Catalogue Page for Stories with a Reading Time of 05 - 10 mins

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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 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 mins

The 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 mins

Trickery

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 mins

Catch 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 mins

The 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 mins

DJ Izzy Bee Finds Her New Groove

Simone Stephens author photo - holding a red tulip

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

Washaway

Two kids have to act quickly to save a child washed away in the floods.

By Julia Archer

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Modern, Original Reading time: 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.