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Fifty Famous Stories Retold

by James Baldwin

King Alfred and the cakes, William Tell's apple, the sword of Damocles: short true-ish tales kids quote forever.

📖 50 stories, complete ⏱ about 5 minutes a night 📅 a story a night finishes it in about 7 weeks
Read it free in theApp StoreHow reading missions work

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This book can earn their screen time.

Assign Fifty Famous Stories Retold as a mission and pick the schedule: every day, school nights, weekends, or one story a week. The app serves the next story each time and keeps the bookmark.

📚 They read it in the app

The full text, 50 stories, on their own device. No separate book to buy or lose.

🎤 They prove it out loud

At the end of a story the app highlights a short passage and your child reads it aloud. Mak listens and checks it against the page.

⚡ The screen time is earned

Pass, and the XP lands. Screen time comes from the book, not the feed.

What's inside

The complete book, split into 50 stories the app serves one at a time.

See all 50 stories
Story 1American Book Company.
Story 2Concerning These Stories.
Story 3King Alfred And The Cakes.
Story 4King Alfred And The Beggar.
Story 5King Canute On The Seashore.
Story 6The Sons Of William The Conqueror.
Story 7The White Ship.
Story 8He Never Smiled Again.
Story 9I. The Three Questions.
Story 10Ii. The Three Answers.
Story 11A Story Of Robin Hood.
Story 12Bruce And The Spider.
Story 13The Black Douglas.
Story 14Three Men Of Gotham.
Story 15Other Wise Men Of Gotham.
Story 16The Miller Of The Dee.
Story 17Sir Philip Sidney.
Story 18The Ungrateful Soldier.
Story 19Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
Story 20Sir Walter Raleigh.
Story 21Pocahontas.
Story 22George Washington And His Hatchet.
Story 23Grace Darling.
Story 24The Story Of William Tell.
Story 25Arnold Winkelried.
Story 26The Bell Of Atri.
Story 27How Napoleon Crossed The Alps.
Story 28The Story Of Cincinnatus.
Story 29The Story Of Regulus.
Story 30Cornelia's Jewels.
Story 31Androclus And The Lion.
Story 32Horatius At The Bridge.
Story 33The Sword Of Damocles.
Story 34Damon And Pythias.
Story 35A Laconic Answer.
Story 36The Ungrateful Guest.
Story 37Alexander And Bucephalus.
Story 38Diogenes The Wise Man.
Story 39The Brave Three Hundred.
Story 40The King And His Hawk.
Story 41Doctor Goldsmith.
Story 42The Kingdoms.
Story 43The Barmecide Feast.
Story 44The Endless Tale.
Story 45The Blind Men And The Elephant.
Story 46Maximilian And The Goose Boy.
Story 47The Inchcape Rock.
Story 48I. The City.
Story 49Ii. The Kitchen.
Story 50Iii. The Venture.

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Tonight, Fifty Famous Stories Retold can be the mission.

Assign it in about a minute. The first read-aloud usually earns a grin.

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