Easy English fairy tales
Classic fairy tales adapted for English learners. Grimm, Andersen and Perrault retold in simple A2 English, each with a short quiz and tap-to-save vocabulary. You often already know the story, which makes the English easy to follow. No sign-up.
Classic fairy tales, easiest first
Short A2 retellings, a few minutes each, with a quiz. Tap a book to read.
Fairy tales are perfect for A2 reading
When you already know what happens, you can guess new words from the story, so the English feels much easier.
A few quick questions after each tale so you check that you really understood it.
Tap any word to see its meaning and add it to your personal vocabulary list.
Build an English reading habit
Save the words you tap, track the tales you finish, and follow a gentle 30-day plan from your first short story to longer classics. Free, and it keeps your progress across devices.
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About 36,000 words of reading at this level is where words start repeating often enough to stick. That is a floor rather than a limit: its 4 shelves hold 55,749, and reading all of them is a perfectly good idea.
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