Kidlit Stories

Life is good. Life with pancakes? AMAZING!

Boy + SAD + some funky lightning = one fried school bus and one super-strong middle schooler. Tristan's got the power, but he's also got a worthy adversary: a teacher whose sense of right and wrong got confused in the lightning fiasco. If he doesn't stop her, she'll continue blackmailing him into doing awful things (besides singing in the kids' theater musical.) If he does try to stop her...well, who doesn't like being experimented on by mad scientists?

Work in Progress Jake looks out to the sky one summer day. Above the city, a place of clean and green energy, something falls from the sun. With the help of his friend, Evan, the two boys travel to find the object that fell. Little did Jake know that this person, not object, was about to change his life forever.

Why sit around waiting for the next big holiday when you can just make one yourself?

Meet Uno, the pup who bursts into the Forest of Friends with more confidence than his size can hold. He's loud, playful, and absolutely sure the world revolves around him - and honestly, it kind of does. In this sneak peek, Uno delivers his signature line: "Uno... and you're out!" Get ready for a pup who brings comedy, chaos, and heart to every scene he touches.

When orphan Cameron Billings is named sole heir to the properties of the neighborhood hermit and becomes ward to their current inhabitants, his life changes dramatically and he makes some stunning discoveries about his benefactor, the mansion in which he now resides, and the many secrets hidden on and beneath the property. His only guide on the journey to discovery is the sardonic ghost of a young girl whom he is not sure he can trust.

Doting but exasperated teenager Radha must protect her mischievous baby brother Kanai from Satan who feels threatened by him. Kanai is a wise baby, always ready to help Radha, his doting teenage sister. Unfortunately, all she could see him do, deluded as she was, was to throw food at her, pull her hair, and cause mischief in general! Radha lives in a secret magical Sanctuary and studies in Mindrolling school of meditation and mindskills where she is supposed to learn how to reach higher reaches of consciousness where space, time, and mind blend together to create a stunning mindscape of magic and beauty or how to manipulate objects with mind but spends her time mooning over a boy she fancies and stalking Kanai who is ever ready to run away from her and plunge in adventures along with his imaginary friends. Radha ignores the myths of dark creatures haunting the mindscape, humanity's coming war with all-corrupting Satan, and the arrival of an avatara who brings light to civilization. But when she discovers that a dark creature has infiltrated their community in order to attack her, she is forced to take the myths seriously and, with the help of friends, lay a trap for the creature. It turns out that the creature actually wanted to kidnap Kanai and offer him to Satan.

A wallet, a thief, and a brilliant plan--what could possibly go wrong? At least that's what Stella thinks--until she and Pin Pin get caught with the goods, that is, and all heaven, hell and whatever's-in-between breaks loose, forcing the best friends to hit the road. Tag along as Stella and Pin Pin runaway to midtown Manhattan, all the while battling archrival Teresa Como for the title to SOHO's Annual Food Drive, their ticket to Regis Academy--a posh high school for girls, hidden far, far away in the Catskills. Oh-la-la, for the chance to leave home--for good! Problem is... the road isn't much safer than home, especially when the runaways attract the attention of police, museum officials and--worst of all--Stella's unforgiving father. Also pitted against their extravagant dream is the threat of Pin and her family's deportation, including baby sister, Audrey, who lies at the heart of this quirky coming-of-age novel--STELLA BELLAROSA: Tales of an Aspiring Teenage Superhero, a serious MG with a funny-bone.

