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...
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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:...
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,...
Return of the Elk
Appalachian mountains folklore of the last Smoky Mountains elk in Cataloochee Valley. Chapter One: Whispers in the ValleyChapter Two: The Last ElkChapter Three: Jonah’s JourneyChapter Four: The Elk’s Return Chapter One: Whispers in the Valley The crisp autumn wind...
Springtime at the Ogle Cabin
Appalachian stories in search of Smoky Mountains wildflowers. It was a crisp spring morning in the Smoky Mountains. Inside the Ogle cabin, Elizabeth and Mary Ann sat at the rough-hewn wooden table, eagerly waiting for breakfast. Their mother flipped cornmeal pancakes...
How the First Letter Was Written
A retelling of the story HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE from the Rudyard Kipling stories. Long, long ago, when all people lived in caves, there was a very special family. This was before smartphones and computers, books and pencils, and even kingdoms and cities. Back then,...
How Kangaroo Learned to Hop
A retelling of The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo from The Just So Stories By Rudyard Kipling In the era when Time itself was just a youngster, a very proud animal lived in the heart of Australia. He wasn't the Kangaroo we know today. Oh no! He was grey and woolly,...
How the Elephant’s Child’s Got His Trunk
A retelling of how elephant got his trunk from Just So Stories By Rudyard Kipling In the High and Far-Off Times, Elephants roamed the land without their iconic trunks. Instead, they sported boot-sized noses that wiggled this way and that but were of little use for...
Monkey Business
A clever bedtime story about monkeys inspired by Dr Seuss for early readers. Hang on to your hats, dear reader! Let’s dive headfirst into the chaotic beauty of Jaipur, India. On this whirlwind journey through the bustling street bazaar of the Pink City, we meet Kavi...
Rusty’s Dream of Belonging
Five minute story about a robot for beginning readers. An inquisitive robot named Rusty lived in the heart of a forest, dappled with sunlight and alive with the melodies of birdsong. A brilliant inventor had built him with kindness and clever hands long ago. But the...
The Tale of the Traveling Musicians
An old Brothers Grimm tale retold featuring Chanticleer the Rooster. Under 10 minute read time for beginning readers. An honest farmer once had a donkey named Rusty. Rusty had been a faithful servant to the farmer for many years but was now growing old and more and...
Life is a Journey: Unexpected Trades
A story retold from Brothers Grimm fairy tale illustrates the many paths of life, the detours, and choices. Under five minute bedtime story for beginning readers. The journey began at the edge of the village in a cobblestone cottage. A fire crackled in the hearth, and...