Well, 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' is a well - known English children story. A little girl named Goldilocks enters the house of three bears while they are out. She tries their porridge, their chairs, and their beds until the bears come back. 'The Ugly Duckling' is also very popular. It's about a duckling that is different from the others and is initially bullied, but in the end, it turns out to be a beautiful swan. 'Hansel and Gretel' is another one, where two children are lured into a witch's house in the forest but manage to outwit the witch and escape.
Some common English children stories include 'Cinderella'. It's a story of a kind - hearted girl who overcomes the cruelty of her stepmother and stepsisters with the help of her fairy godmother and finally gets to go to the ball and meet her prince. Then there's 'Snow White', in which a beautiful princess is persecuted by her jealous stepmother but is saved by seven dwarfs and a prince. And 'The Three Little Pigs' is about three pigs who build different houses to protect themselves from the big bad wolf.
One popular English children story is 'The Little Prince'. It tells the story of a young prince who travels from planet to planet, learning about love, friendship, and the strange ways of adults. Another is 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', where a girl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world full of strange creatures. 'Peter Pan' is also well - loved, about a boy who never grows up and his adventures in Neverland with the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell, and fighting Captain Hook.