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41 Best Kids Short Story Ideas
Showing 41 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
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.
After the brief pause that follows your mother's angry question of "Who did this?", all of you look at the cat.
Write a story about the small kindnesses that you see every day.
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.
Write a story about someone trying to hide a pet from their parents.
You're the principal for the day! Write a story about what you would do with these newfound responsibilities.
Write a story about a character who doesn't know how to share.
You're in charge of creating the new school lunch menu. What kind of menu would you make?
Describe your weekend using only dialogue to write the story.
"When I regained consciousness, I was invisible. And I don't know how to fix it!"
You are a secret agent. Your mission? To steal the cookie jar back from your older sister.
It's show and tell day! Write a story about what you most want to bring to show to your class.
Write a story about the friendship between two different species of animals.
It's your birthday! Write a story about the ideal birthday that you'd spend with your family, your friends, or yourself.
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.
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