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Family stories perfect for classroom, bedtime, or anytime.
Based on my 26 year hobby of reading in public elementary schools, the stories offered here are some of my favorite, kid-tested read-alouds. All stories appear with the permission of the author.

Read Me a Story, Ink Robert Topp

    • Fiction
    • 4.6 • 5 Ratings

Family stories perfect for classroom, bedtime, or anytime.
Based on my 26 year hobby of reading in public elementary schools, the stories offered here are some of my favorite, kid-tested read-alouds. All stories appear with the permission of the author.

    "The Magic Weaver: a Tale from Ireland" by Melissa Shaw-Smith

    "The Magic Weaver: a Tale from Ireland" by Melissa Shaw-Smith

    When Conal builds his castle on a hilltop he is not aware that he is intruding in the domain of the powerful fairy, Duine Sidhe. Cursed by the fairy, Conal and his family find no happiness until Conal’s son is befriended by a weaver who weaves a magic tapestry that can lift the curse.

    • 16 min
    "John Robert and the Dragon's Egg"

    "John Robert and the Dragon's Egg"

    After John Robert found a dragon’s egg down by the swamp, he and his Grandpa Riley kept it a secret from Aunt Bess whose life was too hard to care about such things. That is until it hatched, grew to 14 feet in two months and drank all the coal oil in the barn. Well, something had to be done. Lucky for John Robert and Grandpa Riley it was the flyin’ kind…

    • 28 min
    "The Hare and the Flower" by Lynne Reid Banks

    "The Hare and the Flower" by Lynne Reid Banks

    A story from Ms Banks delightful anthology “The Magic Hare” in which the magic hare hears tiny bells after every good deed and discovers they are applause from a sad, unnamed flower. In gratitude, the magic hare gives the flower a name, ‘harebell,’ or ‘Campanula rotundifolia.’

    • 9 min
    "Mistletoe: A Tale of Giving" by Douglas Evans

    "Mistletoe: A Tale of Giving" by Douglas Evans

    When Derek’s kid brother finds bunches of mistletoe on the ground in an orchard, he decides to sell them to earn money to buy Derek a much needed guitar case. Little does he know that Derek is the one cutting the mistletoe trying to earn enough money to buy him the wooden recorder he has always wanted. Nicely reminiscent of O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi.”

    • 6 min
    "The Magic Spoon: a Tale for Hanukkah" by Eric A. Kimmel

    "The Magic Spoon: a Tale for Hanukkah" by Eric A. Kimmel

    When a stranger comes to the city of Chelm, he claims that he can make his own latkes with nothing but his magic spoon. To make them even better, the folk of Chelm start to loan him ingredients until they are feasting on the perfect latkes.

    • 11 min
    Kotoshi the Dragon Doctor

    Kotoshi the Dragon Doctor

    Young Kotoshi is supposed to be the yearly sacrifice to appease the local dragon. But when she finds the dragon grief-stricken over her dying pup, she uses her healing skills to save the pup.  In gratitude, the dragon promises that no harm will ever come to the village.

    • 9 min

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