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41 Best Kids Short Story Ideas
Showing 41 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story about friendship that uses holiday traditions from different cultures.
You've just made the discovery of secret playground deep in the woods... and only you know of its existence.
Describe your weekend using only dialogue to write the story.
Write a story about time passing from the perspective of a young child who tends to plants every day.
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?
Write a story about the friendship between two different species of animals.
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 that includes these three words: "clown," "purple," and "apple."
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.
"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.
Write a story about the small kindnesses that you see every day.
Write a story about a young character who wants to learn magic.
Write a story about an elementary school student who has to overcome their fear of public speaking in order to win a speech contest.
You are put in charge of a mission to Mars on NASA's most advanced space shuttle yet. Organize your team.
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