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Looking for a steady supply of kids short stories? Every week thousands of writers submit stories to our writing contest.

Kids Short Stories to read

Submitted by writers on Reedsy Prompts to our weekly writing contest. Whether you plan to read them aloud or just indulge your own childlike imagination, look no further! The most magical tales live in this collection of free short stories for kids.

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THE BRAVE SON

Doris Mwalukama

Weekly Contest #358

THE BRAVE SON.IN THE HOSPITAL“Your son is suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, it is a deadly disease, it is very rare currently and all I can say it will be difficult to find the cure, I am sorry to say he has only 15 years to live”, Doctor Chen was explaining to both parents. The mother stood up and wanted to leave, her husband hold her hands and asked her, “where are you going?”“I am leaving you for good, I should have just listen to my parents when they insisted not to get married to you see now our son has du... Chhh... Whatever ...

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Woof Woof is Not What I am Saying

Weekly Contest #357

Prompt: Write a story from the POV (point of view) of a pet or a loyal companion. Woof Woof is Not What I am Saying A beautiful, heartwarming sight to see. A boy and his dog walking together side by side on the tree-lined boulevard. The dog stops, looking up to the boy and he speaks in English with a slight British accent, “I have to pee. Please take me to the nearest tree.” The boy readily complies by barking “woof, woof, bow wow.” This is just another typical conversation between a boy and a dog. Or is it? I can almost see the look on your...

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Tails of Barkley my Granddoggy

Valerie Gascoyne

Weekly Contest #357

Tails of Barkley: My Grand DoggyDedicated to all the Grand doggies who make life a little brighter! Chapter 1 – Barkley Finds a HomeThis is the story of my grand doggy, Barkley, and the adventures we’ve shared while I look after him.It all began when my daughter decided she wanted a dog. After lots of research, she found a breeder with a litter of Labradoodles in a posh house in Putney. When we arrived, there were gorgeous, fluffy puppies running around, playing and tumbling over one another.The owners told us that all the puppies had been s...

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The Giant, the Dragon and the Little Unicorn - unique bond

Guady Serrano-Diez

Weekly Contest #357

In an universe where all things are possible and all creatures are real, and very bizarre encounters happen…and unlike bonds are made; it’s where this story happens.In this “mythical world” still made by, the Incredible and Unexplained Force that creates, transforms and watches…- there was once a beautiful dragon, but as all dragons, she didn’t think she was beautiful, because all that fire sometimes, many times, destroys and burns all things, insignificant and important although its hard sometimes to know which is which, depending on how yo...

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My Heart Is A Thousand Years Old

Mary Manning

Weekly Contest #357

The living always say the best things about the future and the past, mainly because they still have the chance to. One thing for sure is one will not see a dead man or woman getting the last word. It was a Fall day for Aiza, and she was shining her shoes, not literally, on a new subject. She thought if the obvious was the obvious, there was only one thing she didn’t get: why didn’t she get the obvious? She sat and looked at her petite feet, which she hid with shoes that were bigger than her size. One thing for sure, fashion was fun, and she ...

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Judging a book by its cover is never good

Selena Del Rosario

Weekly Contest #357

At 6:00 pm exactly every Monday without failure, my Granny Dolores takes us to her local library. While she spills the tea with her other fellow friends, my brother Sammy and I go to the best section in the entire library: the juvenile graphic novels section! “Come on Benji, let’s see if the new volume of the Ninja Doritos is finally here!!” “Im right behind you,” I say smiling at the memory of the very first time my little brother stepped inside the library. We were both wearing matching red mickey mouse jackets in case one of us got lo...

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Blood is Thicker than Water

S M

Weekly Contest #357

Tammy knew about lots of things. For instance, she knew how to make a rainbow out of hot water and a pack of Skittles. She also knew how to make noodles because she'd seen a video about it on YouTube. That was what got us into trouble in the first place – the noodles. It was a Sunday. Mum was working the weekend shift, the babysitter was sleeping, and Tammy was hungry. ‘She's not meant to be sleeping, you know,’ Tammy said. ‘Especially not when we're hungry and haven't had dinner. What's Mum paying her for, anyway?’ I nodded even though I wa...

