Children's

Read Children's Classics in English

6,041 children's books at CEFR A2 to C2 — learn English by reading the stories worth reading. Select any word for an instant translation, listen to the narration read the page aloud, and save the vocabulary you meet. Pick your level and start with a free sample.

What are the best children's classics to read in English as a learner?

The best children's classics for English learners are the well-known titles you can read in the original — start with Æsop's fables in words of one syllable, Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers and Æsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices.. Each one is labelled with a CEFR level, any word you do not know is one selection away from a translation, and the narration reads the page aloud while it highlights the words.

6,041: books

Children's classics, page 22 of 126 — chapters and CEFR level
Title	Chapters	Level
The Story of the Teasing Monkey	1	B1
The Story of the Rock	11	C1
The Story of the Odyssey	27	B2
The Story of the Big Front Door	28	B2
The Story of the Amulet	14	B2
The Story of a White Rocking Horse	11	B1
The Story of a Stuffed Elephant	13	A2
The Story of a Robin	4	B2
The Story of a Red Deer	13	C1
The Story of a Pumpkin Pie	22	B2
The Story of a Plush Bear	14	B1
The Story of a Nodding Donkey	12	B1
The Story of a Needle	18	B2
The Story of a Monkey on a Stick	14	B1
The Story of a Lamb on Wheels	11	B1
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit	1	—
The Story of a Donkey: abridged from the French of Madame la comtesse de Ségur	15	B2
The Story of a Dewdrop	6	C1
The Story of a China Cat	13	B1
The Story of a Child	82	C1
The Story of a Candy Rabbit	14	A2
The Story of a Calico Clown	11	B1
The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier	10	B2
The Story of a Bad Boy	22	B2
The Story of Zephyr: A Christmas Story	8	B2
The Story of Yvashka with the Bear's Ear	2	C1
The Story of Viteau	19	B2
The Story of Troy	16	B2
The Story of Sonny Sahib	10	C1
The Story of Rustem, and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi	24	C1
The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow	33	C1
The Story of Red Feather: A Tale of the American Frontier	14	B2
The Story of Patsy	8	B2
The Story of Noah's Ark	28	B2
The Story of Nelson: also "The Grateful Indian", "The Boatswain's Son"	17	B2
The Story of Mrs. Tubbs	1	A2
The Story of Miss Moppet	4	A2
The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines	28	C1
The Story of Little Black Sambo, and The Story of Little Black Mingo	3	B1
The Story of Little Black Mingo	1	B1
The Story of Jessie	13	B2
The Story of Jack and the Giants	5	B2
The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes: Being the narrative of the adventures of a young gentleman of good family, who was kidnapped in the year 1719 and carried to the plantations of the continent of Virginia, where he fell in with that famous pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard; of his escape from the pirates and the rescue of a young lady from out their hands	54	C1
The Story of Hiawatha, Adapted from Longfellow	50	B2
The Story of Doctor Dolittle	24	C1
The Story of Blue-Beard	1	C1
The Story of Antony Grace	62	B2
The Story of Alexander	23	B2