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English Kids Story with Katrina

By Katrina Hao

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·04:14

Emotions - The Loving Turtle - Love

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The stories in this series are about emotions. This story is about a loving turtle. Sophie gives a turtle lettuce. The turtle and Sophie are friends. The turtle shows love to Sophie. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Heart. Care. Friendly. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/oCR6OF73lQ0 Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:12

Emotions - The Scared Rabbit - Scared

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The stories in this series are about emotions. This story is about a scared rabbit. Lily sees a rabbit. The rabbit is scared. Lily helps the rabbit to feel calm. Then the rabbit’s fur shows many colors. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Hide. Shake. Brave. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/gAXqSm1bw8Q Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:48

Emotions - The Happy Puppy - Happy

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The stories in this series are about emotions. Tom and Max the puppy go to the park. They hear music at the park. Max the puppy dances to the music. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Laugh. Dance. Clap. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/aVB-vzesxEs Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:23

Grimm's - Rapunzel - Being smart

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The story is called “Rapunzel.” In the story, a bad fairy locks the princess in a castle. The princess meets a prince. Together they get out of the castle. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Fairy. Lock. Rope. The story is about being smart. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/OHSsn25xu3Y Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:19

Grimm's - Sleeping Beauty - Love

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The story is called “Sleeping Beauty.” In the story, a bad fairy makes the princess go to sleep. A prince helps the princess come awake again. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Princess. Castle. Fairy. The story is about love. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6RoVFXTkz5A Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:03

Grimm's - Snow White - Friends

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The story is called “Snow White.” The story is about a princess. She goes to the forest and meets animal friends. She doesn’t want to go back to the castle. She becomes friends with a prince. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Shiny. Delicious. Stuck. The story is about friends. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/p9dypKWoY0M

Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:15

Grimm's - Rumpelstiltskin - Names

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The story is called “Rumpelstiltskin.” In the story, a King asks a girl to make a gold coat. A man can help the girl make the gold coat. But first the girl needs to find out the man’s name. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Coat. Gold. Straw. The story is about learning people’s names. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Yszv1kM-AEA Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:07

Grimm's - Little Red Coat - Being smart

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The story is called “Little Red Coat.” The story is about a little girl who visits her grandma. She meets a bad wolf. But she stops the wolf. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Coat. Wolf. Lake. The story is about being smart. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1oZoDCR4Rzc Read story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:17

Grimm's - The Frog Prince - Making Friends

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The story is called “The Frog Prince.” The story is about a princess. She loses her ball. A frog helps her. Then she helps the frog, and she meets the prince. This story is about making friends. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Princess. Frog. Fairy. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/WWzTp2tYFX8 Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:32

Grimm's - Animals of Bremen - Respect

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This is a classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The episode is a repost with video. The story is called “The Animals of Bremen.” The story is about a cow, a pig, a dog, and a cat. The animals are old. But they love to sing. They help a little girl. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Delicious. Cake. Cool. The story is about respect for elders. Subscribe to my Youtube story channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8MGiB42RXUYPX5JHJJauyw

Read story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·06:31

British Fairy Tales - The King's Eyes - Friends

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The story is a fairy tale about a King. The King sees things in a bad way. He makes a new friend. His friend helps him to see beautiful things. The story is from the British fairy tale story, “The Magician's Tea Party” by Evelyn Sharp. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Bored. Crown. Magician. Tea Party. Tea. Subscribe to my Youtube story channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8MGiB42RXUYPX5JHJJauyw

Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·06:28

British Fairy Tales - King Grumbelo - Being smart

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The story is a fairy tale about a King. The people want to have a Queen so they can have a party. The King looks for a Queen. The story is about being smart. The story is from the British fairy tale story, “The Professor of Practical Jokes” by Evelyn Sharp. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Bored. Party. Princess. Dragon. Crown. Watch on my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/U6airTWU3ZY

Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·06:47

British Fairy Tales - The Toymaker - Friends

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The story is a fairy tale about a princess and her friend, Martin. The princess wants a new toy. Martin goes to look for a new toy. He looks for the toymaker. He goes to a castle with toys. But he doesn’t leave the castle. He is too busy! Then the princess saves Martin. The story is about friends. The story is from the British fairy tale story, “The Wonderful Toymaker” by Evelyn Sharp. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Princess. Fairy. Toymaker. Voice. Castle. Subscribe to my Youtube channel @mskatrinahao Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·05:37

Lucy the Cat Has a Family Day - Family Love

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The story is about a holiday. In the story, Tommy’s parents don’t go to work because it’s a holiday. Lucy the Cat and Tommy have a special day with their family. Everyone in the family wants to do something different. They decide to go to the park. At the park, they eat and play together. The story is about family love. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Holiday. Basket. Sandwich. Butterfly. Chase. Subscribe to my Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8MGiB42RXUYPX5JHJJauywRead story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·06:57

Lucy the Cat Goes Camping - Making friends

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The story is about going camping for summer vacation. Lucy the Cat and Tommy go camping. They put up the tent. They make a new friend. They make a campfire. The story is about making friends. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Camping. Tent. Campfire. Hot dog. Sleeping bag. Subscribe to my Youtube story channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8MGiB42RXUYPX5JHJJauyw

Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·06:14

Lucy the Cat Goes to the Museum - Making Friends

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The story is about going to a museum for summer vacation. Lucy the Cat and Tommy go to the museum. They get lost. They make a new friend. The story is about making friends. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Museum. Art. Painting. Statue. Dinosaur. Subscribe to my Youtube channel: click here. Read stories and more: click here.

·05:34

Lucy the Cat Goes to the Beach - Being Kind

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The story is about going to a beach for summer vacation. Lucy the Cat and Tommy go to the beach. They make a sandcastle and they help a bird. The story is about being kind. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Sunscreen. Swimsuit. Sand. Sandcastle. Shell. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Icbzh1R2SnI Read story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:41

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet and the Heffalump

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary from the famous story: Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is a bear. In this story, Pooh and his friend Piglet want to catch a Heffalump. How can they catch a Heffalump? Practice 5 vocabulary words: Dig. Jar. Idea. Stuck. Heffalump. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/HSowmCRLtXk See story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:56

Winnie the Pooh and the Tail

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary from the famous story: Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is a bear. In this story, Pooh helps his friend the donkey. The donkey's name is Eeyore. Eeyore can't find his tail. Pooh helps him find his tail. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Donkey. Alone. Bell. Rope. Bush. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/CKANaLQ0R3U See story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:48

Winnie the Pooh and the Tracks

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary from the famous story: Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is a bear. In this story, Winnie the Pooh sees animal tracks in the snow. Pooh and his friend Piglet follow the tracks. What animal do they find? Practice 4 vocabulary words: Hunting. Tracks. Unfriendly. Paw. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/p9QQTwiBnPg See story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:57

Winnie the Pooh Gets Stuck

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This is a short story for kids in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary from the famous story: Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is a bear. He goes for a walk. He visits a friend. He eats honey. Then his tummy is too big! He gets stuck in a hole. His friends help him get out. Practice 5 vocabulary words: Hum. Hole. Honey. Stuck. Tummy. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/DvXMKnTW1wc Read story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·05:12

Lucy the Cat and the Cookies - Sharing

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This is a simple story to practice English. Practice the most common food words and phrases in a story. The story is about a boy, Tommy, and his cat, Lucy. The story is about sharing. Tommy and Lucy see a grandpa is sad. How can they help? Lucy gives the grandpa a flower. Tommy gives the grandpa chocolate chip cookies. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/LbW2kA3XPA0
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·06:29

