Catalogue Page for Modern Stories
Grandma’s Jewelry Box
Pandora is stuck at her boring grandma’s boring house in the boring countryside. She can’t play or watch TV or do anything at all. Most importantly, she can never ever open Grandma’s old jewelry box. One day, when she’s trying to impress the cool kid next door, she decides to break Grandma’s rule. She opens the box. That’s when the craziness starts.
By Evan Purcell
Age range: 9 to12 Tags: Fantasy, Funny, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 mins, 10 - 15 mins
The Sparrow Family
Sam, the House Sparrow is the head bird of his Sparrow Family or colony as us humans call them. Sam and his wife Cindy and the Sparrow Family live happily in and around an old lady’s house with lots of cracks and crannies in the walls to nest in and a garden with a large holly bush they call home. But their happy world was about to change.
By Bob Harding-Jones
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Bird, Sparrow Reading time: 05 - 10 minsNoah’s Magic Key
When Noah finds a mysterious key, he seeks to uncover its meaning, unaware he will soon see that it’s the little things in life that hold the most treasure.
By Amy Ferguson
Age range: 0 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Fairy Tale, Modern, Original, Poem Reading time: 01 - 05 minsAutobiography of a Guitar
The experience of a guitar told from their own perspective, learning that humans’ interests are fleeting.
By Sanjana
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: By Children, Fantasy, Modern, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 mins
Joey and the Gumball Machine
Joey is travelling to Florida with his family. But when he gets his hand stuck in the gumball machine at the airport, his life is changed forever.
By P.J. Belding
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Funny, Modern, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 mins, 05 - 10 minsWhere is Mommy Going?
Have you wondered why your mom spends her whole day in the office? Is she having a lot of fun without you? Zinco’s mom went to work too. He followed her one day and this is what he found out.
By Padmini Krishnan
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Modern, Original Animals: Squirrel Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Purple Fruit
The twins, Sam and Sid, go to stay at their aunt’s place during their holidays. Hyperactive and easily bored, the twins do not imagine the adventures that await them in the remote town. Their ride into an unknown world begins when one of them eats an unknown fruit and falls unconscious. Read on to go into their bizarre magic world.
By Padmini Krishnan
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Fantasy, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 minsA Good Night’s Sleep
Freddie can’t get to sleep and tries to think up a story but has a fantasy adventure instead.
By David M. Smith
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Fantasy, Modern, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 minsTrickery
A spooky story set in Connemara, Ireland, about a very scary visit to the house of Grandmother’s neighbour.
By Aisling Noonan
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Ghost Story, Halloween, Irish, Modern, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 mins, 05 - 10 minsThe Seven Rules Eddie Never Forgot
Eddie is always looking for excitement, and in The Adventures of Eddie the Emu, he has no trouble finding it! In his eagerness to explore the Australian Outback, Eddie forgets the rules his mother sets out for him before he leaves. His enticing adventure soon turns into a disastrous nightmare, and he realizes that he should have listened to his mother!