儿童故事是指 以叙述事件的过程为中心，适合儿童听或看的篇幅短小的文学作品。
Children’s stories refer to short-length literary works that focus on the process of narrating events and are suitable for children to listen to or read.
题材广泛，直接反映社会现实生活，特别是儿童熟悉的现实生活，内容有的是真人真事，有的是从生活中提炼、概括后虚构的。主题单纯、鲜明，情节生动、有趣，引人入胜。以叙事为主，语言浅显、简洁、口语化，适合口头讲述。种类较多，从创作过程分，有民间故事和创作故事；从题材分，有生活故事、动物故事、历史故事；从表现形式分，有文字故事和图画故事。
含义
指具有故事基本特征的内容单纯、篇幅短小，与儿童的接受相适应，供儿童阅读和聆听的叙事性文学体裁。
特征
完整连贯——英/凯瑟琳《煎饼帽子》
生动有趣——法/艾斯库迪叶《云端掉下一只烤鸡来》
语言口语化和生活化——德/鲍圭埃特《一封信》
The subject matter is wide and directly reflects the real life of society, especially the real life familiar to children. Some of the content is real people and real things, and some are fictitious after abstracting and generalizing from life. The theme is simple, clear, and the plot is lively, interesting and fascinating. Mainly narrative, the language is simple, concise and colloquial, suitable for oral narration. There are many types, from the creation process, there are folk stories and creation stories; from the subject matter, there are life stories, animal stories, and historical stories; from the form of expression, there are text stories and picture stories.
meaning
Refers to a narrative literary genre that has the basic characteristics of a story, which is simple in content, short in length, and suitable for children’s acceptance, for children to read and listen.
feature
Complete and Coherent-English/Catherine “Pancake Hat”
Lively and interesting-France / Escudier, “A Roast Chicken Falling From the Clouds”
Spoken language and daily life——De/Bouguiette “A Letter”