Can someone help a dad out with stories please?

[ChugIt]

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good app (paid or free) that has some bed time stories I could read to my 4 and 10 year olds? I've looked around the market and the comments for about every app I see says they have spelling errors, stories are too short, no illustrations, and even one that linked to porn! I don't remember what the app was, I searched for "children's books" I believe and saw it. Some people.... nevermind.

Anyways, can someone direct me to the holy grail or at least something decent please?

[redbaron]

get the Nook app from barnes and noble, and get some kids books from google books for free, although you may want to pre-screen them... the free books from google books are necessarily old, and sometimes the original/old versions of some stories are quite different than the ones we grew up with (e.g. the Brothers Grimm sanitized Sleeping Beauty quite a bit).

[ChugIt]

OK I will check that out, thanks! If anyone has any more suggestions please feel free to chime in!

[RoNYC]

You could also try Laputa or Aldiko.

[LifeIsABeach]

There is also the Kindle app which allows you to download many free and paid books.

[debdroid1a]

Kindle has Aesop's Fables which is free. My Droid1 wasn't syncing or bringing up the Kindle store, so I just looked on the website, there's also an illustrated one for 0.99 but if you're just reading, then you don't need that one (not sure how the drawing one is anyway or if it's worth it).

After I downloaded that it had some more reccomendations and "Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories (Kindle Edition)" came up (free). That looked good too. Plus some other poems and other stories.

[Corinacakes]

All this bother....I'd just sell the kids on ebay and be done with it!

[ChugIt]

OK thanks guys, I'm gonna try everything suggested out.

[furbearingmammal]

All this bother....I'd just sell the kids on ebay and be done with it!

+1. I hear they're getting good prices down in Damascus.

There's the Gutenburg app, too. You'll REALLY want to screen that one, though. I hear some of the fairy tales are in the original format and not exactly safe for modern kids.

[ChugIt]

I hear some of the fairy tales are in the original format and not exactly safe for modern kids.

Safe? My kids listen to Kid Rock and I don't shelter them from the way the world really is. They are raised in a "matter of fact" fashion, not in a world of censorship. They aren't going to become adults and be shocked by how the world actually is because I hid it from them (As many parents do).

Thanks for the suggestions. I hope someone makes an actual Bed Time Stories app though. Maybe I will educate myself and make an app like this.