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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 ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Tale 5 min

Trisha and the Bone House

C. Dan Castro

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 ... [+]

Children's

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 ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Adventure Friendship & Family 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

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Adventure Friendship & Family 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

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Adventure 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

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Adventure Friendship & Family 5 min

Noisy Night on Planet Purple Plum

Guy Belleranti

SNORRRRR!

Jason sat up in his space bunk. What was that noise? It wasn't the wind. He'd heard and felt lots of Planet Purple Plum wind in the front yard that afternoon while Mia and he were ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2 min

The Big BOO!

Sibylla Nash

There's something in my closet. Its raspy monster breath makes my curtains flutter at night. I tell my mom, but she says it's just the sound of the wind whispering secrets to the moon.

There's ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Friendship & Family 3 min

Spark, the Not So Hot Dragon

Emily Dorffer

Spark's fiery breath wasn't as hot as the other dragons'. No matter how hard he blew, he could never match the intensity of the other dragons' flames.

While Spark's fire was just hot enough to ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Friendship & Family 3 min

Ghost in Training

Kathryn England

Peekaboo tiptoed towards the stray cat preening itself in the abandoned house.
His older brother, Shriekaboo, rolled his eyes. "Why are you creeping?" he asked. "The cat can't hear you."
"He's ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Poetry 1 min

If You Ever Met a Dragon

Susan Lendroth

If you ever met a dragon
and asked him in for tea,
he'd rave about the apple scones
with great civility.

He'd be the perfect guest
for anyone to host,
unless the dragon hiccuped
and flamed ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Adventure 2 min

Ariane with the Golden Fingers

Blandine Butelle

The battle was brutal and losses were high. Ralph the Brave, Robin of the Forests, and me, Ariane with the Golden Fingers, were the only survivors on our side. But we had no time to mourn the fate ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Slice of life 1 min

A Four-Star Vacation

Tanguy Mandias

Bashir looked at the sunlight coming in through the window. The weather was magnificent, but he was forced to wait here, in the shadow of the dining hall of Mimosa Boarding School.

It was a ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Adventure 6 min

Huffle

Justine Roux

Huffle walked heavily along. He had just had another argument with his father. Flamethrower was a big ruby dragon aged 625 and he could not stand the fact that his youngest son did not have a job. ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

Dragon Fire

Marièke Poulat

Bibop was a little dragon with orange scales. He had been living on Grey Mountain with his mother since he'd been born. That was already nearly a hundred years ago. A hundred years old, that's when ... [+]

Children's

Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min

May the Magic of the Stage Be With You!

Justine Roux

The bell rang. Enzo gave his parents a quick hug and ran to take his place in the line. There was no doubt that this was going to be the best day of his life: at last he was going to secondary ... [+]