Clarisse, a German Shepherd, is excited about Christmas. When the Droolmeister, her Great Dane godfather, gives her a magical dog toy, dressed like a toy soldier, (“a Muttcracker,” her godfather explains), she is transported into a fantasy world of doggie wonders. There’s a battle between...

Ada and the Helpers by Travis D Peterson is a story about a clever little dancing fox who also happens to be deaf. Her parents get her “special ears with batteries” that she wears every day. These special ears are her helpers, and her parents...

Sometimes the innocence of children is more accepting than that of their peers. When young Harper meets a girl at the pool who’s a little different, she takes it all in her stride. Harper doesn’t understand why Emma doesn’t talk; she doesn’t understand why Emma...

'Little Sphinx sat in front of the gate to the city of Thebes holding the keys. She had a question for each traveler that passed by and it was a riddle. The riddle was: 'What has one voice and four feet? He does not speak...

It was Grandpa Mouse's birthday and Millie loved parties, balloons, cake, and presents. Millie asked her Grandma what present she could get Grandpa and she said it would be magic. Now Millie did not know where to find magic and she thought she would ask...

The love between a father and son is unconditional and rewarding. But what if the son is a lion cub and the dad is a donkey? Louie lives with his donkey friends and families. One day he finds an injured lion cub all alone. When...

The little boy in the story was upset; it was the eighth day in a row he had wet the bed, and after a few minutes, he realized it was only a dream. He was away from home and his parents and he could not...

Believe it or not, Christmas trees have feelings, too. Calvin grew up on a Christmas tree farm. He was supposed to be a Christmas tree like all the other trees around him, only he didn’t really grow fast enough. When Christmas came and all the...

Andy was playing the Pharaoh in the second-grade play in school and it was late. As he was practicing his lines he saw a striped cat looking at him. Andy tried to entice the cat to play by taking off his necklace, but the cat...

Daniel felt nervous when he went to school sometimes, though his friends were cool. Though he liked the clothes he wore to school, at times it worried him too. He was scared of raising his hand in class, but then he thought he could do...