Vicky was a Viking, one as brave as brave could be. On land she was a legend, but she didn't like the sea. Boats made Vicky queasy and the waves made her feel yuck. She'd rather not go sailing but ... [+]
Vicky was a Viking, one as brave as brave could be. On land she was a legend, but she didn't like the sea. Boats made Vicky queasy and the waves made her feel yuck. She'd rather not go sailing but ... [+]
Sarah bounced as the SUV hit another rough patch on the dirt road into Silver City. "Just look at this place!" her dad exclaimed, taking photos of one rundown building after another. "You wanted the ... [+]
Theofina's class had won a contest. The contest was for a special trip. They were going to go back to the time of the dinosaurs! Theo was happy, excited, and worried. She wanted to be brave, but ... [+]
There are mountains hidden downstairs in my grandpa's country house with craggy granite boulders no bigger than a mouse. Little trees of twigs and moss hug miniature ravines, where compact wooden ... [+]
SNORRRRR! Jason sat up in his space bunk. What was that noise? It wasn't the wind. He'd heard and felt lots of Planet Purple Plum wind in the front yard that afternoon while Mia and he were building ... [+]
Abby heard the car pull up. A flush of triumph rose in her chest. Bella was home from school! Now the gloating could begin! Being twins, the sisters spent most of their time trying to out-do each ... [+]
Bobby didn't talk much in class. When he did speak, the other children often made fun of him because he stammered. His words just wouldn't come out right. They twisted around his tongue like slimy ... [+]
Nelson Packrat was a pack rat who lived in a small cave. One day his mother looked around the tunnels of their nest and thought it was time for a spring cleaning."Nelson, I can barely get into you ... [+]
The creepy old house smells like three-month-old kitty litter and rotting dumpster food.The night is cold, and the air in the run-down house even colder. Rachel takes another step down the hall. She ... [+]
The adventurous little mole, whose name was Oscar, lived in a mole-hole at the bottom of the sea with his unadventurous mother and father and his timid little sister who was scared of everything.His ... [+]
Rocco always knew he was a little different. While other dinosaurs ran wild through the forest, Rocco spent his time in the kitchen wearing an apron and doing baking experiments. Rocco was a baking ... [+]
Lake Tahoe, July 1st, 2018Hello Benjamin,I'm Erin. You don't know me, but I know a little bit about you. I found your library card in my bedroom in this cabin. Here's what I know about you:Your name ... [+]
Queen Riddles was a fun-loving monarch who liked riddles and jokes. She had spent most of her life working out answers to riddles, so there were few who could trick her. All it took was a little time ... [+]
There was a hippo in the kitchen. No one knew how it got there, or when, but there was undeniably an enormous, sloppy, disheveled hippo in the kitchen. "And," I said, examining the lunch my mother had ... [+]
Sometimes I can't sleep. That's because of the bear under the bed.One night, the bear was breathing hard.When he breathed in, the bed lifted up off the floor.When he breathed out, the bed slammed back ... [+]
"Baa, baa, baaaaa" bleated Sally. "Life on the Renaud farm is blah, blah, blaaaah," she complained. "Nothing ever changes. Same sheep. Same hill. Same rocks... WHOOPS!" The stone beneath Sally's hoof ... [+]
There's something in my closet. Its raspy monster breath makes my curtains flutter at night. I tell my mom, but she says it's just the sound of the wind whispering secrets to the moon. There's ... [+]
When witches walk and goblins stalk and all the ghosts convene, then please draw near so you can hear new rhymes for Halloween! Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey, when ... [+]