English stories, culture and wordplay
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Recommended English stories
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A1 · Beginner storyGoldilocks and the Three Bears – A1 English StoryA familiar story to read and listen to in simple English.A1 · Beginner storyJack and the Beanstalk A1 English Audio StoryA familiar story to read and listen to in simple English.A1 · Beginner storyLittle Red Riding Hood: A1 English Story with AudioA familiar story to read and listen to in simple English.A2 · Elementary storyAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland: A2 Elementary EnglishA classic adventure retold for elementary learners.A2 · Elementary storyKing Arthur and the Sword in the Stone: A2 English StoryA classic adventure retold for elementary learners.A2 · Elementary storyPeter Pan English Story with Audio | A2 ElementaryA classic adventure retold for elementary learners.B1 · Intermediate storyDracula: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioA longer classic for intermediate English practice.B1 · Intermediate storyGreat Expectations: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioA longer classic for intermediate English practice.B1 · Intermediate storyMoby-Dick: Learn English with Story Audio (B1)A longer classic for intermediate English practice.
All English stories, culture and wordplay
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A2 stories
Orpheus and Eurydice Story in Simple English with Audio (A2)Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: A2 Elementary English StoryDaedalus and Icarus: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioHansel and Gretel: A2 Elementary Story with AudioLittle Red Riding Hood – A2 English StoryLittle Women: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioPluto/Rover in The Picnic: A2 Elementary English Story withRip Van Winkle – Simple English Story (A2) with AudioSherlock Jr. – A2 English Story with AudioSnow-White and Rose-Red: A2 Elementary English Story withThe Canterville Ghost | A2 English Story with AudioThe Gold Rush: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Goose Girl – A2 English Story & AudioThe Kid: A2 Elementary English Story & AudioThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A2 Elementary English StoryThe Six Swans: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Wind in the Willows: A2 Story with AudioThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A2 Elementary English StoryTom Sawyer English Story with AudioThe Snow Queen: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioA Christmas Carol: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioA Little Princess: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioAladdin and the Wonderful Lamp: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioAnne of Green Gables: An A2 Elementary English Story with Audio & Lesson NotesBeauty and the Beast: A Simple English Story with Audio (A2 Level)Beowulf and Grendel: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioBetty Boop in Dizzy Dishes: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioBlack Beauty: Read & Listen to This Classic Story in Easy English (A2) with AudioEcho and Narcissus: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioFive Children and It: Learn English with This Magical A2 Story (Audio Included)Heidi in Simple English (A2): A Mountain Story with AudioHercules and the Twelve Labors: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioJason and the Golden Fleece: An A2 English Story with AudioKing Midas and the Golden Touch – A2 English Story with AudioPandora’s Box: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioPersephone and the Seasons: A Simple English Story (A2) with AudioPerseus and Medusa: An A2 English Story with Audio (CEFR A2)Pinocchio: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioPuss in Boots: An English Story for Beginners (A2) | Free Audio & LessonsRapunzel: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioRobin Hood and the Golden Arrow: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioRobinson Crusoe: Read & Listen to an A2 English Story with AudioRumpelstiltskin: A Magical Story in Easy English – Read, Listen, and Learn with AudioSafety Last! A Fun A2 English Story with Audio & Word HelpSinbad the Sailor: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioSleeping Beauty in English | A2 Elementary Story with AudioSnow White: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Adventures of Prince Achmed: An A2 English Story with AudioThe Brave Little Tailor: An A2 English Story with AudioThe Fisherman and the Genie – An A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe General’s Clever Trick – Learn English with an A2 Story (Audio Included)The Golden Goose – A Simple English Story (A2) with AudioThe Happy Prince – A2 English Story with Audio (Elementary)The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Adventures – An A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Little Match Girl: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Little Mermaid: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Nightingale – English Story with Audio for A2 LearnersThe Pied Piper of Hamelin: Listen & Learn English with Audio Story (A2 Elementary)The Railway Children: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Secret Garden: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Selfish Giant: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Steadfast Tin Soldier – A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Story of Doctor Dolittle: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Twelve Dancing Princesses: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioThe Velveteen Rabbit: A2 Elementary English Story with Audio & Interactive LearningTheseus and the Minotaur: An A2 Elementary English Story with Free AudioThumbelina: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioTom Sawyer Whitewashes the Fence: An A2 Elementary English Story with AudioTreasure Island: A2 Elementary English Story with AudioWinnie-the-Pooh A2 English Story with Audio – Read, Listen & Learn
Culture, idioms and wordplay
Everyday expressions
A1 stories and rhymes
Goosey Goosey Gander: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush: A1 Beginner EnglishHickory Dickory Dock: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioItsy Bitsy Spider: Learn English with Audio Story (A1)Little Boy Blue | A1 English Story & AudioPop Goes the Weasel: A1 English Story with AudioThe Boy Who Cried Wolf: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Elves and the Shoemaker in English (A1 Story with Audio)The Muffin Man | A1 English Story with AudioThe Queen of Hearts: A1 English Story with AudioThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny: A1 English Story with AudioHansel and Gretel: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioA-Tisket, A-Tasket: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioBaa Baa Black Sheep – Learn English with Audio (A1 Beginner)Chicken Little: Read and Listen to a Fun English Story for Beginners (A1) with AudioCinderella for Beginner English: Read & Listen to the Classic Fairy Tale with AudioDoctor Foster: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioEnglish Story for Beginners: Simple Simon (A1 with Audio)Felix the Cat in Hollywood: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioHey Diddle Diddle: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioHumpty Dumpty: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioHush, Little Baby: A Gentle English Story with Audio for BeginnersJack and Jill: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioJack Be Nimble: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioJemima Puddle-Duck: An A1 Beginner English Story with AudioLittle Bo-Peep: A Free English Story for Beginners (CEFR A1) with AudioLittle Jack Horner: A Sweet Pie Story with Audio for A1 BeginnersLittle Miss Muffet: An A1 English Story with Audio for BeginnersLondon Bridge Is Falling Down: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioMary Had a Little Lamb: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioOld King Cole: A Beginner English Story with AudioOld MacDonald Had a Farm: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioOne, Two, Buckle My Shoe: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioPat-a-Cake: A Sweet A1 English Story with Audio and Word HelpPlane Crazy: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioRain, Rain, Go Away: An A1 English Story with AudioRapunzel – A1 English Fairy Tale with Audio & Word HelpRing a Ring o’ Roses: A Free A1 English Story with Audio & Lesson NotesRock-a-bye Baby: An A1 English Story with Audio for BeginnersRow, Row, Row Your Boat: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioRub-a-Dub-Dub – A Free A1 English Story with Audio for BeginnersSing a Song of Sixpence: A Delightful English Story for Beginners (A1) with AudioSteamboat Willie: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Ant and the Grasshopper: A1 English Story with AudioThe Bremen Town Musicians – A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Emperor’s New Clothes: An A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Fox and the Grapes – A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Frog Prince: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Gingerbread Man: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Lion and the Mouse – A Beginner (A1) English Story with AudioThe Little Red Hen – A1 Beginner English Story (Read & Listen Free) with AudioThe Princess and the Pea: A Fun A1 English Story with AudioThe Skeleton Dance – A Beginner English Story with Audio (A1)The Tale of Peter Rabbit: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Tortoise and the Hare: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThe Ugly Duckling: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThere Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThis Little Piggy: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioThree Blind Mice: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioTo Market, To Market: A1 Beginner English Story with AudioTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: A1 Beginner English Story with Audio
B1 stories
A Farewell to Arms: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioAs I Lay Dying: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioJane Eyre: B1 English Story with AudioJourney to the Center of the Earth: B1 English Story withLast and First Men: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioLes Misérables: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Big House | B1 English Story with AudioThe Fall of the House of Usher: B1 English Story with AudioThe Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure: B1 Intermediate EnglishThe Sun Also Rises: B1 English Story with AudioThe Three Little Pigs: B1 English StoryThe Trial: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Vampyre: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: B1 IntermediateUlysses Easy English Story with Audio B1White Fang in English | Listen & Read B1 Story with AudioB1 English Story: All Quiet on the Western Front with AudioCarmilla: B1 English Story with AudioThe Count of Monte Cristo: B1 Intermediate English StoryThe Invisible Man: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Scarlet Pimpernel: B1 Intermediate English Story withA Princess of Mars: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioA Study in Scarlet: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioA Tale of Two Cities: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioAdventures of Huckleberry Finn: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioAnimal Crackers: A Magical B1 English Story with AudioAround the World in Eighty Days: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioDiscover ‘She: A History of Adventure’ in B1 English (with Story Audio & Word Help)Discover ‘The Lost World’ – B1 English Story with Audio & Lesson NotesEnter the Castle: A B1 English Fairy Tale with AudioFrankenstein – A B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioHeart of Darkness: An Intermediate English Retelling (B1) with AudioInvasion from Mars: The War of the Worlds Retold for Intermediate English Learners (with Audio)King Solomon’s Mines: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioLearn English with Sherlock Holmes: A B1 Intermediate Story & AudioListen & Learn: R.U.R. – A Robot Story for B1 English Learners with AudioMetropolis: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioMrs Dalloway: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioNancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock – B1 English Mystery Story with AudioNosferatu: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioOliver Twist: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioPride and Prejudice: B1 English Story with Audio & NotesRaffles: The Amateur Cracksman: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioTarzan of the Apes: A Graded Reader for English Learners with Story AudioThe Blue Angel: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Call of the Wild: B1 Interactive Story with Audio & Word HelpThe Cask of Amontillado: B1 English Audio Story with Free Lesson NotesThe Curse of Capistrano: A Swashbuckling B1 English Story with AudioThe Donkey’s Secret: A B1 English Story from Morocco (Listen & Read) with AudioThe Golden Age: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Great Gatsby: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Hound of the Baskervilles: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame: A B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Island of Doctor Moreau: An Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Machine Stops: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Maltese Falcon: A B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Man Who Laughs: An Intermediate English Graded Story with AudioThe Man Who Was Thursday: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Metamorphosis: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Monkey’s Paw: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Most Dangerous Game: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Murder at the Vicarage: B1 English Mystery Story with Audio & Lesson NotesThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Mysterious Affair at Styles: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Night Land: A B1 English Story with Audio and Lesson NotesThe Phantom of the Opera: A B1 Intermediate English Graded Reader with AudioThe Phantom of the Opera: A B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Picture of Dorian Gray: A B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Pied Piper: A Story of Sound and Fury – B1 English Graded Reader with AudioThe Prisoner of Zenda: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Scarlet Letter: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Secret Adversary: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Secret Agent: A B1 English Fairy Tale with Audio and Word HelpThe Tell-Tale Heart: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Thirty-Nine Steps: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Time Machine: A B1 English Story with AudioThe Wendigo: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioThe Willows: A Magical English Story for B1 Intermediate Learners – Listen & Read with AudioThe Yellow Wallpaper: B1 Intermediate English Story with AudioTo the Lighthouse – Read, Listen, and Learn English (B1) with AudioWuthering Heights: B1 Intermediate English Story with Audio
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