Short Days

Come learn about dinosaurs and their amazing adventures! A Day with the Dinosaurs is a joyful rhyming story about cute dinosaurs that will have your young ones smiling and begging for more!

A story that describes the suffering of a man who became disabled after getting married and was exposed to support from the last person he expected it to be, and faced alienation and abuse from the person closest to him.

Most Americans celebrate Halloween as entertainment. They go to haunted houses, put on by mortals to scare them, and trick or treat in their neighborhoods. They even have Halloween parties in their homes, but Count Drac Von Stoller's family celebrates Halloween like mortals do on Christmas day.

A short story regarding exactly what the title states that takes place in the Philippines.

Grab your tissues and chocolate, and get ready to cuddle up with this heartwarming collection of Valentine's Day stories. From the joy of finding "the one" to the deep bond of friendship, these short tales are perfect for couples, singles, and everyone who believes in love. Experience the magic of a 50th wedding anniversary, chuckle at a first date fail, and discover that sometimes, it's not just about living happily ever after, but happily after laughter.

A charming story recounting the day of a little girl who goes on a shopping trip with her mum with some degree of reluctance!

It's time now to join the unlikely best friends Josh Mundy and Vern Ernesto as they embark on their first ever fishing trip without adults. The joys of camping and a crackling fire make them sleepy and prepare them for a day of creek fishing high in the mountains... or does it? Can anything truly prepare them for what is about to happen? It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that they will never be able to talk about and it goes beyond the trophy trout they are about to catch.

Rochester and Merle are two ghosts who help children in need. Their first adventure brings them to a carnival to protect Scotty and his aunt and uncle against the dastardly deeds of Mr. Greenfinger and his henchmen....

After a great deal of romantic strife, Maria Lucas finds herself married to Mr. Jonas Card in a desperate attempt to extricate herself and her sister Charlotte from a dire financial situation. Mr. Card, however, truly loves Maria and has vowed to woo her. Alas, she views him only in friendly terms. But when it seems that Mr. Card's feelings have changed, Maria sets out to discover why. And through a series of unexpected events, Mr. Card succeeds in wooing his wife without saying a word.

This delightful short story was the first work of Jules Verne to be translated into English by Anne T. Wilbur in 1852. Just as the balloon starts rising, a stranger jumps in with the intention of taking it as high as possible without regard to his own safety or that of the pilot. During the long journey, this mysterious passenger relates the historical background of the quest for lighter-than-air travel.

100% of The Late Show’s proceeds from this book go to disaster relief. Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane is a picture book made entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. It is the first children’s...

When a limb-different girl discovers that her dream in life is to become a ballerina, she asks for dance lessons. But will she manage to perform like the other girls, when her augmentations do not allow her to do the ballet positions, when the other girls avoid her, and when the teachings do not fit her particular differences?

Will Bevis is a prolific writer of short, sometimes controversial "slice of life" stories, articles, essays, and memoirs that make you feel you are right there, experiencing the story as it it happens.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 2 collection.

A fictional story that is positioned in time with the crucifixion of Jesus. While events that would shape culture and thinking were taking place, Ben-Tovit was consumed with a toothache. Would his own health issue prevent him from recognizing history? Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Lila is just about to close up shop at The Spine Mine in downtown Conners Switch, Indiana, until one last straggler walks through the doors. Late at night. While she's there alone.

A dog who gets hold of the wrong end of the stick; a horse who beats the odds; a wasp who discovers a sting in the tail. This is the stuff of The Animal Parables. Each tale features an animal who finds that things turn out to be quite different from how it imagined and profound life lessons are learned along the way.

A journalist finds something on a recording that she made. A soft, ghostly voice. Her reporting piece is put on hold as she tries to discover who the voice belongs to. Or belonged to...

Discover the hilarious and heartfelt tale of youthful folly in "Shamespear," where a fifth-grader's attempt at romance through Shakespearean prose turns into a classroom catastrophe. Join the journey of one young boy's embarrassing misadventure, filled with laughter, learning, and the solace of scripture, reminding us all that no matter how deep our blunders, faith can lift us from shame.

It’s one single steamy July day at the West 4th Street Court in New York City, otherwise known as the Cage. Hotshot baller ESPN is wooing the scouts, Boo is struggling to guard the weird new guy named Waco, a Spike Lee wannabe has video rolling, and virgin Irene is sizing up six-foot-eight-and-a-half-inch-tall Chester. Nine of young-adult literature’s top writers reveal how it all goes down in this searing novel in short stories that each ingeniously pick up where the last one ends.