Original stories · German with English

Kinderleicht

First German stories for children, told in the present tense. Free to read in the browser, each with the English beside every paragraph.

About the series

Short German stories for children, and for anyone taking their very first steps in German, with an English translation beside every paragraph. A cat who is nowhere to be found, a dog who will not have a bath, a wobbly tooth, a snowman for a grandmother in bed: small everyday problems, solved by the end, with a laugh on the way.

The German is at A1, the very first level. Every story is told in the present tense, in short sentences, with the same everyday words coming back again and again. No past tenses and no long clauses: nothing a beginner has not met yet.

Read them with a child, read them aloud together, or read them on your own as a first real story in German. Each one takes about ten minutes.

A1 stories

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Hoppel kann nicht schlafen
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Hoppel Can’t Sleep
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Das rote Fahrrad
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The Red Bicycle
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Opa und die Brille
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Grandpa and the Glasses
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Die kleine Ente
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The Little Duck
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Wo ist Mimi?
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Where Is Mimi?
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Der neue Junge
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The New Boy
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Ein Kuchen für Mama
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A Cake for Mum
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Der Wackelzahn
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The Wobbly Tooth
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Bruno und das Bad
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Bruno and the Bath
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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Ein Schneemann für Oma
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A Snowman for Grandma
A1Kinderleicht · German · 5 min
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