Catalogue Page for Stories with a Reading Time of 05 - 10 mins
James 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 minsThe 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 minsJoey 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 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 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 minsCatch a Thief!
Joel is in a quandary when he suspects his teacher of illegally buying national treasures for smuggling out of the country.
By Julia Archer
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 mins, 10 - 15 minsThe Tortoise on the Fence Post
A coming of age story where a boy learns that hanging out with the ‘cool’ kids isn’t always the ‘cool’ thing to do.
By Steven L. Miller
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Instructional, Modern, Original Animals: Tortoise Reading time: 05 - 10 minsDJ Izzy Bee Finds Her New Groove
A six-year-old DJ named Isabella has a talent for mixing music as magical as her Afro puffs. There is a big dance happening to celebrate back-to-school and Isabella has to find the perfect song, but can she find it in time?
By Simone Stephens
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Modern, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 mins, 05 - 10 mins
One for the Griffins
After the death of his father in an automobile crash, Cam struggles to play baseball, a game he and his father loved. He looks to a battered baseball card of his father’s for inspiration, but it is a retired groundskeeper who helps him rekindle his joy in the game.
By Terese Martin
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 mins, 10 - 15 minsStorm: A Puppy’s Journey of Hope
Hurricanes cause awful damage. This story is about a puppy’s experiences during Puerto Rico’s recent catastrophe.