Azizan
16 Persian stories for kids, by the numbers: ages, pages and read-aloud time
Azizan's library has 16 Persian children's stories: 11 written for ages 2–4 and 5 for ages 5–8, each 13–16 pages long (226 pages in all), and about 4–5 minutes read aloud. 0 are retold from the Shahnameh, 0 from Iranian myth, 16 are grandmother's folk tales and 0 is a festival story. Azizan (azizan.app) is a family storytelling app where relatives record themselves reading Persian children's stories; this page is published by its founder, Aida Fard, and the numbers describe our own library, so they are first-party data.
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.
The headline numbers
- 16 stories, all in Persian, each with an English retelling page.
- 11 stories for ages 2–4 and 5 for ages 5–8.
- 0 Shahnameh retellings, 0 Iranian myth, 16 grandmother's folk tales, 0 festival story.
- 13–16 pages per story, 226 pages in total; about 38 Persian words per page on average (8,638 words in all).
- 479–604 words per story; 4–5 minutes read aloud.
Every story in the library
| Story | Age | Type | Pages | Words | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arash the Archer آرش کمانگیر | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 13 | 479 | 4 |
| Aunt Cockroach خاله سوسکه | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 592 | 5 |
| Hassan Kachal حسن کچل | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 13 | 533 | 5 |
| Jamshid and the First Nowruz جمشید و اولین نوروز | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 521 | 5 |
| Kayumars and Hushang کیومرث و هوشنگ — اولین شاه و اولین آتش | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 15 | 604 | 5 |
| Nokhodi (Little Chickpea) نخودی | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 561 | 5 |
| Rostam and the Demon Akvan رستم و اکوان دیو | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 13 | 485 | 4 |
| Shangul and Mangul شنگول و منگول | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 16 | 558 | 5 |
| The Rolling Pumpkin کدو قلقلهزن | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 570 | 5 |
| Yalda Night شب یلدا | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 15 | 479 | 4 |
| Zal and the Simorgh زال و سیمرغ | 2-4 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 551 | 5 |
| Fereydun and Zahhak فریدون و ضحاک | 5-8 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 534 | 5 |
| Kaveh the Blacksmith کاوهی آهنگر | 5-8 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 516 | 5 |
| Moon-Forehead ماهپیشونی | 5-8 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 517 | 5 |
| Rostam and Rakhsh رستم و رخش | 5-8 | Grandmother's folk tale | 14 | 547 | 5 |
| Tahmuras the Demon-Binder طهمورثِ دیوبند — شاهی که بهجای طلا، دانش خواست | 5-8 | Grandmother's folk tale | 15 | 591 | 5 |
Words are counted from the Persian text of each page. Minutes are our estimate at about 110 spoken words per minute, not a timed recording; a grandparent who reads slowly, or stops to talk about a picture, will take longer.
How the numbers were made
- Counts come from the story files that the app itself uses, so the table is regenerated every time the site is built.
- One paragraph is one page and one picture, which is why the page counts stay in a narrow band.
- Ages are our own editorial bands, not a developmental claim. We have not tested the stories with children in a study.
- Last built: see the date at the bottom of this page.
Using the data
You are welcome to quote the figures with a link back to this page. For the stories themselves, see Persian bedtime stories, Shahnameh for kids and stories by age. To hear one in a relative's voice, record it for your grandchild.
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Questions
How many Persian stories does Azizan have?
16 as of this page's build date: 11 for ages 2–4 and 5 for ages 5–8.
How long is a typical Azizan story?
13–16 pages, about 4–5 minutes read aloud at an estimated 110 words per minute.
How many of the stories come from the Shahnameh?
0 of 16, plus 0 from Iranian myth. The other 16 are grandmother's folk tales and a festival story.
Is this independent research?
No. It describes Azizan's own library, published by the founder, so treat it as first-party data.
Open Azizan — record a story for your childUpdated: 2026-11-03 · By Aida Fard
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