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Children's

Adventure Humor 5 min

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 ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family 3 min

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 ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family 3 min

Comfortable Otter

Anne Johnson

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 ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Slice of life 4 min

The Paperboy's Dog

Kathryn England

Jai placed the newspapers he'd rolled and wrapped in plastic into a trailer attached to his bike. He put more papers in a canvas shoulder bag. It was early morning as he set off on his paper run. Most ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

Bronnie and the Great Green Two-Headed Plague Dragon

E J Delaney

Bronagh's mother watched her toying with her food.
"Sit up straight, Bronnie," she chided, "and finish your dinner. Your father's ready to read you a story."
"I don't want to."
"Well, if you'd ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Poetry 1 min

Seasick Vick

Jenny Moore

Vicky was a Viking,
one as brave as brave could be.
On land she was a legend,
but she didn't like the sea.

Boats made Vicky queasy
and the waves made her feel yuck.
She'd rather not go ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min

Finding Silver City

Susan Lendroth

Sarah bounced as the SUV hit another rough patch on the dirt road into Silver City.
"Just look at this place!" her dad exclaimed, taking photos of one rundown building after another.
"You wanted ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy Friendship & Family 5 min

Theofina Freezes

Kilmeny MacMichael

Theofina's class had won a contest. The contest was for a special trip. They were going to go back to the time of the dinosaurs!
Theo was happy, excited, and worried. She wanted to be brave, but ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Slice of life Friendship & Family 5 min Mature Audience

Thumbs Up

Nancy Coulter

Jennie rubbed the sandpaper rhythmically along the curved edge of the skateboard deck. On the sixth pass, the gritty paper caught the end of her finger.
"Ow!" Several tiny blood droplets came to the ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family 4 min

The Adventurous Little Mole and the Squid Attack

Edward Mack

The adventurous little mole, whose name was Oscar, lived in a mole-hole at the bottom of the sea with his unadventurous mother and father and his timid little sister who was scared of ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family Humor 3 min

Rachel Reynolds Zombie Whisperer

Laurel Handfield

The creepy old house smells like three-month-old kitty litter and rotting dumpster food.

The night is cold, and the air in the run-down house even colder. Rachel takes another step down the hall ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family 4 min

Pirate Creek

Lou Piccolo

Lake Tahoe, July 1st, 2018

Hello Benjamin,

I'm Erin. You don't know me, but I know a little bit about you. I found your library card in my bedroom in this cabin. Here's what I know about ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Humor Slice of life 2 min

Farmer Renaud's Rainbow Sheep

Susan Lendroth

"Baa, baa, baaaaa" bleated Sally. "Life on the Renaud farm is blah, blah, blaaaah," she complained. "Nothing ever changes. Same sheep. Same hill. Same rocks... WHOOPS!"

The stone beneath Sally's ... [+]

Children's

Adventure 2 min

One Gum Bubble

Rolli .

All Julie did was toss a piece of bubble gum into her mouth, one day. Honey plum-plum flavor. Her favorite. And then...

She blew ONE GUM BUBBLE.

That's it.

It may not sound like much ... [+]

Children's

Adventure Friendship & Family 5 min

The Kitten Conundrum

Sara Matson

My name is Andy Tannenbaum, and I'm a private eye. But until last week, I'd never solved a case—except for the time my little sister Tara thought someone had stolen her Batman underpants. I found ... [+]

Children's

Adventure 5 min

A Notable King

Robin Blasberg

Long ago, on the highest hill looming over the lushest land that any ruler had ever ruled, a mighty castle stood watch over its idyllic setting. Inside the fortified dwelling, King Tell sat hovering ... [+]

Children's

Adventure 2 min

The Adventures of Captain Sundae

Robin Blasberg

The midday sun shines overhead, greeting our so-called hero, Captain Sundae, and his trusty dog, Top. Captain Sundae has been fishing all morning while Top has been busy sunbathing by the ... [+]

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

The Great Ghost Commotion

Where do bugs go to read?

Comfortable Otter

The Paperboy's Dog

Bronnie and the Great Green Two-Headed Plague Dragon

Seasick Vick

Finding Silver City

Theofina Freezes

Thumbs Up

The Adventurous Little Mole and the Squid Attack

Rachel Reynolds Zombie Whisperer

Pirate Creek

Farmer Renaud's Rainbow Sheep

One Gum Bubble

The Kitten Conundrum

A Notable King

The Adventures of Captain Sundae