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Some teenagers enjoy listening to jokes but have difficulty telling them. For those who say that they can't tell jokes, the answer is "Yes you can learn to tell jokes. This book includes teenage jokes...

Una says, “Let’s go into the forest. We’ve never been there before.” Umber says, “I don’t think sooo. I hear that a witch lives there.” Tyrian, the royal purple unicorn, is lying on the ...

A retelling of an Aesop Fable about a dog and his bone. Facts about dogs are included. One day, a selfish, mangy dog finds a bone. The other dogs ask politely, “We’re soooo hungry could you please...

Let’s go back thousands of years to the Ice Age and prehistoric times before written history. We hear music coming from inside the prehistoric hut. What do you think is the oldest musical instrument...

Woodlands are special forests with lots of sunlight. Many kinds of animals live in the woodlands. The white-tailed deer are very shy. If scared, they run, leap, and wave their tails like a flag to ala...

What is Grit? How can you develop grit? What is goal setting? How can you reward yourself when you reach a goal? Is it okay to fail? What do you guess a fixed mindset is? What do you think a growth mi...

There is a castle far, far away and stormy storm clouds are pouring down buckets of rain. Outside the castle is a girl who is a Princess. She is lost in the rain. The Princess thinks, “In the distan...

An unhappy, mean sea witch was floating above the ocean. She saw a mermaid sitting on a rock and singing happily. The sea witch whispered a spell. Suddenly lightning bolted from the sky and struck the...

I sit down and look at my computer screen. Oh! No! A virus alert! My fingers touch the dusty screen. I feel like I’m falling into a bottomless pit. I shrink smaller and fly into my computer. I’m s...

The ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses. Some gods and goddesses were a part of creation, others brought the flood of the Nile River every year, some offered protection, and others t...

Looking through a hole in the fence, the black-as-night cat called Ebony thinks that the grass is greener on the other side. Leaping over the fence he will learn an important lesson.

This is an Aesop Fable about a mean dog who wanders onto a farm where he does not belong. He sees the farmer in the dell driving his tractor. The farmer and an ox are pulling out an old tree stump. Th...