Hans Christian Andersen - Thumbelina - Kindness

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This is a short story to practice English. This is a famous story by Hans Christian Andersen called Thumbelina. A baby girl is born in a flower. She is a tiny girl. Her name is Thumbelina. She lives in the forest and she has many animal friends. She is kind to animals, and the animals help Thumbelina. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/OmTWsnjfFAU

See story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·06:03

Hans Christian Andersen - The Nightingale - Friends

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This is a simple story for kids. The story is "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. This story is about friends. The nightingale is a bird and sings a beautiful song for the emperor. But the emperor doesn't want to listen to the nightingale -- he wants to listen to a toy bird. Then the emperor is sick. How can the nightingale help the emperor? Watch and read on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rm2FX5hHSvg

See story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·06:33

Hans Christian Andersen - The Little Mermaid - Doing new things

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This is a short story to practice English. It's inspired by The Little Mermaid from Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid lives in the ocean. But she wants to go explore out of the ocean. She gets legs for walking. She meets a prince and walks on the beach. Then she is ready to go home. How can she become a mermaid again? She gets help from the other mermaids. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/auH8g6ZCqR4

Read story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·05:21

Lucy the Cat in Taiwan - Making friends

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This is a simple English kids story. The story is about making friends. Tommy and Lucy the Cat go to Taiwan. They look for Tommy's favorite food. What is Tommy's favorite food? Watch and read the story on Youtube: https://youtu.be/lJu_sJNAxFM

See story scripts: https://katrinahao.substack.com


·11:50

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Welcome!

Read the story 📚 on my website English with Katrina 👉 www.KatrinaHao.com

and on Facebook www.facebook.com/EnglishwithKatrina 👍

This story is read by Katrina Hao and was written by Beatrix Potter ✨

·07:03

The Little Red Hen -- Mother's Love

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Read the story 📚 👉 www.KatrinaHao.com

Follow for updates www.facebook.com/EnglishwithKatrina 👍

This story has been rewritten and read by Katrina Hao; it is a classic folktale called “The Little Red Hen”✨

·04:15

Aesop's Fables - The Peacock - Beauty

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Read the story 📚 👉 www.KatrinaHao.com

Follow for updates www.facebook.com/EnglishwithKatrina 👍

This story has been rewritten and read by Katrina Hao; it is a classic from Aesop’s Fables called “The Peacock”✨

·06:14

Jack and the Beanstalk

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Read the story 📚 on my website English with Katrina 👉 www.KatrinaHao.com

and on Facebook www.facebook.com/EnglishwithKatrina 👍

This story has been rewritten and read by Katrina Hao; it is a classic fairy tale✨

·07:55

Cinderella

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Read the story 📚 on my website English with Katrina 👉 www.KatrinaHao.com

and on Facebook www.facebook.com/EnglishwithKatrina 👍

This story has been rewritten and read by Katrina Hao; it is a traditional folk tale✨

·04:43

Emotions - The Excited Frog - Excited

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. This story is about an excited frog. Anna sees a green frog. The frog jumps on the flowers. The green frog changes to many colors. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Excited. Clap. Surprise. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/oCR6OF73lQ0 Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:16

Emotions - The Jealous Bird - Jealous

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The stories in this series are about emotions. This story is about a jealous bird. Jack has two birds. One bird is jealous. The bird is not happy. What can Jack do? Practice 3 vocabulary words: Jealous. Treat. Clap. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/oCR6OF73lQ0 Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:31

Emotions - The Angry Cat - Angry

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The stories in this series are about emotions. This story is about an angry cat. The cat loses a toy. Mike buys a new toy. The cat plays with the new toy in the air. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Angry. Mad. Surprise. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/oCR6OF73lQ0 Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com

·04:00

Emotions - The Lonely Bird - Sad

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This is a short story in simple English. Learn English with beginner vocabulary for kids. The stories in this series are about emotions. This story is about a lonely bird. Jane makes a birdhouse for the bird. Practice 3 vocabulary words: Alone. Help. Friend. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/oCR6OF73lQ0 Read story scripts and more: https://katrinahao.substack.com