25 heritage languages

Twenty-five languages, each with its own way of saying “once upon a time”

Hearing a language at bedtime, beside English, is one of the gentlest ways for children to keep it. Every book is written in English and the language you choose, in its own script.

• Mandarin

  中文

  很久很久以前

• Hindi

  हिन्दी

  एक बार की बात है

• Spanish

  Español

  Había una vez

• Arabic

  العربية

  كان يا ما كان

  Right-to-left layout

• Bengali

  বাংলা

  অনেক দিন আগের কথা

• Portuguese

  Português

  Era uma vez

• Japanese

  日本語

  むかしむかし

• Punjabi

  ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

  ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਹੈ

• Vietnamese

  Tiếng Việt

  Ngày xửa ngày xưa

• French

  Français

  Il était une fois

• Korean

  한국어

  옛날 옛적에

• Tamil

  தமிழ்

  ஒரு காலத்தில்

• Turkish

  Türkçe

  Bir varmış, bir yokmuş

• German

  Deutsch

  Es war einmal

• Italian

  Italiano

  C'era una volta

• Farsi

  فارسی

  یکی بود یکی نبود

  Right-to-left layout

• Thai

  ไทย

  กาลครั้งหนึ่งนานมาแล้ว

• Polish

  Polski

  Dawno, dawno temu

• Tagalog

  Tagalog

  Noong unang panahon

• Swahili

  Kiswahili

  Hapo zamani za kale

• Sinhala

  සිංහල

  එක මතක රටක

• Telugu

  తెలుగు

  అనగనగా ఒక ఊరిలో

• Greek

  Ελληνικά

  Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό

• Hebrew

  עברית

  היה היה פעם

  Right-to-left layout

• Irish

  Gaeilge

  Fadó, fadó

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