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41 Best Kids Short Story Ideas
Showing 41 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
You are put in charge of a mission to Mars on NASA's most advanced space shuttle yet. Organize your team.
Write a story that evokes the feeling of nails on a chalkboard!
You hear a commotion on the playground — and from the commotion, you can pick out a familiar voice. What happened?
Someone told you a secret that you shouldn't know about a friend. What do you do with this information? Write a story about it.
Write a story about someone trying to hide a pet from their parents.
Write a story about a pair of siblings who open up a lemonade stand during summer vacation, and the rivalry that flares up when their neighbors decide to start a Kool-Aid stand at the same time.
Write a story that takes place over the span of the longest Monopoly game ever.
Write a story about a character who can only tell the truth.
Write a story centered on the theme of persistence when it comes to exams.
All of your birthday presents this year look normal, except for one sitting in the corner that has a strange yellow glow emitting from it...
Write a story about the small kindnesses that you see every day.
Write a story about time passing from the perspective of a young child who tends to plants every day.
You just found a key in your pocket that wasn't there when you last checked.
Write a story that includes these three words: "clown," "purple," and "apple."
It's your birthday! Write a story about the ideal birthday that you'd spend with your family, your friends, or yourself.
Write a story about trust. Include a pair of siblings in it.
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