Stories for Young Children

  • 15 Bean Souperman
    15 Bean Souperman is a hero made of beans has to defeat the red bean man - a villain made from beans! Who will win? A silly adventure with some nutrition information about food, hidden craftily inside an heroic story!
  • The Agile Plum
    The Agile Plum is a story riffing off The Gingerbread Man, but it's about a plum, with some nutritional information along for the ride. This plum is on a roll!
  • Avocado, Will Travel
    Avocado, Will Travel is a story of the wild west. And tough homres. And lunch. More wild adventures from the Fruit & Veg series.
    And the Cloud Went Wild
    And the Cloud Went Wild tells the tall tale of a rebellious sky full of troublesome clouds. Will it be always overcast? Or will the sun break through? And what shapes can you see in the sky?
    Bipolar Bear of the North
    Bipolar Bear of the North tells a serious story in a lighthearted way about bears who suffer manic mood swings because of climate change.
    Bottle Birds of Planet Klenz
    Bottle Birds of Planet Klenz relates the tale of alien birds which look curiously like plastic bottles, coming to Earth to save the planet from Pollution - or are they? I'm sure kids will see right through them....
  • Earthquake!
    Heavy construction equipment! Rescues! Earthquakes!
  • Einstein's Hair
    Einstein's Hair - in the same vein of Frida Kahlo's Eyebrows, this tells the tall tale of Einstein's hair giving him all those brilliant ideas he had in 1905. And who knows - maybe your kids will learn a little physics along the way! It'll certainly make them feel better about their haircut!
    Feral Chickens of Key West
    Feral Chickens of Key West is one of a pentalogy that tells curious tales of each of the five main groups of chordate animals: Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Mammals, and Reptiles. In this story: why are chicken spies being sent to the curiously shaped island of Key West?
    Feral Fish of Key North
    Feral Fish of Key North is one of a pentalogy that tells curious tales of each of the five main groups of chordate animals: Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Mammals, and Reptiles. In this story: what will happen if the ocean becomes filled with plastic? Will all the fish die out and be replaced with plastic replicas?
    Feral Chickens of Key West
    Feral Chickens of Key West is one of a pentalogy that tells curious tales of each of the five main groups of chordate animals: Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Mammals, and Reptiles. In this story: why is a colony of numbats settling on the curiously shaped island of Key West?
  • Frida Kahlo's Eyebrows
    Frida Kahlo's EyebrowsMagdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican artist who lived between July 1907 and July 1954. She suffered much in her youth, but that did not stop her becoming a strong woman who painted from the heart. But did she really paint all those pictures - or were they really painted instead, at night, in secret, by her own eyebrows? This in-depth documentary for young children explores this incredible story! Also: Florida swamp for sale! Great investment!
  • Manghost!
    Manghost!. Why is Go Mango looking so glum? He's going to a mango funeral - but there is something to look forward to - new mango life! A little bit of nonsense, and a lot of crazy. As per usual in this series.
    Night of the Living Bread
    Night of the Living Bread in which puffy, low-nutrition marshmallow bread tries to take over the city, but is bravely fought back by the plucky whole-grain loaves.
  • The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
    The Nutcracker and the Mouse King retells the 1816 story by ETA Hoffman, but in a young child-friendly way. It's narrated by the Little Rattuses™, who actually get thrown out of the theater for talking during a performance! See elsewhere in this list for dedicated Little Rattuses stories.
  • The Odd Pair
    The Odd Pair. So these two pears walk into a railroad station. And? Well, they're so different. And they're lost! Can they get along and help each other?
  • The Outrageous Orange
    The Outrageous Orange. Daringly escaping from a supermarket, the Outrageous Orange is at a loss until it finds its purpose in life.
  • The Owl and the Christmas Tree
    The Owl and the Christmas Tree riffs off of the true story of a little saw-whet owl which got stuck in the Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree when it was cut down in 2020. But the owl isn't as helpless as she seems!
  • Pizza Pan and Wendy - A parody of how Wendy sorted out those Lost Boys and put them on the road to healthy eating.
