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41 Best Kids Short Story Ideas
Showing 41 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
After the brief pause that follows your mother's angry question of "Who did this?", all of you look at the cat.
A superhero comes and rescues your class from certain doom. Which superhero just swooped in to save the day? Write a story about how you set out to make friends with them next.
Set your story at the playground!
Write a story about trust. Include a pair of siblings in it.
You meet someone who's different from you. Write a story about how you become friends.
You hear a commotion on the playground — and from the commotion, you can pick out a familiar voice. What happened?
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 takes place over the span of the longest Monopoly game ever.
Write a story about friendship that uses holiday traditions from different cultures.
You're outside in the park playing Pokemon Go when… wait… is that Pikachu… getting into a fight with your dog…?
You're the principal for the day! Write a story about what you would do with these newfound responsibilities.
Write a story about the friendship between two different species of animals.
Describe your weekend using only dialogue to write the story.
You wake up one day and find that you can suddenly talk to animals.
It's dodgeball day in P.E., and in a desperate attempt not to be picked last again for the teams, you...
Write a story about understanding differences in cultures through clothing.
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