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41 Best Kids Short Story Ideas
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You're in charge of creating the new school lunch menu. What kind of menu would you make?
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.
Write a story about a young character who wants to learn magic.
Describe your weekend using only dialogue to write the story.
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 a noisy school assembly, where two characters are trying to hold an important and private conversation.
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 a character who doesn't know how to share.
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