Kidlit Stories

Stubbing your toe is bad. Dropping a scoop of ice cream on the ground is worse. But vegetables? Veggies are just the worst!

There is a young wizard who doesn't know he is a wizard. When summoned by the sister of the fairy queen to help the fairies keep their kingdom safe by helping them guard the sigil stone, which acts as a magical barrier that protects the realm of the fairies from their foes the goblins, Josh is chosen to study with the keeper of sigil stone and guard it from being stolen. If stolen the stone can shattered to release powerful spells that can be used to resurrect the dead and summon demons from the underworld!

Casey's Candy Land is the sweetest place in the world to everyone except Jacob. Thanks to an incident involving the amusement park's mascot, Jacob struggles to have fun alongside his Casey-obsessed little brother and his well-meaning father who is having a hard time coping with his recent divorce. Despite his distaste for his cloyingly sweet surroundings, Jacob remains determined to make sure his brother has a blast while also squeezing in a little excitement for himself.

Adventures with Carl and his magic mandala

Short Man has a problem. He can't make things the way his brothers can, no matter how hard he works, or how much he studies. Even worse, what he can make doesn't seem very useful... until he meets a girl named Olivia, and discovers that what he is good at can make a surprising difference. This was the winning contest entry for the Children's Fiction and Adult Fiction ambassador profile collaborative competition, Fall 2018. You can also find it in the Children's Literature anthology, Bedtime, on the @childrensfiction profile page, and it has been translated into several languages. Artwork: @AEPennymaker

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

Building rockets is easy! It just takes a little work and a lot of imagination

Ever wondered what Santa's reindeer get up to the other 11 months of the year? Find out here...

Things don't always go your way but, even so, you can always make the most of every situation. All it takes is a little creativity...

Sick of seeing her friends and family suffer because of the plastic polluting the ocean, Susie Seahorse takes it upon herself to start cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch one piece at a time.

Uhm this is a desmond cole fanfic that's it

Eight-year-old Lila discovers a hidden gate behind her backyard and meets Tuffie, a gentle calico cat who becomes her first Forest Friend. Together, they explore a soft, magical world where courage grows quietly and friendship begins in unexpected places.

James Goldby is on the wrong side of the Civil War. Born into a long line of Georgia farmers, he's never lived without slaves. He enlists in the Confederate militia because everyone else tells him it's the right thing to do. But is it? Josephine "Josie" Sherman is daughter to a well off, honest, and kind merchant. Unable to join the war as a soldier, she signs up as a volunteer Union nurse to serve her country as best she can. With a deep-seated hatred for "rebs," she wonders how God could ever be merciful to such men. James and Josie meet when James is left hurt, hungry, and helpless in enemy territory. When the lines between grey and blue are stripped away, will they be able to find common ground? Or will a battlefield forever stretch between them? #thelightawards2k20

"He's found us!" That's not what eleven-year-old Trevor Tate expects his mom to say when she gets his third suspension noticed in three months. He doesn't expect a robotic tentacle to shoot out of the bathtub and drag her through an otherworldly portal, either. Now to rescue Mom, Trevor must follow her to Nil-- a world of giant bugs, monstrous machines and disturbing lack of working toilets. Then there are the Dark Crows, an army of superkids who think Trevor is a legendary champion sent to save them from the tyrannical teens. To Trevor, those short temper has always branded him a bully, the idea that he could be anyone's night in shining armor is a pipe-dream. But while rescuing Mom, he uncovers a secret about his past that will forever tip the balance between the villain he was, and the hero he was meant to be.

Montie loves the rain. When it rains, his problems melt away and June appears. June tells him about the good times they once had together, how they once loved each other, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Montie doesn't say anything. Not about his dark thoughts, not about anything. And he definitely doesn't tell anyone about June. Because June died months ago. And Montie knows how to move on, right?

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

Young Lindy suddenly finds herself responsible for the fate of man kind after she answers the ring of a vintage telephone her mother bought at a thrift store. The FuturePast is calling . . . would you answer? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ This digital short was inspired by memories of old things like telephones that had to be hooked up to the wall in order to work, winding your fingers around the curly chord and other such world-saving activities. Cover by Erika Viktor ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I will update every Friday! Please comment and tell me how you would react if you got a phone call from the FuturePast . . .

*#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." -

After a long long long rainy day a misfit cat and her tail that sometimes get along, go out to do their business and accidentally poop on a crab's home, trying to do the right thing they have a mind daring adventure to try to clean up the crab. "The Toilet Affair" is part of the "Stories Interrupted" Series of short stories for families that want fun storytime. What is Stories Interrupted? When The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets 1001 Nights and has a kid with Seinfeld these stories were born, where an artist mom and her son go on fantastical adventures from their backyard with 3 misfits cats and a dog.

Why getting a pet dinosaur wouldn't be as awesome as you'd think