Catalogue Page for Historical Stories
That Pharaoh is a Mean Guy

Does Neferu have what it takes to stand up to Egypt’s meanest pharaoh?
By Stephanie Gibbon
Age range: 9 to12 Tags: Funny, Historical, Instructional, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 minsPaul and the Smugglers

When Paul, the lighthouse keeper’s son, saves a drowning man on Christmas Eve, he finds more than he bargained for.
By Carol Bennett
Age range: 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Historical, Original, Religious Reading time: 10 - 15 minsMight Pigs Fly?

The Might brothers, Orswille and Willboar embark on a mission to be the first pigs to fly. With little help and a lot of hindrance from the other farmyard animals they create the ultimate flying contraption.
By Steve Heron
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Funny, Historical, Instructional, Original Animals: Pig Reading time: 01 - 05 minsAwaken

Mr Bill Tuttle wakes up one morning and finds that his whole world is completely changed.
By William Propsner
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Historical, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 mins, 05 - 10 minsBefore the Moon: Neil Armstrong and the Gemini 8 Mission

The story of astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott’s Gemini 8 mission to dock with the Agena target vehicle, the first ever mission of its kind.
By Artie Knapp
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: Historical, Illustrated, Modern, Original, True Reading time: 01 - 05 minsDick Whittington

Dick Whittington goes to London where he has heard the streets are paved with gold. When he leaves after finding that not true, he hears the bells calling him back.