Literature & Fiction
epub |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:Katherine Langrish

From the author The idea for Forsaken came from a poem called “The Forsaken Merman” by a Victorian poet called Matthew Arnold (1822–1888). Based on an old legend, it tells ...
( Category: Short Stories April 6,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-04-15 | Author:Elli Woollard

So when I want to have a swim The pet I take, of course, is him. We splish and splash and splosh; it’s cool Just two of us, inside the ...
( Category: Poetry April 4,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Milda Harris

I walked into the Pickle Cafe expecting Dave to still be there. The whole group was gone, though. I took a moment to take a deep breath at the feeling ...
( Category: Short Stories April 4,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Koos Verkaik

A Special Home for the Sandman Pitch black clouds gathered above the Grey Sea. Flashes of lightning lit the sky, followed by rolling thunder. A growing storm battered the waves ...
( Category: Short Stories April 1,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-22 | Author:Katrina Nannestad

That evening, after supper, Vati lifts me into his arms and gives me a bear hug. ‘Now, be a good princess and make sure you look after Mutti while I’m ...
( Category: Military & Wars March 26,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-12-26 | Author:Denise Kawaii [Kawaii, Denise]

CHAPTER 22 After a fitful night void of dreams, 62 entered the classroom once again. 71 didn't enter before the classroom bell rang, and when the door slid shut the ...
( Category: Technology March 14,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Emily Crofford [Emily, Crofford]

Tears seeped from beneath Laurel’s closed eyelids. Listening earth. Poor suffering earth. And she had hit it with her fist and blamed it for their misery. She had best be ...
( Category: 1800s March 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-30 | Author:Michael Dahl [Dahl, Michael]

SHADOW SHOES Daphne was too old to still believe there were monsters under her bed. But for the past three nights, she’d heard noises down there. Bumps and thumps, as ...
( Category: Short Stories March 10,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Uncle Amon

Q: What kind of dog does Dracula like? A: A bloodhound. Q: Why did the lazy person buy a very tall dog? A: So he would not have to bend ...
( Category: Imagination & Play March 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-18 | Author:Tamara Hart Heiner

CHAPTER SIX Matchmaker Fail Cassie didn’t see Riley for another week. She hoped things were going well at Camp Splendor. Oddly enough, when Cassie got home, she didn’t feel like ...
( Category: Chapter Books March 9,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-09 | Author:Gary Smailes

54 It takes only a couple of minutes for you and your bodyguard of fifty knights to reach the desperate Bretons. With a yell you draw your mighty broadsword and plunge ...
( Category: Medieval March 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2010-12-28 | Author:Laurie McElroy

“Dad, I need to record now! What is taking so long? Hannah is in the zone,” Miley said. Why didn’t her dad hang up and talk to her? Miley wondered. ...
( Category: Intermediate Readers March 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-21 | Author:Jennifer Reed & Marc Mones

The farrier reached down to Horse’s hoof. With big pinchers and a rasp, the farrier trimmed each hoof. The farrier trimmed Cow’s and Llama’s hooves too. Horse, Llama, and Cow ...
( Category: Intermediate Readers March 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-02-15 | Author:Malorie Blackman

Mary was not there yet. Nobody was – not even the horses – for they had been moved the day before to another stable on the other side of the ...
( Category: Literary Criticism & Collections March 2,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Malve von Hassell [von Hassell, Malve]

15 To Market “Peter.” Someone pulled on his arm. “Wake up.” He opened his eyes. “What?” He was on the floor next to his bed. “You were thrashing around.” Cune ...
( Category: Renaissance March 2,2023 )