Miss Cockerill is a few flapjacks short of a breakfast. Miss Foo is as evil as an earwig. Fans of Lemony Skicket and Roald Dahl will love this new zany adventure! To 12-year-old Eli, botanist-in-training, the women are little more than a bad bedtime story, town bogey-monsters used to scare children to sleep at night. But when he falls into their clutches, Eli will find that the stories are all too true, and the horrors lurking in their crumbling mansion are worse than he could have imagined. If Eli is to escape, he will have to outsmart the cunning Ms. Foo, outdumb the witless Ms. Cockerill, and outmaneuver the bloodthirsty Stranglervine. And that's not even to mention the terrible secret the Misses are hiding in the basement. Some days, escape isn't enough. #1 in kidlit #4 in youngreader #10 in kidsbook #12 in middleschool #18 in middlegrade Runner-up in PIPBC - Humor 2020

Clearie, a one-hundred-year-old schoolhouse, is fed-up. For so long, he has helped children get educated but been rewarded only by their complaints about how much they hate school. He longs to get away. His dream is to go to France, a country he has heard so much about in geography lessons over the years - but how could a schoolhouse possibly travel? Eventually he comes up with a plan and enlists the help of two students, the Buggy twins; but not everything works out as he had hoped. With an attic full of crazy crabs, led by the fearless Lancelot, his journey is less than enjoyable and, in his absence, the school system falls apart. Will Clearie's dreams come true and the children get their wish for schooldays to end forever? Or has everyone bitten off more than they can chew?

Mistamek has lost his way, and is convinced a new identity is the answer.

Some moments don't announce themselves. They arrive softly-through a glance, a pause, a feeling you don't yet have words for. This is a quiet rescue story about noticing, waiting, and the small shifts that change everything. Not every beginning is loud. Some stories begin quietly.

Cover by : @Guinealove2005 After students from the Academy for the Gifted prank The Magic School for the Utterly Hopeless, Mikey and his classmates seek revenge. But the very night they plan on getting it, their home, their city gets taken over by vicious creatures led by the evilest warlock in all the land, the Great Destroyer. It's up to them to save the day. Lower Middle Grade. Approx. 20, 000 words

Your perfect one stop shop for all things Valentine's Day

RED RIBBON WINNER WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS 2016 (Judged by school children and teachers in six UK primary schools!) When Walter Brown is woken on his 10th birthday by his cat Sixpence he has no idea that his life is about to change forever. A large present wrapped in silver paper reveals an old top hat, a tiny pair of white gloves and a magician's wand - together with a mysterious note from his late Great-grandpa Horace. But Walter gets the biggest surprise when he puts the top hat on and discovers that his cat has special powers and they've been chosen for a secret mission. What better place to start practising magic, they decide, than on Walter's super-cool new neighbours, twins Harry and George Braithwaite? Magical mayhem follows when Walter accidentally sets free monsters from their new video game and finds himself locked in battle with a Fire Fiend that's threatening to burn his house down... For ages 7-10. You can buy Walter Brown and the Magician's Hat in print or for Kindle/phone tablet from Amazon - just search online. Please do leave a comment or pass to your children or grandchildren for feedback :-) Oct 17 2017 Update: If you have Walter Brown on your reading list: I'm sorry that I've had to remove the later chapters. This is a requirement from Amazon as I'm making the eBook free on Kindle Unlimited. However the good news is that if you're a member there you can get the whole book for free :)

*#1 in Kidlit Morton's family is not "normal." Everybody has a pet but them. When Morton's moms finally get him a pet, he finds himself mortified to be stuck with... ...a dragon! Dragons are not "normal!" Morton worries what his neighbors and friends will think of a family who owns a dragon, until one day an abnormal pet turns out to be what saves the day. - For all the kids who grew up having a family that was not "normal." -

Ever wondered how the Tooth Fairy can afford all the teeth she buys? I've got a few ideas...

Welcome to Detective Uno's Emotional Clue Academy, where every reader becomes a detective. Before jumping to conclusions, Detective Uno teaches you to slow down, observe carefully, gather clues, and uncover the story behind every emotion. Alongside Rectifier Ricky Ticky and the Forest of Friends, you'll solve interactive mysteries inspired by real rescue pets, friendship, courage, and kindness. Every case reminds us that every emotion has clues, every clue has a story, and every story is worth understanding.

A tale as told by a 5 year old that takes place in Minecraft.

Griffins are among the most majestic creatures you can ever come across. Just don't make the mistake of feeding one...