Read Short Stories for Kids
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
A young girl from a poor coal mining family in small town USA dreams of having a pair of pretty and unpractical black patent leather shoes that her family can't afford.
My story is about a spoiled rich boy that gets a visit from aliens to teach him to be humble.
Two close friends since childhood drift apart as they become adults. She is secretly in love with him and is heartbroken when he moves to America to play hockey.
An unhappy grumpy old man grapples with lack of fulfillment and meaning in the last days of his life. Then by chance he discovers what he'd been seeking all along.
Peter Gonzalez was seven years old. Early that morning he was playing with the new puppy his Pa had brought him “Don’t take him near the road” He had said as he was leaving for work. So Peter and the
The young girl sat on a low wall outside of her house, looking up at the night. It was early evening, but already the sky was as black as ink. Becky Leon let out a sigh as she looked at the millio
An 8 year old boy struggling with death, divorce and loss meets a new friend, battling her own demons, who helps him heal and continue on.
Safari into Ranthambhore National Park.
A gentle, bumbling triceratops meets a menacing tricycle who knows she is not dead.