Story library
Discover illustrated adventures selected by age, mood, length and the way your child loves to enjoy stories.
Ages 10+
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Bedtime Story
The gentlest, most beautiful bedtime story for toddlers and preschoolers ages 2–5. Little Wren says goodnight to everything she loves, one beautiful thing at a time — until the whole world is quiet and it's her turn to sleep.
Ages 10+
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Coming-of-Age Story
A moving, hope-filled science fiction story for ages 10 and up. In 2057, fourteen-year-old Sera uses her great-grandmother's 1990s diving journals to map the last living coral reefs — and discovers something extraordinary growing where it shouldn't be. A story about inheritance, hope, and refusing to give up on the world.
Ages 10+
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Coming-of-Age Story
A profound, deeply human story for ages 10 and up. Twelve-year-old Amara translates for her non-English-speaking parents — at the doctor's office, at school, in all the hard conversations. A story about the weight of being the voice between two worlds.
Ages 10+
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Coming-of-Age Story
A gripping historical mystery for ages 10 and up. In 1924 Scotland, twelve-year-old Agnes discovers her great-uncle's lighthouse keeper journal — and the impossible thing he witnessed on a November night that no one believed. A story about truth, obsession, and what we owe the past.
Ages 10+
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Chess Story
A gripping, thought-provoking story for ages 10 and up. Eleven-year-old Zara is one move from winning the national chess final — until she realizes her opponent has far more at stake than she does. The decision she makes next will define who she is.
Ages 10+
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Community Story
A moving, hope-filled story for ages 10 and up. Six months after a wildfire destroys their town, twelve-year-old Bayo helps restore a community garden — and discovers something unexpected growing in the ash. A story about what comes after loss.
Ages 3-5
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Adventure Story
Theo was the best cook in his family. He was also three and a half, which meant his cooking was mostly stirring things that weren’t supposed to be stirred and adding ingredients that weren’t asked for. But he did it with tremendous confidence, which everyone agreed was the most important part. One night, the stars […]
All ages
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Story Story
The storm arrived at bedtime, which Isla thought was extremely rude. The wind came first — a big, pushing, rattling sort of wind that made the windows shudder and the curtains lift even though they were closed. Then the rain arrived like someone throwing a bucket of pebbles at the glass. Then the thunder. BOOM. […]
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Full Story Otto the Elephant Who Never Forgot Otto remembered everything. He remembered the day he was born — grey sky, warm mud, his mother’s rumble like the deepest note of the deepest drum. He remembered the first time he tasted mango — sweet and sticky and better than anything he’d imagined. He remembered the […]
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The Girl Who Kept a Storm in a Jar It started when Lily was four. She had been angry — the kind of angry where your whole body buzzes and your hands shake and the world goes slightly red at the edges. She had thrown her shoe across the kitchen, and it had knocked the […]
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The Mountain of Embers was home to forty-seven dragons, and every single one of them could breathe fire. Every single one, that is, except Pip. Pip was small and green with ears like little triangles and scales that shimmered when the sun hit them. During the day, he was wonderful. He chased butterflies through the […]
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Story Story
The oak tree at the end of Hazel Lane was older than the street, older than most of the houses, older — it seemed — than the town itself. Its trunk was enormous, its bark deeply ridged, its roots coiled through the pavement like sleeping sea creatures. Children played around it. Dogs sniffed its base. […]
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