Short stories -British Council

The site of the British Council has endless resources for everybody to learn and practise their English, ranging from elementary learners to the most advanced ones.

I would like to draw your attention to the section Learn English Kids, where you come across Short Stories. Here you can find dozens of stories that you can listen, read and even do activities about. But the fact that the stories are aimed at children doesn't make them any easier. There's quite a lot of vocabulary to learn and practise, and the sound is a bit tinned, which sometimes makes the stories difficult to understand.