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Sci-Fi & Fantasy  4 min

The Elder Tree

Paula Thompson

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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Sci-Fi & Fantasy  5 min

The Collector

Paula Thompson

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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Humor  1 min

How to Wash Your Sheeps

E J Delaney

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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Humor  4 min

The Loner

E J Delaney

Holly had been standing in the Time Out corner for five minutes now, and her feet were starting to hurt. She could have sat down. There was a stool for that. But sitting down seemed like something ...  [+]
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Friendship & Family  2 min

Kite's Tale

Sue Lancaster

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 ...  [+]
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Dinosaur Seeds

Dawn Vogel

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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