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41 Best Kids Short Story Ideas
Showing 41 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story about trust. Include a pair of siblings in it.
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 the small kindnesses that you see every day.
You're the principal for the day! Write a story about what you would do with these newfound responsibilities.
You've just made the discovery of secret playground deep in the woods... and only you know of its existence.
You're in charge of creating the new school lunch menu. What kind of menu would you make?
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.
You are a secret agent. Your mission? To steal the cookie jar back from your older sister.
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.
After the brief pause that follows your mother's angry question of "Who did this?", all of you look at the cat.
You're outside in the park playing Pokemon Go when… wait… is that Pikachu… getting into a fight with your dog…?
Write a story about the friendship between two different species of animals.
Write a story about time passing from the perspective of a young child who tends to plants every day.
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 an elementary school student who has to overcome their fear of public speaking in order to win a speech contest.
Write a story that takes place over the span of the longest Monopoly game ever.
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