Christmas stories have always been a big part of Christmas for me because I was lucky to have parents who always bought me books. I particularly loved reading funny stories about Santa getting stuck in the chimney, or losing his way, or running out of presents. All those little ‘Santa’s little mishap’ type stories were great […]
Tag Archives | Children’s stories
A CHILDREN’S STORY – EPPY’S ROAD TRIP
If you have just landed on this page searching for kids story ideas please note that this page is a continuation of a kids story ideas activity I began on another post. The story you see below is incomplete – as it is an example of a story I wrote using the children’s creative […]
HOW TO FIND CREATIVE WRITING IDEAS FOR KIDS
If you are wondering about how to find creative writing ideas for kids that don’t make it seem like you are asking them to write an essay for school then you are in the right place. Making it seem like ‘work’ is not the approach to take if you want your kid to enjoy creativity. […]
Writing Fun Stories for Children – The Runaway Granny
Sorry – this title is currently unavailable but watch this space Writing The Runaway Granny. The Runaway Granny is the first in my new collection of fun stories for children: When Things Go Wonky. Originally it wasn’t actually a children’s story although it was definitely family friendly. It was first published in an Irish Family […]
FUNNY SHORT STORIES FOR KIDS – FREE AS A LADYBIRD
FREE AS A LADYBIRD Conflicts are part of normal human life. Conflict happens everywhere, all the time, and in all families, apart from the absolutely perfect ones, and I’m not sure they exist, although I am open to contradiction. My stories tend to be about the less than perfect families – in other words, most […]
A Story About Bullying – The Tree Hugger
A STORY ABOUT BULLYING – THE TREE HUGGER The Tree Hugger was originally published as a short book but is now included in my collection of stories: When Things Go Wonky. In Debbie’s class, everyone’s scared of two girls. Susan and Leoni think everybody should do what they do and look how they look. If the other girls […]
FUN STORIES FOR KIDS – WRITING FOOTBALL MAD
FOOTBALL MAD Being commissioned to write fun stories for kids was great but when I was asked to write a football story I was a little bit worried. I am not a football fan! Still I could learn and the funny thing was it turned out to be one of the stories I enjoyed writing […]
CHILDREN’S SHORT STORIES – WRITING FOOTBALL CRAZY
FOOTBALL CRAZY Writing children’s short stories can be challenging as well as fun. A few years ago I was a regular contributor for RTE RADIO ONE’s children’s FICTION FIFTEEN series. I wrote over twenty children’s short stories and each one was narrated by an actor, recorded and broadcast on Sunday evenings. I have often been […]
A FOOTBALL STORY FOR KIDS – FOOTBALL MAD
FOOTBALL MAD Kids of all ages enjoy a good football story and this story combines family themes, humour as well as football. Football Mad was extremely popular when it was originally broadcast on RTE One – the national radio station in Ireland – if you are a busy parent you’ll understand why. ‘Football Mad is […]