Azizan

Persian bedtime stories for children

Azizan has a growing library of classic Persian (Farsi) children's stories — grandmother's folk tales, Shahnameh legends and festival stories for Nowruz and Yalda — each 4–5 minutes long, illustrated page by page, and written to be read aloud by family. Every story below has a free page with the full Persian text.

Azizan (azizan.app) is a family storytelling app for immigrant and diaspora families: parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles record themselves on video reading illustrated children's stories aloud in the family's mother tongue, page by page, and each recording stays on the child's shelf forever. Real family voices — never AI narration. Persian (Farsi) first.

Stories

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اسطوره، قهرمانی · ages 5-8
Fereydun and Zahhak — فریدون و ضحاک
A cruel king with two black snakes on his shoulders frightens everyone, until young Fereydun binds him inside Mount Damavand and the people laugh again. · ages 5-8
Hassan Kachal (Bald Hassan) — حسن کچل
The famously lazy Hassan stumbles into an adventure with a div and ends up, just a little, learning to help. · ages 5-8
Jamshid and the First Nowruz — جمشید و اولین نوروز
How the wise king Jamshid gave Iran its spring festival — and why families still clean the house and grow sabzeh every Nowruz. · ages 5-8
The Rolling Pumpkin (Kadoo Ghelgheleh-zan) — کدو قلقله‌زن
A clever grandmother rolls home inside a pumpkin, past the wolf, the tiger and the lion, back to her bubbling samovar. · ages 2-4
Kaveh the Blacksmith — کاوه‌ی آهنگر
A kind blacksmith raises his leather apron as a banner and helps his people stand up to a tyrant. · ages 5-8
Kayumars and Hushang — کیومرث و هوشنگ — اولین شاه و اولین آتش
The first king of the world, and the day his grandson struck a spark and found fire. · ages 5-8
Auntie Beetle (Khaleh Suskeh) — خاله سوسکه
A small beetle in red shoes sets out to see the world and finds a warm home. · ages 2-4
Mah-Pishuni (The Girl with the Moon on Her Forehead) — ماه‌پیشونی
The Persian Cinderella: a kind girl, a magical yellow cow, and a prince who finds her. · ages 5-8
Nokhodi (Little Chickpea) — نخودی
A lonely old woman's chickpea jumps from the pot and becomes a tiny, brave little girl. · ages 2-4
Rostam and Rakhsh — رستم و رخش
How the strongest boy in the world found the one horse strong enough to be his friend. · ages 5-8
Shangul and Mangul — شنگول و منگول
A mother goat, her three kids — Shangul, Mangul and Habbeh-Angur — and the wolf who knocked at the door. · ages 2-4
Tahmuras the Div-Binder — طهمورثِ دیوبند — شاهی که به‌جای طلا، دانش خواست
The king who asked the divs for knowledge instead of gold — and how people learned to write. · ages 5-8
Yalda Night — شب یلدا
The longest night of the year, spent awake beside Grandma until the sun comes back. · ages 2-4
Zal and the Simorgh — زال و سیمرغ
A white-haired baby left on a mountain is raised by the wise Simorgh bird, then welcomed home. · ages 2-4

Questions

How long is each story?

About 4–5 minutes read aloud, in 11–13 short pages.

What ages are they for?

Ages 2–4 (short, rhythmic tales like Shangul and Mangul) and 5–8 (longer Shahnameh and folk tales).

Are the stories free to read?

Yes. The full Persian text of every story is free on azizan.app.

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Updated: 2026-10-05 · By Aida Fard