Short For Kids

A book of stories to read to, or with, children at bedtime. Stories with old fashioned values and morals. Stories that will be a joy to read, and a joy for them to listen to. Nine unique tales.

A collection of short stories, rhymes and jokes from by Emma Holland, one of Australia's leading comedians. Easy to read and impossible to put down! Think a blanket knitted out of body hair; balls held hostage by a disgruntled neighbour; an awful lot of broken glass from a school with a daily window-smashing problem; mysteriously mayonaissed burgers. It's Paul Jennings meets Kate and Jol Temple meets the Worst Week Ever series.

In this first book of the Stillbrook Woods series, follow the adventures of Autumn, a young girl in search of unicorns. Every 10 years, when the legendary storm hits, a herd of unicorns arrives near Stillbrook, Autumn’s town. She sets off to explore the forest, braving the thunderstorm, hoping to be just like her older adventuring friend Oskar, who gave her a journal about his notes on unicorns.

Aris was playing in the backyard when he saw a strange rat looking creature. It turned out he was from a spaceship looking for a lost friend who was beamed to the wrong place!

The lonely parrot Diamond was captured by a hunter and the hunter sold out the parrot to the King Charles. The king was very happy with his parrot as he's become a good friend of the king. But the two queens were gradually feeling jealous, they thought the parrot was interfering in most of the matters. So, they made a plan to remove Diamond from the king’s palace. Luckily, Diamond survived in that incident and fleeing away from the palace. Diamond got many friends in the deep jungle. The animals of that jungle elected him as the leader of the 'United Animals' to fight against the poachers...

A breathtaking short story for kids. Perfect for bettime reading.

Raised in a humble village, where dust dances in the air and dreams seem as distant as the horizon, Kwata is a beacon of hope. Despite the relentless challenges of poverty that cast their shadow over her family, Kwata's spirit remains unbroken. Her unwavering ambition to become a medical doctor becomes the driving force that propels her beyond the boundaries of her circumstances. As the narrative unfolds, you will witness Kwata's indomitable spirit as she navigates the trials of her daily life, where access to education and healthcare is a challenge. Against all odds, Kwata's determination ...

Tío Manuel decía que los domingos debían disfrutarse: ¡El desayuno con su periódico, incluso antes de bañarse! Un especial y gran desayuno con una taza de té caliente, En un sillón muy cómodo leyendo su periódico de frente. Pero algo había salido mal: no sabía por qué había sido, Tres meses sin periódico, pensó que ya era algo aburrido.

MY SPECIAL STAR Read it FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited membership I couldn't sleep that night; I was wide awake, I heard a loud noise and I started to shake. Then I went out to the yard to look around, A very bright light was shining on the ground.

6 Kurzgeschichten für Kinder im Alter von 2-5 Jahren. Geschichten, die sich nachweislich hervorragend zum Vorlesen vor dem Einschlafen eignen! In diesen Geschichten geht es um einen Geparden, ein Ungeheuer, einen Elefanten, einen supertollen Frosch und zwei weitere Tiere.

Gratitude and appreciation can make life wonderful. These five cute stories are excellent for teaching your little one about being thankful for the things they have. Each story is beautifully crafted with morals and lessons about gratitude and includes just for fun activities.

Six short stories for children including a squirrel, a gecko, a rooster, a unicorn, and two other animals. Perfect length for a bedtime listen.

Have you always wanted to become conversational in Spanish? Do you want to commit to this goal, but simply can’t find the tools to help you achieve it? Do you wish you could find a more entertaining way to learn Spanish so that you’d spend more time studying? Today, you’ve stumbled upon the solution just for you to help you jump over your hurdles and into conversational fluency!

Does your kid love unicorns? Are you looking for the perfect unicorn adventure bedtime story to put your little angel to sleep and dream of amazing adventures? Then look no further, you found it! Bedtime stories are a great way to connect with your child and live adventures with them. Also you won’t have to worry about nightmares ever again since all your child will dream about are fairy tales. Take your little one to the magical land of unicorns and be amazed by their magical powers and enjoy living the adventures with them!

A Book of Short Stories for Kids is a must-have for parents looking to help their children fall asleep faster and have a more restful and deeper sleep. In this book, you will find 12 captivating and calming bedtime stories designed to take your child on a meditative and mindful journey to their "sloth zone".

These audiobooks introduce young listeners to the detective mystery genre. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Nate, the great detective, depends on his dog, Sludge, to help him solve all of his cases. But Sludge can’t help him this time - Sludge is lost! Lost inside a big department store on a rainy day. Nate frantically searches for his best friend and trusted helper. Salespeople have spotted a wet, slippery, sloppy dog running about. Is Sludge hiding from them?

Disillusioned, with their dreams of running an island hotel shattered, the McInnes family return to Glasgow. Hugh and Annabella are planning to go travelling, leaving Leger in the care of the Goldsworthy family while they are gone. He wastes no time on self-pity though and throws himself back into his work. Shortly before arriving back in the city, he learns Nicole has been attacked. With the police taking too long to track down the culprit, Leger and Bob get on the case. However, Isabella can't stop flirting, Ginger is acting out of character and Amber is taking risks that put lives in ...

Two days before Hogmanay, after the Christmas glitter has settled, a mysterious new neighbour is poisoned. Knowing that Amber and this young man could not have met the same fate by coincidence, Leger begins the investigation into what happened, with Lily's help. When that leads him to the newly opened Queen Languoreth pub, he comes face to face and clashes with the new manager. To put his own safety and Annabella's happiness first, he resolves never to go back to the pub, even if this means that another life could be at stake. However, Lily has other ideas.

Leger isn't the detective this time - he's the witness. After saving Poppy from an attack, Leger must guide troubled teenager Daniel Goldsworthy on the right path to discovering the crime has been committed, solving the mystery and putting the perpetrator behind bars. However, it proves an almost impossible task since Leger himself has a lot to deal with. Between a potentially lethal trapped hairball causing him extreme pain, a group of friends who are determined to do his job for him and a mischief of vigilante mice, Leger finds it difficult to tackle the task. Will Leger put his own ...

Refreshed after his recent trip to the island, Leger is back in Glasgow but finds there are matters which require his attention. His girlfriend is angry that he disappeared to the island without saying goodbye and issues an ultimatum; take a break from sleuthing or lose her. Leger must also find a home for Lily, the island sleuth who returned to Glasgow with him and it seems a local cat loving criminal, Malky Maguire, is the perfect person to adopt her. Undeterred by a series of break-ins and acts of vandalism at the Maguire home, Lily settles in and is soon part of the family. However, the...