King a harp...
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Educational Value
- Humility and dignity
Basic elements
| Moral of the story | Setting | Characters |
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| Everyone has the same worth and dignity, regardless of their power, riches, or talents. Only deeds are unworthy, not people. | A distant kingdom | A King and a beggar |
Story intro
Once upon a time there was a rich, powerful, and intelligent King. But what was most noticeable about him was his arrogance. Such was his pride that he felt no one was a worthy rival with whom to share his favourite pastime, chess. So the King sent a message across the land...
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