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Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long, written for children. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
He won the prestigious [1] 1952 New York Herald Tribune award for his first children's book, Big Mutt. He produced more than 40 Western novels and more than three hundred short stories. [2] His first novel Sheehan's Mill, not of the Western genre, was published by Doubleday in 1943, during wartime publishing restrictions. [3]
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."
Richard Edward Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. He is most notable for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time. His stories were published in The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's magazines.
Jakob Streit (1910–2009) – Liputto: Stories of Gnomes and Trolls; Hesba Stretton (1832–1911) – Jessica's First Prayer; Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) – Tales from English History for Children, The Rival Crusoes; Charles S. Strong (1906–1962) – The Hooded Hawk Mystery, The Scarlet Slipper Mystery, Snow King: Herd Dog of Lapland
Burnett told Salinger that his stories were skillful and accomplished, accepting "The Young Folks," a vignette about several aimless youths, for publication in Story. [25] Salinger's debut short story was published in the magazine's March–April 1940 issue. Burnett became Salinger's mentor, and they corresponded for several years. [15] [26]
[1] Some of the characters' surnames implied their roles in the story (Mr and Mrs Frightfully-Busy were workaholics, [10] Johnny Bullneck is an aggressive school bully, [11] and Serena Slurp is greedy) [12] whereas the more ridiculous the family name is, the more unpleasant they are in the story: Fedora Funkelfink the con artist; [13] and the ...
Children's literature portal; Books portal; Sideways Stories from Wayside School is a 1978 children's short story cycle novel by American author Louis Sachar, and the first book in the Wayside School series. The novel was later adapted into a Teletoon animated series, Wayside.