This Children's Day, listen to this special story, a beautiful folktale from China in which an old King is on the lookout for the next King/Queen. And so, he does an interesting proclamation for all the children of his kingdom giving them a task. What is that task? Do the children do it? Does the King identify the next successor?

To know more, do listen to the story.

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A Queen loses her favorite necklace gifted by the King on Diwali morning. This necklace lands at the doorstep of Manjula, a washerwoman. Does she keep it to herself? It's the Diwali night and something interesting happens. Listen to know more.

Music Credits : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/

A folktale from India which has a wicked character trying to bully and dominate the weaker one. So, does the wicked one succeed? 

Can you guess which state this folktale is from? Do write in your answers to us.

Happy Listening!

Story Credits:

Kaka and Munni by Pratham Books

Written by Natasha Sharma.

Released under CC BY 4.0 License.

Today, the 1st of April is known as April Fool's Day when we play harmless tricks on others. So, go on and listen to this traditional trickster tale to know who tricked whom...

Credits:

Mrs Chicken and Hungry Crocodile

by Won-Ldy Paye, Margaret H. Lippert

Illustrated by Julie Paschkis

Published May 1st 2003 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

It was a long time back, very long time back, one day or was it night? It was dark everywhere and freezing cold! And NO SUN IN THE SKY!

WHY? WHAT HAPPENED?

Listen to the story to know what happened?

Credits:

The Seventh Sun: A Tribal Tale From Odisha, India

Author - Indian Folktale

Illustration - Pratham Books

Language - English

Level - First paragraphs

© Pratham Books 2014

Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0

Source www.africanstorybook.org

Original source www.prathambooks.org

While challenges come to Tenali Raman every time, for once it was Tenali Raman who took up a challenge on his own!  And of course, he again proves he is the best in town! So what happened? What was the challenge this time?

To know more, listen to this funny story...

Have you ever tried finding someone else's mother tongue, without directly asking them? 

Listen to this story to know how Tenali Raman did that.

The ministers in the Kingdom of Vijayanagara are given a challenge. Days go by and the ministers are not able to solve it. Now it is the turn of Tenali Rama who too struggles. Does he solve it?

Listen to this interesting story to know what happened.

Listen to yet another interesting tale where Tenali Raman helps King resolve a tricky problem!

In this yet another witty and wise tale Tenali Raman proves how foolish it is to keep superstitious beliefs.