Beginner Stories (A1) in Italian
Start reading Italian with our beginner stories. At the A1 level you'll meet your first few hundred Italian words in short, present-tense scenes, a quick stop at the market or a morning at the café. Tap any word you don't know for its meaning right there in the sentence, so nothing stalls the story halfway through. Reread it once and the words start to feel like your own.
San Giorgio e il drago
A free Italian A1 story: Saint George faces a dragon and frees a frightened city.
Colapesce
A free Italian A1 story: Colapesce dives into the deep sea for the king of Sicily.
Giufà e la porta
A free Italian A1 story: Giufà is told to watch the door… so he carries it into town on his shoulders.
La Befana
A free Italian A1 story: on Befana night, stockings fill with sweets — and a little coal.
Pinocchio e il naso lungo
A free Italian A1 story: Pinocchio skips school, tells lies, and watches his wooden nose grow.
Riccioli d'oro e i tre orsi
A free Italian A1 story: Goldilocks wanders into the three bears’ house and tries the porridge, chairs, and beds.
I tre porcellini
A free Italian A1 story: three pigs build houses of straw, wood, and brick as a wolf huffs and puffs.
Cappuccetto Rosso
A free Italian A1 story: Little Red carries food to grandma and meets a wolf in the woods.