Short For Children

Are many nostalgic accounts of the good old days examples of selective forgetfulness? Before you argue the point, read the fourteen short stories in THE GOOD OLD DAYS? They are loosely based on actual recollections of childhoods in the 1940s, 1950, and 1960s. These tales address major historical events and societal problems in the idiosyncratic way of memoirs. They are snapshots of events from one individual’s viewpoint, and the narrator for each story is different. Although the quirks of characters in these tales are amusing, one aspect of several of these vignettes—child and spousal ...

A collection of bedtime stories to read to your children before they go to bed! Ray Savage, in collaboration with Evelyn Flanagan, has written a collection of bedtime stories to read to your children at night. The themes were designed by listening to children tell their own stories and suggest their own themes. Ray and Evelyn took these ideas and wrote the stories in a unique way as it is explained in the book. ✓ Approved for all ages! © Ray Savage 2024 No artificial intelligence of any kind was used in the writing of this book. The illustrations were created by Ray Savage, but then AI ...

The Steller's sea cow, a cousin to the manatee, was hunted to extinction just 27 years after it was discovered. Another century passed before humans realized the need to preserve endangered species. Today scientists are working to ensure its cousin, the Florida manatee, doesn’t meet the same fate.

Featuring Margaret MacDonald's storytelling accompanied by Richard Scholtz's autoharp and dulcimer, this recording is full of lively, playful fare. These selections are ideal for expanding into song, dance, and creative drama. Includes stories adapted from MacDonald's picture books, Fat Cat (Denmark) and Mabela the Clever (Limba, Sierra Leone), as well as several from her resource collection Shake-it-up Tales.

Double Treat – short stories include the first published stories of young authors Karthik P.R and Mridhula P.R. THE CALLING STORM by Karthik is an interesting short story about one of the interesting lessons by Nature. Nature is the most powerful of all elements. We can experience the changing weather, a sudden rain, snow fall, powerful wind or a gentle breeze, but can never control the nature.Nature dictates the terms at all times. It tells us stories and teaches us lessons. How well we learn depends entirely on the individual.This short story is a fictional story about one such learning...

Everyone loves ghost stories but this book of true ghost stories is only for kids! Whether you're huddled under the covers with a flashlight, camping out with your family or having a sleep-over with your friends you'll get a shiver out of these spooky stories.

Arrrgh me hearties! Treat yourself to these rousing tales of mayhem on the Spanish Main. Listen to the history of pirates, buccaneers, marooners, and their exploits, along with several interpretive biographies of encounters with REAL pirates, including Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, and others.

After days that are filled with fun, playing, and learning new things, it is difficult to tell your children that they now have to stop the fun and go to sleep. Parenting is difficult; there is no denying it. Perhaps one of the more challenging aspects of the job, however, is the dreaded nighttime routine. Oftentimes you will be met with tantrums and frustrated emotions from both the child and co-parent. One proven way to help your child calm themselves before bedtime and have a more restful sleep is to engage in meditative exercises and teach them to be mindful. Of course, mindfulness can ...

Master of the macabre David Lubar is back with Check Out the Library Weenies, his ninth collection of Weenies Stories. Here are 30 more scary stories for the middle grade audience - perfect for both avid and reluctant young listeners who like a few chills and a lot of laughs. Don't be a weenie. Listen to these stories. If you dare!

A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player’s skin starts to almost drip off his hands—but no one else can see it. Three friends find a hole in the ground that just gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger... And each story is introduced by Stine himself, providing a personal touch sure to delight fans. Laced with Stine’s signature humor and a hefty dose of nightmarish fun, Stinetinglers is perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Stine’s own Goosebumps books.

In this collection of stories, you will find 20 mysterious and puzzling short stories that will entertain adults and kids alike. Whether you have older learners who want to enjoy listening to stories by themselves until they fall asleep, or you enjoy listening to stories with your kids, this is the perfect book for you and your kids. There are stories in here to entertain everybody—from missing items to strange dolls. If your kid is a fan of whodunits, then they will love this book.

In books like Buried Onions and Boys at Work, Gary Soto displays a gift for revealing the tough, heart-breaking life of contemporary urban kids. In Petty Crimes, Soto offers 10 stories about the risky situations and dangerous little scams faced by young people growing up on the harsh streets of the city.

Make bedtime the best part of the day with this delightful collection of 25 five-minute stories, specially written to help children wind down, relax, and fall asleep with a smile. Each story in 5 Minute Bedtime Stories for Children is the perfect length for busy evenings, gentle enough to calm little minds, and packed with heartwarming characters, magical moments, and comforting themes. Whether it's one story or a few, this collection makes bedtime easy, enjoyable, and full of imagination.

This collection of over 50 stories brings together three of Enid Blyton's earliest and most imaginative story collections - The Book of Fairies (1924), The Book of Brownies (1926) and The Book of Pixies (1989) - and shows Blyton at her most imaginative and playful.

Christmas Eve, 1936. On a foggy December night, a pregnant woman walks out in front of a trolley bus and is knocked unconscious. She is rushed to the Nightingale hospital, and a healthy baby is delivered. But the mother claims to have lost her memory, and cannot believe that the child is hers. It seems that the Nightingale nurses may need to perform a Christmas miracle.

Sarah has all the shifters sniffing on her trail... Every male shifter that catches her scent is certain she's their fated mate. But her relationships with shifters always start too fast, burn too hot, and eventually explode. Sarah is done with shifters, once and for all. Dwayne has no interest in getting trapped by a fated mate... When his bear declares that the curvy bombshell is his fated mate, Dwayne wants to kill Sarah on the spot. Two problems. His bear insists on keeping her alive, and so does his powerful boss. Trapped together, all hell breaks loose... On the run from a jilted ...

Alan Alexander Milne was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Winnie the Pooh is the second most valuable character after Mickey Mouse. Winnie-The-Pooh the book was published in 1926, followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928), and a second collection of nursery rhymes, Now We Are Six (1927). Together with When We Were Very Young the four books make up the full Winnie-The-Pooh set, and all the books Milne would right about the bear.

Lisa Peterson is a teenage girl who is coming to terms with the tragic loss of her mother in a riding accident. Lisa swore she would never ride again, but everything changes when she moves to the island of Jorvik and meets Starshine, a mysterious steed with a blue mane. In the stable, Lisa befriends Alex, Linda, and Anne, and together they start to realize that they all have magical connections with their horses—and each other.

Nueva colección de cuentos infantiles escritos por la psicóloga Isabel Rojas Estapé que nos ayudará a entender qué ocurre en nuestro cerebro y a gestionar las emociones. ¡Hola! Soy Neurita, la neurona exploradora. Vivo en el cerebro de Cris y mi función es ayudarla a entender sus pensamientos y emociones. En este cuento a Cris le dan una noticia que no le gusta nada: ¡sus padres han decidido mudarse a otra ciudad! Como es lógico, se ha puesto muy triste. Tanto que solo tiene ganas de llorar, y es incapaz de salir de ese estado.

People just can't live together without telling stories. We tell stories that are funny, ironic, insightful, or just simply pleasing to the tongue and ear. Stories just seem to happen. When a story happens with the force of universality, it finds its way into that pantheon of tales that is the common denominator of cultural exchange. Here are 33 such tales, collected from Brazil, China, Korea, Russia, Tibet, Africa, from America's native peoples, and other lands, and chosen for the universality…