A Collection of Short Stories has something for children ages three to young teens. Young children will enjoy Buster Bunny's Thanksgiving. Mrs. Bunny sends Buster to the woods to pick berries for Thanksgiving pie and gets into trouble.

“Mila the Little Turtle”. Hudson gets Mila for a birthday present. Mom ties a balloon on a string and then around Mila's shell. Suddenly the wind picks up the little turtle, and flys away. “Time and Time Again” is a fun way to create a story using one word like “time”.

They will enjoy the story The Brief Encounter of two little mice, Eek, and Click. Who lives on a mouse pad at Microsoft.

Pookie's big adventure is a story about Captain Pookie, his parrot thatch and his pet snail named Rosco, who lives in a potted plant on Captain Pookie's sailboat The Soper Slup.

A favorite story for young girls is The Magic of Snowflake. A kitten with magical powers arrives at Emma's home and makes everyone happy. Years later, Snowflake has to go back to heaven on a moonbeam. Grandma Jan made a pink scarf for Emma and for Snowflake. Emma puts her pink scarf around her neck and holds Snowflakes scarf next to her cheek. Emma sees two little stars blinking in the night sky and wonder.

Ruthanne Nopson

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