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A parcel arrives for Dot, but her cat, Pickle, sits on it before she can lift the lid. Dot wants to see the surprise inside. Pickle seems quite sure the surprise has already arrived.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/the-cat-who-kept-the-parcelAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Mina is ready for a spectacular rescue. Her new cape has other ideas: its enormous pocket keeps collecting lost things. When a bent cardboard bird turns up inside, she must decide what sort of hero to be.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/7-year-old/the-superheros-extra-large-pocketAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Cora wants her decorated wagon to keep up with the Thanksgiving parade, but her little cousin keeps asking her to stop. When she finally sees whom he's waving to, being last begins to feel different.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-thanksgiving-parades-last-wagonAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Kip packs his favorite red kite for a family camping trip, but the wind refuses to blow. When a smaller camper needs some shade, lending his kite changes the afternoon—and gives them both a new view.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/the-bear-who-packed-a-kiteAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

When fog delays nine-year-old Mara at the Alder Ridge weather station, its radio will receive messages but not send them. She has to make contact before her class gives up on the afternoon weather survey.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/9-year-old/hatchetDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

Two retired service robots discover that hail has cracked the neighborhood greenhouse. Their old tools still work—but neither machine was designed to repair glass.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/7-year-old/the-transformers-unbreakable-bondDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

Max borrows an unusual paintbrush for the school mural. It does not bring pictures to life—but it refuses to cover anything painted dishonestly.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/6-year-old/max-and-the-magic-paintbrushDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

Neri finds a brass key tangled in harbor kelp. With Odo and Harbor Keeper Sela, she traces it to a locked instrument case inside an old sunken ferry.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/6-year-old/ariel-and-treasureDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

Ina spends all morning preparing for the park kite day. Then the wind disappears, the contest moves to Sunday, and her enormous orange fish refuses to wait quietly.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/alexander-and-the-terribleDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

The circus clock keeps jumping backward during rehearsal. Jake has nine repeating minutes to discover which performer is in danger—and why no one remembers his warnings.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/9-year-old/the-time-traveling-circus-performersDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com