Catalogue Page for Age Ranges 9 to12
The Ocean Princess
The Ocean Princess is curious and eager to find out more about the world above the ocean. Her curiosity for this other world is heightened even further since her mother’s blood runs through her veins as well. And her mother is a human, a woman from the world above the ocean.
By Ana Vidosavljevic
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Modern, Original Reading time: 10 - 15 minsJames Meets a Fidori
After being poisoned by a purple flower, James opens his eyes to see the strangest looking creature. Read the story of James’s first encounter with a Fidori.
By Jasmine Fogwell
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Fantasy, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 minsGrandma’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 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 minsHalum, the Temple Tiger
A story of two odd friends – the crow Bika with a broken beak and Mangy the mangy dog who lived with an old doctor near a forest – and how this led to the legend of the Temple Tiger with the glowing eyes.
By Nandita Bose
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Indian, Legend, Original Animals: Crow, Dog, Tiger Reading time: 10 - 15 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.
