An adaptation of The History of Codadad and His Brothers from One Thousand and One Nights. Once upon a time, in a beautiful city called Harran, there lived a Sultan who had fifty sons. While forty-nine of these princes lived in the palace, one special prince named...
Engaging, short stories for children 6 to 12 years
The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
An adaptation of The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves from The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales. An adaptation of The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves from The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales.Chapter 1: The Woodcutter's DiscoveryChapter 2:...
City of Enchanted Dreams
An adaptation of The Story of the City of Brass from The 1001 Arabian Nights. An adaptation of The Story of the City of Brass from The 1001 Arabian Nights.Chapter 1: The Tale of Solomon's BottlesChapter 2: The Journey BeginsChapter 3 The Brass HorsemanChapter 4: The...
The Palace of a Hundred Doors
Adapted from The Story Of Prince Agib from One Thousand Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales. Chapter 1: The Mysterious SeaChapter 2: The Mountain of MagnetsChapter 3: The Morning of the StormChapter 4: The Magic BoatChapter 5: The Secret DoorChapter 6: The...
Aladdin and the Lamp
An adaptation of 'The Story about Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp' from The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales. Part 1: The Magical BeginningChapter 1: The Secret FriendshipChapter 2: The False UncleChapter 3: The Stranger’s GiftChapter 4: A Mother’s HopeChapter 5:...
The Wonder of Not Knowing
A story for early readers about relaxing into the unknown and trying new stuff. Lucy Martinez always needed to be right. She highlighted her textbooks in perfectly straight lines, memorized every fact she could find, and raised her hand so fast in class that sometimes...
Rising River, Rising Hearts
Kids respond to a flood in a compassion and kindness story. Paige stood at her bedroom window, staring at the muddy water that had swallowed half of Main Street. Just last week, she'd been hanging her paintings in River's Edge Café for her first real art show. But...
Scott and Sunny: A Story About a Pet
An exploration of conscious love in a story about a pet Labrador retriever. Scott's feet barely touched the ground as he raced down the creaky wooden steps of his family's old farmhouse. The screen door slammed behind him, and he burst into the warm summer morning....
The Smartphone App of Truths
From our collection of coming of age stories, Jamie navigates the choices she makes every day to be authentic. Jamie's thumb hovered over the download button, her heart racing with excitement. The new app, TruthSeeker, promised to reveal the user's most authentic self...
Gulnare and the Bridge Between Worlds
Adapted from The Story of Gulnare of the Sea from 1001 Nights Stories. In the ancient land of Persia, there lived a renowned sage named Malik. His home was the tranquil coastal town of Khorassan, resting by the vast expanse of the sea. Malik was known far and wide for...
Conscious Love of Goldie
A story of a pet dog and a girl who learns about conscious love. Karen pressed her face against the cool glass of the car window, watching the unfamiliar landscape rush by. At eleven years old, she thought she was too old for the nervous butterflies fluttering in her...
Llamas on the LeConte Trail
Smoky Mountains stories of Appalachia Chapter One: Maggie and ChurroChapter Two: Into the MistChapter Three: The StormChapter Four: Homeward BoundFind Your Next Story Chapter One: Maggie and Churro Twelve-year-old Maggie stood on the porch of Mount LeConte Lodge,...