He was leaving. His meager belongings tucked into his backpack, Makoto slipped down the hall. The morning sun was creeping into the house. Shadows lingered in the living room like quiet storm clouds
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Children's
Children's
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
4 min
The Elder Tree
The tree has moved. Clara is sure of it. She presses her nose to the classroom window.
The elder tree stands at the edge of the playing fields, dark and gangly. Like it's watching them. Yesterday it
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Children's
Trisha and the Bone House
A harmless mouse scuttled along the forest path. Or at least, Trisha Leiferkus hoped she looked harmless. Then she could sneak through the woods to carry out her mission.
Her mentor, the
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Children's
The Starship of Random Acts of Sparkles
Cleo curled up on the rainbow-coloured beanbag next to her mom's desk. It had been bad enough when she had to go back to school to finish out the term after Dad's accident. But adding insult to
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Children's
Tale
3 min
The Girl With the Glowing Heart
Once upon a time, there was girl born with a glowing heart. Everyone could see it tucked behind her rib cage, pulsing like a pink lighthouse. She didn't need a night-light, because her heart glowed
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Children's
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
5 min
The Collector
Theo traced the pattern with his finger. An ammonite. He didn't need the brass name plate to tell him that; the fossils were his favourite exhibit. Not as shout-out-loud as the dinosaur skeletons
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Children's
Humor
1 min
How to Wash Your Sheeps
Dear Me,
Dad says I have to wash my own sheeps from now on, ‘cause I keep getting them dirty and he thinks I shouldn't play outside just before bed. Do you have any advice?
E. J. Delaney
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Children's
Pupthagoras the Wonder Dog
Pupthagoras Barkimedes Brown was no ordinary dog. He was a woofety wonder-mutt with intelligent eyes and a head full of amazing ideas. Even his fleas were clever.
While normal dogs ran around ... [+]
While normal dogs ran around ... [+]
Children's
The Great Ghost Commotion
Kensington Sands had big plans for Halloween.
She was nine years old now, and bored with dressing up. She wanted proper thrills and frights.
"Grandpa Jonas, can you come over tonight? I've ... [+]
"Grandpa Jonas, can you come over tonight? I've ... [+]
Children's
Where do bugs go to read?
Leaving her parents behind the second they all arrived together, Lucy tiptoed through the aisles of books that filled her local library. She was determined to find what she had always heard was
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Children's
Comfortable Otter
Tremaine was an otter who would do anything to be comfortable. He used fluffy cottonwood seeds to line his hole in the rocky river wall. When the river roared too loudly, he tucked wet leaves in his
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Children's
Friendship & Family
2 min
The immortal grasshopper
The grasshopper hated winter. She could feel it approaching, with its gusts of cold air that left her continuously shivering, and knew there was nothing she could do about it.
The few insects she'd ... [+]
The few insects she'd ... [+]
Children's
Friendship & Family
2 min
Kite's Tale
Ever since his arrival on Molly's birthday, Kite had longed to feel the wind in his ribbons. But whenever Molly suggested taking him outside, Mummy had a reason to say no . . .
"It's too ... [+]
"It's too ... [+]
Children's
Friendship & Family
4 min
The Build-A-Friend
It was Saturday morning. Toby was playing with his friends.
Toby wanted to fly the kite but Majid wouldn't let go of the string. "It's mine."
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Toby wanted to fly the kite but Majid wouldn't let go of the string. "It's mine."
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Children's
The Show Must Go On
Kate had butterflies in her stomach.
Tonight was the nativity play; everything they'd rehearsed for the last month. Kate knew her lines and her song. She was fine with that. The problem was, they
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Children's
Humor
1 min
Good Golly, There’s a Goose in the Gallery!
It was a wonderfully quiet day at the art gallery. Paintings that were hundreds of years old lined the walls for all to enjoy. It was a wonderfully quiet day until . . .
Honk!
Everyone in the art ... [+]
Honk!
Everyone in the art ... [+]
Children's
2 min
Dinosaur Seeds
I find Jackie in the garden, digging holes with a stick in a section of the flowerbed that's gone to weeds. "Whatcha doing, kiddo?""Planting dinosaur seeds," she says, beaming up at me. She uncurls
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Children's
Three Wishes
Three cats -- Rumkin, Mist, and Flop Ear -- followed Jenny along the rocky shore, dancing away from the incoming tide."This will make a good soup," said Jenny, dropping a glistening clump of sea moss
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Children's
The Treehouse
My name is Zach, and I don't have a treehouse.
My new neighbor, Oliver, has an amazing treehouse built just for him. He's so lucky.
What I have is a stack of unread library books and a LOUD ... [+]
My new neighbor, Oliver, has an amazing treehouse built just for him. He's so lucky.
What I have is a stack of unread library books and a LOUD ... [+]