成人快手

A series of short animated short films based on folktales from around the world.

This series includes stories from Brazil, India, Israel, Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria. The stories are narrated by Maureen Lipman, Meera Syal and others.

Where The Night Came From. video

A beautifully animated tale from Brazil that playfully imagines how the night came to be.

Where The Night Came From

The Prince Who Thinks He Is A Rooster. video

A beautifully animated tale from Israel exploring the importance of individuality.

The Prince Who Thinks He Is A Rooster

The Tale Of How The Caliph Became A Stork. video

A beautifully animated tale from Iraq about a wicked sorcerer who turned the great Caliph of Baghdad into a stork.

The Tale Of How The Caliph Became A Stork

The Strongest Man In The World. video

A beautifully animated tale from Nigeria about a man whose boasting lands him in trouble.

The Strongest Man In The World

The King Who Was Eaten For Breakfast. video

A beautifully animated tale from India about a Punjabi King who allowed himself to be fried and eaten for breakfast each day by a hermit, in return for gold.

The King Who Was Eaten For Breakfast

The Story Of Wali Dad. video

A beautifully animated tale from Pakistan about a grass cutter, who is both happy and generous with the little that he owns.

The Story Of Wali Dad
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The Hare and the Tortoise. video

Aesop's famous fable is read by the late Richard Briers in this adaptation combining text, audio and illustrations.

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Fox and the Crow. video

Aesop's fable about a clever fox and a proud crow is read by Jonathan Pryce in this adaptation combining text, audio and illustrations.

The Fox and the Crow

The Boy who cried Wolf. video

Aesop's famous fable is read by the late Richard Briers in this adaptation combining text, audio and illustrations.

The Boy who cried Wolf

The North Wind and the Sun. video

Aesop's fable about a contest between the Sun and the Wind is read by Lindsay Duncan in this adaptation combining text, audio and illustrations.

The North Wind and the Sun

Bitesize

Use these Bitesize resources to set homework, independent study tasks or to consolidate learning for your pupils.

Bitesize

Newsround

The latest news stories from Newsround to share in the classroom.

Newsround
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