This is a link to a website with a few japanese fairytales. They are not entirely in hiragana. But here's what you can do: There is a firefox addon called Rikai-chan. If you install this, it can read every kanji and translate every words (drop down window) if you put your mouse over that word. Don't forget to switch on Rikai-chan through the bottom right button of your firefox window everytime you start firefox. I love this addon. No more copying and pasting to translation sites. http://marmi.babymilk.jp/mukasi/suzume.index.html

Hi Mike, This is not about stories for children, but about kid's songs which are lovely both in lyrics and music. These songs are arranged especially for the Japanese language learners. This might be of some interest to you. I like them very much...it kills the usual drag ... and you will love to sing or play them on piano as well. http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song_e.html http://www.mamalisa.com/?p=528&t=ec&c=85 Hope someone will come up with links to stories for children. I am looking for them as well. ^^