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41 Best Kids Short Story Ideas
Showing 41 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
You're in charge of creating the new school lunch menu. What kind of menu would you make?
Write a story that takes place over the span of the longest Monopoly game ever.
"When I regained consciousness, I was invisible. And I don't know how to fix it!"
You're the principal for the day! Write a story about what you would do with these newfound responsibilities.
Some fishy things have been going on at school. Write about a group of friends who establish their own detective agency to get down to the bottom of it, once and for all.
Set your story at the playground!
Write a story about a young character who wants to learn magic.
It's show and tell day! Write a story about what you most want to bring to show to your class.
You just found a key in your pocket that wasn't there when you last checked.
Write a story about a character who can only tell lies.
You hear a commotion on the playground — and from the commotion, you can pick out a familiar voice. What happened?
Write a story about a young girl with a passion for science who invents a time machine and travels to the future, where she must save the world from an imminent catastrophe that only she knows about.
Write a story about time passing from the perspective of a young child who tends to plants every day.
Write a story about an elementary school student who has to overcome their fear of public speaking in order to win a speech contest.
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.
You're outside in the park playing Pokemon Go when… wait… is that Pikachu… getting into a fight with your dog…?
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