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Good night. A new tale every night. Dim the lights, pick a lullaby and start reading.

Tonight's tale

The Cricket and the Ant

The cricket sings all summer long; when winter comes, he knocks on the hard-working ant's door.

La Fontaine2 minutes4-9 years
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172 tales · 16 categories · free, no ads, no account required

Masal Merkezi is a Turkish tale library. Every tale is written in Turkish first; this is its English version. Read in Turkish

The Cricket and the Ant Illustrations are symbolic
Masal Robotu
Story Robot

Which tale tonight?

Tell the robot the child's age and what kind of tale you want; it picks three for tonight out of 172 tales. You choose the hero, the length and the mood.

Find by age: 2-4 years 5-7 years 8-10 years 11+ years
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Türkçe Masallar Read the same tales in Turkish 172 Turkish tales, bedtime stories, Keloglan and Nasreddin Hodja, with music and a story-finder robot.

Tale categories

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Bedtime Stories 56 tales La Fontaine Fables 20 tales Aesop's Fables 32 tales Grimm Fairy Tales 15 tales Andersen Fairy Tales 11 tales Classic Tales 58 tales Turkish Folk Tales 28 tales Keloglan Tales 12 tales Nasreddin Hodja 16 tales Arabian Nights 5 tales Kalila and Dimna 8 tales Dede Korkut Stories 3 tales

Our picks

The Lion and the MouseThe Lion and the Mouse 3-8 yearsThe Hare and the TortoiseThe Hare and the Tortoise 3-8 yearsThe Boy Who Cried WolfThe Boy Who Cried Wolf 4-9 yearsLittle Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood 4-9 yearsThe Bremen Town MusiciansThe Bremen Town Musicians 4-9 yearsSnow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4-9 years

Newly added tales

All tales
The Sound in the SeashellThe Sound in the Seashell 3-7 yearsThe Owl and the BatThe Owl and the Bat 3-7 yearsThe Mountain Goat and the Shepherd GirlThe Mountain Goat and the Shepherd Girl 3-8 yearsThe Well of the Forty BrothersThe Well of the Forty Brothers 5-10 yearsThe Hodja and the Lost RingThe Hodja and the Lost Ring 4-9 yearsThe Hodja and the Ducks by the LakeThe Hodja and the Ducks by the Lake 3-8 yearsKeloglan and the Golden AppleKeloglan and the Golden Apple 5-10 yearsWhere Love IsWhere Love Is 5-10 yearsThe Tortoise and the Hare, AgainThe Tortoise and the Hare, Again 4-9 yearsThe Little Boy's Pastry DreamThe Little Boy's Pastry Dream 3-7 years

Read a tale, a new world every night

Masal Merkezi has 172 tales and all of them are free. Bedtime stories are written at a calm pace for reading before sleep; short tales end in two minutes; tales with a moral talk about honesty, hard work and sharing. While you read you can play a lullaby or rain sounds, enlarge the text and switch to night mode.

From the classics to Anatolia

La Fontaine and Aesop are short fables with animal heroes. Grimm and Andersen are the classics of world children's literature; Keloglan, Nasreddin Hodja and Turkish folk tales come from Anatolia. Every tale is retold for children in a warm, simple voice, and English learners can tap any word to see it in Turkish.

Choose tales by age

Every tale shows an age range: short, repetitive tales for ages 2-4, fables and Keloglan for 5-7, Grimm and the Arabian Nights for 8-10, Dede Korkut for 11 and up. Can't decide? The Story Robot asks the age and the mood and picks for you. Sign up and your favorites and reading list follow you into the mobile app.