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20 Best Children's Book Short Story Ideas
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You just got the new dog that you've wanted for such a long time, but you're finding that it's a lot more responsibility than you expected.
Write a children's book about diversity.
Write a story that inverts the trope of the Chosen One.
Write a story about the unlikely friendship that starts up between a young character and the eccentric old lady next door.
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