  • Roe, Roe, Roe the Deer
    Roe, Roe, Roe the Deer Bullied by a bossy stag, single mom Roe the Deer decides to move away from the area to a nicer place, but when her child, Bambina, complains there are no flowers in their new home, Roe realizes that there's only one thing she can do - open a florist store! But with her little hooves, how will she cope with all the handling of flowers, the tying of string, the wrapping of bouquets? Fortunately she's not alone and other denizens of forest and meadow come to her aid.
  • Santa Callous
    The corporate takeover of Christmas and the poor elves who suffered!
  • Schrödinger's Cat
    Schrödinger's Cat. Quantum physics for kids! They can understand it better than adults do anyway!
  • Spring Onions
    Spring Onions. Is it a spring onion or a green onion? What is the surprising difference? And why is the narrator of this story so annoying?
  • Starfruit and the Pineapple
    Starfruit and the Pineapple is an underwater adventure where the fruits think they're a starfish and an octopus. Or do they?
  • The Underground Potatoes
    The Underground Potatoes. Based very loosely on a well-known space opera, this adventure reveals the truth about a little known fight in the potato empire!
  • The Very Amiable Rattuses
    In the beginning of their series, The Very Amiable Rattuses Louise and Thelma escape an airplane taking them to a lab, and using jellyfish as parachutes, they land on a farm! They see farm animals, zoo animals, a lake, and make new friends. A story of exploration, humor, making friends, and how to behave.
  • The Very Blood-Curdling Rattuses
    Louise has disappeared, and everywhere that Thelma searches for her friend, she seems to be followed by mysterious dark shapes. Who are they?! A special Halloween edition.
  • The Very Christmassy Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma wonder if there's a Santa Rattus and explore Winter Solstice customs around the world.
  • The Very Detective Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma can't celebrate Valentine's Day until they find out what all these mysterious letters spell out.
  • The Very Excitable Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma spend April Fool's Day trying to find out what these odd things are that they find on the farm: a stack of A's? Eyes in a pasture? The print book has a fake April Fool's cover as the back cover.
  • The Very Fine-Art Rattuses
    Louise holds a Louise-a-palooza art festival and all the Rattuses enjoy fine art and good food! A rat's eye view of classic paintings and diversity in art.
  • The Very Grackled Rattuses
    After a dispute with the artist on how he draws Louise's feet, Louise and Thelma go on a sabbatical, but a plague of grackles invades the farm! Can the other Rattuses: Holly, Rose, Orio, Coco, Rufus, and Little Rata Twee deal with this annoyance of grackles?
  • The Very Hide-and-Seek Rattuses
    Holly, Rose, Orio, Coco, Rufus, and Little Rata Twee decide that Louise and Thelma have been gone long enough from the farm, and set off to find them. A story of adventure and safety.
  • The Very Inquisitive Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma visit the zoo and learn about endangered species.
  • The Very Jeweled Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma, along with Rufus, take a trip in Little Rata Twee's travel machine to see an assortment of precious stones.
  • Watch this space! This is for a Little Rattuses adventure with color.
  • The Very Lake-a-daisical Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma are shocked that their lake is nearly dry and what's left is polluted! They take action!
  • The Very Monsoon Rattuses
    Having succeeded in saving the lake from the evil farmer, Louise and Thelma now find the farm inundated with rain! Will everything get washed away? They decide to inspect the premises.
  • The Very New Year Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma find out that not everyone celebrates their new year on January 1st. They learn about other cultures where different dates are celebrated instead.
  • The Very Viral Rattuses
    Louise and Thelma discuss Coronavirus and how to stay safe and healthy during the pandemic.
  • The Adventures of the Vitruvian Man
    The Adventures of the Vitruvian Man explores the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci - but the Vitruvian Man claims credit for them!
  • Fenix Wazzo
    The Story of Fenix Wazzo - written especially for young burn victims.
  • The White Pumpkin
    The White Pumpkin - can all the other pumpkins accept one who looks so different from them?

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