The children's story The bad little goblin's New Year is written by Mary Stewart.

A naughty little goblin is always playing tricks on the forest animals and one day the go after him. He runs away and hides in a log. He is very sad and remorseful. One day his log is taken to a lumberjack's home. Here he hears the sweetest sound he's ever heard, the laughing of children. He decided he wants to play with them, but he knows he has to become kind and nice first.

Suitable for 7+.

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The story Christmas wishes is written by Louise Chollet.

A spoilt royal family celebrates Christmas. The three young princes each get a wish from Santa. The first wishes to be able to control nature. The second wishes to have a luck-penny, but the third wishes to marry the poor shoemaker's sweet daughter and to have the Christmas spirit in their home all year round. When the king hears this last wish he gets angry! What a stupid wish!

Suitable for 7+ years old.

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The Slovakian fairy tale Zlatovlaska with the golden hair is written by Parker Hoysted Fillmore. 

An evil king sends out his servant to look for the girl with the golden hair. The servant, who is very kind and nice to animals, finds the girl. She is a princess and in order to win her, he has to complete three difficult tasks. With the help of his animal friends he completes them all and he takes the princess to marry the king. But then the evil king kills the servant and the princess is able to revive him with the Water of Life. The king also wants to live beautiful and young for the rest of his life, kills himself, but Zlatovlaska doesn't save him and marries the servant and they live happily ever after.

Suitable for older children, 8+.

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A Christmas present for mother is written by Maud Lindsay.

This Christmas story is about a young prince who wants to get his sick mother, the queen, a beautiful gift. She doesn't want anything so she asks for something simple, a twig of rosemary in a jar. But it's impossible to find rosemary in winter! The young prince searches everywhere and then finds an old woman who has a jar of rosemary, but she doesn't want to sell it...

Suitable for 3+ years old.

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The fairy tale The Snowman is written by Hans Christian Andersen.

The story is about a snow man who has a conversation with the yard-dog. The dogs teaches him many things. The dog tells him about the stove inside the house. The Snow Man is fascinated! 

This story is suitable for 5 year olds and up.

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The Christmas princess is written by an unknown writer.

A princess is born on Christmas day. Her four fairy godmothers come by to give the girl a gift. But the queen is angry and the Snow Fairy, who is the most powerful, and the Snow Fairy responds by giving the princess an ice cold heart. The only way it will turn back to normal is if she sheds tears. The girl grows up and never cries...but then the Western fairy comes up with a plan.

Suitable for 7+ years.

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The children's story The kite that went to the moon is written by Evelyn Sharp.

A young boy Tom and his friend Anna have made a beautiful, big kite. But when they try to fly it, it doesn't! And all the other kids laugh at them. Tom and Anna set out into the world to find someone who can tell them why their kite didn't fly. Then they meet an elf and they go on a great adventure to the moon, where they find their kite!

A great story before bedtime, suitable for all ages.

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The Christmas kids story The animals' Christmas tree is written by John P. Peters.

The sparrows see some children celebrate Christmas and go tell all the other animals about this fantastic festival. The tame animals know quite a bit about it and a congress is held with all tame and wild animals. The king of the animals, the Lion, decided that they should also have a Christmas tree, because it looks so festive. All the animals agree and are enthousiastic to celebrate.

This story is suitable for 4+ year olds.

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The children's story Santa Claus is written by Maud Lindsay.

It's a short story about who Santa is and what he does.

Suitable for all ages.

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Sparrow's search for rain is written by Cyrus MacMillan. It's an Indian story from Canada about how Whirlwind and Rain get banished from their town. But of course, without rain and wind everything withers. The people decide they want to bring the pair back, but where are they? Fox and bear go looking for them, but can't find them. Then a little sparrow offers to help.

Suitable for 6 years old and up.

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