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Children's

The Chrysanthemum Question

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 ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Humor 5 min

The Show Must Go On

E J Delaney

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 ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Friendship & Family 2 min

The Treehouse

Karen Tylek

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 ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Poetry 1 min

Here's Ears

Ann Garrett

Elephants use their ears as fans;they're so much bigger than a man's.They scatter pesky flies with ease,and really stir up quite a breeze.This dog is called a Basset Hound.His tummy almost skims the ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Adventure 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

Slice of life Friendship & Family Poetry 1 min

Ice Cream at Bedtime

Susan Lendroth

Ice cream at bedtime,
Aunt Betty's the best!
She knows in the summer
it's hard to find rest

when faced with hot sheets,
hot pillows, hot bed,
no place cool enough
to lay a hot ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Friendship & Family 3 min

The New Kid

M L Owen

Phineas wished, for the two-thousand-three-hundred-and-twenty-third time, that he had a different name. His father was in the army, and the family moved fairly often. No, unfairly often. There was ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Friendship & Family Poetry 1 min

Whistle at First Light

Susan Lendroth

There are mountains hidden downstairs
in my grandpa's country house
with craggy granite boulders
no bigger than a mouse.

Little trees of twigs and moss
hug miniature ravines,
where ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Friendship & Family 4 min

The Gift

Ellen Denton

Allison stood in line with the rest of her class, waiting for the school doors to open. Usually first thing in the morning was a quiet time, but today kids were talking happily—and loudly. This was ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Adventure 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

Slice of life Adventure 3 min

Crayon Kid

Jacqueline Seewald

Bobby didn't talk much in class. When he did speak, the other children often made fun of him because he stammered. His words just wouldn't come out right. They twisted around his tongue like slimy ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Friendship & Family Humor 2 min

A Hippo in the Kitchen

Edward Mack

There was a hippo in the kitchen. No one knew how it got there, or when, but there was undeniably an enormous, sloppy, disheveled hippo in the kitchen.
"And," I said, examining the lunch my mothe ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Humor 1 min

The Bear Under the Bed

Rolli .

Sometimes I can't sleep. That's because of the bear under the bed.

One night, the bear was breathing hard.

When he breathed in, the bed lifted up off the floor.

When he breathed out, the ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Humor Adventure 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

Slice of life Friendship & Family 1 min

Wendell and Sam

Jill Nogales

Wendell the dog awoke to the wonderful smell of summer.

Samantha the cat stretched and yawned. She could smell it too. "This is a perfect day for..."

"...going to the beach, right?" Wendell ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Friendship & Family 3 min

Lost and Found Christmas

Susan Lendroth

Billie scuffed her flip flops through the dry needles scattered over the Christmas tree lot. Pine scent filled the air. But it felt too hot for Christmas.

"How about this one?" Her mom turned a ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Friendship & Family 2 min

Squiggle Monster

Kristy Roser Nuttall

Lydia hugged her new purple sketchbook, pens, pencils, watercolors, and paintbrushes.

She jumped and twirled at the thought of making her very own ART.

But when she opened the sketchbook ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life 1 min

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Sandra Dullin

"Maddy, we've got some very exciting news to tell you," said Mom and Dad.
And I was very excited. I was sure it was a dog! They'd promised.
"You're going to have a little brother or a little ... [+]

Children's

Slice of life Sci-Fi & Fantasy 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

Slice of life Friendship & Family 1 min

The Trembling Voice

Elena Lmr

Paul is one of the kids in my class.

Paul always sits by himself at the back of the class. He has big green glasses, looks shy and has such a trembling voice that he sounds as if he's stumbling ... [+]

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

The Chrysanthemum Question

The Show Must Go On

The Treehouse

Here's Ears

The Paperboy's Dog

Ice Cream at Bedtime

The New Kid

Whistle at First Light

The Gift

Thumbs Up

Crayon Kid

A Hippo in the Kitchen

The Bear Under the Bed

Farmer Renaud's Rainbow Sheep

Wendell and Sam

Lost and Found Christmas

Squiggle Monster

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

A Four-Star Vacation

The Trembling Voice