Inspirational Short Stories for Children

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." - Jacqueline Kennedy

Parenting a child is a gradual process; it marks the inception of your child’s thought process and life-long habits. Introducing your child to the world of books can be a great idea to start shaping you young one’s mind. At a tender age when the young minds are like a blank canvass, good books can be the best facilitators to inspire and educate your kids.

Inspirational short stories are the ones that help in creating beliefs and values in the minds of children. Not necessarily didactic in nature, inspirational stories teach your children the importance of values like honesty, bravery and hard work through fictional or non-fictional stories. Inspirational short stories are ideal for children to make the transition from picture books to text without pictures.

Famous Must-read Inspirational Short Stories for Children

Red Riding Hood:
The story of the lovable and brave girl called Red Riding Hood has been one of the most famous short stories written for kids. The story is written by Brothers Grimm, illustrates the adventures of little Red Riding Hood as she battles the wicked wolf to save her Grand Mother.

The Ugly Duckling:
A truly inspirational short story, written by Hans Christian Anderson which most of us have read as kids. It is a story that narrates the transformation of an ugly duckling into a graceful swan writes the story.

The Hare and The Tortoise:
A legendary Aesop’s fable that narrates a story about an overconfident hare that loses a race with the slow yet steady going tortoise.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
A classic Aesop’s fable that highlights the importance of speaking out the truth. As all other Aesop’s fable, this one too has simple and effective righting which is just right for the young readers.

Here is a list of some inspirational short story collections that include numerous short stories and would make for some substance reading for the young minds.

Aesop’s Fables:
A collection of interesting short stories perfect for children. Aesop’s fables are best known for the morals that they imbibe in young minds. Simple and easy- to understand stories that send a clear and sound message and create awareness about basic human values. A must read for your kids.

Chicken Soup for the Little Souls
If you are looking for a collection of meaningful short-stories supplemented by vibrant pictures, Chicken Soup for the Little souls is the collection for you. It includes a wider variety of short stories written by numerous authors.

Stories from Panchatantra
A lively collection of stories that feature animals and birds from the jungle as their central characters. Every story in Panchatantra has a moral to teach.

How Inspirational Short Stories Can Help Children ?

Reading Inspirational short stories will benefit children in a number of ways. Here are just some of the basic things that children will grasp from inspirational short stories:

Teaching Basic Values and Morals
All the inspirational stories from Children’s literature are enriched with ample morals and values. At a young age children tend to grasp ideas very quickly. Providing your children with beautiful inspirational stories is providing them good food for thought.

Inspiration Creates Aspiration
When kids read inspirational stories, they admire and idolize the characters from the book which are portrayed as brave, honest truthful and ideal in every way. Kids tend to have bigger and nobler aspirations if they get inspired.

Hunger for Reading- The best habit
In spite of the fact that inspirational stories will shape up your kids’ opinions in a positive way, they will cultivate the love for reading. Reading is one of the best habits one can acquire during childhood since, to read is to learn, experience and grow.

Children’s literature might be synonymous with fun and pictures, but most of all it is about helping your child grow. Fascinate your children with Aesop’s fables, or let them have some chicken soup for their little souls…