Family Fun

McFeeglebee’s Pond
by Carol Moore
Out behind the big red barn at the edge of the walnut grove is a most magnificent pond shaded by an old oak tree. I’ll tell you right now, before it’s too late. It belongs to McFeeglebee.
And McFeeglebee absolutely forbids fishing in that pond. He’s put up five signs to prove [...]

The Wind Song
by Carol Moore
It was a day like the day before and the day after. The wind wrapped itself around the sod cabin in gusting moans as the pioneer family within carried out their tasks pretending not to hear. They heard the wind, however. It had been their constant companion on the open plains [...]

The Tiger Son
Written and Illustrated by Teresa Ng
Based on an Ancient Chinese Tale by Po Chung-ling
Once there was an elderly widow, Chen Ma, who lived with her only son inside a forest in the Shanxi Province. Her son was one of the tiger hunters licensed by the local magistrate, following the same profession of [...]

Mr. Coyote Meets Mr. Snail
by Storie-Jean Agapith
Illustrated by Michael S. Weber
Mr. Coyote was getting very old and had to be more careful for his own safety. He had been walking for hours and hours through a beautiful valley when he came upon a large tree. Mr. Coyote was very tired and wanted to rest but [...]

Grow Your Own Gargoyle
Written by Valerie Hardin
Illustrations by Carol Moore
Wendy clutched her Slime Sisters comic book. She saved her allowance to buy all kinds of things that were in the back of the comic. She had bought talking fish, dancing dolls, living pet rock, giant super heroes, and all kinds of other stuff.
She’d run to [...]

The Little Knight
Written and Illustrated by Carol Moore

Follow the littlest knight as he battles to save the kingdom from the terrible dragon and win the hand of the princess.
Once upon a time long ago, even before the days of King Arthur, there lived a blacksmith only three feet tall. He was so short that he [...]

It Could Happen
 Written by Carol Moore
 Illustrated by Aura Moser

One day, overnight, the world turned violet. Just about everything turned violet from the sky and ocean and mountains to the trees and animals and people and from the tallest skyscrapers to the tiniest ant. People sat around looking at one another wondering if they were [...]

Thumbelina
by Hans Christian Andersen
adaptation by Alessandro Cima
illustrations by Antonia Hollander
 

Once upon a time there was a woman whose only wish was to have a tiny little child. She had no idea where to get one, so she went to an old witch and asked her: “Please, old witch, tell me where I can get a [...]