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Ginger and the Great Wubby Rescue

Weekly Contest #356

Ginger and the Great Wubby Rescueby Michael RoarkChapter 1: The Day Wubby DisappearedHer human parents were mumbling, but she was certain she heard "Gingersnap Cookie."She lifted her head.Nobody calls me that except on fancy days.On ordinary days she was just Ginger, or sometimes Ginnifer.She ignored the talking as she laid back down. The sun was warm on her face. She stretched and reached for her favorite thing in the world, Wubby. Old. Soft. This toy has been by her side forever. She had loved it all that time.Wubby was a little scruffy. O...

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Bird in the Long Grass

MV Brennan

Weekly Contest #356

The sun is always blazing in the Arizona sky, but when the cloud cover comes and there is a slight breeze, it makes for the perfect day. Flowers are blooming, the bushes and cacti are getting their blooms as well, and the toddlers are getting antsy to go outside. Antsy enough to start pushing their “Little Tikes” table to the front door with the pure intention of unlocking it to make a beeline for freedom. LUCKILY, the mischievous three year old twin daughters of mine, Rose and Lily, were caught. Rose standing on the table, Lily holding a ch...

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Ad Astra

Jelena Chiu

Weekly Contest #354

Theo always had trouble sleeping— too many thoughts at too fast a speed for the elementary student to process. His inner monologue would only be halfway through a sentence before jumping to a new, seemingly unrelated topic. It was okay for school; it’s not like he talked much with the other students; they had found him weird ever since the conversation with Lacy. They thought he didn't notice the secret whispers and judging glances. He did. What the real problem was, though, was right now. 10:05 PM was what his space-themed clock read, a who...

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Loneliness can Kill You

Eunice Amero

Weekly Contest #354

This poor old lady named Lucy lived alone. She raised 8 children and loved them very much. She would do anything she could to help them, but one day, before Christmas, she knew her daughter needed money for Christmas, and she wanted to help her. When they chose a company to help them later, they found out that all of them were scammers, and neither she nor her daughter knew. Then the bank told her daughter they were bad. They were very disappointed. The worst thing that ever happened to her mother was for her daughter to turn against her. Sh...

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The Wizard on 114th

Weekly Contest #354

Late Summer afternoons had always painted the buildings along 114th Street in a haze, and there was a particularly orange hue today. Sumaya, swinging her legs over the edge of the fire escape at the back of her family’s apartment, imagined herself on a foreign planet. She had learned in science class this year that not all stars were yellow like our Sun, and she thought the idea of days being blue or orange or even green with neon pink stripes was very exciting. The orange, though seen before, still played upon her imagination. She had live...

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Minzy The Star Cleaner

Burke Lang

Weekly Contest #354

Minzy glanced out at the emptiness and shivered. All those stars and planets were so terribly far away. It was one thing to see the night sky from home with an atmosphere enveloping you. It was a different feeling to be floating alone in space with all that nothingness and distance around you, completely untethered. Well, not totally alone. She pulled her dark hair back in a ponytail and then gently stroked the hard shell beneath her. She gave it a few firm knocks. “Morning Hormit. Time to wake up.” She soon felt the rocking and weaving of ...

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Still Life, Moving

Paula Santos

Weekly Contest #354

Chloe awoke to the caress of morning light on her face that beckoned a slow, contented yawn, savoring the quiet comfort of the moment. Her eyes fluttered open, and she stretched languidly, feeling a satisfying pull in her limbs. The sheets beneath her did not feel of cotton, but something soft and cool, as if she were lying on grass rather. She shivered, a passing tremor, easy to dismiss, before she rose and blinked against the pale dawn.She wandered from her bed, expecting the familiar sight of her studio, the half-finished canvases, jars o...

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Queen of Tarts

John Rutherford

Weekly Contest #353

Background MADOOREE in the human world, and KARA the guardian in the world of Klim and Marec Meet the cat of two worlds. Nosy Madooree finds the new magical world at the back of Denis' untidy cupboard! A new concept in storytelling for children of all ages. Teaches us all, as it combines myths, classical characters from children’s literature, with real world scientific facts. Madooree "a la Kara" is the problem solver in the World of Klim & Marec, with some of those answers are in her green backpack! A series of short stories. Madooree a...

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