Free stories and Premium previews for ages 3 to 10

Bedtime Stories for Kids That Bring Calmer Nights and Braver Days

Read, watch, or listen to magical adventures that help children explore kindness, courage, confidence, and more through characters they will want to meet again.

  • Free stories available
  • Premium previews included
  • New adventures added regularly
Junior, Leafy, Max, Snoggle, and Pixie together in Paddington Town beneath Alderwise

Welcome to a world where every adventure helps something good grow

Meet the friends of TinyTales Land

Meet familiar friends in free stories, then preview Premium Nightfall episodes, adventures, and activities before joining.

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TinyTales Story Compass

Find the right TinyTales moment

Choose what your child needs right now. The Compass will connect one free story, video and activity to help the moment continue beyond the screen.

What does your child need tonight?

Your match can refresh each week as the free TinyTales library grows.

A TinyTales Land Adventure Series

The latest TinyTales World expedition has awakened

TinyTales World is an adventure series inside TinyTales Land for children ages 3 to 10. In the first released episode, Junior and Tilda investigate a magical unfinished map and discover why observation, evidence and careful corrections matter. Episode 1.1 is available as a Premium episode and runs for 11 minutes and 17 seconds.

What is TinyTales World?

TinyTales World is an adventure series inside TinyTales Land for children ages 3 to 10. It expands the stories into connected expeditions, characters, living habitats, mysteries and learning themes.

Who are the TinyTales World Explorers?

Junior, Whimble, Tilda, Mallow and Cairn explore the unfinished map together, combining planning, curiosity, invention, habitat knowledge, safety and teamwork.

What can children learn from TinyTales World?

World adventures combine story led problem solving with themes such as observation, evidence, habitats, responsibility, creativity and character growth.

Where can families explore TinyTales World?

Families can meet the Explorer crew, read World stories and discover the growing collection of World Places from the TinyTales World hub.

TinyTales characters

Junior the frog, one of the TinyTales Land characters

Character spotlight

Meet the TinyTales Land Characters

Story friends who help children explore kindness, courage, patience, curiosity and other meaningful character traits.

TinyTales Land characters appear across stories, videos, activities and connected worlds. Each character brings a different personality, challenge and way of learning so children can discover that growth can look different for everyone.

  • Ages 3 to 10
  • Stories and Videos
  • Character Traits

Who are the TinyTales Land characters?

They are child friendly story characters who appear across TinyTales Land adventures, videos and activities for children ages 3 to 10.

What do TinyTales characters help children learn?

Their adventures explore character traits, feelings, choices, friendship, problem solving and the small everyday actions children can recognise in their own lives.

This week in TinyTales Land

Free Story of the Week

Alderwise Teaches Patience

  • Patience
  • Ages 3 to 10
  • Free story
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Illustration for Alderwise Teaches Patience, a TinyTales Land story about patience

Read, relax, and grow together

What is the TinyTales Free Story of the Week?

It is a free children's story selected from TinyTales Land for families to read together. Stories are designed for ages 3 to 10 and connect imaginative adventures with character traits and everyday learning.

How can families use the featured story?

Read the story together, notice the character trait at the centre of the adventure, then ask one simple question about how the same idea could appear in everyday life.

Character traits for children

Kindness character trait badge for children

Trait of the Month

Kindness

Kindness means sharing smiles and helping others feel happy.

TinyTales Land uses stories, characters, videos and activities to help children notice character traits through choices they can recognise in everyday life.

What are character traits for children?

Character traits are qualities such as kindness, courage, patience, gratitude and responsibility. TinyTales Land explores them through child friendly stories, videos and activities for ages 3 to 10.

How can stories help children understand character traits?

Stories let children see a trait through a character's choices and feelings, then talk about how the same idea could appear at home, at school or with friends.

Children's videos for ages 3 to 10

Watch, unwind and dream together

Explore TinyTales Nightfall story adventures, calming TinyTales Lullabies and TinyTales World expeditions for children and families.

Gentle Lullabies for peaceful bedtimes

Short calming songs for bedtime routines, quiet moments and a softer end to the day.

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Explore TinyTales World

Junior and Tilda investigate a magical unfinished map while children learn how observation evidence and careful corrections make maps more accurate.

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What videos can children watch on TinyTales Land?

TinyTales Land includes story based Nightfall adventures, calming Lullabies and TinyTales World expeditions, with free videos and clearly labelled Premium previews.

What can children learn from TinyTales videos?

Videos connect stories with character traits, feelings, problem solving and learning themes so families can watch together and talk about the choices characters make.

Interactive stories for kids

Choose Your Own TinyTales Adventure

Begin a free adventure or preview the choice stories waiting inside TinyTales Premium.

1. Read the story scene

Each adventure begins with a short story moment and a decision for the child to consider.

2. Choose what happens next

The child selects a path and sees how that choice changes the journey.

3. Talk about the outcome

Families can compare choices, feelings and consequences after the adventure.

  • Free adventures and Premium previews
  • Made for ages 3 to 10
  • Every choice changes the journey

What are interactive stories for kids?

Interactive stories are choice based adventures where children decide what happens next instead of only following one fixed path.

How do TinyTales choice stories work?

Children read or listen to a scene, choose between possible actions, then continue along the story path created by that decision.

What can children learn from interactive stories?

Choice stories can help children explore cause and effect, empathy, problem solving, feelings and how different decisions can lead to different outcomes.

Are there free TinyTales interactive stories?

Yes. TinyTales Land includes free interactive adventures for ages 3 to 10, with additional Premium adventures clearly labelled as previews.

Playful learning for ages 3 to 10

Play, create and grow

Play free interactive activities, begin a guided Place Mission, then preview the larger Premium collection of creative learning games and complete adventures.

Activity 1

Create and unwind

Coloring Pages

Color familiar TinyTales friends online with calm tools and a print option.

  • Color online
  • Creative calm
  • Free choices
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Activity 2

Notice good choices

Character Trait Jar

Fill a jar with real moments of kindness, courage, patience and more.

  • Family activity
  • 25 traits
  • Real examples
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Activity 4

Choose and restore

Place Missions

Enter a TinyTales Place, make meaningful choices and complete the first two mission stages free.

  • Interactive choices
  • 2 Free stages
  • Progress saved
Try Place Missions

What free activities are available on TinyTales Land?

TinyTales Land includes interactive coloring, character trait jar games, word searches and Place Missions, with free activities for children ages 3 to 10.

How do TinyTales activities support learning?

Activities revisit ideas from stories and videos through creative play, vocabulary, attention, character traits, meaningful choices and simple real life prompts.

Can families use TinyTales activities after a story or video?

Yes. Families can use coloring, trait activities, word searches or Place Missions to continue a conversation after reading or watching together.

What are TinyTales Place Missions?

Place Missions are interactive TinyTales World activities where children explore a location, make meaningful choices and work through connected mission stages.