Pearl the Panda was on her way to play. It was a hot day and as she skipped by the lake she saw her friend Mike squinting through a fence. She walked up to Mike and peered through a hole and saw an umbrella floating...

Please Close It!, written by Kathleen M. Jacobs and illustrated by Ashley Teels, is a fun story about a young boy named Timmy Timberjamb who doesn’t like to close drawers. Encouraged by his grandfather who doesn’t close anything either, Timmy ignores his mother’s cries of...

Kamena, a witch, lived in the land of pumpkins and witches in the children's story A Witchful Friend: An Amazing Tail of a Pumpkin by Patricia A.E.Hampton. She was different from the other witches and was bright and full of laughter. Though she had special...

Surprise, I Have 3 Eyes! by Jenine Lori is an enchanting story about Joey who would go out to play and come back home to speak about his journeys away. His friends had beautiful wings like the colors of May and some of them were...

Rosie's and Jia's mommies were the best of friends and they hadn't seen each other in five years. Rosie and Jia stood in the big airport watching their mommies hug each other. Rosie and her mommy had a long flight. It took them eighteen hours...

How Flynn the Loh’li Conquered His Fears, written by A.R. Morris and illustrated by Rachel Sharp, is a very short children’s story about a little Loh’li named Flynn who is extremely afraid of heights. All the Loh’li in the valley of the Lok’Ree were very...

Oh, To Be A Bulldog, written by Sonia Cunningham Leverette and illustrated by Neel Solanki, portrays a young boy named Kaidan, an only child who goes to a homecoming game where he sees an English Bulldog and genuinely falls in love with the breed. Kaidan...

Luna Lucy, written by Lisa Van Der Wielen and illustrated by Joseph Hopkins, is the delightful story of a little girl named Lucy and her dog Neptune who are very interested in the moon and how it changes. Lucy’s father encourages her to draw the...

It is Christmas Eve and the streets are crowded with people shopping and eating food. Everyone is in the festive mood and there is no time to brood. Shelly is sitting alone in her room, struggling to make a stocking on Christmas Eve. She does...

Finding yourself in a whole new world would be a dream come true for most kids, particularly with the promise of adventure and missing school. Elizabeth Harding, however, would much rather stay at home or in the library. It’s hard enough dealing with the not-quite-there...