Old stories, handled with care
Teachers put these stories in front of children, so they have to be right.
How every story gets here
Source
We start from named, published sources and record where each story came from.
Retell
We retell it clearly for today’s readers and keep the original meaning intact.
Check
We read every story for age and content, and add a note wherever a teacher should look first.
Correct
When a reader finds a mistake, we fix it and say so here.
What we promise teachers
- We name a story’s source wherever we can confirm it.
- We never ask for pupils’ names or details.
- Ads never interrupt a story or a lesson.
- Printables carry no ads.
- Bedtime mode shows no ads at all.
- Mistakes are fixed and logged in public.
Corrections
Report a mistakeWhen we rebuilt the library in 2026 we checked every fable against published sources. 221 of them had been wrongly credited to Aesop.
The 221 satirical fables by Ambrose Bierce now carry his name, have their own collection and are marked for older readers.
Identified as Bierce’s satire about a senator. The classic version remains available as The Milk Woman and Her Pail.
Identified as Bierce’s satirical twist. The classic fable is now published as The Ant and the Grasshopper.