Catalogue Page for Modern Stories
The Green Shoes

The story lesson is to not leave your mom’s side, so you won’t get lost.
By Coralie K.
Age range: 3 to 5 Tags: Animal Story, Instructional, Modern, Original Animals: Mouse Reading time: 01 - 05 minsMischief

Fred Bumbley is terrified of everything, especially London, and the only place he feels safe is his little flat with fourteen locks on the door. But when he decides to adopt an abandoned puppy he found sitting alone in a dark alleyway, he soon discovers he might have discovered the most dangerous thing of all- and let it into his house!
By Eilidh McKenzie
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Modern, Original Animals: Dog Reading time: 05 - 10 minsRescue Dog

Do you see things differently when they look different? Or do you see them for what they are? Join Skipper and his friend, Jack, as they learn the difference.
By Bill Sells
Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Instructional, Modern, Original Animals: Dog Reading time: 05 - 10 minsWorking Cats

A Maine Coon cat is taken to the vet after an accident on a woodpile.
By Andrew C Miller
Age range: 9 to12 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Cat Reading time: 05 - 10 mins, 10 - 15 minsClarence the Cricket

Freddie makes an unusual friend – a cricket – who soon becomes his fast friend.
By Pat St. Pierre
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Fantasy, Modern, Original Animals: Cricket Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Weatherman

A young girl, Zoe, goes on a boating adventure on the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska to meet a strange boy, the Weatherman. Their encounter teaches Zoe an important lesson about the future of our planet.
By Elena Kefalogianni
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Instructional, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 minsThe Kingmaker’s Son

Beware of people who offer you the chance of fame, fortune, or power. A king explains to his son how to make wealth through association. The story is designed to teach children the existence and motivation behind people who want compensation for being associated to those in power.